Hans C. Mayer

Dec 1, 2024 | pubs.aip.org | Seattle Pacific |Natascha Hedrich |Hans C. Mayer

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Oct 24, 2024 | pubs.aip.org | Don Lincoln |David Horne |Hans C. Mayer

Topics Cloud and fog physics, Aerodynamics, Atmospheric optical phenomena, Optical properties, Educator “Professor, look at the rainbow in the sky!” I was walking across campus one beautiful (and apparently clear) November morning. Two days prior, I had been explaining to a class the calculus-based mathematics underlying rainbow formation.

Oct 24, 2024 | pubs.aip.org | Kenyon College |Don Lincoln |David Horne |Hans C. Mayer

Topics Galvanometers, Hydroturbines, Electromagnetism, Educator, Museums, Physicists One of my pleasures is walking through the museum wing of the Greenslade house in Gambier, Ohio. This wing was added to the 1857 house in 2005 to accommodate a fraction of the 800 pieces of physics teaching apparatus that have been given to me by individuals and physics departments for safekeeping.

Aug 4, 2023 | mdpi.com | Callen Schwefler |Peyton Nienaber |Hans C. Mayer

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticlebyCallen Schwefler, Peyton Nienaber and Hans C. Mayer *Department of Mechanical Engineering, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.