Nirav Mehta, Ph.D.
- Professor , Physics and Astronomy
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I am a theoretical physicist interested in the quantum mechanical properties of ultracold atoms and molecules. My group uses and develops a mixture of analytical and computational tools to study solutions to the Schrodinger equation for few-body systems.
I enjoy teaching all levels of the undergraduate physics curriculum, particularly the upper-level Electricity and Magnetism and Quantum Mechanics courses. I employ research-based teaching methods that encourage students to be actively engaged in the classroom. These include everything from lab demonstrations to clicker questions and in-class tutorial exercises.
- "The hyperspherical four-fermion problem" by Rittenhouse, S.T., von Stecher, J., D'Incao, J.P., Mehta, N.P., and Greene, C.H., J.Phys. B: At.Mol.Opt.Phys. 44 172001 (2011).
- "Green's functions and the adiabatic hyperspherical method " by Rittenhouse, S.T., Mehta, N.P., and Greene, C.H., Phys.Rev.A 82, 022706 (2010).
- Introduction to Mechanics
- Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism, and Waves
- Introductory and Intermediate Physics Lab
- Electromagnetic Fields
- Advanced Theoretical Physics
- Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics
- Co-adviser, Society of Physics Students
- Physics and Astronomy
- Associate Professor, Applied Physics
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