Lawrence University Physics Department

Lawrence University
Physics Department

Prof. John Brandenberger, Eric Moore '99, and Prof. David Cook

mong the best respected undergraduate physics programs in the nation, the Lawrence physics curriculum is structured to help students develop a firm grasp of important theories and a secure competence in active experimental areas and techniques. The department features faculty involved in several areas of contemporary research, including laser physics and atomic spectroscopy, computational physics, condensed matter physics (especially liquid crystals), and plasma physics. These faculty members endeavor strongly to involve students in the research going on around them.

Teresa Hayne '00 and Paul Kondratko '00

n recent years, faculty have received numerous grants to establish unique facilities in computational physics, laser physics, x-ray analysis, and plasma confinement. Model Lawrence programs in laser and computational physics have received particular acclaim.

ince 1987, Lawrence has hosted a highly selective Laser Physics Workshop for high school seniors who apply to Lawrence. The annual workshop for prospective physics majors is unique for a liberal arts college.

*ABOUT THE PHYSICS DEPARTMENT*
Curriculum	Faculty and Staff
Calendar of Events for 2009-10	Students
For Physics Majors	Departmental/Institutional Profile
CCLI Project: Strengthening Computation	Other Departmental Information
Student Physics Society	Lawrence Physics Workshop for Prospective Students

SPECIAL DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

The 24th annual Lawrence Physics Workshop was held 26-27 February 2010. Twenty-six high school seniors from 14 states and one from the U.K participated in this year's workshop. The local paper covered the event.
David M. Cook, Professor of Physics Emeritus and Philetus E. Sawyer Professor of Science Emeritus is now the president of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT).
Gennady Malyshev ('10) is coauthor with Professor John Brandenberger of a paper that was recently accepted for publication in Physical Review A titled, "Fine-structure splittings in high-lying ²F states of rubidium via three-step laser spectroscopy."
Mackenzie Van Camp ('09) is coauthor of a paper that was recently published in Physical Review A, titled "Electromagnetically induced transparency with noisy lasers:"
- Yanhong Xiao, et al., Phys. Rev. A, 80, 041805(R) 2009.
Bao Ha ('07) is the first author on a paper that recently appeared in Physics of Plasmas, titled "Using numerical simulations to extract parameters of toroidal electron plasmas from experimental data:"
- B.N. Ha, M.R. Stoneking, and J.P. Marler, Phys. Plasmas 16, 032110 (2009).

Previous special news items are accessible at this link.

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