Teaching
Teaching Interests
Although I am not currently teaching any courses at UC Berkeley, as I am pursuing at career as a faculty member at a research university, teaching will be a part of my future career. Although I am open to the idea of teaching courses beyond my immediate expertise, my primary interests in teaching are:
- Upper division or graduate plasma physics
- Upper division or graduate electromagnetism
- Parallel Programming for Scientific Applications
- The Practice of High-Performance Computing
Teaching Experience
I have taught at Occidental College as an Adjunct Assistant Instructor for three semesters, Fall 1996, Spring 1997, and Fall 2000. Below I give a brief description of the courses I taught.
Physics 105- Light
- An introductory course on optics, waves, relativity, and quantum mechanics.
- Intended as the first course for Physics majors as well as a course open to non-science majors as fulfillment of the laboratory science requirement.
- As this newly developed course had only been offered once previously, a large part of my job involved refinement of the curriculum.
Physics 105- Light Laboratory
- Standard optics labopratory experiments.
Physics 110- Mechanics
- An introductory, calculus-based course on classic mechanics.
Physics 110- Mechanics Laboratory
- Standard optics labopratory experiments.
Physics 140- Light and Modern Physics Laboratory
- Experiments on optics, waves, and nuclear physics.