2018 Venture Grant Winners

Opitca and APS
The International Day of Light at ARTECHOUSE
The American Institute of Physics (AIP), American Physical Society (APS) and The Optical Society (OSA) partnered with a Washington, D.C., USA, art space known as ARTECHOUSE, which brings immersive installations with cutting-edge technology to its visitors, to produce an International Day of Light exhibition that ran from 16 May through 30 June 2018.

The exhibition featured NONOTAK, an artist duo and their first solo exhibition in the US. 20,000+ people attended the exhibit and experienced the connection between light science and art. Featured in the Venture Partnership Fund poster session is the trailer for “Disappearing in the Dark,” a documentary produced by AIP Inside Science. The film follows the development of the installation. Beginning in France a month before the installation, it follows NONOTAK through the development and build all the way through the exhibit premiere on 16 May 2018.

AVS
Developing Quality Videos for Vacuum Technology Education Purposes (2-year project)
This set of videos will enhance and augment pre-college teachers’ understanding science of and in a vacuum.

AAPM
Development of an “Ask-the-Expert” website (2-year project)
This public facing website will provide reliable information to patients and others who need to understand the science, technology, and other questions behind various physics-based medical tools used in cancer and other diseases.

AAS
Developing a Data Carpentry Curriculum for Astronomers and Physicists (2-year project)
This project will provide an introduction to the tools used in handling big data for researchers to use as they “build” their science.

AAPT
AAPT/AIP Master Teacher Policy Fellows (2-year project)
This program will train teachers to be advocates at the local level for sound science education policy.

Continued projects from 2017: Communicating Science, Industrial Physics, Career Pathways, Rheology outreach