The Department of Physics at New Mexico State University has been sponsoring a physics competition every year for almost a decade. The Physics Olympics is an enjoyable day of physics-based team competicions which challenges students to apply concepts they have learnee in class to actual situations. Students are also provided with an opportunity to visit our Department, meet with Faculty and current students, and to learn of the opportunities available to those interested in our degree programs.

The competition is a day long event that is comprised of several events. In the past these have included such things as water dragsters and egg drops. This year we had five events: 1.Fermi Questions 2. Paper Gliders 3. Water Launcher 4. Open Event and 5. Physics Jeopardy. The open event was announced the day of the competition and therefore involved limited preparation. This year a standing wave was set up between two speakers and a frequency was dialed in with a function generator. The students had to walk into the field, measure the interferrence nodes, and report back the frequency that dialed in for that team.

The Department of Physics at New Mexico State had a wonderful time hosting thie year's field of competitors and we would like to thank them for their participation. If anyone has any questions please feel free to contact me via the webmaster e-mail link below.