Integration of Computing Facilities into Upper Division Physics Laboratories

CSULA物理系通过开发四门课程的综合序列，开创了一种新的高级实验室教学方法。本课程的主要特点是学生利用计算机接口和实验方法的技能来设计和组装他们将用于薄膜半导体光学特性的最终独立实验的设备。我们的目标是培养每个本科生的实验室素养，使他们能够在行业或研究生院独立从事研究项目。这个项目为这个项目中的一个主要实验提供了设备。接口设备，如步进电机控制器，IEEE和A/D转换器允许学生在前两门课程确定实验参数和设计控制和采集程序。光谱仪，电源，锁定放大器和沉积速率监测器允许学生在接下来的两个课程光学分析薄膜半导体样品使用数据控制和分析系统确定在第一个课程。以前的一个试点项目表明，这种方法可能会取得成功。

The CSULA Department of Physics has initiated a new approach to upper-division laboratory instruction by developing an integrated sequence of four courses. The key feature of this program is that the students utilize skills learned in computer interfacing and experimental methods to design and assemble the apparatus they will use for a final independent experiment on the optical properties of thin film semiconductors. Our goal is that each undergraduate develops laboratory literacy in the skills that they will need in order to be able to work independently on research projects in either industry or graduate school. This project provides equipment for a major experiment in this program. Interfacing equipment such as stepper motor controllers, IEEE and A/D converters allow students in the first two courses to determine experimental parameters and design control and acquisition programs. The spectrometer, power supplies, lock-in amplifiers and deposition rate monitor allow students in the following two courses optically to analyze thin film semiconductor samples using the data control and analysis systems determined in the first courses. A previous pilot project has indicated the potential success of this method.