Research

Papers

Accelerated Ising Spin Glass Applet - emulating dynamics using optimization (see Papers).

RFIM Applet - finding ground states in a complex system.

Thomson Applet - crystals on a curved surface.

Interests

S.U. Condensed Matter and Biological Physics

S.U. Computational Physics

Simulation images

Talks and posters

Teaching

Member of the Core Faculty of the Renée Crown Honors Program at Syracuse University, June 2009 - present.

Seeing Light, HNR250/PHY200 (S'07, S'08, S'09)

Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics, PHY 531 (F'07 - F'09)

Director of Undergraduate Studies, January 2000 - June 2007.

Journal Club Workshop, PHY250 (S'06)

Science & Computers I (F'02 through F'05); Science & Computers II (S'97)

Problem Solving in Contemporary Physics, PHY400 (F'05)

Condensed Matter Physics (S'05)

Quantum Mechanics II (S'04)

Freshman Forum (F'02; F'96; F'95)

Saturday Morning Physics: Chaos

2001 Boulder School in Condensed Matter Physics (co-organizer)

Science for the 21st Century (F'95 through F'01, S'96; also UC, ISDP

Graduate Seminar in Condensed Matter Physics (Spring 1998)

Demonstrations (on-line and physical)

Material on these pages is based upon work funded to a large extent by the National Science Foundation, most recently through the grant DMR-0606424. (Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.)