Amandeep Gill - Public Outreach Intern Mentors: James Roche and Rebecca Thompson
& in Harmony from Research to Development Amandeep Gill - - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
& in Harmony from Research to Development Amandeep Gill - - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
& in Harmony from Research to Development Amandeep Gill - Public Outreach Intern Mentors: James Roche and Rebecca Thompson Outline Motivation Learning Kivy App Content & Design Experience Acknowledgments Freedom
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Outline
➡ Motivation ➡ Learning Kivy ➡ App Content & Design ➡ Experience ➡ Acknowledgments
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- Freedom to choose my own project
- The relation between Physics and Engineering
- Current APS outreach activities
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Learning Kivy
- Library for game
design
- Python
- high-level language
- lots of uses
- Flappy Bird game
tutorial
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Python Kivy
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App Content & Design
Content:
- Selected topics
- Interviews with people
from both fields
- Target audience
Design:
- Several iterations
- Adaptable
- Difficulties
- text size
- text location
- button location
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Experience
- Living in DC
- Touring labs
- Interviews
- Working at APS
- Providing input for AIP
programs
- Outreach at a national
level
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Acknowledgments
American Physical Society James Roche Rebecca Thompson Ashley Mumford NASA Goddard Richard Barry Diego Janches Gail Jackson Society of Physics Students Sean Bentley Kendra Redmond Courtney Lemon Tracy Schwab Daniel Golombek Sacha Purnell Lydia Quijada Matthew Payne