Selected Research Students & Projects
- V. Cornejo '98 "Thomson's Jumping Ring"
- K. Ni '09 "Computed Tomography and the Radon Transform"
- F. Friesen '10 "FPGA"
- E. C. Brost '10 "Optimizing Thomson's Jumping Ring"
Physics
Paul Tjossem
Campus Phone:
641-269-4289
Associate Professor of Physics, Chair of Physics Department
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 |
|---|---|---|
| "Optimizing Thomson's Jumping ring" | Synopsis: P. J. H. Tjossem and E. C. Brost, Am. J. Phys. 79 (4), 353-358 (2011). We explain a mass resonance of a famous alternating current electromagnetic demonstration that relies on the Faraday effect. Ask your instructor about it in Physics 132 or 335. | |
| "Measurements and mechanisms of Thomson's jumping ring" | P. J. H. Tjossem and V. Cornejo. Am. J. Phys. 68 (3), 238-244 (2000). |
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-314: Thermodynamics
Phy-335: Electromagnetic Theory
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
Electromagnetic puzzles
