UW-River Falls Physics Department
Earl D. Blodgett, Chair of Physics
![[PHOTO:Dr. Earl Blodgett]](images/earl-blodgett.jpg)
President of
the Society of Physics Students (SPS).
National SPS Advisor of the Year, 2004.
Dr. Blodgett greatly enjoys teaching the experimental side of physics at all levels, from introductory labs through advanced laboratory. He is very interested in learning more about how students learn physics, with the goal of constantly reexamining and improving how our own introductory courses are taught. In addition, he is the advisor to the UWRF Chapter of the Society of Physics Students (SPS). He served on the National SPS Council for six years as the Zone Councilor for Zone 9, and he is presently in his first term as President of SPS. For several years he has served as the chair of a committee overseeing the UWRF Broad Field Science Programs. He is a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the Acoustical Society of America.
Dr. Blodgett has his B.S. from
Specialties:
- Ultrasonic Wave Propagation
- Experimental Physics
Primary Courses Taught:
- Advanced Laboratory
- Calculus-based General Physics
- Algebra-based General Physics
- General Physics Laboratory
- Scientific Programming
- Physical Acoustics
- The Science of Sound
- Data Analysis
- General Studies Physics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Thermodynamics
- Advanced Mechanics
- Advanced Electricity and Magnetism
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For further information contact: Earl.D.Blodgett@uwrf.edu