LEAP! (Launch Your Excellent Adventures with Physics)
High School | Summer (June-August) | Commuter
The LEAP! workshop invites students to investigate what physics is and how it is used inside the labs of working scientists at NC State. Typical workshop topics — organized by students, researchers and faculty from NC State’s Physics Department — have included capturing subatomic particles, solar spectra, astrophysics in the computer, atomic force microscopy of DNA, programming Arduinos, organic electronics, microfluidics, fracture and more.