Dr. Thomas Burns
Dr. Kuo-Ho Yang
Dr. Robert Mitchell
Physical Science
Sound and Light
Concepts in Electronics
Principles of Physics
College Physics I
College Physics II
General Physics I
General Physics II
Electromagnetic Theory
Electronics
Theoretical Physics: Mechanics
Optics
Modern Physics
Statics
Dynamics
Strength of Materials
Digital Electronics Laboratory
1) electronics - with facilities for design and testing of
analog, digital and interfacing circuits.
2) materials - with specialized vacuum,low-temperature and
microscope for investigating properties of materials.
3) lasers and fiber optics - with both continuous and
modulated lasers and laser video and KOP - 100 fiber optics
experiment systems.
4) atomic and nuclear physics - including a Tel-X-ometer X-
ray system, Zeeman effect apparatus and gamma ray spectrometers.
5) optics and holgraphy - with a vibration isolation table,
astronomical telescopes and spectrometers.
In addition there are larger labs for general physics and
physical science. Computers in rooms which are near to the
faculty offices have Macintosh and Unix-based
computers. Faculty computers are networked to these computing
facilities. An observatory at the Waspi River Environmental Education Center
near Dixon Iowa (http://electro.sau.edu/observatory/)
provides another opportunity for learning and
independent research.
1) Lab room Le 101 (General Physics Lab). There are 6 Macintosh
computers running OS X. The software available on all
computers includes MathCad, Interactive Physics, MacSpice, DataStudio and EM Field.
All of these computers are connected to the Internet. Interface
hardware includes Vernier Universal Lab interface units and Pasco
Science Workshop 500 interface units.
St. Ambrose University Physics Department
518 West Locust Street, Davenport, Iowa 52803
June 24, 2004
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