Dr. Jan M. Yarrison-Rice
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Professor
Physics Department
Miami University
Room 21 Culler Hall
513-529-1862, or
FAX 513-529-5629
Email: yarrisjm@muohio.edu |
Fall 2009 Office HourS
TBA
& by appointment
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Fall
2008: Teaching Schedule
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
Phy
293: Lecture and R Lab Sections
Spring 2009: Teaching Schedule
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
Phy108F: Ethics
& Science First Year Seminar
Fall
2008: Teaching Schedule
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
Phy
293: Lecture and R Lab Sections
Spring
2007: Teaching Schedule
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
Fall 2007: Teaching Schedule
Phy
293: Lecture and R Lab Sections
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
Spring 2007: Teaching Schedule
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
Phy 108F: Ethics & Science
Fall 2006: Teaching Schedule
Phy
293: Lecture and R Lab Sections
Phy 101:
Physics & Society
WMS130: Six Major Issues in Science,
Engineering, & Technology Seminar
Research Agenda:
Characterization & Engineering of Nanoscale
Structures & Devices: (updated Aug. 2006)
Specific Research Areas:
(1) Fabrication
of Single Digit Electrodes for Coupled Raman Spectroscopy &
Electrical Conductivity Measurements of Single Di-Metal Molecules
with Neil Smith &Senthil
Rajagopal, Miami
Physics Graduate Students and Thomas Scott, Christine Urig, Archana
Jaiswal, Hongcai Zhou and Shouzhong Zou, Chemistry Department, Miami
University
(2) Fabrication
and Optical Characterization of Photonic Bandgap Waveguide Structures
in the Visible & at 1.5 microns
with Katie Beddow, Miami
Physics Undergraduate Student, Meron Yamane
Tekeste, Miami Physics Graduate Student & Scott Masturzo,
University of Cincinnati Electrical Engineering Graduate Student
(4) CdS and GaAs/AlGaAs Nanowire
Investigations
with Amensisa Abdi, Thang BaHoang, and Lyuba
Titova, University of Cincinnati
(5) Self-assembled
Quantum Dots
with
amensisa Abdi and Bob Jones, University of Cincinnati Physics Graduate
Students
(6) Near
Field Scanning Optical Microscopy
with
Katie Beddow, Erica Raber and Matthew Klein, Miami
Undergraduate Students & Cole Loomis and Amelia Carpenter, Miami
Graduate Students
with Aditi Sharma and Amensisa
Abdi, University of Cincinnati Graduate Students
Older
Results:
Other Research Areas:
(7) Development
of Critical Thinking Skills in a First Year Physics Course:
Ethics & Science, Research conducted Fall 2004 & 2005
Recent
Results: [1] Invited
60 Minute Workshop, Undergraduate Assessment Symposium, Raleigh,
NC, Spring 2006
with Jennifer Blue and Beverley
Taylor, Physics Faculty, Miami University
<>(8) Can Women and Minority
Students
Find Community?
(9) Enhancing Beam Fanning in
Photorefractive Materials
with Neil
Smith, Miami Undergraduate Student:
Other courses I have taught:
Phy 441/541:Optics & Laser Physics and R Lab
Chm/Phy 760: Single Molecule
Electronics and Microscopy Seminar
Phy
293: Lecture and R Lab Sections
Phy 108F: Ethics & Science,
First Year Seminar
WMS 130:
Achievements of Women in Math, Science and Engineering, WIMSE Sprint
Seminar
Phy 182.F:
1-2:50 PM TR Lecture Section
Phy
400/500: Seminar
WIMSE Advisor: Women in Mathematics, Science
& Engineering