Physics Department

• Welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff• Physics seminar program • SPS & T-shirt design contest• Mailboxes & keys to Olin Physical Laboratory• Undergraduate honors and award programs• Research opportunities• Teaching assistant and grading opportunities

• Welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staffNew Faculty Member:

Jeremy Qualls -- from Florida State University -- new faculty position

Honors: Ching-Wan Yip-- Academic Support Specialist -- 5 years of service

Students who graduated this summer: Cary Grow --> Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Physics Department

• Welcome new and returning students, faculty, and staff

• Please see Judy in Olin 100 (between Aug. 31 and Sept. 4)

– To have your picture made for our display case (between 8/31-9/4).

– To provide your current local snail mail and email address for departmental records.

Physics Department

Physics Department

• Physics seminar program

Physics Department

• SPS & T-shirt design contest– Announcements by Paul Anderson

– T-shirt comments by Natalie Holzwarth

Physics Department

• Mailboxes & keys to Olin Physical Laboratory– All undergraduate physics majors and graduate students

have a mail box in the Physics Department Office.– To obtain keys to rooms in Olin Physical Lab, please

see Machele Bailey in Olin 110.

Physics Department

• Undergraduate honors and award programs– Presentation by W. C. Kerr.

Physics Department

• Research opportunities– Undergraduate students are especially encouraged to

participate; course credit, Wake Forest University Fellowships, or individual faculty grants

Web site: http://www.wfu.edu/undergraduate_college/research-fellowship/

Web site: http://www.wfu.edu/undergraduate_college/research-fellowship/

Research in Physics Department

• Part I (8/31/00) -- Experimental– Keith Bonin (Atomic Physics)

– George Holzwarth (Biophysics)

– Dany Kim-Shapiro (Biophysics)

– Rick Matthews (Condensed matter)

– Jeremy Qualls (Condensed matter)

– Howard Shields (EPR)

– Richard Williams (Laser Physics)

• Part II (9/7/00) -- Theory– Paul Anderson (Gravitation)

– Eric Carlson (Particle and astrophysics)

– Greg Cook (Gravitational Physics and Computational Astrophysics )

– Natalie Holzwarth (Materials simulations)

– Bill Kerr (Nonlinear simulations)

Recent Graduates who participated in research:

BS Degree with honors:Kerry Grow (G. E. Matthews)

MS Degree (5-year program): Kyle Bergquist (H. Shields) Kerry Grow (F. Fahey)

PhD Degree:William Hinson (D. Bourland)Andy Graham (W. C. Kerr)Hank Yochum (R. T. Williams)Jack Brockway (E. D. Carlson)Forrest Charnock (G. E. Matthews)

(Dany Kim-Shapiro)

Undergraduate students who participated in research this summer:(Wake Forest Fellowships or grants)

•Rupen Amin

•Brian Cinc

•Bryan Lusk

•Christie Melby

•Alan Poole

•Jacob Kline (Paul Anderson)

Physics Research Participation —Theoretical/Computational Physics

Research Group Area of research Openings Current StudentsPaul Anderson Gravitational Physics ~1 Peter Groves

Jacob KlineBrian Mischuck

Eric Carlson Particle Physics andAstrophysics

~1

Greg Cook Gravitational Physics andComputational Astrophysics

~2 Harald Pfeiffer (Cornell)Mark Hannam (UNC)

Natalie Holzwarth Computational MaterialsPhysics

~2 Yonas Abraham

William Kerr Computational Solid StatePhysics

~1 Guanghui Lei

(Blue indicates Undergraduate student.)

Physics Research Participation — Experimental PhysicsResearch Group Area of research Openings Current Students

Keith Bonin Laser and optical physics ~2 Adam BallardGeorge Holzwarth Biophysics ~1 David HillDany Kim-Shapiro Biophysics ~1 Svetlana Aroutiouanian

Kejing Chen,James Zhi Huang, Xuili XuRuben Amin, Brian Cinc,Pamela Edwards, Bryan Lusk,Alan Poole

Rick Matthews Solid State Physics ~2 Rodney DunningJeremy Qualls Solid State Physics/

Organic Conductors~4

Howard Shields Magnetic Resonance ~1Richard Williams Solid State and

Laser Physics~1 Yonas Abraham

Defei LiangYong QuiJohn WilkinsonGang Xiong

(Blue indicates Undergraduate student.)

Physics Department

• Teaching assistant and grading opportunities– Announcements by George Holzwarth

– TA’s and graders should see Judy for forms

Physics Department

• Physics Research Opportunities I• Presentation by Jeremy Qualls• Tour of experimental labs

TOUR SCHEDULE

GROUP1 GROUP2 4:10 Keith Bonin, Rm 200 4:10 George Holzwarth, Rm 213 4:20 Dany Kim-Shapiro, Rm 202 4:20 Rick Matthews, Rm 216 4:30 Richard Williams, Rm 209 4:30 Keith Bonin, Rm 200 4:40 George Holzwarth, Rm 213 4:40 Dany Kim-Shapiro, Rm 202 4:50 Rick Matthews, Rm 216 4:50 Richard Williams, Rm 209