What Every Successful Physics Graduate Student Should Know

by David Garrison

Overview

This guide is intended for students who are considering pursuing a graduate school program in physics. I chose the title, “What Every Successful Physics Graduate Student Should Know” because I honestly believe that if you want to be successful in a graduate physics program, the information contained in these pages will be of great value to you. The motivation for the creation of this guide originated with a suggestion from one of my students who felt that this could provide a useful aid to people who are interested in pursuing a graduate-level physics degree. It is written in such a way that it applies to graduate physics programs in general and not only the University of Houston Clear Lake (UHCL) Physics program.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940044598171
Publisher:	David Garrison
Publication date:	06/15/2013
Sold by:	Smashwords
Format:	eBook
File size:	303 KB
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

David Garrison Associate Professor and Chair of Physics, University of Houston – Clear Lake http://sce.uhcl.edu/garrison David Garrison began his academic career at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he earned his B.S. in Physics in 1997. During his course of study, he minored in Earth, Atmospheric & Planetary Science and completed a concentration in Political Science. He then moved on to The Pennsylvania State University where he completed a Ph.D. in Physics in 2002. Upon matriculation, he accepted a position as a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Houston – Clear Lake. After serving as a visiting faculty member for one year, he was promoted to tenure-track. During his time in academia, Dr. Garrison earned several awards from organizations including NASA, the Institute for Space Systems Operations, The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Council of Graduate Schools and the Texas Educational Grid Project in addition to several internal grants and scholarships. During his time on the faculty of UHCL, Dr. Garrison served as Chair of the Physical Science and Physics Programs and successfully developed and oversaw the approval of a revised Bachelors Degree in Physical Science, a Bachelors Degree in Physics, a Masters Degree in Physics, a Professional Masters of Physics sub-plan in Technical Management and a Collaborative Ph.D. Program in Physics. His research in computational and theoretical physics consists of work in Numerical Relativity and Cosmology. David brings his talents as a teacher, administrator, problem solver and entrepreneur to many organizations, not just UHCL. As a teacher, he has changed the lives of hundreds of students by opening doors for them that they never thought possible. As an administrator, he works tirelessly to develop and run new programs such as the Physics BS, MS, PSM and Collaborative Ph.D. As a problem solver, he successfully navigates the roadblocks of bureaucracy and lack of resources in order to grow any organization of which he is a part. Finally as an entrepreneur, he developed Fast Financial Analysis.com and the UHCL Physics Department as start-ups using his hard work and imagination. He also serves on several advisory boards including: Latin Deaf Services, Inc., Space Center Houston and the investment board of the AUM Clean Energy Growth Fund.