Undergraduate Level

• Lecture: General Physics I
(Kinematics in one and two dimensions; Newton’s laws of motion; Work, energy, and conservation principles; Momentum and collisions; Rotational motion and torque; Angular momentum; Gravitation; Dynamics of systems of particles)

• Lecture: General Physics II
(Static equilibrium of particles and rigid bodies; Elasticity and mechanical properties of materials; Newton’s law of gravitation; Fluid statics and dynamics; Simple harmonic motion; Mechanical and sound waves; Thermodynamic systems, heat, and the laws of thermodynamics)

• Lecture: General Physics III
(Electric charge and Coulomb’s law; Electric field and electric potential; Capacitance and dielectrics; DC and AC circuits; Magnetic forces and magnetic fields; Ampère’s and Faraday’s laws; Electromagnetic induction; Introduction to Maxwell’s equations and electromagnetic waves)

• Lecture: Solid State Physics
(Crystal structures and Bravais lattices; Bonding in solids; X-ray diffraction and structure factor; Lattice vibrations and phonons; Heat capacity of solids; Free electron and nearly free electron models; Electronic band structure; Semiconductors and dopants; Fermi surfaces and conduction in metals)

• Lecture: Statistical Thermodynamics
(Fundamental laws of thermodynamics; Thermodynamic potentials and Maxwell relations; Phase diagrams and phase transitions; Classical and quantum ideal gases; Boltzmann distribution and entropy; Canonical ensemble; Applications to physical and chemical systems)

Graduate Level

• Lecture: Magnetic Properties of Materials
(Origin of magnetism in atoms and solids; Diamagnetism, paramagnetism, ferromagnetism, antiferromagnetism, and ferrimagnetism; Magnetic anisotropy, hysteresis, and domain structures; Exchange interactions and magnetic ordering; Spin waves and magnons; Magnetoresistance and spintronics; Experimental methods: SQUID, EPR, MOKE)

• Lecture: Statistical Mechanics
(Ensemble theory: microcanonical, canonical, and grand canonical ensembles; Thermodynamic quantities from partition functions; Quantum statistics: Bose-Einstein and Fermi-Dirac distributions; Applications to ideal gases, spin systems, and photon gases; Fluctuation-dissipation theorem; Phase transitions and critical phenomena; Introduction to renormalization group)

• Lecture: Condensed Matter Physics
(Crystal symmetry and reciprocal space; Bloch’s theorem and band structure; Phonons and electron-phonon interactions; Dielectric and optical properties of solids; Magnetic phenomena; Superconductivity: phenomenology and microscopic theory; Quantum Hall effects; Strongly correlated systems; Topological phases of matter)