Students
are encouraged to work with faculty mentors on research.
Joseph Collins, Associate
Professor, Ph.D. IIT, studies biological liquid crystals with
particular interest in self-assembly behavior as a function of
temperature and chemical environment in order to advance our understanding
of intercellular communication and certain diseases such as sickle
cell anemia.
Ruth Howes,
Professor and Chair, Ph.D. Columbia University, studies nuclear
structure physics at the National Superconducting Cyclotron. She
also has interests in women in physics and physics education.
Paul Joseph, Lecturer,
M.S. University of Utah, is the Chief Meteorologist of the Journal
Broadcast Group’s Milwaukee operation of Today’s TMJ
4, WTMJ and WKTI. He has been forecasting Milwaukee’s weather
for over 33 years and has a strong interest in science education.
John Karkheck,
Professor, Ph.D. SUNY Stony Brook, develops and analyzes statistical
models of fluids in order to advance our understanding of transport
processes and irreversible behavior in fluids and of the nature
of interparticle forces.
Andrew Kunz, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University
of Minnesota, simulates magnetic materials in order to better
understand the dynamic response of such systems. The simulation
results are used to create physical models for magnetoresistive
and other spintronic devices. He is also interested in improving
physics education.
Rev. Donald Matthys,
S.J., Professor, Ph.D. Washington University, develops
optical measurement and imaging techniques for precision determination
of surface deformation and contouring.
Michael Politano,
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Illinois, models populations
of interacting binary stars with emphasis on model populations
of cataclysmic variable stars, such as novae. He is interested
in physics education and teacher preparation.
Zbigniew Sorbjan,
Research Associate Professor, Ph.D. Warsaw, models turbulence,
diffusion and clouds in atmospheric boundary layer, the lowest
mile of the atmosphere.
Christopher Stockdale,
Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Oklahoma, is actively engaged in a
multi-wavelength study of core collapse supernovae. He observes
the radio emission from these events and their surroundings using
a variety of instruments, but primarily the Very Large Array in
Socorro, New Mexico.
