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Teaching
Current Course
Prof. Kojima is currently teaching “Experiments in Modern and Applied Physics,” Physics 387/389. The course is a laboratory course designed for junior and senior physics major students. Students conducts experiments such as photoelectric effect, Franck-Hertz effect, Zeeman effect, measurement of speed of light, nuclear decay and others. See the course web site for details.
Recent Teaching Innovations
During the Spring semester of 2006, Prof. Kojima introduced an options called “Exploration in Experimental Physics” into “Experiments in Modern and Applied Physics,” physics 388/389/506. Most of the students enrolled in the class had taken the first part of the sequence in the previous fall semester. They were ready to take on more challenging work. Students were allowed to choose a project of their choice and worked on it throughout the semester. The students were asked to plan and design their own experiments with available equipments. See the course web site for more details. All students who took the option enjoyed concentrating on one challenging project and gained much experience in carrying out independent work.
Current and Recent Undergraduate Honors Physics Projects
“Sonoluminescence in Noble Gas Mixtures” Michael Solway 2006
“Supersolid Phase of HCP Solid 4He at Ultra Low Temperatures” Joseph Graves 2006
“Stress-Driven Instability on Solid 4He Surface” Tamer Elkholy 2004 (present address: Department of Physics, MIT)
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