Greetings, and welcome!
Research Group, Summer 2008
I joined the faculty of Washington and Lee University in the fall of 1999 as an Assistant Professor of Physics and Engineering, and now have evolved to the Associate stage. Before coming to W&L, I did my graduate work at Duke University, followed by two years as an NRC postdoc at the Air Force Research Laboratory in Albuquerque, New Mexico. If you'd like to review my professional background, visit my hyperlinked CV. If you'd prefer a more casual and lighthearted introduction, try my personal info.
My teaching schedule for 2008-09 year is
| Fall | Electrical Circuits (PhysEngn 207) |
| Electrical Circuits Lab (PhysEngn 207L) | |
| Modern Physics (Phys 210) | |
| Winter | Optics (Phys 215) |
| Optics Lab (Phys 215L) | |
| Spring | Stellar Evolution and Cosmology (PHYS 151) |
My research specialty is experimental nonlinear dynamics in optical and electronic systems. This work is currently supported by a five-year, $400,000 award from the National Science Foundation under the NSF CAREER program. My research laboratory is in Howe 212, a fully-outfitted diode laser dynamics lab. Come by to see the great toys! This research lab also contributes to W&L's Interdisciplinary Program in Nonlinear Dynamics, funded by the W.M. Keck Foundation.
Doing publishable research with W&L students is the main reason for my lab's existence. Several students have worked with me over the past few years with some very nice results. Hop over to my research page to find out more about it! The current group in the picture above are Karen Lee (`09), Ben Mooneyham (`10), and Jake McKay (`09). I will continue to be in the market for research students for the foreseeable future. So if you are interested in getting your hands on some circuitry and lasers, doing some nonlinear dynamics and chaos, getting published and going to conferences, drop me some email at sukowd@wlu.edu or stop by my office at Howe 218 to chat.
