Educational Philosophy
Student learning is facilitated by students being actively involved in the process of learning through various types of interactions. This is particularly important when developing multi-step problem solving skills and conceptual understanding of complex natural phenomena. As an educational leader, it is my responsibility to create the learning opportunities, provide the necessary background information and guide students through the process. I find the experience of assisting students to reach their educational and career goals to be personally rewarding.
Courses Taught
PHYS 2135, Engineering Physics II
An introduction to electricity, magnetism, and light, with emphasis on topics needed by engineering students.
- Taught Fall, Spring and Summer
- Syllabus: [Link to syllabus]
PHYS 2305, Modern Physics
An elementary survey of the modern concepts in physics and their applications; relativity, quantum mechanics, atomic physics, solid state physics, nuclear and particle physics
- Taught Spring (also taught in Fall by another faculty member)
- Syllabus: [Link to syllabus]
PHYS 3201, Physical Mechanics
This course covers topics of rigid body motion in three dimensions, moving coordinate frames, two body collisions, conservation laws, small oscillations, generalized coordinates, and LaGrange’s and Hamilton’s equations.
- Taught Fall
- Syllabus: [Link to syllabus]