SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3995 http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Departments/Physics/Graduate-Education/ General University Information President: Heather Wilson Dean of Graduate School: Douglas Wells University website: http://www.sdsmt.edu Control: Public Setting: Urban Total Faculty: 165 Total Graduate Faculty: n/a Total number of Students: 2,640 Total number of Graduate Students: 321 Department Information Department Chairman: Andre Petukhov, Head Department Contact: Connie Krosschell, Secretary Total full-time faculty: 11 Total number of full-time equivalent positions: 12 Full-Time Graduate Students: 15 First-Year Graduate Students:8 Total Post Doctorates:1 Department Address 501 East Saint Joseph St. Rapid City, SD 57701-3995 Phone: (605) 394-2361 Fax: (605) 394-2365 E-mail: [email protected]Website: http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Departments/Phys- ics/Graduate-Education/ ADMISSIONS Admission Contact Information Address admission inquiries to: Mrs. Rachel Howard, Office of Graduate Education, 501 East Saint Joseph St, Rapid City, SD 57701-3995. Phone: (605) 355-3468 E-mail: [email protected]Admissions website: http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Gradu- ate-Education/ Application deadlines Fall admission: U.S. students: March 15 Int’l. students: March 15 Spring admission: U.S. students: August 15 Int’l. students: August 15 Application fee U.S. students: $35 Int’l. students: $35 Admissions information For Fall of 2014: Number of applicants: 24 Number admitted: 15 Number enrolled:8 Admission requirements Bachelor’s degree requirements: The Office of Graduate Edu- cation at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology encourages applications from qualified students holding bach- elor’s degrees or above in relevant areas of engineering and science. Minimum undergraduate GPA: 3.0 GRE requirements The GRE is required. Quantitative score: 150 Verbal score: 150 Analytical score: 3.5 Scores of 50% or higher are expected; Better quantitative score is preferred. Advanced GRE requirements The Advanced GRE is recommended. GRE subject score is for additional diagnostic purpose. TOEFL requirements The TOEFL exam is required for students from non-English- speaking countries. PBT score: 520 iBT score: 68 Scores of 520/68/190 or above qualify for conditional admittance and requires further testing upon enrollment. Scores of 560/ 83/220 or above are required for full unconditional admit- tance. We also accept IELTS scores of 5.5 for conditional admittance and 6.5 for full admittance in place of the TOEFL. Other admissions information Additional requirements: A statement of academic purpose and three letters of recommendation are required for all applicants. SDSM&T requires a third-party foreign transcript evaluation for all incoming international graduate students and U.S. stu- dents who have attended an institution outside the U.S. Excep- tions can be granted by the Dean of Graduate Education for exemplary students who are recommended for a waiver by the academic program to which the student is applying. SDSM&T requires a course-by-course evaluation report to be sent by the evaluating institution (WES or ECE) directly to the Office of Graduate Education. Undergraduate preparation assumed: Physics: 24 credit hours of 300-500 level (or equivalent) physics courses that must include Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics & Statistical Physics, Electrodynamics and Quantum Mechanics. . Math: Three semesters of calculus, two semesters of differen- tial equations, and one semester of matrix algebra. TUITION Tuition year 2014 –15: Tuition for in-state residents Full-time students: $210.4 per credit Part-time students: $210.4 per credit Tuition for out-of-state residents Full-time students: $470.3 per credit Part-time students: $470.3 per credit Credit hours per semester to be considered full-time:9 Deferred tuition plan: No Recommended carriers available Other academic fees: Institutional fees of $202.35/$225.35 per credit are assessed to resident/nonresident students in addition to the tuition listed above. Additional charges may vary. Academic term: Semester Number of first-year students who received partial tuition waivers:4 1
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SOUTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MINES AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Rapid City, South Dakota 57701-3995http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Departments/Physics/Graduate-Education/
General University InformationPresident: Heather WilsonDean of Graduate School: Douglas WellsUniversity website: http://www.sdsmt.eduControl: PublicSetting: UrbanTotal Faculty: 165Total Graduate Faculty: n/aTotal number of Students: 2,640Total number of Graduate Students: 321
Department InformationDepartment Chairman: Andre Petukhov, HeadDepartment Contact: Connie Krosschell, Secretary
Total full-time faculty: 11Total number of full-time equivalent positions: 12Full-Time Graduate Students: 15First-Year Graduate Students: 8Total Post Doctorates: 1
Department Address501 East Saint Joseph St.Rapid City, SD 57701-3995Phone: (605) 394-2361Fax: (605) 394-2365E-mail: [email protected]: http://www.sdsmt.edu/Academics/Departments/Phys-
ics/Graduate-Education/
ADMISSIONS
Admission Contact InformationAddress admission inquiries to: Mrs. Rachel Howard, Office of
Graduate Education, 501 East Saint Joseph St, Rapid City,SD 57701-3995.
Application deadlinesFall admission:U.S. students: March 15 Int’l. students: March 15Spring admission:U.S. students: August 15 Int’l. students: August 15
Number of applicants: 24Number admitted: 15Number enrolled: 8
Admission requirementsBachelor’s degree requirements: The Office of Graduate Edu-
cation at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technologyencourages applications from qualified students holding bach-elor’s degrees or above in relevant areas of engineering andscience.
Scores of 50% or higher are expected; Better quantitative scoreis preferred.
Advanced GRE requirementsThe Advanced GRE is recommended.GRE subject score is for additional diagnostic purpose.
TOEFL requirementsThe TOEFL exam is required for students from non-English-
speaking countries.PBT score: 520iBT score: 68
Scores of 520/68/190 or above qualify for conditional admittanceand requires further testing upon enrollment. Scores of 560/83/220 or above are required for full unconditional admit-tance. We also accept IELTS scores of 5.5 for conditionaladmittance and 6.5 for full admittance in place of the TOEFL.
Other admissions informationAdditional requirements: A statement of academic purpose and
three letters of recommendation are required for all applicants.SDSM&T requires a third-party foreign transcript evaluationfor all incoming international graduate students and U.S. stu-dents who have attended an institution outside the U.S. Excep-tions can be granted by the Dean of Graduate Education forexemplary students who are recommended for a waiver bythe academic program to which the student is applying.SDSM&T requires a course-by-course evaluation report to besent by the evaluating institution (WES or ECE) directly tothe Office of Graduate Education.
Undergraduate preparation assumed: Physics: 24 credit hoursof 300-500 level (or equivalent) physics courses that mustinclude Classical Mechanics, Thermodynamics & StatisticalPhysics, Electrodynamics and Quantum Mechanics. .Math: Three semesters of calculus, two semesters of differen-tial equations, and one semester of matrix algebra.
TUITION
Tuition year 2014–15:Tuition for in-state residents
Full-time students: $210.4 per creditPart-time students: $210.4 per credit
Tuition for out-of-state residentsFull-time students: $470.3 per creditPart-time students: $470.3 per credit
Credit hours per semester to be considered full-time: 9Deferred tuition plan: No Recommended carriers availableOther academic fees: Institutional fees of $202.35/$225.35 per
credit are assessed to resident/nonresident students in additionto the tuition listed above. Additional charges may vary.
Academic term: SemesterNumber of first-year students who received partial tuition waivers: 4
Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants,and Fellowships
Number of first-yearTeaching Assistants: 4Research Assistants: 2
Average stipend per academic yearTeaching Assistant: $17,000Research Assistant: $25,000
Additional summer funding may be available.
FINANCIAL AID
Application deadlinesFall admission:U.S. students: March 15 Int’l. students: March 15Spring admission:U.S. students: August 15 Int’l. students: August 15
LoansLoans are available for U.S. students.Loans are not available for international students.GAPSFAS application required: NoFAFSA application required: Yes
For further informationAddress financial aid inquiries to: For assistantship funding,
please contact the department. For federal financial aid op-tions, please contact David Martin in the financial aid office.
Phone: 605-394-2274E-mail: [email protected] aid website: http://www.sdsmt.edu/Admissions/Finan-
cial-Aid-and-Scholarships/
HOUSING
Availability of on-campus housingSingle students: NoMarried students: No
For further informationAddress housing inquiries to: Mr. Daniel Sepion, Director of Res-
idence Life and Student Conduct.Phone: 605-394-2348E-mail: [email protected] aid website: http://reslife.sdsmt.edu/
Full-time Grad. Stud. – 4 13 – – –First-year Grad. Stud. – 2 6 – – –
GRADUATE DEGREE REQUIREMENTSMaster’s: The terminal M.S. degree has a thesis or non-thesis
option. Both options require 32 total credit hours, of which19 credit hours are required courses. Thesis degree students
take 6 credit hours of electives and complete 7 credit hoursof research thesis work. Non-thesis degree students complete11 credit hours of elective courses and 2 credit hours of re-search. Ph.D. students who have completed non-thesis optionrequirements can be awarded an M.S. degree.
Doctorate: The Ph.D. program requires a total of 72 credit hours.Students will take 24 credit hours of required core classes,12 credit hours of electives, and 36 credit hours of dissertationwork. Ph.D. applicants already holding an M.S. degree mayrequest up to 30 credits to apply to the Ph.D. credit re-quirement.
SPECIAL EQUIPMENT, FACILITIES, OR PROGRAMS
The Physics Department at SDSMT own or have full access tothe following major equipment and facilities:
(1) An X-ray diffraction facility, including a Siemens-Nicolettransmission diffractometer and a Philips Bragg-Brentano diffrac-tometer.
(2) A JEOL JSM-840A scanning electron microscope equippedwith a Tracor-Northern energy-dispersive X-ray analyzer.
(3) An Oxford Instruments liquid-nitrogen freezing/heating stage,a Hitachi H-7000 FA transmission electron microscope, dimplegrinding, jet electropolishing, and ion milling facilities.
(4) Coherent Argon/Krypton ion laser system, Jobin-Yvon HR640 monochromator, Spectralink modular system, McPherson618 Tungsten-Halogen light source, Stanford Research SR 540optical chopper, Janis Research Supertran-VP continuous flowcryostat with closed cycle refrigerator.
(5) A 250 sq. ft. Class 10K clean room with equipment and anal-ysis capability for the study of airborne contaminants and cleanli-ness for low background experiments.
(6) A 1.6 cubic meter dewar instrumented with optical and radia-tion sensors for detector R&D.
(7) Particle detectors, NIM/CAMAC/VME electronics and dataacquisition system.
(8) Complete set of equipment for sample manufacturing: Lind-berg muffle furnace, Lindberg programmable single-zone tubefurnace.
(9) Set of equipment for ferroelectric films manufacturing bymetal organic decomposition method as well as other methods;equipment for the study of properties of ferroelectric materials.
(10) A computer cluster that consists of 568 CPUs (2.0 GHz�2.5GHz), 800 GB memory, and 10 TB disk space.
(11) A mechanical shop equipped with upright mill, lath, arcwelder, drill press, horizontal band saw, bench grinder, and othertools.
We are also building up four major facilities:
(1) A hyper-sensitive radon monitoring system.
(2) Detectors and facilities for radon emanation measurements,radon plate-out studies, and surface screening.
(3) Ultra low-level gamma detection station with high radio-purity shields.
(4) A 1-MV accelerator, proton and alpha beams, extended gasjet target, neutron and gamma detectors, digital acquisition, com-puter simulation, and data analysis (as part of the DIANA Dem-onstrator Project).
South Dakota South Dakota School of Mines & Tech., Phys.
ProfessorCorey, Robert L., Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, 1992.
Condensed Matter Physics, Solid State Physics. Experimentalcondensed matter physics; solid state nuclear magnetic res-onance (NMR); characterization of electronic and magneticmaterials.
Detwiler, Andrew G., Ph.D., State University of New York atAlbany, 1980. Climate/Atmospheric Science. Atmosphericphysics; storm electrification and lightning; precipitationphysics; airborne atmospheric observations.
Petukhov, Andre G., Ph.D., St. Petersburgh State PolytechnicalUniversity, 1981. Department Head; Director of the Ph.D.program in physics. Condensed Matter Physics, Solid StatePhysics. Condensed matter theory; spintronics; quantum in-formation processing.
Sobolev, Vladimir, Ph.D., Donetsk Physics & Technology In-stitute of the Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, 1974. Con-densed Matter Physics, Materials Science, Metallurgy, SolidState Physics. Material science and applications: magnets, fer-roelectrics, magnetoelectrics, and magnetic semiconductors.
Wells, Douglas P., Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1990. Dean ofthe Graduate Education. Accelerator, Medical, Health Phys-ics, Nuclear Physics. Nuclear and accelerator physics and ap-plications; health and medical physics.
Associate ProfessorSchnee, Richard W., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz,
1996. Astrophysics, Nuclear Physics, Particles and Fields.Direct detection of dark matter; development of improvedultra-low-radioactivity environments and detectors; under-ground physics.
Assistant ProfessorBai, Xinhua, Ph.D., Beijing University, 1996. Atmosphere, Space
Physics, Cosmic Rays, High Energy Physics, Particles andFields. High-energy cosmic ray physics; experimental neu-trino physics; dark matter search.
Corwin, Luke A., Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2008. High En-ergy Physics, Particles and Fields. Experimental neutrinophysics; atmospheric neutrinos.
French, Adam J., Ph.D., North Carolina State University, 2011.Climate/Atmospheric Science. Dynamics of convectivestorms; mesoscale processes in the atmosphere; cloud model-ing; numerical weather prediction; operational meteorologyand forecasting.
Oszwaldowski, Rafal, Ph.D., N. Copernicus University, 1999.Computational Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, SolidState Physics. Computational and theoretical semiconductorphysics; spintronics.
Reichenbacher, Juergen, Ph.D., Karlsruhe Institute of Tech-nology (KIT), 2004. High Energy Physics, Particles andFields. Neutrino physics as intersection of nuclear; astro andparticle physics; dark matter search; new particle detectorsand cosmic rays.
InstructorDowding, Michael, M.S., South Dakota School of Mines and
trification and lightning; precipitation physics; airborne atmo-spheric observations; dynamics of convective storms; me-soscale processes in the atmosphere; cloud modeling;numerical weather prediction; operational meteorology andforecasting. Detwiler, French.
Condensed Matter Physics. Experimental condensed matter phys-ics; solid state NMR; characterization of electronic and mag-netic materials; characterization and application of propertiesof electronic materials. Corey, Sobolev.
Nuclear Physics. Experimental nuclear and accelerator physics;nuclear medical physics; nuclear astrophysics; experimentaltechniques for particle detection. Strieder, Wells.
Particles and Fields. High-energy cosmic ray physics; muonphysics; neutrino astronomy and experimental neutrino phys-ics; dark matter detection. Bai, Corwin, Reichenbacher,Schnee.
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