The Physics Education Research Laboratory

Research Projects - Thermal Physics Projects

Thermal and statistical physics in upper-division courses

PIs: Thompson, Mountcastle

Collaborators: David E. Meltzer, Arizona State University, Polytechnic Campus; Michael E. Loverude, California State University – Fullerton; Warren M. Christensen, North Dakota State University
UMaine work sponsored in part by NSF grants DUE-0817282, REC-0633951, PHY-0406764

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• Theses and Dissertations: Brandon Bucy (Ph.D. 2007), Evan B. Pollock (M.S. 2008)
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Paradigms in Physics: Creating and Testing Materials to Facilitate Dissemination of the Energy and Entropy Module
Thompson

Collaborators: David Roundy, Oregon State University; Corinne Manogue, Oregon State University; Michael Rogers, Ithaca College
UMaine work sponsored in part by NSF grant DUE-0837214

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