Optics Interference Lab: this team of scientist/engineer educators designed and taught an inquiry lab activity through ISEE’s Professional Development Program

L-R: Sudan Puri, Ayeswarya Ravikumar, Santoshi Ramachandran

Venue: Pre-Optometry Professional Society Workshop, University of Houston

Team members:

Ayeswarya Ravikumar (Design Team Lead): Postdoc, College of Optometry, University of Houston

Santoshi Ramachandran: Graduate Student, College of Optometry - Physiological Optics/Vision Science, University of Houston

Sudan Puri: Graduate Student, Optometry, University of Houston

Audience: 16 undergraduates

Activity Name:  Explain why the fringe pattern was formed using interference wave properties of light

Activity Summary: Explaining the basis and variables involved in a fringe pattern using the concept of the wave properties of light, and explaining results using evidence.

Funding for this team provided by: ISEE/ Dr. Jason Porter