Summer 2006
Description: PHY 6939 is a 3 credit-hour course offered in the summer C terms. It is part of the core of the Ph.D. program and thus mandatory. The last day of class in this course is used for giving a comprehensive general Physics test, which is also part of the program and used for advisement purposes only.
Objectives: The primary objective of the course is to provide students with a broad view of the current research efforts in physics at UCF. For this purpose, faculty members from the Department will present tutorial seminars on their field of interest and on their research projects. The second objective is to help students develop oral presentation skills. Students will be required to make a formal presentation based on their research work or on a topic of his/her choice upon consultation with the instructor.
Lecturer: Eduardo Mucciolo (office in MAP 416, 823-1882, e-mail: mucciolo physics ucf edu)
Schedule and Location: Mondays and Wednesdays, 4:00-5:50 pm, in MAP 306 or 318.
Content and tentative schedule:
| Date | Speaker | Location | |
| Monday | May 15 | E. Mucciolo | MAP 306 |
| Wednesday | May 17 | A. Schulte | MAP 318 |
| Monday | May 22 | V. Kokoouline | MAP 306 |
| Wednesday | May 24 | S. Khondaker | MAP 318 |
| Wednesday | May 31 | H. Campins | MAP 318 |
| Monday | June 5 | A. Bhattacharya | MAP 306 |
| Wednesday | June 7 | D. Britt | MAP 306 |
| Monday | June 12 | E. del Barco | MAP 306 |
| Wednesday | June 14 | Organic Electronics: Polymer Field Effect Transistors, by Paul Stokes | MAP 306 |
| Monday | June 19 | Fabrication and Characterization of Single Electron Transistors, by John Henderson | MAP 306 |
| Wednesday | June 21 | Electronic Structure Applied to Problems in Electrochemistry and Catalysis, by Duc Nguyen | MAP 306 |
| Monday | June 26 | Introduction to Supersymmetric Quantum Mechanics, by Jared Gottesman | MAP 306 |
| Wednesday | June 28 | Nanowires and Nanoassembly, by Michael Whelan | MAP 306 |
| Monday | July 3 | H. Heinrich | MAP 318 |
| Wednesday | July 5 | M. Leuenberger | MAP 318 |
| Monday | July 10 | P. Schelling | |
| Wednesday | July 12 | E. Flitsiyan | |
| Monday | July 17 | — | |
| Wednesday | July 19 | H. Saha | |
| Monday | July 24 | Low Frequency Noise and its effects on Extremely Sensitive Devices, by Jorge Martinez, and Methanol Decomposition Catalyzed by Size Selected Pt Nanoparticles Supported on TiO2, by Jason Croy | MAP 318 |
| Wednesday | July 26 | Compact Scanning Fabry-Perot Spectrometer, by Justin Cleary, and Detection and Analysis of RF Emission Generated by Laser-Matter Interactions, by Jason Aspiotis | MAP 318 |
| Monday | July 31 | Fabrication and Spectral Characterization of Optical Calibration Targets for Mars Exploration Rovers, by Jeff Hoskins, and Berry Phase Blockade in Single-Molecule Magnets, by Gabriel Gonzalez | MAP 318 |
| Wednesday | August 2 | comprehensive Physics test | MAP 306 |
Grading scale: The following scale will be used:
A 100 – 85%
B 84 – 70%
C 69 – 50%
D 50 – 30%
F 30 – 0%.
+/- grades may be given
Grading system: The final grades will be based on the following distribution: quizzes – 50%, oral presentation – 50%.
Important dates:
| Classes begin at UCF | May 15 |
| Memorial Day | May 29 |
| Independence Day | July 4 |
| Classes end at UCF | August 2 |
Quizzes
A. Bhattacharya (due June 22)
Eduardo Mucciolo 2006-07-27