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Teaching:
As Chair of the Department, I have
significantly reduced my teaching commitments, to one team-taught course
each fall semester. Here are the
most recent ones:
Fall 2008: PHYS 2074 - Highlights
of Contemporary Physics
This is a course for students from all majors, with an interest
in a simple, conceptual introduction to modern ideas in physics. The
course discusses paradigm shifts in physics since about 1900 along with
some of their philosophical and political consequences: Quantum
mechanics, special relativity, chaos and complexity, particle physics and
cosmology. It satisfies a general
studies requirements here at Virginia Tech.
Fall 2007: CEE 6514 and GRAD 5984 -
Interdisciplinary
Research in Science and Engineering
This is a graduate course, required
for the fellows of the “EIGER” IGERT , but also
open to others. It covers
fundamental principles, methodology, results, applications, language, and
culture in physics, biology, geosciences, and engineering. This
course helps students overcome disciplinary biases, achieve greater
openness to divergent perspectives, and work successfully in
interdisciplinary teams.
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