WVWC Faculty
Bert Popson

 

 

 


Department of Physics and Engineering
Campus Phone: (304) 473-8070
Campus Box: 101
Office Address: 120 Christopher Hall
E-mail Address: popson@wvwc.edu
Home Phone: (304) 472-7408


Educational Biography:
B.S. in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.S. in Physics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D. in Physics, Clemson University
Courses Taught:
General Physics I and II including labs
Analog Electronics including lab
Digital Electronics including lab
Materials Science including lab
Solid State including lab
Research Interests:
One research interest involves materials science and solid state. During the past two years, I have experimented with superconducting quantum interference devices, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the diffusion of various impurities into the silver halides. Recent student research projects in this area include

  • the diffusion of promethium into silver chloride,
  • tensile testing aluminum alloys,
  • the Hall Effect at low temperatures, and
  • superconductive composites.

Another research interest involves digital electronics. I have been investigating techniques for data acquisition by computers, computer memories, and robotics. Recent student research projects include

  • electronic memories using ferroelectric materials,
  • a robotic arm using shape-memory materials, and
  • a computer interface for the tunable dye laser.
Presentations
To the American Association of Physics Teachers:
  • Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices
  • Electrical Oscillator Circuits
  • Wesleyan's Mossbauer Experiment
  • Wesleyan's Hall Effect Experiment
  • Verifying Thevenin's Theorem in the Electronics Lab
  • Methods of Measuring the Acceleration of Gravity
  • The Physics of Music

To the West Virginia Symposium for the Sciences and Humanities:
  • Cryogenics Demonstrations with Liquid Nitrogen
  • Amazing Laser Demonstrations

As colloquia for the faculty at Wesleyan:
  • Cryogenics Demonstrations with Liquid Nitrogen
  • The Physics of Music

To the American Physical Society:
  • Yttrium Diffusion in Silver Chloride
Offices and Awards
Grants to improve labs:
  • National Science Foundation
  • NASA Space Grant
  • Five Faculty Innovation Grants
Outstanding Teacher Award from Omicron Delta Kappa
Offices in the Appalachian Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers:
  • President, 1998-1999
  • Chairman of Membership Recruitment Committee, 1993-present



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