Dawn Hollenbeck
Associate Professor
School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
Associate School Head
585-475-6652
Office Location
Dawn Hollenbeck
Associate Professor
School of Physics and Astronomy
College of Science
Associate School Head
Education
BS, University of California at Davis; MS, Ph.D., University of Texas at Dallas
585-475-6652
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Published Article
Hollenbeck, Dawn, et al.“Model for evaluating patterned charge regulation contribution to electrostatic interactions between low dielectric spheres.” Physical Review E, 82 (2010): 031402. Print. " É «
Formal Presentation
Hollenbeck, Dawn, et al. “Model for evaluating patterned chargeregulation contribution to electrostatic interactions between proteins.” March Meeting American Physical Society. Portland, OR. 16 Mar. 2010. Presentation. "
Currently Teaching
PHYS-212
University Physics II
4 Credits
This course is a continuation of PHYS-211, University Physics I. Topics include electrostatics, Gauss' law, electric field and potential, capacitance, resistance, DC circuits, magnetic field, Ampere's law, inductance, and geometrical and physical optics. The course is taught in a lecture/workshop format that integrates the material traditionally found in separate lecture and laboratory courses.
PHYS-225
Introduction to Computational Physics and Programming
3 Credits
This course introduces methods for using computers to model the behavior of physical systems. Students will learn how computers represent numbers, limits of computation, how to write computer programs, and to use good programming practices. Students will also apply numerical methods of differentiation and integration, and numerical solutions to differential equations in physical situations.
PHYS-275
Sophomore Physics Seminar
1 Credits
This seminar will assist students in their preparation for the Physics Comprehensive Oral Exam (CORE) required at the end of the course by presenting a unified as opposed to topical approach to physics. Physics majors must pass this course before going on to 300-level Physics courses.
PHYS-411
Electricity and Magnetism
4 Credits
This course is a systematic treatment of electrostatics and magnetostatics, charges, currents, fields and potentials, dielectrics and magnetic materials, Maxwell's equations and electromagnetic waves. Mathematical formalism using differential and integral vector calculus is developed. Field theory is treated in terms of scalar and vector potentials. Special techniques for solution to Laplace's equation as a boundary value problem are covered. Wave solutions of Maxwell's equations, and the behavior of electromagnetic waves at interfaces, are discussed.