RANDOM
QUOTE

RECENT
TALKS

Asymmetries in Maxwell's Electrodynamics

What is ABET Accreditation and Why should I Care?

Cosmological Consequences of Negative Gravitational Field Energy

Field Energy in GEM Field Theory

Short "Derivations" of Key Formula of Modern Physics

Extraterrestrial Life, the Population Explosion, and Other Surprises From the Physics of Complex Systems

Dimensional Analysis - Is that all there is (to Physics)?

Bohr Model of Particle Motion In the Schwarzschild Metric

Bohr-Sommerfeld Quantization in the Schwarzschild (Reissner-Nordström) Metric

THE DARK SIDE OF THE FORCE - The Physics of Black Holes and Dark Matter

RESEARCH

My research centers around the study of nonlinear systems. I attempt to create simple theoretical and computational models of complicated phenomena arising in nonlinear systems of interacting objects. I also perform empirical studies to constrain and motivate the models. In all cases I seek to develop or extend mathematical and computational methods so that we may better understand complex fundamental phenomena. Most of my work has addressed problems in quantum and  classical field theory, general relativity,  gauge interaction, geophysics, statistical physics, fluid dynamics, and biology.

COURSES
TAUGHT

ENGR 3703 (Computational Methods in Engineering)
ENGR 4412 (Senior Engineering Design I)
ENGR 4422 (Senior Engineering Design II)
PHY  1114 (General Physics I and Laboratory)
PHY  1214 (General Physics II and Laboratory)
PHY 1214L  (General Physics II Laboratory)
PHY 1304 (Descriptive Astronomy) 
PHY 2014 (Physics for Scientists and Engineers I)
PHY 2114 (Physics for Scientists & Engineers II)
PHY 2114L (Physics for Scientists & Engineers II Lab)  
PHY 3103 (Modern Physics)
PHY 3884 (Mathematical Physics I) 

PHY 4264 (Optics)
PHY 4264L (Optics Laboratory)
PHY 4003/5013 (Mathematical Physics II)
PHY 4183/5083 (Electromagnetic Radiation) 
PHY 4913/5163 (Applied Optics)
PHY 4203/5443 (Quantum Mechanics) 
PHY 4501/5553 (Computational Physics)
PHY 4913/5553 (Wavelets for Scientists & Engr) 
PHY 4403/5403 (Solid State Physics)
PHY 5553  (Fiber Optics) 
PHY 5553 (Quantum Electronics)
PHY 5553 (Optical Information Processing)

WANTED!
Students
For
Research
Projects

I'm looking for Seniors and/or graduate students to work on the following research projects: 

• Renormalization/Phase Transition Nonlinear Model of Population Explosion
• CCD Astronomy Image Enhancement
• Maxwell Form of Gravitational Field Equations
• Gravitational Analogue of Photonic Crystals
• Bayesian Statistics in Physics 
• Genetic Algorithms and Prediction in Nonlinear Systems
• Quantum Bayesian Networks.

Review the research project web page or stop by my office to learn more if you are interested.

Graduate student Research Assistantships and Teaching Assistantships are available for qualified students.  Contact me at wwilson@uco.edu  for more information.