Lowell McCann

Lowell McCann

Professor
member of graduate faculty

Physics
Office: 117 Centennial Science Hall
Phone: 715-425-4417

Email: lowell.mccann@uwrf.edu

Education:

Ph.D. Physics, Michigan State University
B.S. Physics University of Wisconsin-River Falls, River Falls, WI

Courses Taught:

• Advanced Lab
• Classical Mechanics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Quantum Mechanics
• Optics
• Condensed Matter Physics
• Thermodynamics
• Math for Physicists and Engineers
• Scientific Programming
• Science of Light
• General Physics
• General Physics Lab
• Basic Physics

Graduate Courses for Secondary School Teachers:

• Mechanics
• Electricity and Magnetism
• Modern Physics
• Thermodynamics
• Optics
• Laser Physics

Research Interests:

• Condensed Matter
• Optics

Dr. McCann is a board member of the Advanced Laboratory Physics Association (ALPhA , www.advlab.org), and chairs the ALPhA Immersions organizing committee which offers intensive faculty development opportunities to college faculty teaching upper-level laboratory courses. His research interests include optical trapping of aerosols and he strongly encourages undergraduate students to get involved in research projects.