Prof. Charles Cunningham

 

cunningh@grinnell.edu
Campus Phone: 
Office 641-269-3182; Lab -4372
Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.): 
Physics
Position: 
Professor of Physics
On-Campus Address: 
Office: Science 1031; Lab: Science 0210
Education / Degrees: 
Postdoc (Solid State Physics), 1992-93, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Ph.D. (Physics), 1992, Stanford University
M.S. (Physics), 1987, Stanford University
B.S. (Physics), 1986, Harvey Mudd College
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
"Synthesis and processing of MgB2 powders and wires"C.E. Cunningham, C. Petrovic, G. Lapertot, S.L. Bud'ko, F. Laabs, W. Straszheim, D.K. Finnemore, and P.C. Canfield. Physica C, 353 5-10, (2001).
"Boron Isotope Effect in Superconducting MgB2"S.L. Bud'ko, G. Lapertot, C. Petrovic, C.E. Cunningham, N. Anderson, and P.C. Canfield. Physical Review Letters 86 1877-80, (2001).
"Superconductivity in Dense MgB2 Wires"P.C. Canfield, D.K. Finnemore, S.L. Bud'ko, J.E. Ostenson, G. Lapertot, C.E. Cunningham, and C. Petrovic. Physical Review Letters, 86 2423-2426, (2001)
"Magnetoresistivity and Hc2(T) in MgB2"S.L. Bud'ko, C. Petrovic, G. Lapertot, C.E. Cunningham, P.C. Canfield, M-H Jung, and A.H. Lacerda. Physical Review B 63 220505(R), 1-3 (2001).
Courses Taught: 
Phy-131: General Physics I with Lab
Phy-132: General Physics II with Lab
Phy-220: Electronics with Lab
Phy-232: Modern Physics with Lab
Phy-337: Optics Wave Phenomena
Phy-360: Solid State Physics
Phy-462: Advanced Laboratory
Tutorial: "Atoms: the dreams that stuff is made of"
Tutorial: "Water"
Primary Academic Interest: 
Novel materials growth
Other Academic Interests: 
Solid state physics
Magnetic ordering transitions
Superconductivity

Selected Research Students & Projects

  • Greg Dyer '04, "Magnetic phase diagrams of RCo2Ge2 single crystals."Xu Wang '04, "Effect of site dilution on magnetic transitions in (DyxY(1-x))Co2Ge2."
  • Heather Thiessen '02, "Magnetic anisotropy in the RCo2Ge2 Series."