Steve Mellema

Chair and Professor of Physics
Physics Department
Gustavus Adolphus College

• Curriculum Vitae

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Contacting Steve:

• Spring Semester 2008 Schedule
• email: mellema@gustavus.edu
• Phone: (507)933-7306
• FAX: (507)933-6104
• Mail or UPS:
  c/o Physics Department
  Gustavus Adolphus College
  Olin Hall
  800 West College Avenue
  St. Peter, MN 56082 U.S.A.

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Biographical Information

• Professor of Physics, Gustavus Adolphus College, 1986-
• Visiting Professor, School of Physics, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 1995-96, 2002-2003
• Post-Doctoral Research Associate, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1984-86
• Instructor/Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Ohio University, 1983-84
• Ph.D. Ohio University, 1983
• Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Ohio University, 1978-83
• Technical Training Coordinator, Peace Corps Malaysia, 1976-77
• United States Peace Corps Volunteer (Malaysia) 1972-76
• B.A. Gustavus Adolphus College, 1972 

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Academic Interests

• Physics Education

• Bilingual Physlet Pages to Aid the Language Transition in Malaysia
• A Physics Lecture for the 21st Century
• The Physlet Virtual Pre-Laboratory
• MODELFIT: Fostering Student Understanding of Computerized Data Analysis

• Optical Scattering and  Imaging

• Low-Coherence Optical Reflectometer

• Astronomy/Atmospheric Physics

• The Problem of Lunar Crescent Visibility

• Nucleon Scattering and Nucleon-Nucleon Effective Interactions
• Tensor-Force Effects in Few-Body Nuclear Systems

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Course Links

• Fall 2007 Courses
  • PHY200 Classical Physics I
  • PHY201 Classical Physics I Lab
• January Term 2008: Fortran and C++ for the Physical Sciences
• Spring 2008 Courses
  • PHY102 Astronomy, Cosmology and Astrophysics
  • PHY370 Advanced Mathematical Methods of Physics