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Orion Ciftja  Dr. Orion CIFTJA 

Title: Associate Professor
Phone: 1-(936)-261-3137
Fax: 1-(936)-261-3149
Email: ogciftja at pvamu.edu
Office Hours: 

Brief Resume

 

Education:

  • Ph.D, International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste, Italy (1997)
  • M.S,  International School for Advanced Studies (SISSA/ISAS), Trieste, Italy (1995)
  • Diploma, International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Trieste, Italy (1994)

Dr. Ciftja awarded NSF research grant:

This award supports theoretical research and education with an aim to understand new states of matter exhibited by electrons in high magnetic fields and confined to a plane. New electronic states of matter are interesting from the perspective of fundamental science, but are also potential building blocks of future technologies for electronic devices, sensors, computation, and more. Undergraduate students will be able to participate in valuable research experience.  To learn more please visit

http://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward.do?AwardNumber=0804568

Dr. Ciftja receives national award:

Read about Dr. Ciftja named a KITP SCHOLAR for the period 2007-2009. Here is the Roster of KITP SCHOLARS since 1998. Here are Pictures of KITP SCHOLARS since 1998. Here is a description of KITP, University of California, Santa Barbara  (from Wikipedia).

 

Lab Manuals:

PHYS 2111-General Physics Lab Manual
PHYS 2511-P81-University Physics I Lab Manual

 

Teaching Schedule, Fall 2012

Section
Days
Room
Time
M
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
MWF
NSCI-301
9:00-9:50
W
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
PHYS 2511-P84-University Physics Lab I W NSCI-307 5:00-7:50
PHYS 2513-P02-University Physics I MWF NSCI-103 10:00-10:50
PHYS 2513-P04-University Physics I MWF NSCI-303 1:00-1:50

 

 


Teaching Schedule, Spring 2012

Section
Days
Room
Time
W
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
M
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
MWF
NSCI-104
9:00-9:50
PHYS 2523-P04-University Physics II MWF NSCI-104 12:00-12:50
PHYS 4023-P01-Intro Quan Mech I T NSCI-104 5:00-7:50

 

Teaching Schedule, Fall 2011 

Section
Days
Room
Time
M
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
W
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
MWF
NSCI-103
10:00-10:50
PHYS 2513-P05-University Physics I MWF NSCI-303 1:00-1:50
PHYS 3103-P01-Mechanics I T NSCI-320 5:00-7:50

 


Teaching Schedule, Spring 2011 

Section
Days
Room
Time
T
NSCI-307
2:00-4:50
MW
NSCI-122
2:00-3:20
MW
NSCI-104
4:00-5:20
PHYS 2513-P02-University Physics I MWF NSCI-301 9:00-9:50
 

  

Teaching Schedule, Fall 2010

Section
Days
Room
Time

PHYS 2113-P01-General Physics I

MWF

 NSCI A104

 9:00-9:50

PHYS 2113-P02-General Physics I

MWF

 NSCI A103

 11:00-11:50

PHYS 2121-P01-General Physics Lab II

T

 NSCI 307

 2:00-4:50

PHYS 2513-P03-Univerisy Physics I

MW

 NSCI A104

 4:30-6:00

Research:

  • Strongly Correlated Electronic Systems
  • Fractional Quantum Hall Effect (FQHE)
  • Semiconductor quantum dots
  • Quantum liquids and solids
  • Monte Carlo simulation methods
  • Molecular Magnetism

These topics belong to the domain of  Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics and  are closely related to nanotechnology, semiconductors, nanodevices, etc. 

This poster (.ppt) was presented at the 2-nd Annual TAMUS "Pathways Research Symposium", held in Corpus Christi, TX on October 15-16, 2004.

This poster was presented at the Gordon Research Conference on "Correlated Electron Systems" held in Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, MA on June 20-25, 2004.

Some of my recent papers ( . pdf ) that indicate my current interests:

Some of my older papers ( . pdf):

Ethical behavior in science, read about Schoen's case

National Nanotechnology Initiative
This is a nice paper ( . pdf )in Nanotechnology
A nice paper ( . html )on Quantum Dots
Quantum dots from TUDELFT

The Texas Electronic Coalition for Physics (TECP)
If you think that Physics is not "cool" read Britney Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics

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