Teaching History


2013 Spring: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics II (PHZ 6428) and Quantum Field Theory II (PHY 7669), and supervising two graduate students: Mr. Christopher Loerscher and Ms. Bianca Hall. Also: co-supervising the PhD thesis of Mr. Jingchuan Zhang and Mr. Jingxiang Zhao (USTB) with Prof. Qiang Gu, and on the doctoral committees of 6 students: Mr. Benjamin Webb, Mr. Gregory Katona (with Dr. Tristan Huebsch, Howard University), Ms. Asma Amjad (Ph. D. May 2013), Ms. Tracy Becker, Ms. Emily Kramer, and Mr. Akbar Whizzin (UCF). In addition, on the doctoral committees for Mr. Manabu Tsujimoto (Ph. D February 2013) and Mr. Kaveh Delfanazari (Ph. D. February 2013), Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
2012 Fall: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics I (PHZ 6426) and Quantum Field Theory I (PHY 6667), and supervising two graduate students: Mr. Christopher Loerscher and Ms. Bianca Hall. Also: co-supervising the PhD thesis of Mr. Jingchuan Zhang (USTB) with Prof. Qiang Gu, and on the doctoral committees of 7 students: Mr. Benjamin Webb, Mr. Gregory Katona, Ms. Asma Amjad, Ms. Hajrah Moin Quddusi (Ph. D. November 2012), Ms. Tracy Becker, Ms. Emily Kramer, and Mr. Akbar Whizzin (UCF). In addition, on the doctoral committees for Mr. Manabu Tsujimoto and Mr. Kaveh Delfanazari, Institute for Materials Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan.
2012 Spring: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics II (PHZ 6428), and supervising one graduate student, Mr. Christopher Loerscher. Also: co-supervising the PhD thesis of Mr. Jingchuan Zhang (USTB) with Prof. Qiang Gu, and on the doctoral committees of 7 students: Mr. Benjamin Webb, Mr. Gregory Katona, Ms. Asma Amjad, Ms. Hajrah Moin Quddusi, Ms. Tracy Becker, Ms. Emily Kramer, and Mr. Akbar Whizzin (UCF).
2011 Fall: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics I (PHZ 6426), and supervising one graduate student, Mr. Christopher Loerscher. Also: co-supervising the PhD thesis of Mr. Jingchuan Zhang (USTB) with Prof. Qiang Gu, and on the doctoral committees of 5 students: Ms. Asma Amjad, Ms. Hajrah Moin Quddusi, Ms. Tracy Becker, Ms. Emily Kramer, and Mr. Akbar Whizzin (UCF).
2011 Spring: Lecturer in Quantum Field Theory II (PHY7669), three recitations of PHY2048, supervising one graduate student, Mr. Christopher Loerscher (UCF).
also: co-supervising the PhD thesis of Mr. Jingchuan Zhang (USTB) with Prof. Qiang Gu, and on the doctoral committees of 5 students: Ms. Asma Amjad, Ms. Hajrah Moin Quddusi, Ms. Tracy Becker, Ms. Emily Kramer, and Mr. Akbar Whizzin (UCF).
2010 Fall: Lecturer in Physics for Scientists and Engineers II (PHY2049), three recitations of PHY2053, supervising one graduate student, Mr. Christopher Loerscher.
2010 Spring: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics II (PHZ 6428) and in PHY 2048, one recitation of PHY 2048, UCF
2009 Fall: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics I (PHZ 6426) and in PHY 2048, one recitation of PHY 2048, UCF
2009 Spring: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics II (PHZ6428), UCF
2009 Spring: two recitations of Physics II (PHY2054), UCF
2008 Fall: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics I (PHZ 6426), UCF
2008 Fall: two recitations of Physics II (PHY2054), UCF
2008 Spring: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics 0 (PHZ 5405), UCF
2008 Spring: Co-lecturer in Advanced Quantum Mechanics (PHY 6673), UCF
2008 Spring: two recitations of Physics II (PHY2054), UCF
2007 Fall: Lecturer in Condensed Matter Physics I (PHZ 6426),UCF
2007 Fall: two recitations of Physics I (PHY2053),UCF
2007 Spring: Condensed Matter Physics II (PHZ 6428),UCF
2007 Spring: two recitations of Physics I (PHY2053),UCF
2005 Spring: Co-lecturer in Physics of Nanostructured Materials, KSU
2004 Spring: Lecturer in Solid State Physics II (graduate), UND
2004 Spring: Lecturer in Quantum Mechanics II (undergraduate), UND
2003 Fall: Lecturer in Solid State Physics I (graduate), UND
2003 Fall: Lecturer in Quantum Mechanics I (undergraduate), UND
2000 Summer: Lecturer in Intensive Freshman Physics I, U. Notre Dame
1999 Spring: Lecturer in Layered Superconductors (graduate special topics), Northwestern U.
1989 Spring: one recitation of Freshman Physics, ISU
1987-8: Lecturer in Undergraduate Classical Mechanics and Undergraduate Electricity and Magnetism, UCSD
1986-7: Lecturer in Undergraduate Quantum Mechanics and in a self-paced course on Freshman Thermodynamics and Kinetic Theory, etc. , UCSD
1976-81: Lecturer in Graduate Statistical Mechanics (3 full years), Lecturer in one course on "Physical Aspects of Environmental Problems" (one semester), 2 sections of "Physics of Music" laboratory, Lecturer in "Physics of Music" (one semester), 11 sections of Freshman Physics recitations,ISU
1980: graduate student, Dan Youngner, received his Ph. D. under RAK's supervision, ISU
1974-6: Reading courses for 3-4 graduate students, Stanford U.
1972-4: Teaching Fellow, "Physics for Poets", recitations of Freshman Chemistry, Organic Chemistry Laboratory, and Organic Chemistry recitation, Harvard U.