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Our programs are flexible, allowing you different options to reach your goals. The physics major is an excellent preparation for a diverse range of careers. For students interested in engineering, we offer both a four-year JCU degree in engineering physics as well as a 3-2 Dual Degree Engineering Program with Case Western Reserve University. Further, our majors pair well with minors in mathematics, computer science, entrepreneurship, and more.
The physics B.A. degree provides you with a comprehensive introduction to the discipline and the opportunity to explore some areas of physics in greater depth. It is appropriate if you are pursuing law school, want to teach at the high school level, or are interested in the 3-2 dual degree engineering program with Case Western Reserve University.
The physics B.S. requires an in-depth study of the core areas of physics and a selection of upper-division courses such as thermal physics, atomic and molecular physics, condensed matter physics, or other engineering electives.
All of our majors carry out a significant research or design project under the guidance of a faculty member. Paid summer research positions are available to students through our Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship program.
Physics can lead to quite lucrative careers, and the projected job growth rate for the field is very high. Example job titles of recent graduates include research engineer, medical physicist, product manager, quality inspector, and cryo-imaging technician.
"After graduation I spent a year teaching 8th grade Algebra at Saint Kateri Catholic Schools. I am currently in my final semester as a Master of Public Affairs and Master of Science in Environmental Science candidate concentrating in Energy at Indiana University's O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs. I am spending my final semester reconnecting with my engineering physics roots at Delft University of Technology in The Netherlands. Throughout my time in this graduate program I have focused on the technology, policy, and economic factors impacting the Shale Gas Revolution and development of a sustainable energy future through the energy transition.
My time at John Carroll and the many lessons I learned have applied well beyond the world of Engineering Physics. The focus upon 'learning how I learn' has allowed me to quickly enter a new field and everyday I have used the problem-solving methods I learned at JCU to tackle complex problems. Following graduation from IU I am looking to enter the world of energy policy working in Washington, D.C., or Ohio."
"Physics is truly one of the coolest subjects anyone can study; it opens up so many career opportunities, it describes why the world works, and it is intellectually challenging and satisfying." Brian is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Physics at Case Western Reserve University.
In general, the information on free carriers, phonons and band electrons is stamped on the dielectric function of a material, and these entities dominate their signatures at different spectral regions. The talk will focus on how three spectrometers, which span a wide spectral region (i.e., 85 cm-1 and 50,000 cm-1), are used to decipher the dielectric functions of molecular beam epitaxy-grown Hg1-xCdxSe thin films. Initially, two spectroscopic ellipsometers were used between 400 cm-1 and 50,000 cm-1 to determine the dielectric function and the thickness of Hg1-xCdxSe films. Ellipsometry results were then used to model the reflectivity data, which allowed us to obtain the absolute reflectance values and to map the dielectric function from the reflectivity spectra, obtained between 85 cm- 1 and 8,000 cm-1 from the third spectrometer. By representing the dielectric function as a collection of classical oscillators, we were able to recover the details of absorption due to free electrons, phonons, and band electrons in the Hg1-xCdxSe alloy system. Besides the information on carrier concentration and band gap values, our models find two transverse phonon modes for Hg1-xCdxSe, where the HgSe-like mode blue-shifts and the CdTe-like mode red-shifts with increasing Cd concentration.
Transient stellar phenomena have provided a rich lode of results from which we have been able to probe the structure and history of the universe. Relations between the period of variability and intrinsic luminosity of Cepheid variable stars led directly to the discovery of cosmic expansion and the Big Bang. In addition, they have revealed the presence of large amounts of dark matter dominating the matter density of the universe. Most recently, supernovae have provided a greatly needed probe to vast distances, and we have discovered a new dark energy which contributes the bulk of the energy density in the universe. I will review these results and discuss current outstanding questions. Recent research into supernovae and variable stars using the Robotic Optical Transient Search Experiment telescopes will be discussed, and an initial alternative measurement of the cosmic expansion in the local universe will be described. Measurements planned using the soon to start Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument will be discussed that will utilize the clustering of galaxies across most of the visible universe to provide a time history of cosmic expansion over the last 10-11 billion years.
In this talk, we will consider a theoretical model of a dancer spinning in a pirouette, much like a spinning top, to uncover the likelihood that dancers can achieve multiple revolutions in the pirouette without making postural adjustments. I will then discuss the results of experimental studies, in which high-speed motion capture equipment was used to collect time-series data of body segment positions and orientations during pirouettes and how principal components analysis was used to identify joint angle coordination strategies that dancers utilize to maintain balance while rotating.
Many contemporary composers use virtual instruments on digital audio workstations to create and record music. However, real instruments exhibit physical phenomena that can be difficult to reproduce digitally. In this work, we focus on the piano and explore a nonlinear effect that occurs when two notes are played at the same time. The effect is due to soundboard vibrations which lead to a net interaction between strings of simultaneously played notes. When two notes are combined on a virtual instrument, the software adds the signals of separately recorded samples and does not account for these nonlinear interactions. To investigate simultaneously played and software-added piano notes, we perform simulations of a piano model that describes soundboard, strings, and hammers and is solved with finite difference methods. The model combines realistic parameters for materials with a simplified soundboard geometry with the aim of generating relevant results within reasonable computational effort. We simulate the playing of separate notes, which are added as one might do with composing software, and of simultaneous notes. An analysis of the resulting power spectra and decay times shows measurable differences between simultaneously played and software-combined notes. The audience is invited to judge if these differences can be noticed by a listener.
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