Lamar University awarded 2016 SPS Chapter Research Award
OCT 01, 2016
Lamar University awarded 2016 SPS Chapter Research Award
Zone and Chapter: Lamar University
Project
Project Name: Finding the shape of glowing objects from polarimetric measurements.
Project Leaders: Keeley Townley-Smith, Mark Worth, Suzanne Wheeler
Chapter Advisors: Crisitan Bahrim
Project Description: The SPS chapter of Lamar University proposes a robust in-lab method for spatially resolving the shape of any glowing object from the study of light emitted, and test it with a new optical system (including lenses, polarizers, sensors, and step motors). The topic was inspired from polarimetric measurements of supernovae.
Project Media:
Project Proposal (.pdf, 537 kb)