Dr. Doug Wells
Office: P.S. 116E
Phone: 208-236-3980
email: wells@physics.isu.edu

 
 
Last Edited:  05/10/00.

 
My Primary Research Interests: (to be fleshed out)
1. Fundamental Nuclear Physics:
     
       Non-Exponential Decay (NED):
 

       Photon Scattering and the E&M Polarizabilities of Bound Nucleons:
 

       Isospin Symmetry:  Is Isospin a "good" symmetry in compound nuclei?
 
 
2. Applied Nuclear Science:

      Accelerator Cabinet-Safe Technology and Accelerator Health Physics:
 

     Small Accelerator Applications: (XRF, Fluorescence/Phosphorescence, NTOF)
 

     Environmental Health Physics: (Measurement Techniques, Fate and Transport Modeling)
 
 

 
My Primary Teaching Interests/Assignments:
Physics 100:
       This is an Encylopedic (and qualitative) Tour of Physics for the non-science major.  The text is Kirkpatrick et al.'s 
       "Physics: A World View".
Physics 416/516: (Nuclear Instrumentation)
       This is a VERY hands-on nuclear instrumentation class/laboratory that focuses upon a broad spectrum of methods 
       ranging from dose rate measurements to gamma and particle spectroscopy.  The text is Knoll's "Radiation Detection
       and Measurement".
Physics 421/422:
       This is a first course in electromagnetism.  I use Griffith's "Introduction to Electrodynamics".  I also add supplementary
       material on AC linear circuits.
Physics 499/599:
       This is a first course for health physicists on radiological environmental modeling.  I use the NRC's NUREG/CR-3332
       for the text.  Additional materials are lecture notes and technical manuals for dose modeling codes such as RESRAD,
       CAP-88PC, etc.
Physics 610:
       This is a class on radiation regulations for (primarily) health physicists.  There is no general text available, so I use my
       lecture notes and the numerous specialized documents available on the web.  The scope of the course includes federal
       regulations (DOE, NRC, EPA, FDA, DOT, etc), State regulations, and national/international guidance.  I am in the 
       process of turning my lecture notes into a text.
Physics 611/612:
       This is a graduate course in electromagnetism.  The emphasis is upon techniques that are useful for applications in 
       nuclear science, and upon relativistic formulations and the degree whcih you can "push" classical E&M to explain 
       quantum mechanical phenomena such as bremstrahlung.  I use Jackson's "Classical Electrodynamics".

 
Links of Interest
ISU Physics Home Page

 
 
My Class Schedule