In the photo to the right, GJW is standing in the Shielded Neutron Source target area of the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory.  This setup was used for taking neutron-deuteron analyzing power data at 19 MeV and (with slight modifications) at 21.0 and 22.5 MeV.  GJW is also a member of PSA's Microwave Group.

                         

We need an educational system that challenges our brightest students to realize their potential; otherwise, we will no longer be a superpower.  But we also need to ensure a high-quality education for every child.  Even though many of them won't become inventors or theorists or seminal thinkers, they will be competent in the basics and they will know how and where to find the information they need.  Mastering the basics seems like a modest aspiration, but it is crucial.  Without a competent workforce, the new ideas and technological breakthroughs will languish -- or be taken up in some other country, one with a competent, well-educated labor force.                                                                         -- Bill Bradley, The New American Story

 

education Ph.D., Department of History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, August, 2001.  Dissertation title: "Containing Plasma Physics: A Disciplinary History, 1950-1980." Ph.D., Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, May, 1992. Dissertation  title: "Analyzing-Power Measurements for Neutron Scattering from 1H and 209Bi." M.A., Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, December, 1987 B.S., Department of Physics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, May, 1978

classes taught Physics 001H - Physics in Historical Perspective          Physics 211 - Mechanics                                               Physics 212 - Electricity and Magnetism                      Physics 213 - Fluids, Waves, and Thermal Physics        Physics 214 - Optics and Modern Physics                    Physics 237 - Modern Physics                     Physics 250 - Introductory Physics I Physics 251 - Introductory Physics II  Physics 400 - Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism  Physics 419 - Theoretical Mechanics           History 122 (STS122) - History of Science I                 History 123 (STS123) - History of Science II                History 428 (STS428) - The Darwinian Revolution       Science 400 - Consequences of Science                        Much course delivery (including syllabuses) is done on the Penn State Angel system.

curriculum vitae GJW's Curriculum Vitae in html

research interests Nuclear physics   n-d analyzing power at 19 MeV (G.J. Weisel, PI) n-d analyzing power at 22.5 MeV (G.J. Weisel, PI)  n-p analyzing power                                                   n-3He analyzing power photodisintegration of d and 3He nuclear optical model Electromagnetic properties of powdered metal-insulator mixtures (D.T. Zimmerman, PI) History of modern physics (G.J. Weisel, PI)         List of history of science books for the interested reader   research with undergraduate students Click here for information about collaborative research done by GJW with undergraduate students. Click here for information about PSA's Microwave Sintering Group.

links

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory	PSA Microwave Sintering Group
Duke University Free Electron Laser Laboratory	Student research with GJW
National Nuclear Data Center
Materials Research Institute
Penn State Altoona Physics Department	History of Science Society
Penn State Altoona Honors Program	American Physical Society
Penn State Altoona Science Club