From January 2005 to May 2006

Title: Instructor

Department of Physics

Robeson Hall (Mail Code 0435)

Virginia Tech

Office: Robeson Hall, Rm 317

my CV

PhD - U of Illinois at Urbana (1996)

Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics

Courses

• Physics 3355 - Intermediate Mechanics I

  Upper Level Undergraduate Classical Mechanics Course

  the first of a two-semester sequence

  Oscillations, Lagrangian and Hamiltonian, Central-Force, Nonintertial Frames, Rigid Bodies

  • fall 2005

• Physics 3356 - Intermediate Mechanics II

  Upper Level Undergraduate Classical Mechanics Course

  the second of a two-semester sequence

  small vibrations, waves, Hamilton, nonlinear dynamics, special relativity, and seminar

  • spring 2005

• Physics 2306 - Foundations of Physics I

  Undergraduate Freshman Physics for Science and Engineering

  the second of the calculus based sequence

  waves, electricity, magnetism, optics

  • summer 1 2005
  • spring 2006