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 19.0, 21.0 and 22.5 MeV.  GJW is also a member of the Penn State Altoona Materials Research Group.

                         

"Human beings are now carrying out a large-scale geophysical experiment of a kind that could not have happened in the past nor be reproduced in the future.  Within a few centuries we are returning to the atmosphere and oceans the concentrated organic carbon stored in sedimentary rocks over hundreds of millions of years.  This experiment, if adequately documented, may yield a far-reaching insight into the processes determining weather and climate." (Roger Revelle, 1957) If you are interested in contributing an entry to ABC-CLIO's Climate Change: An Encyclopedia of Science and History (to be published in 2012), then click here.

 

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 001 - The Science of Physics          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           Astronomy 001 - Astronomical Universe 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                        Course delivery is done on the Penn State Angel system.

curriculum vitae GJW's Curriculum Vitae in html

research interests Nuclear physics   NN interaction and few-body systems Nucleon-nucleus optical model Materials science (sintering, percolation, and rectennas) History of twentieth century physics communities   undergraduate research Collaborative research with undergraduate students Penn State Altoona's Materials Science Group Penn State Altoona Undergraduate Research Fair

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Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory	PSA Materials Research Group
National Nuclear Data Center	Materials Research Institute
Penn State Altoona Physics Department	History of Science Society
Altoona Undergraduate Research Fair	American Physical Society