BRYN MAWR COLLEGE - American Institute of Physics

BRYN
MAWR
COLLEGE
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899
http://www.brynmawr.edu/physics
General University Information
President: Kimberly Wright Cassidy
Dean of Graduate School: Sharon J. Nieter Burgmayer
University website: http://www.brynmawr.edu/
Control: Private
Setting: Suburban
Total Faculty: 158
Total number of Students: 1,863
Total number of Graduate Students: 348
Department Information
Department Chairman: Michael B. Schulz, Chair
Department Contact: Xuemei Cheng, Assistant
Professor/Director of Graduate Studies in Physics
Total full-time faculty: 6
Total number of full-time equivalent positions: 7
Full-Time Graduate Students: 4
Department Address
101 North Merion Avenue
Bryn Mawr, PA 19010-2899
Phone: (610) 526-5358
Fax: (610) 526-7469
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: http://www.brynmawr.edu/physics
ADMISSIONS
Address admission inquiries to: Dean of Graduate Studies.
Phone: (610) 526-5072
E-mail: [email protected]
Admissions website: http://www.brynmawr.edu/gsas/Admissions/
Application deadlines
Int’l. students: January 2
TUITION
Tuition year 2014 –15:
Full-time students: $37,920 annual
Part-time students: $6,320 per credit
1 academic unit: $6,320 and 1 unit of supervised work: $1,010.
Full load is 2 or more units/semester and 4 or more units/year.
Deferred tuition plan: No
Health insurance: Yes, $4,020 domestic/$1,622 international.
Other academic fees: Financial support package includes a subsidy for health insurance.
Academic term: Semester
Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants,
and Fellowships
Average stipend per academic year
Teaching Assistant: $29,375
Research Assistant: $29,375
Fellowship student: $29,375
Application deadlines
Fall admission:
U.S. students: January 2
Int’l. students: January 2
Loans
Loans are available for U.S. students.
Loans are not available for international students.
GAPSFAS application required: Yes
FAFSA application required: Yes
For further information
Application fee
U.S. students: $50
Additional requirements: Students from non-English-speaking
countries are required to demonstrate proficiency in English
via the TOEFL or IELTS examination; minimum IELTS score
7.
FINANCIAL AID
Admission Contact Information
Fall admission:
U.S. students: January 2
Other admissions information
Int’l. students: $50
Admissions information
For Fall of 2014:
Number of applicants: 10
Number admitted: 3
Address financial aid inquiries to: Financial Aid Office, Bryn
Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010.
Phone: (610) 526-5245
E-mail: [email protected]
Financial aid website: http://www.brynmawr.edu/financialaid/
Admission requirements
Bachelor’s degree requirements: A Bachelor’s degree in physics
or a closely related field is required.
GRE requirements
The GRE is required.
Advanced GRE requirements
The Advanced GRE is required.
TOEFL requirements
The TOEFL exam is required for students from non-Englishspeaking countries.
PBT score: 600
iBT score: 100
HOUSING
Availability of on-campus housing
Single students: No
Married students: No
For further information
Address housing inquiries to: Angie Sheets, Director of Residential Life, Bryn Mawr College, 101 N. Merion Ave, Bryn
Mawr, PA 19010.
Phone: (610) 526-7334
E-mail: [email protected]
Housing aid website: http://www.brynmawr.edu/residentiallife/
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Table A—Faculty, Enrollments, and Degrees Granted
Number of Degrees
Granted
2013–14 (2004–13)
Enrollment
Fall 2014
2014–15
Faculty
Master’s
Doctorate
Master’s
Terminal
Master’s
Doctorate
2
–
1
–
–
–
2
–
–
–
–
–(1)
–(2)
–
–
1(4)
–(1)
–
1
–
1
–
–
–
1
–
–
–
–
1
–
2
–
–
1
–
Total
5
–
4
2(1)
–(2)
2(5)
Full-time Grad. Stud.
First-year Grad. Stud.
–
–
–
–
4
–
–
–
–
–
–
–
Research Specialty
Atomic, Molecular, &
Optical Physics
Biophysics
Chemical Physics
Condensed Matter
Physics
Cosmology & String
Theory
High Energy Physics
GRADUATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
Master’s: At least six units of work with satisfactory performance, including at least one full year in residence; master’s
thesis and oral examination are required.
Doctorate: At least 12 units of work with satisfactory performance, including at least three full years in residence; written
and oral preliminary examinations are required; dissertation
and oral examination are required.
Thesis: Thesis may be written in absentia.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, OR PROGRAMS
Cooperative agreements with the University of Pennsylvania and
Drexel University allow Bryn Mawr graduate students to pursue
work in special field areas not available at Bryn Mawr. Stateof-the-art laboratory facilities include an atomic force microscope, electrochemical deposition system, AJA sputtering thin
film deposition
system, class 1000 soft-curtain clean room, vibrating sample
magnetometer, X-ray diffractometer, solid-state NMR spectrometer, various tunable pulsed and CW laser systems, molecular
beam apparatus, two ultrahigh vacuum systems for laser cooling
and trapping, and a machine and instrument shop. Students have
access to user facilities at national laboratories, including the Advanced Photon Source (APS) at Argonne National Laboratory
and the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) at
Brookhaven National Laboratory. The Collier Science Library
offers extensive information technology and library resources.
The college and the department offer computing facilities for data
acquisition, modeling, and data analysis, as well as high-speed
computer links to the national and international physics communities.
Table B—Separately Budgeted Research Expenditures
by Source of Support
Source of Support
Departmental
Research
Federal government
State/local government
Non-profit organizations
Business and industry
Other
$370,000
Total
$599,000
2
$169,000
$60,000
Physics-related Research
Outside Department
Table C—Separately Budgeted Research Expenditures
by Research Specialty
Research Specialty
No. of Grants
Expenditures ($)
Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics
Condensed Matter Physics
2
3
$289,000
$310,000
Total
5
$599,000
FACULTY
Professor
Beckmann, Peter A., Ph.D., University of British Columbia,
1975. Chemical Physics. Solid-state dynamic nuclear magnetic resonance.
McCormack, Elizabeth F., Ph.D., Yale University, 1989. Department Chair. Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics, Optics. Molecular spectroscopy and dynamics.
Noel, Michael W., Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1996. Atomic,
Molecular, & Optical Physics. Ultracold Rydberg atoms.
Associate Professor
Schulz, Michael B., Ph.D., Stanford University, 2002. Cosmology & String Theory. Theoretical physics with a focus on
string theory.
Assistant Professor
Cheng, Xuemei May, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2006.
Condensed Matter Physics, Nano Science and Technology.
Nanomaterials, spintronics, and spin dynamics in nanomagnetic materials.
Visiting Assistant Professor
Kim Pechkis, Hyewon, Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2010.
NIST/JQI (2010 –2013). Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics. Atomic, molecular, and optical physics; Ultracold molecules and spinor Bose-Einstein Condensates.
Pechkis, Joseph A., Ph.D., University of Connecticut, 2010.
NIST/JQI (2012–2013), Naval Research Lab (2010 –2012).
Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics. Atomic, molecular,
and optical physics; Ultracold alkali and alkaline-earth gases
and atom guiding in hollow fibers.
Lecturer
Matlin, Mark D., Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1991. Laboratory Coordinator. Relativity & Gravitation. General relativity.
DEPARTMENTAL RESEARCH SPECIALTIES AND
STAFF
Theoretical
Cosmology & String Theory. String theory and its applications
to quantum field theory, cosmology, and particle physics.
Schulz.
Experimental
Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics. Resonant energy transfer
in ultracold samples of highly excited atoms using laser cooling and trapping techniques to prepare and manipulate the
atomic sample and study the extremely long-range many-body
interactions that result when the atoms are excited to weakly
bound states. Noel.
Atomic, Molecular, & Optical Physics. Laser-based studies of
atomic and molecular excited-state structure and decay dynamics, including photoionization, autoionization, predissociation, and photodissociation; nonlinear optical techniques,
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including multiphoton excitation and detection, laser-induced
grating spectroscopy, degenerate four-wave mixing, and vacuum ultraviolet light generation. McCormack.
Chemical Physics. Nuclear spin relaxation in solids (NMR) using
H-1 and F-19 solid-state NMR relaxation studies in organic
molecular solids and modeling the motion with knowledge
of the equilibrium structure. Collaborators are at the University of California at San Diego (X-ray diffraction) and
Chengdu, China (electronic structure calculations). Beckmann.
Pennsylvania
Condensed Matter Physics. Fabrication, characterization, and application of nanoscale materials, including: templated electrochemical deposition of nanoscaled materials for energy and
medical applications, time-resolved photoemission electron
microscopy imaging of spin dynamics in magnetic nanostructures, and X-ray magnetic circular dichroism study of multiferroic materials. Synchrotron X-ray-based experiments are
carried out at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory. Cheng.
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