Kurt R Hoffman Associate Professor of Physics Phone (509) 527-5273 OFFICE: 164 Hall Of Science Southern Alps and Canterbury Plane from a hot air balloon at 5000 ft. New Zealand

email to Kurt

Research Interests

Sound/Acoustics web pages

Journals/professional

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Spring 2008 - On Sabbatical!

Class times and Office hours
TIME	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
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9	Office	Office	Office	Office	Office
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Noon			Faculty Forum
1-2:20
2:30 - 4:00
4			Faculty Meetings
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Physics Education Web Pages

Rethinking Teaching and Learning

Dickinson College Physics and Astronomy

Physics Resources for teachers and students --OSU

Research in Physics Education

PhysicsEd: Physics Education Resources

Physics Around the World: Education

Reed Physics

Frank Potter's Science Gems - Physical Science I

Yahoo - Education:Universities:United States

National Liberal Arts Colleges

For Science Teachers and Students: PhysicsÝ

University of Minnesota, Physics Education R&D Projects

Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL)

Research interests

1. Sol-Gel fabrication and doping with Rare Earth Ions
Collaborators:
Dr. Dan Boye - Davidson College
Dr. Ann Silversmith - Hamilton College

• Sol Gel Web Page Davidson College
• International Sol Gel Society
• Jeff Brinker Group - Sandia

2. Thin Films of MnF₂: pure and doped with Rare Earth Ions

Collaborators:

Dr. Roger Reeves - University of Canterbury, Christchurch NZ

Dr. Nikolai Sokolov and Dr. Sergey Gastev

Joffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

3. Metallofullerenes with Rare Earth Impurity Ions

Endohedral fullerene molecules

Fullerene pages

• The Fullerene Structure Library
• Carnegie Mellon Fullerene home page
• Pictures from Sussex
• Fullerene gallery

Other Physics pages

• American Institute of Physics (AIP)
• National Science Foundation
• The Electrochemical Society, Inc. Home Page
• The American Physical Society