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PHYS466 Fall 2008 |
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PHYS 466: Advanced Experimental Methods Dr. Jeremy Qualls (1st Half) Dr. Scott Severson (2nd Half) Course Description: Lecture, 2 hours Lab 3 Hours During the advanced methods course we will be examining physics in the high field and low temperature regimes, photonics, and advanced optical instrumentation methods. The first half of the course (for six weeks) will be covered by Dr. Qualls. The second half will be covered by Dr. Severson (for six weeks). The last two weeks will be reserved to complete and present group project work. Class meeting time: 12:00-12:50 pm M,F (Darwin 308) 1:00-3:40 pm F (Darwin 308) Learning Objectives http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/catalog/learningobjectives.doc Grading Policy: 1st Half (with Dr. Qualls) 40% 2nd Half (with Dr. Severson) 40% Final Project (completed during last two weeks of class) 20% Professor,s Information (1st Half) Dr. Jeremy Qualls Office: Darwin 300K Lab: 303 Phone: 664-2256 Lab Phone: 664-3448 Email: quallsj@sonoma.edu Research Interest: Material Science, High Magnetic fields, Low Temperature Physics OFFICE HOURS: Monday 10:00-11:00 am Tuesday 2:30-3:30 pm Thursday 10:00-11:00 am (2nd Half) Dr. Scott Severson Office: Darwin 300L Lab: 302 Phone: 664-2376 Email: scott.severson@sonoma.edu Research Interests: Astronomical instrumentation, high spatial-resolution astronomy including the central regions of galaxies (QSOs and AGN) and planetary science, development of next-generation adaptive optics systems and their astronomical applications OFFICE HOURS: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday 11:00-11:50am University Policies There are important University policies that you should be aware of, such as the add/drop policy; cheating and plagiarism policy, grade appeal procedures; accommodations for students with disabilities and the diversity vision statement. (Go to this URL to find them: http://www.sonoma.edu/uaffairs/policies/studentinfo.shtml) |