Courses taught:Dr. Smith teaches a variety of upper- and lower-division physics courses.
115 Elementary Physics: We purchased brand new equipment from PASCO as well as iPads to enhance the learning experience of this already incredible engagement-oriented course. In this course, students will learn physics first hand by performing experiments and learning about how things work. |
137 Modern Physics:
While your experiments may not be as complicated as the incredible ion trap at NIST (shown left), you will have a chance to perform some of the coolest "original" experiments that led to the development of quantum mechanics. In this laboratory series, you will measure gravity, perform experiments with atoms, and have direct experiences of nature behaving in ways that are not intuitive. Millikan's famous oil-drop experiment will give evidence that charges are truly quantized, and the photoelectric effect will undeniably show that light isn't quite what we thought it was. |
380 Advanced Lab - Electronics:
This course is designed to give students an introduction to fundamental physical principles involved in electronics as well as building circuits using the discrete components most commonly used to build custom laboratory electronics: resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, op-amps, etc.
“This brief course won’t be enough to turn you into an electrical engineer, but it will provide you with the vocabulary and conceptual basics of electronics which are essential to working in many physical science, engineering or industry laboratories”
-Derek Jackson Kimball, CSU-EB Physics Dept.
This course is designed to give students an introduction to fundamental physical principles involved in electronics as well as building circuits using the discrete components most commonly used to build custom laboratory electronics: resistors, capacitors, diodes, transistors, op-amps, etc.
“This brief course won’t be enough to turn you into an electrical engineer, but it will provide you with the vocabulary and conceptual basics of electronics which are essential to working in many physical science, engineering or industry laboratories”
-Derek Jackson Kimball, CSU-EB Physics Dept.
381 Advanced Lab:
The Advanced Laboratory/Experimental Physics course is designed to equip you with some of the essential skills that an experimentalist should have while exploring the foundations of modern physics topics. Our four-semester series will encourages students to engage in truly independent research.
The Advanced Laboratory/Experimental Physics course is designed to equip you with some of the essential skills that an experimentalist should have while exploring the foundations of modern physics topics. Our four-semester series will encourages students to engage in truly independent research.
“What do I do after graduating as a physics major?” (and what to be thinking about long before you graduate!) (download as pdf)
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