Paul Tjossem

tjossem@grinnell.edu

Campus Phone:

641-269-4289

Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.):

Physics

Position:

Associate Professor of Physics

On-Campus Address:

Science 1036

Education / Degrees:

Postdoc (Molecular Physics), 1987-89, National Institute of Standards and Technology

Ph.D. (Applied Physics), 1987, Cornell University

M.S. (Applied Physics), 1983, Cornell University

B.A. (Physics), 1981, Swarthmore College

Publications:

Title	URL	Synopsis
"Measurements and mechanisms of Thomson's jumping ring"	http://ojps.aip.org/journals/doc/AJPIAS-ft/vol_68/iss_3/238_1.html	P. J. H. Tjossem and V. Cornejo. Am. J. Phys. 68 (3), 238-244 (2000). PDF

Courses Taught:

Phy-131: General Physics I with Lab

Phy-132: General Physics II with Lab

Phy-220: Electronics with Lab

Phy-310: Computational Physics

Phy-462: Advanced Laboratory

Tutorial: "Engineered Humans"

Primary Academic Interest:

Experimental atomic and molecular physics

Other Academic Interests:

Non-linear laser spectrometry

Trace atom and molecule detection

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