Physics Bard College
  

Matthew Deady

Professor of Physics,
Director of the Physics Program
(at Bard since 1987)
Office: Hegeman 108
Phone: (845) 758-7216
Email: deady@bard.edu

COURSES AND TUTORIALS TAUGHT

Course Number

Course Name

When Taught

Physics 141 Introduction to Physics I Every Fall
Physics 142 Introduction to Physics II 1990, 1988
Physics 303 Mechanics 1988, 1999
Physics 312 Electricity and Magnetism 1991
Physics 314 Thermal Physics 1998
Physics 321 Modern Physics 2005, 1999
Physics 323 & 325 Mathematical Methods I & II Every Fall
Physics 347 Advanced Mathematical Physics 1997, 1994
Physics 403 Quantum Mechanics 2003, 2000, 1999, 1997, 1993
Physics 421 Nuclear and Particle Physics 2001, 1999, 1994, 1988
Physics 116 Acoustics Every Spring
Physics 118 Light and Color 1992
Mathematics 141 Calculus I 2000
Mathematics Calculus II
Mathematics Vector Calculus 2002
Mathematics 211 Differential Equations 2003, 2001, 1996
Mathematics 125 Statistics and Probability 2002, 2000, 1990
Mathematics 273 Applied Math for Experimenters 1997, 1996, 1995, 1993
SHP 111 Schrödinger's Cat and All That 2005, 2003, 1999
NS 122 Scientific Theory and Practice 1995
Computer Science 200 Scientific Programming 2001, 1992, 1990,
Chemistry 431 Spectroscopic Techniques 1997
First Year Seminar 2006, 2004, 2003, 1990, 1989

SENIOR PROJECTS SUPERVISED

2006 Megan Kerins Micro-Hydropower at Bard: A Prefeasibility Study
Na'ama Zuessman A Investigation of Radiation Therapies for Cancer Treatment
2005 Trefor Evans Critical Opalescence in Partially Miscible Binary Liquid Systems
2004 Feng Jiang Experiment to Determine Skin Depth and Fermi Velocity in Metals
2003 Christopher Grinnan Approximating Waves in Stiff Bars
Jurvis LaSalle Simulation of the Evolution of Quantum Mechanical Systems
M. Tanveer Talukdar Signal Processing in the Cardiac Cycle
2002 Katheryn Ross A Study of the Duffing Oscillator with Discontinuous Input
2001 Ivan Dramaliev A Numerical Model for the Navier-Stokes Equation
Amanda Holt Cello String Dynamics
Melanie Pender Potential Energy Differences between Rotamers in 1,2-dihaloethanes
Pace Phillips Mathematical Realism, and Limited Ontological Commitment
2000 Eduardo Rozo Hamiltonian Mechanics in Phase Space: A Geometric Approach
1999 Glen Knoch Sound, Chaos, and the Ueda Equation
Devon White The Pragmatic Navigation of Consciousness
David Zietlow Dipoles through the Von Karman: Vortices, Vortices Everywhere
1998 Zachary Watkinson Vibrational Modes of Metal Plates
1997 Sandra Kalm A pH-dependent Linewidth Study of p-boronophenyalanine
Todd Krause n Space No One Can Hear You Scream
1996 Jonathan Francis Measurement of Index of Refraction Gradients in Solutions
1995 William Purdom A Study of the Vibrational Modes of Rectangular Plates
1994 Andrew Choung Photonic Explanation of the Electromagnetic Skin Depth
Robert Cutler The Magnetic Vector Potential: Is It Classically Observable?
Sebastian Thomson Momentum Shifting in Time Dependent Quantum Tunneling
1993 Farasat Bokhari Electricity and Magnetism: A Low-Dimension Analysis
Jennifer Gerbi Fermi Gas Model Response for Quasi-Elastic scattering from 40Ca
Patric Heidefors Difference in Approach between Snell's Law and Fermat's Principle
1992 Bill P. Van A Study of $-Decay Spectroscopy
1991 John Bakunin An Analysis of Water Waves over and around Obstacles
Phuoc Huynh Electron Paramagnetic Resonance
1990 Margot Hooley Analysis of a Bow Wake
Frederik Osterberg Chaotic Behavior in Relaxation Oscillators
1989 Kum Perampalam Oscillating Chemical Reactions
Haider Salahuddin A Study of Compton Scattering

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