Dr. Jie Zou
Department of Physics
Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL 61920
Contact Information
- Office: Physical Science Building Room 1114
- Phone: (217) 581-6346
- Email:jzou@eiu.edu
Mentored Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate Research Awards
- Hannah Tanquary, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Spring 2012.
Project Title: "Computer Simulations of Wetting for Materials of
Varying Wettabilities: An Application of Monte Carlo Simulation".
- Tyler Linder, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Spring 2012. Project Title: "Computational Near Earth Asteroid Search".
- Alexander Meadows, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Fall
2010. Project Title: "Computer Simulations of the Operation of an Atomic
Force Microscope (AFM) and a Scanning Thermal Microscope (SThM)".
- Alicia VonLanken, 2nd Prize, Student Research Symposium, 2010
Spring Meeting of ISAAPT. Project Title: "Study of the Lattice
Vibration and Vibration Spectrum by Molecular Dynamics Simulation and
Fourier Analysis".
- Mike Chastain, 3rd Prize, Student Research Symposium, 2010
Spring Meeting of ISAAPT. Project Title: "Investigation of the Equation
of State of Real Gases by Molecular Dynamics Simulation".
- Mike Chastain, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Fall
2009. Project Title: "A Detailed Study of the Kinetic Theory of Real
Gases by Computer Simulations".
- Mike Chastain, 2nd Prize, Student Research Symposium, 2009
Spring Meeting of ISAAPT. Project Title: "A Detailed Study of the
Kinetic Theory of Real Gases by Computer Simulations".
- Daniel Rolando, Scholar of Undergraduate Research at Eastern
(SURE) Award, Spring 2009. Project Titles: "A microscopic study and
computer visualization of the random walk of gas molecules: An
application of molecular dynamics" and "Thermal Conductivity of Gallium
Nitride Nanowires, Part I - Numerical Calculation of Phonon
Dispersions".
- Brad Sliz, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Spring 2009.
Project Title: "A Molecular Dynamics Approach to Multi-Body Planetary
Motion: A Computer Simulation of Our Solar System".
- Daniel Rolando, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Spring
2008. Project Title: "A microscopic study and computer visualization of
the random walk of gas molecules: An application of molecular dynamics".
- Chris Richardson, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Fall
2006. Project Title: "Heat Conduction in nanoscale AlN/GaN/AlN
Heterostructures".
- Xavier Lange, Scholar of Undergraduate Research at Eastern
(SURE) Award, Spring 2006. Project Title: "Numerical simulation of
thermal conductivity in nanoscale silicon thin films".
- Xavier Lange, Undergraduate Research Grant ($500), Fall 2005.
Project Title: "Numerical simulation of thermal conductivity in
nanoscale silicon thin films".
Undergraduate Teaching
Classes Spring 2012
PHY 1071 Physics of Sound and Music
PHY 3320 Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering
PHY 1072 Physics of Sound and Music Lab
PHY 4000 and 4010 Seminar in Physics
Courses Taught
- PHY 1055-Principles of Astronomy and the Laboratory
- PHY 1071-Physics of Sound and Music and the Laboratory
- PHY 1151 and 1161-Principles of Physics I and II and the Laboratory (Algebra-based)
- PHY 1351, 1361, and 1371-General Physics I, II, and III and the Laboratory (Calculus-based)
- PHY 2600-Introductory Research in Physics
- PHY 3050-Excursions in Physics
- PHY 3320-Computational Methods in Physics and Engineering
- PHY 3350-Introduction to Solid State Physics
- PHY 4320-Computational Physics
- PHY 3500-Laboratory Practicum
- PHY 4000-Seminar in Physics
- PHY 4600-Research in Physics
Last updated 05/05/12.