Student Engagement in the Carroll Group
Our Research Pedigree
Dr. Carroll received his PhD. from Dr. Doering at Wesleyan University in Middletown CT. So were did Dr. Doering study?
Dr. Dale Doering studied with Dr. J. Thomas Dickinson (Washington State)
Dr. Dickinson studied with Dr. Jens Zorn (University of Michigan)
Dr. Zorn studied with Dr. Vernon W Hughes (Yale University)
Dr. Hughes studied with Dr. I.I. Rabi (Columbia University, Nobel 1944)
Dr. Rabi studied with Dr. Albert Potter Wills (Columbia University)
Dr. Wills studied with Dr. Arthur Gordon Webster (Clark University, founder of the APS)
Dr. Webster studied with Dr. Hermann von Helmholtz (Berlin)
So, you could say we are the great great --- great --- great great grandchildren of Dr. Helmholtz.
The Next Generation
The Carroll group has been home to many students and postdocs from more than 30 nations. Here are the advanced degree holders from the group. I am justifiably very proud of them all as well as all of our undergraduate researchers over the years.
PhD: Daniel Tekleab, Scott Webster, Richard Czerw,
Jiwen Liu, Nicole Levi, Faith Coldren,
Jerry Kielbasa, Wanyi Nie, Yuan Li,
Corey Hewitt, Alex Taylor, Greg Smith,
Wenxiao Huang, Junwei Xu, Chaochao Dun,
David Montgomery, Lindsey Gray, Gabriel Marcus.
Tim Carlson
MA: A. Date, P. Iyer, S. Xing,
W. Wang, D. Weston, Jillian Berjke,
Eric Peterson, Eric Henderson, Robert Link
Postdoc Training: Dr. S.-G. Lee, Dr. H.-S. Woo, Dr. J. Xu, Dr. P. Yang, Dr. S. Chen, Dr. Benjamin Harrison, Dr. Miru Haluska, Dr. Scott Webster, Dr. Marisol Reyes-Reyes, Dr. Kyung Kon Kim, Dr. M. Schmid, Dr. J. Liu, Dr. A.G. Manoj, Dr. Junping Zhang, Dr. Jung Ho Park, Dr. Wei Zhou, Dr. Robert Coffin, Dr. Yingdong Xia, Dr. Yonghua Chen, Dr. Wanyi Nie, Dr. Yuan Li, Dr. HuiHui Huang, Dr. Wei Zhou, Dr. K. Stepurska, Dr. Weronika Wolszczak, Dr. Swathi Kadaba, Dr. Medahinne Mihirangi,
At Wake Forest, engaging with students at every level is expected. This means teaching (lectures, problem solving), mentoring students in research and creative endeavors, developing new courses in emerging topical areas, developing advanced texts and innovating teaching methods.
However, avoiding online and hybrid teaching models, carefully constructing AI experiences without loss of human elements, and developing a passion for shared discovery at every step in education can be an essential part of creating good scientists. (read this, to see why) Learning is personal, it is passionate, it is commitment and it is life altering.
The Courses Taught by Prof. Carroll
Advanced undergraduate courses
Analytical Mechanics PHY 337/637 1/2 semester course on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian formulations of kinematics. Variational principles and functional analysis is presented in detail. Connections to quantum are explored. Course evaluated midterm (October). Taught first half of each Fall semester
Electromagnetism I PHY 339/639 A fast-paced introduction to the fields of electromagnetism as they are described through formal vector calculus methods. While the approach will use a source-theory perspective, areas of correspondence with modern quantum field theory will be emphasized. Course runs 1/2 semester and is evaluated end term (December). Taught second half of each Fall semester
Electromagnetism II PHY 340/640 The second in the two course sequence that presents formal electromagnetism. The course is an advanced junior-level presentation, and relies heavily on the calculus of fields together with many conceptual connections to quantum mechanics. Taught in spring of each year
Courses from our graduate program
Quantum Computing PHY 354/654 Quantum Computing for Beginners is an introduction to the foundations and hardware of Quantum Computers It covers basic algorithms, the theory of Qubits and registers, gate structure, and the physical systems that have been achieved. Course format is lecture with a lab taught in Qiskit.
Exotic Materials PHY 655 Exotic Materials is an advanced, fast paced, focused course on dimensionality, symmetry breaking, and topology in Quantum Materials. An excellent 3rd semester to the undergrad. + grad. solid state physics sequence.
Materials Kinetics PHY 658 Kinetics of Materials presents the fundamentals of non-equilibrium thermodynamics in solids. The basic theory of phase transitions, Onsager, and a number of exotic examples will be discussed. The course is uses an open format.
Electron Microscopy PHY 656 An introduction to the basic theory and practice of electron microscopy. The course is taught in a combination lecture / lab format and runs for 1/2 a semester. Lab reports are the only graded components. Full attendance is required.
Scanning Probe Microscopy PHY 657 An introduction to the basic theory and practice of scanning probe microscopy. Both STM, and AFM are covered in the 1/2 semester course. Grades are derived only from lab write-ups. Full attendance is mandatory.
NanoteQ Summer Seminar A series of advanced level lectures on topics of experimental techniques and multi-tool validation of models, cross-correlate science, error estimates, and noise. Taught in summer.
Graduate E&M I PHY 712 This course covers the majority of Zangwill. It is heavy in HW and has 3 lectures a week. There are two in-class tests and a final exam that acts as a qualifying exam. The course works better when taken concurrently with E&M II Workshop. LINK
Graduate E&M II Workshop PHY 713 This course is a series of lectures that connect the abstract mathematical lectures of 787 with research problems currently of interest in the department. These talks are carefully curated to ensure they fit with the lecture sequence of 787. No HW and No Exams, this class is an attendance only grade. LINK
Courses Under Development
