ECE Grad Seminar
<p> </p> <p> You are cordially invited to attend the following semester:</p> <p> Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering</p> <p> Problem Solving: Science, Art and Craft</p> <p> by</p> <p> Dr. Alexander Godunov</p> <p> Professor and Undergrad Program Director</p> <p> Department of Physics</p> <p> Old Dominion University</p> <p> Friday, March 28, 2014</p> <p> 3:00 p.m. KH 224</p> <p> Host: Dr. González</p> <p> </p> <p> Problem solving is the action of finding a solution to an unanswered question or a problem. This is a practical skill like swimming, reading, driving. Problem solving is not restricted to physics and mathematics. As Karl Popper said “All life is problem solving”. However, there are no classes in schools or colleges that teach explicitly problem solving. We mostly acquire the skill of problem solving by “trial-and-error” technique. Can we do better?</p> <p> </p> <p> Bio:</p> <p> Dr. Godunov’s graduate degrees are in Atomic and Plasma Physics, which he earned at the Moscow State University in Russia. He has worked at Tulane University (New Orleans, LA), Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse, France), TRINITI - Troitsk Institute of Innovative and Thermonuclear Research (Russia), and Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy (Moscow, USSR). He joined ODU’s Department of Physics as a Visiting Assistant Professor in 2002 and is currently an Associate Professor. He has co-written a book entitled <em>Introduction to Computational Physics</em>, and has more than 80 publications. His research interests are:</p> <p> </p> <p> Atomic collisions</p> <p> Dynamic electron correlation</p> <p> Sputtering</p> <p> Accelerator Physics</p> <p> Atomic spectroscopy</p> <p> Computational physics</p> <p> Atomic data</p> <p> </p> <p> <strong><em>Honors, Awards and Prizes </em></strong></p> <p> Prize of I.V. Kurchatov Institute of Atomic Energy for best scientific research (1991)</p> <p> A medal from the President of Russia (Boris N. Yeltsin) for high professional accomplishments (1997)</p>
Posted By: Linda Marshall
Date: Tue Mar 25 11:09:21 EDT 2014