Research Citations

Connection of Physics to Aviation 
Gierens, K., B. Kärcher, H. Mannstein, and B. Mayer. "Aerodynamic Contrails: Phenomenology and Flow Physics." Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 66.2 (2009): 217-26. Print. 
Connections of Physics to Nursing 
Mcgurk, Simon. "Physics in Anaesthesia." Nursing Standard 26.14 (2012): 30. Print.
Connections of Writing to Physics
Texley, Juliana. "Modeling Modern Physics with Literature." Science Scoupe 37.8 (2014): 6-10. Print.



Physic in Everyday Life

Ince, Elif. "Investigation of Undergraduate Students’ Skills to Associate between General Physics Concepts and Everyday Life." INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL Of ACADEMIC RESEARCH (2012): 158-63. EBSCO Host. Web. 10 Nov. 2014. <http://web.b.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=298b3258-8ae7-46fe-8451-f4875a947c85@sessionmgr110&vid=1&hid=101>.

Research Paper Topic

For my research paper I plan to go away from my usual track and field writings and try something different. I want to write about physics and some space or NASA. If I write about physics though, I have decided that I want people to see my view of it, not the boring math sense everyone thinks. My goal is to show the history and branches of physics like a normal research paper, but i want to relate it to the majors of my viewers. I want to show you what physics really does and how it affects something you would care about.

In that I have a few questions.
What would be a better topic? NASA or physics?
What majors should I relate to as in what are your majors?
How can I explain physics so you understand/ enjoy it?
What about physics or NASA do you want to know?
Should I focus more on the top majors of Lewis? Nursing and Aviation
Should I go broad and expand your mind?
Should I specify and blow your mind?
What can i do to show you how physics ties in?
What is physics?
What is NASA?
How could physics possibly affect me besides everyday things like gravity?
Why should we care about space?
Why was NASA started?

"Physics was Paradise"

Melissa is an experimental particle physicist at Harvard University and has placed her mark as the first ever women to gain tenure there for the physics department. Needless to say, Melissa is an extremely well achieved woman. Coming from a background that lacked motivation and goals, she eventually found her way from an idea of writing and philosophy to her paradise of physics. However, the interview itself was more specific then the broad topic of her life. It seemed to flow question by question in some sort of order that the answers lined up chronologically. Each answer to the question led to the next smoothly. Starting with her young educational background, she was a high school dropout who joined a free school. She learned from the community members and only what they know, as she focused on a life of writing and philosophy much like her parents. Each question evenly stacked on top of each other, like boxes, until the box labeled physics first appeared. After the introduction of physics in her life and the appearance of that in the interview, that became the main focus of the interviewer. The interviewer asked if Melissa had known then and there that she was going to be a physicist. It wasn't, in fact, the only reason she had chose physics was because people said she had to become a writer. The rebel in her showed up and she chose the polar opposite, physics, leading to her new found journey at the University of Toronto. Leading from one to the next, she found her way through Fermi Labs, Stanford, California Berkeley, and then to Harvard. Diving into her physics career, the interviewer honed in on the subject to get a good vision then. Every detail that related to her life with physics was asked about. The interviewer worked through each stage in her career, comparing the modern ideas to then like feminism, harassment, and anything else she may have encountered. Working up to the present day, the interview became more and more into her career today. What she did, where at, what the new experiment was, anything that relates to her accomplishments present day. This interview started broad being just about Melissa's life. When physics was uncovered, things changed. The interview became more coned shaped so to speak. It started broad with her initial impact from physics and continued specifying in chronological fashion, but through questions. Once present day came to the point of the cone, the specific were bombarded with questions about the here and now. Each question lead up to this point, and through only physics, we learned who Melissa Franklin is.

The selfish and Selfless Lifestyles

In the "Summoned Life", David Brooks presents two choices or styles of life of either a well-planned or the summoned life. Brooks refers to the Harvard Business Review on an excerpt by Clayton Christensen. Clayton uses two points in his life to connect both a well-planned and a summoned one. First, Clayton recalls his time at Oxford, "trying to cram an extra year's worth of work" and planning for his future. This relates to a well planned life because he spent time on only himself to prepare for the future. Later on, Clayton switches his story to one of his sporting career on a basketball team. At this time in his life he didn't focus on his future but rather lived day by day focusing on the people around him. As a serious christian, during this time, there was a game that was rather important on a Sunday. Clayton "refused to play in the championship game of an important tournament because it was on a Sunday." The summoned life as explained here shows a life of moral achievement rather than selfish achievement. Instead of focusing only on himself he thought more of the message it would send and what he believed he was "summoned" for. Brooks uses theses two examples from Clayton to show toe different successes. A well-planned life leads to achievement over a long time for yourself. The summoned life, however, is more of a day to day achievement of morals that lead to their own way of success because you fulfill what you believe you are summoned for.

Aviation From a Physics Student

For my research project, I have been planning on reflecting my interest in physics and space. However, it may be a research project but physics tends to get boring in long, dull time frames even for me. In thinking about my research project I have come to a conclusion. Physics relates to everything! My goal will be to show you the connections to something that would interest you to give you my perspective on things. Research papers are boring and full of history that not many people enjoy reading, if you do I applaud you because that is not me. Thus, I want to take an interesting approach for once. With Dr. Walts' approval, I plan to give the research of not my topic specifically, but the topic of others interest and how physics has connected with what you enjoy throughout the years. In saying that let me show you. 

http://www.nasa.gov/centers/armstrong/Features/Auto-GCAS_Installed_in_USAF_F-16s.html#.VEQMrfldV8E

This link above is something I came across while reading NASA's updates. At an aviation school there are a lot of aviation majors, obviously, so how can I make you interested in physics when you defy gravity and fly? If you read this link you will see NASA has just released a new programming system, thanks to your Aerospace Engineers, that keeps planes from crashing into the ground or other terrains that cause obstacles. Now I know what you are thinking, I did not say thanks to a physicist. Actually, an engineer is a physics major with specification meaning that an over glorified physicist just help all you pilots out. What this program does is when you are nearing an obstacle and the plane has no problems, lets say the pilot is rendered unconscious, the system will register the distance to impact much like a warning system. Unlike the warning system, however, it judges the time frame to escape the incident and before the plane enters the point of no return, it will turn on the autopilot and re correct itself until control by the pilot is restored. NASA is installing this system in the F-16's for the air force and are looking to branch to regular planes and commercial flyers.

As the technology trickles down think of this. Physics just aided the build of a new technology that will save lives and make all planes safer. Not only that, all of the aviation students here in the future will be able to benefit from this. Beyond the normal gravity or lift speeches given on physics being everywhere, it is now apart of the technology that is incorporated into your future. Physics is more than what most people believe it is and I hope my blogs, my paper, and this article will open your eyes to what I see.

A Runner's Heart

Our first rather large assignment in class was a personal narrative about a moment in life that has changed you, or a moment of "flow". Track is very important to me and is a way for me to forget everything and just go, so that's what I wrote about. My junior year of high school I was a contender in the state meet and ranked high. However, I had injured my hip and pulled three muscles. Doctors and physicians told me not to compete but I couldn't just give up. Despite the pain I ran and I did everything I could to accomplish what I believed I was capable of. If any of you wish to read the story and can gladly find the file and upload it later, but this story is not the reason I am blogging. Actually, I had found a video from one of my 300 hurdle races at state and thought some of you might like to see what my pride and joy is really like. For those of you that have read my story, maybe this will give more of a view into that as well.

Enjoy!

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=873655175994946&set=vb.100000514149568&type=3