Darin T. Zimmerman

Associate Professor of Physics 
Physics Department Chair

Penn State Altoona

106 Science Building

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

Lab:(814) 949-5666

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); Exam1; Exam2; Final
Physics 212 - Electricity and Magnetism (Syllabus); Evens.quizzes; Exam 1; Exam 2; Final
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

2008 Curriculum Vitae (PDF)

 
research interests

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

 

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

  Heating and Sintering of Powdered Metals
Electromagnetic Properties of Materials

 

Nanomaterials

  Magnetorheological Fluids
Electromechanical Properties of Nanotubes
Endohedral Fullerenes
 
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