Undergraduate vacuum science
DOI: 10.1063/1.3048134
The University of Illinois physics department is offering undergraduates special instruction in vacuum techniques as part of its new experimental modern physics course (Physics 303–304). The first semester is devoted to experiments in nuclear physics and other areas, including one required experiment in vacuum techniques. During the second semester the student chooses a single experiment for detailed study, which may concern vacuum science or some other interest. Students receive five hours credit for two four‐hour labs and one two‐hour lecture or seminar session per week. Current enrollment for the course is 13, made up of engineering physics seniors and several liberal arts physics students.
