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Teaching
Current Course
During Spring 2009 semester, Prof. Kojima is teaching “General Physics,” Physics 204. The course is a general physics course designed for biology and other science major students. It covers the topics of electricity and magnetism, optics, modern physics including relativity and quantum mechanics, atomic and nuclear physics. See the course web site for details.
Recent Teaching Innovations
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 Physics Projects
“Unusual Behaviors of Supersolid 4He” (senior honors thesis) David Ruffner 2008
“New Compound Torsional Oscillator” Vaibhav Sharma 2008
“Search for Fourth Sound in Supersolid He-4” Herbert Silva 2008
“Sonoluminescence in Noble Gas Mixtures”(senior honors thesis) Michael Solway 2006
“Supersolid Phase of HCP Solid 4He at Ultra Low Temperatures”(senior honors thesis) Joseph Graves 2006
“Stress-Driven Instability on Solid 4He Surface”(senior honors thesis) Tamer Elkholy 2004 (present address: Department of Physics, MIT)
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