Developing a Junior-Level Applied Physics Laboratory

发展初级应用物理实验室

• 批准号: 9452338
• 负责人: Joe Pifer
• 金额: $ 2.86万
• 依托单位: Rutgers University New Brunswick
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-01 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9452338&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Junior; Level; Applied; Physics

9452338 Pifer Until recently our physics major program was narrowly directed at preparing a small number of elite students for graduate studies. The current employment situation has made it clear to us that we can no longer take the narrow view that graduate school is the only reasonable career goal for a scientifically able student, and in fact, there are many technically able students who would like to major in physics yet are not interested in graduate school. Many of these students are minorities or women. In response to these students' career interests, we have recently introduced an Applied Physics Major. The Applied option emphasizes a breadth of technical experience with an emphasis on experimental skills, and is intended for students who plan to seek industrial jobs immediately after graduation. The centerpiece of the option is a 3-credit, junior- level applied physics lab course. This lab currently uses experiments from our modern physics lab that are designed for students headed toward graduate school. We are requesting funds to introduce five applied-type experiments that are built around the needs of these students and involve modern instrumentation and experimental techniques of the type that students will encounter in industry. We are initially concentrating on two areas -- the scanning tunneling microscope and modern optics. The experiments to be introduced are the scanning tunneling microscope, the He-Ne laser, saturated absorption spectroscopy, holography, and the dye laser.

9452338皮弗直到最近，我们的物理专业课程都是专门针对少数精英学生进行研究生学习的。当前的就业形势向我们表明，我们不能再狭隘地认为研究生院是一个有科学能力的学生唯一合理的职业目标，而事实上，有很多有技术能力的学生想要主修物理，但对研究生院不感兴趣。这些学生中有许多是少数民族或女性。针对这些学生的职业兴趣，我们最近开设了应用物理专业。应用型课程强调广度的技术经验，强调实验技能，面向计划毕业后立即寻找工业工作的学生。该选项的核心是一门3学分的初级应用物理实验室课程。这个实验室目前使用的是我们现代物理实验室的实验，这些实验是为即将进入研究生院的学生设计的。我们正在申请资金，以引入五个应用型实验，这些实验围绕这些学生的需求而建立，涉及学生在工业中将遇到的现代仪器和实验技术。我们最初专注于两个领域--扫描隧道显微镜和现代光学。将介绍的实验有扫描隧道显微镜、He-Ne激光器、饱和吸收光谱、全息术和染料激光器。