Darin T. Zimmerman

Interim Head, Mathematics & Natural Sciences

Associate Professor of Physics 
Penn State Altoona

106 Science Building

3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601
Office: (814) 949-5746

Lab: (814) 949-5666

Fax: (814) 949-5838  

dtz1@psu.edu

education

Ph.D., Physics, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, June 1997.  Dissertation title: "Vibrational Spectroscopy of Adsorbed Molecules Using Self-Assembling Tunnel Junctions."

B.S., Physics, University of California, Irvine, CA, June 1990.
 

 
classes

Physics 001 - Conceptual Physics

Physics 097 - Special Topics WS4.2, WS4.3, Final WS 

Physics 101 - Physical Science solutions

Physics 211 - Mechanics Syllabus; quiz solutions; WS #1; WS #2
Physics 212 - Electricity and Magnetism Syllabus; quiz solutions; WS #1; WS # 2
Physics 213 - Fluids, Waves, and Thermal Physics Syllabus; quiz solutions
Physics 214 - Optics and Modern Physics Syllabus; quiz solutions
Physics 237 - Modern Physics Syllabus; even answers

Physics 250 - Introductory Physics I Syllabus; answers to problems; quiz solutions

Physics 251 - Introductory Physics II Syllabus; answers to problems; quiz solutions

Physics 419 - Theoretical Mechanics Syllabus; answers to problems

 
curriculum vitae

Curriculum Vitae

 
research interests

Microwave Physics  Supported by National Science Foundation: RUI-DMR 0406584

 

Heating and sintering of powdered metals [J. Appl. Phys. 101, 074906 (2007)]
Electromagnetic Properties of Materials

Percolation phenomena [Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 214103 (2008)]

Nanomaterials Supported by National Science Foundation: RUI-CBET 0755696

 

Magnetorheological fluids [Smart Mater. Struct. 17, 015028 (2008)]

Magnetorheological elastomers
Electromagnetic and mechanical properties of magnetic nanowires

Percolation phenomena [Appl. Phys. Lett. 95 (2009), in press]

 

Condensed Matter Physics  Supported by National Science Foundation: RUI-DMR 0072148
  Inelastic Electron Tunneling (slideshow ~5MB)    
Low Temperature Phenomena
Quantum Devices

 
links
American Physical Society UC Irvine Physics Department
Materials Research Institute Astronomy Picture of the Day
American Association of Physics Teachers Student opinions about my teaching
Texas A&M University Physics Department