The Elon Physics Department held its 3rd Annual “Physics Phenomena Photography Contest” this spring. The contest drew more than 200 entries with the top 58 finalists selected for inclusion in the CELEBRATE! Week “Physics Phenomena Photography Multimedia Show” held on Wednesday, April 29, 2009. Students, faculty, and even some staff cast ballots on their favorite physics phenomena photographs in two categories: Natural and Contrived.
Photographs in the natural category capture spontaneous events in everyday life that demonstrate physics concepts. Photographs in the contrived category are non-spontaneous events in which the student has set up to demonstrate physics concepts.
This years winners are:
Natural Category
1st Place: Margeaux Corby “Hotel in a glass”
2nd Place: Kacey O’Malley “Why So Blue?”
3rd Place: Stacie Ledford “Do the Dew”
Natural Category Honorable Mentions:
Reid Spears “Detached Duck”
James Burns “Constructive Destruction”
Samantha Painer “Halo of Reflection”
Contrived Category
1st Place: Carly Altizer “Flower in a Water Drop”
2nd Place: Stacey Ayres “That Charge is Shocking!”
3rd Place: Jonathan Troutman “The Psychedelic CD”
Contrived Category Honorable Mentions:
Katie Stackhouse “Broken Lines ”
Annie Preske “Pocket-sized Piano”
Will Harris “Neon Mosiac”
View the winners and other amazing physics phenomena photographs at the link to the upper right of this page under E-Cast.
