Physics Department Presentation
CSM Summer 2011 Retreat
Chair: Chuck De Leone
Programs Offered and Number of Students (Fall 2011)
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Bachelors of Science in Applied Physics (General)
Applied Physics Option Declared
Applied Electronics Option Declared
Double Major
• Total UBACH Majors
• Significant Physics Minor accessed by CS, Math, Biology,
Chemistry
27
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50
GE and Service Courses
• Service Courses for all other science departments, Kinesiology,
Liberal Studies, Linguistics Masters, etc…
(Phys 101/102, 201/202, 205/206, ID 381, PHYS 356) roughly 250
seats
• Lower Division GES (fulfills B1 and B3): GES 100 (3 Unit Physical
Science Lecture), GES 101 (3 Unit Physical Science Lecture and Lab),
GES 105 (co-taught), GES 110 (1 Unit B3 lab) roughly 302 seats
• Upper Division BB: PHYS 351 (How Things Work), PHYS 356 (Physics
of Sound and Music), and ASTR 342 (Astronomy) roughly 240 seats
• All offered service courses, GES, and Upper-Div BB is basically filled
for Fall 2011 with significant unmet demand
Future Plans
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Biophysics Option
Physics Education Option (funded)
Taking applied electronics further
Masters Program?
Faculty Members
• Tenure Track Faculty
• Adjuncts
4+1=
• Total FTES (Spring 2011)
• Total FTES (Fall 2011) estimated
5
10
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185
Faculty Member Expertise
• Prof. De Leone (chair):
Physics Education, Human Gait and Chaos, Condensed Matter
Theory
• Assoc. Prof. Price:
Physics Education and Physics Curriculum Development
• Asst. Prof. Burin:
Applied Hydrodynamics and Plasma Physics
• Asst. Prof. Tsui:
Condensed Matter Experiment (Electrical Transport)
• Asst. Prof. Dominguez (new hire):
Matter transport (experiment and theory), Isotopic analysis
Adjuncts Faculty
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Dr. Clarisa Bercovich-Guelman: PHYS 205/206, PHYS 351
Tyson Bizzigotti: GES 110
Amy Lee Coe: ID 381
Robert Merritt Gill: ASTR 342, GES 100
Thomas Nielsen: PHYS 201/202 Lab
Hamid Nourollahi: PHYS 101/102 and GES 101
Jerald F. Pinter: ASTR 342, PHYS 203, and PHYS 403
Dr. David T. Schaafsma: PHYS 301, PHYS 402, and PHYS 356
Patrick J. Sebrechts: GES 105, GES 101
Perry Snyder: GES 101 and Lower Div Labs
External Funding
• Prof. Burin – DOE-NSF Plasma Physics,
Research Corp – Fluids, FIS Program
• Prof. Price – NSF sub-contract curriculum
development, PHYS-TEC, LA Program, NSFSTEP (w/ De Leone)
• Prof. De Leone – NSF-STEP, NSF-CCLI’s
• Prof. Dominguez – NASA, other
• Prof. Tsui – FIS Program
Lab Technician and Lab Budget
• Janine Smock (IST) – manages all physics lab space (research and
instructional), safety, budgets, and purchasing (probably needs ½ time
student assistant)
• Budget 2010-2011 (from Oberem Sept 2010 upload)
Operating Funds (General Funds):
Student Assistant Salaries:
$2,777
Less Student Assistants Fiscal reduction for 10-11: ($1,266)
Expendable Supplies: $3,241
Total Operating Funds uploaded:
$4,752
Course Fees:
Net forecasted course fees for 10-11: $6,095
Lottery Funds
Equipment maintenance and repair: $37,014
Total Lottery Funds uploaded: $37,014
Space
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Rms. 245, 251 (24 student labs),
Rm. 249 (optics lab ~20 students)
Rm. 202 (dry lab being outfitted)
Adjunct Office Space
• Research Space
– Burin Lab (AHPPL) ~150 square foot converted closet
w/utilities (3rd floor Sci 2)
– Tsui Lab ~100 square foot partitioned computer lab (2nd
Floor Sci 2)
– Future Dominguez/Tsui Lab (Rm. 206 2nd Floor Sci Hall 2)
– Shared Price/De Leone Space – ~100 sq feet, Rm. 211A Sci
Hall 2nd Floor
Tsui Lab
Student Assistant Money
• Lab Support
• Some outside organizational/course support
(large course funds)
• LA Program
Goals/Challenges
• Continue to increase the number of students/graduates
in/from our Applied Physics Major and Physics Minor.
• Continue to offer excellent curriculum to our majors and in
our service courses in an environment with fixed or
shrinking resources.
• Continue our commitment to high quality undergraduate
research experiences for our students, and other CSM
students
• Funding tenant improvements in newly allocated research
space so faculty and students can carry out high quality
research.