A Thin Film Materials Physics Course for Southwest Texas State University

Carlos J. Gutierrez DUE 9552338 southwestern Texas State U FY1995 $50,000 San Marcos， TX 78666 ILI -仪器项目：物理西南德克萨斯州立大学（SWT）物理系将开设一门高级材料物理实验室（MPL）课程，这将是新组织和重点突出的“材料物理”课程的高潮，该课程的持续发展是四年前物理入门课程顺序的变化所引发的。新的“材料物理轨道”是对薄膜科学和技术教育的区域市场压力的一致回应，得到了独立和广泛的行业咨询小组的认可。这个新组织的重点课程将以MPL课程为高潮，并为SWT提供一个课程选择，以满足国家对本科物理教育变化的需求，旨在提高私营部门在市场材料科学相关领域的学士学位市场化机会。此外，该提案还将对现有的“现代物理II”课程（“传统”和新“材料物理”轨道的一部分）产生直接影响。MPL和现代物理II课程的实验部分将使学生熟悉使用新仪器（原子力显微镜，四点探针仪器）和课程升级的现有仪器(带能量色散光谱的扫描电子显微镜，高真空磁控溅射，x射线分析，和磁强计)，通常在私营部门薄膜相关行业（即半导体制造行业）中发现。这些技能将在一个有监督的模拟研究团队环境中学习，重点是在专业文献中发现的最近发表的研究主题。提议的资源将包括在少数民族物理专业学生和高中学生（及其教师）的扩展计划中。额外的资本设备和大学生人力资源增强工具（实习，奖学金）将与SWT的行业咨询小组一起寻求。

Carlos J. Gutierrez DUE 9552338 Southwest Texas State U FY1995 $50,000 San Marcos, TX 78666 ILI - Instrumentation Project: Physics Title: A Thin Film Materials Physics Course for Southwest Texas State University An upper-division Materials Physics Laboratory (MPL) course will be established in the Department of Physics at Southwest Texas State University (SWT) which will be the culmination of a newly organized and focused "materials physics" curriculum track whose on-going development was initiated by changes in the introductory physics sequence four years ago. The new "materials physics track" is a coherent response to regional market-place pressure for thin film science and technology education recognized by an independent and broad Industry Advisory Panel. This newly-organized and focused curriculum track will culminate with the proposed MPL course, and offer a curriculum option at SWT which addresses a national need for changes in undergraduate physics education aimed towards improving baccalaureate marketability for private sector opportunities in marketable materials science-related areas. In addition, this proposal will also have a direct impact on the existing Modem Physics II course (part of both the "traditional" and new "materials physics" tracks). The laboratory components for both the MPL and Modern Physics II courses will familiarize students with "hands-on" critical analysis skills utilizing new instruments (atomic force microscopy, four-point probe apparatus) and course-upgraded existing instruments (scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectroscopy, high vacuum magnetron sputtering, x-ray analysis, and magnetometry) which are commonly found in private sector thin film-related industries (i.e. the semiconductor fabricatio n industry). These skills will be learned in a supervised mock research team environment focusing on recently published research themes found in the professional literature. The proposed resources will be included in plans for outreach programs involving minority physics majors, and high school students (and their teachers). Additional capital equipment and undergraduate human resource enhancement tools (internships, scholarships) will be sought in conjunction with SWT's Industry Advisory Panel.