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Skidmore College
Physics Department

设施 and 设备

The Physics Department has teaching classrooms/laboratories, research spaces, and faculty and
staff offices on the third floor of the Billie Tisch Center for Integrated Sciences and (until summer 2024) on the second floor of the Annex building.  

Physics students at Skidmore gain hands-on experience in the Machine ShopIdeaLab/Makerspace through activities and projects that are built into the Physics curriculum. 以前的 projects that Physics students have worked on using the Skidmore Machine Shop and/or Maker Space include:

  • subwoofer and tweeter
  • 无人机
  • wind tunnel
  • self-balancing robot
  • musical instruments (banjo, ukelele, kalimba)
  • acoustic levitator to study atmospheric water droplets
  • miniature carved boat
  • public address loudspeaker
  • 模型汽车
  • radio telescope
  • ultrasonic levitator
  • robotic arm
  • quadruped robot
  • egg-painting robot
  • spinning tops
  • 骰子
  • da Vinci 弹射器
  • desk organizer
  • jewelry box

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Spring2023 9  弹射器  Spring2023 8