Teaching

I teach physics at Southern Methodist University. Below, you will find links to course pages.

Course Websites

PHY1010: Honors Phyiscs

This is a supplementary course to the introductory sequence and can be taken concurrently with PHYS 1303, 1304, 1307 or 1308 to enhance the learning experience through engagement in a semester long grand challenge problem.
PHY1303: Introductory Mechanics

This is the first semester of a calculus based introductory physics course designed for scientists and engineers.
PHY3305: Modern Physics

This is the "gateway" to the physics major or minor, where students learn about relativity and quantum physics, with applications in atomic, nuclear, and particle physics.
PHY3368: Principles of Astrophysics and Cosmology

This is an elective course for a physics major or minor where students learn about the standard model of comology, the cosmic microwave background, formation of nuclei and stucture, dark matter, and dark energy.

Hot Topics

February 22, 2019:
The BRN workshop report on Needs for Small Scale Dark Matter Projects is out! Details here..

November 27, 2018:
Jodi Cooley was elected a fellow of the AAAS! Details here..

August 27, 2018:
Our paper on eneergy loss due to defect formation in our detectors was chosen as an Editors Pick for APL! Read more here.

June 8, 2018:
Listen as UC-Riverside Professor Flip Tanedo, science writer Ryan Mandelbaum and I discuss new ideas about dark matter on NPR's Science Friday.

May 31, 2013:
I give a review of direct detection dark matter detectors at The 25th Rencontres de Blois in Blois, France.
April 15, 2013:
The CDMS collaboration releases preprints arxiv:1304.4279 and arxiv:1304.3706 in the search for dark matter using the CDMS II silicon detectors.
April 10, 2013:
The undergraduate researchers in my lab and I present our research at the Low Radioactivity Techniques 2013 workshop hosted at Laboratori Nazionali del Gran Sasso, Italy.
March 18, 2013:
I speak with the SMU Town and Gown Club about my dark matter research.
March 18, 2013:
I speak with winners from the 2013 Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair at their awards banquet.
June 7, 2011: I speak with QuarkNet teachers at SMU about dark matter research.

Nov. 24, 2010: Watch my interview with reporter Jonathan Betz of Dallas ABC affiliate WFAA.
Nov. 7, 2010: I speak at the Collegium da Vinci about my dark matter research in the Soudan Mine in Minnesota.

Dec. 18, 2009: The CDMS Collaboration releases results (arXiv:0912.3592) in the search for dark matter using the entire CDMS II data sample. I present the results at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory.
Apr. 6, 2009: Join me at
Sonoma State University for
my public lecture, part of
the "What Physicists Do" series!
Mar. 2008:I present the status
of dark matter detection using
cryogenic techniques at the 2008
March APS meeting in St. Louis.
(See my talk)
Feb. 2008: CDMS presents its
latest results in the search for
dark matter and sets the world's
most stringent limits on WIMPs
(arXiv:0802.3530 [astro-ph])

Amplitude

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