Archit Dube (Physical Science - 2010 Batch) on Physics of the paranormal

Is telepathy possible? Can we build Force Fields? Is psychokinesis possible for some beings..................?

Or can we see into the future by just concentrating?

Archit Dube tried to answer such questions by talking about the opening and the mysterious closing of star gate project of the US. Also he discussed about different animals whom people thought to be telephaths , the possibility of their being real and fake. Different psychokinetic people and researches done on them were also discussed. A video on Noetic sciences was shown in which experiments with thoughts were done. Crowd was cheered by  Dr Murugesh S Sir’s (Physics, Assi. Prof.)  gracious presence.

Harsh Agarwal (Aerospace - 2009 Batch) on Plasma Physics

What is plasma? Which equations does this state govern?

Harsh Agarwal talked about the most abundant matter in the universe its origin the governing equations Fluid (model & kinetic model) and its applications (present and future). Also he talked about his internship project at ‘INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS’ Gandhinagar and briefly explained about the research at CERN. We thank Dr. Thomas Kurian Dean (Student Activities) & Head Department of Avionics for his gracious presence on this event.

Dancing Flames

As  kids we are always fascinated by Fire. Playing with matchsticks but have you ever seen a flame dance???...

And not only that, dancing on a music???...

In this demonstration we made an attempt to play with fire and create extraordinary demonstrations. With the guiding’s of Umesh Sir, the hard work of Mithun PS[2^nd yr Physical Science] and 1^st yr students we were able to bring  new understandings for this fascination. We were able to make our own ruben’s tube which was a visual delight for the crowd, a magic paper which on burning flies(ashes) as it were the smoke itself, colour of burning different salts in air was kept to play with. This demo also had basic physics experiments like the balloon and cup kept on flame not burning and the direction of a flame on rotation axis. Our Director ‘Dr. Das Gupta’ and Dean student-activities ‘Dr. Thomas Kurian’ enlightened us with their reviews.

Paper bird

Ruben's Tube

Egg-Citing Physics

When we were small we were taught about food, about egg and milk being the balanced diet and we also learn how biologically egg is strong, but did you know that egg is physically strong also and it can bear a person's weight. Boiled or raw egg, which one will win the race?? How to bounce an egg?? How an egg's centre of mass raises itself?? Why water rises only to a certain height when an egg spins in it?? Egg-citing physics asks all these questions and answers them. Another part of the demonstration was a project in which the principle of measurement of temperature at which an egg boils exactly was attempted.

Strength of Eggs

Dynamics of an Egg

Nutrition of an Egg

Best of the Demo of the week

The academic year 2010 -2011 had commenced and a new batch of fresh minds had entered the campus. The physics club thinking on how to welcome them decided upon giving the fresher’s a glimpse of the most interesting and challenging "Demo of the week" where all you have to do is have play with physics. Their eyes rolled out with excitement and lots of enthusiasm experiencing the basic principles they knew while playing with some daily used materials. It comprised of principles like conservation of angular momentum, sound frequency detection, centre of symmetry and calculating g by using magnets.

The Last Airbender

The two mega projects of IIST mingle finally with the "Demo of The Week" coming under the aegis of the Physics Club. The first DftW organised by the Physics Club was on the Bernoulli Principles. The 2009 batch students with the supervision of Akshay Pande and Ashish Sachan from 2009 batch, and under the guidance and brillant ideas of Dr. Umesh R. Kadhane, Asst. Professor Physics demonstrated some splendid experiments. The videos and pictures portray the enjoyment of the demonstrators and participants.

Ramiz Ahmad (Physical Science - 2008 Batch) on Fiber Optics

His talk was focused on developing a fiber optical humidity sensor.This sensor worked on the principle that the refractive index of some materials like hydrogels changes with the change in the humidity of the surrounding.His project showed that the particular complex film they chose was a highly promising material for humidity sensing.

Upgrades in the Armoury

With the activities of the Physics Club having increased and more envisaged, the Physics Club was finally formalized, with financial support from the institute. We now have an alloted fixed fund per semester for small scale student projects and one large scale project pre year/semester.

So all members of the physics club are encouraged to send in their ideas in formal abstracts to the club email ID : physics.iist@gmail.com. The abstracts will be selected by the faculties based on feasability and utility. Then you may form a small work group and give the details of the stages of the project and how it shall be developed. The funds will be allotted thereafter.

Also the Physics Club has been alloted a room in D2 Block of the institute. All activities of the Physics Club, including meeting and project lab. work shall be arranged in this room hereafter.

We also have plans to organise an Annual Physics Symposium at IIST, inviting students from diffeent college pursueing B.Tech or B.Sc courses to present their idea or exhibits on different topics.