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Name:
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John E. Sohl |
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Department/Program:
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Physics
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Status:
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Full-time contract |
Education
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Your highest degree earned, its concentration/emphasis,
institution, year earned:
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Degree
Concentration/emphasis
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Ph.D., Physics/Atomic Molecular and Optical |
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Institution
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Ohio State University |
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Year
Earned
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1990 |
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Certifications/licenses you currently hold:
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Teaching Experience
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How
many years you have been teaching at Weber State
University:
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12 years
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Your
total years of teaching (including those at Weber State
University):
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18 years
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From 1997–2003, what are
examples of your most significant teaching developments,
innovations, etc.
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1. Developed an entirely new electronics sequence of
lectures and labs. Wrote two lab manuals (Electronics I and
II, PHSX 3410 and 3420).
2. Added six major new components to the Applied Optics lab
and lecture. Wrote associated lab exercises. The topics are:
light detectors, Schlieren and Seidel aberrations, Fourier
optics, fiber optics; computer modeling of optical systems
and non-linear optics.
3. Wrote and published (in-house) the lab manual for Applied
Optics PHSX 3190.
4. Completely rewrote and redesigned the superconductivity
lab including the construction of new equipment for the
Advanced Physics Lab, PHSX 3640. |
Research, Scholarship, Creative Activities
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From 1997–2003, what are examples of your most significant
research, scholarship, or creative activities?
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1. Building a neutral atom trap and associated highly
stabilized diode lasers for laser cooling and trapping.
2. Created electromagnetic field chambers and thermal
monitoring system for studying the biological effects of low
frequency electromagnetic fields.
3. Studied ultraviolet vision in lizards (Anolis
cristatellus). This work resulted in a Masters of Science
thesis by Brittany Benko. |
Public
Service
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From
1997-2003, what are examples of your most significant
professionally related service to the community
(member/officer in professional organizations, consultant,
presentations/speeches, etc)
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Built an on-campus astronomical observatory for use by the
general public and physics majors.
2. Local production and adaptation of ten new planetarium
shows.
3. Produced from scratch a major new star show, “Voyage to
the Planets.” This program includes 25 large screen
animations, an original soundtrack, over one hundred
graphics/images of our solar system, and is designed to
match the Utah State Board of Education’s Core Curriculum in
Science. (This project took nearly 1,000 hours to complete.)
4. Presented 1,570 planetarium shows, star parties and slide
shows to over 56,500 people.
5. Obtained $61,541 in internal and external grants for the
planetarium and observatory. |
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