Physics Department PresentationCSM Summer 2011 Retreat

Chair: Chuck De Leone

Programs Offered and Number of Students (Fall 2011)

• Bachelors of Science in Applied Physics (General)

27• Applied Physics Option Declared

16• Applied Electronics Option Declared

6• Double Major

1

• Total UBACH Majors

50

• Significant Physics Minor accessed by CS, Math, Biology, Chemistry

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

• Biophysics Option• Physics Education Option (funded)• Taking applied electronics further• Masters Program?

Faculty Members

• Tenure Track Faculty 4+1=

5• Adjuncts

10

• Total FTES (Spring 2011)

200• Total FTES (Fall 2011) estimated

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

• 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, NSF-STEP (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: $2,777Less 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 FundsEquipment maintenance and repair: $37,014Total Lottery Funds uploaded: $37,014

Space• Instructional Space –

– 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.