Indigenous Students Visit Wyant College With NASEP
NASEP started their tour of optics by taking a picture using a pinhole camera. A pinhole camera is a simple camera without a lens but with a tiny hole, the light passes through the hole and an image is captured inside of the light-proof box (upside down). Wyant College students then took the film and processed the image while the NASEP students continued their tour.
Adley Nathanael Gin
Twenty-four indigenous students visited Wyant College this week, June 13th, to learn more about the amazing world of optics. The NASEP (Native American Science and Engineering Program) is an amazing year-long program designed to provide Native American, Alaskan Native, and Hawaiian Native high school students with a vision of a career in a Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) field. During the summer the students have the opportunity to stay on campus and visit many of the STEM-based colleges and departments to learn more about their specialties, including a day with Wyant College!
NASEP students listen to Dr. Mike Nofziger give an introduction to the world of optics.
Khawlah Al Yahyaei
For the visit, Wyant College faculty, staff, and students provided one-on-one opportunities to engage with optical sciences in hands-on experiments and demonstrations. The day began with a group pinhole camera picture which was then processed while the day continued. The students learned more in an "Intro to Optics" with Dr. Nofziger in the 3rd floor lobby and then split into three groups to experiment with the AR Sandbox, the polariscope and diffraction light sources.
A special thank you to Hillary Mathis, Dr. Mike Nofziger, Khawlah Al Yahyaei, Clarissa DeLeon, Alisha Whitehead and Adley Gin for providing this amazing opportunity to the NASEP students.