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Dr. Jim Rabchuk

Professor, Department of Physics
Pre-Engineering/Architecture Coordinator
Office Location: Currens Hall 316A
Phone Number: (309) 298-2577
E-mail: JA-Rabchuk@wiu.edu
Personal Web Page: faculty.wiu.edu/JA-Rabchuk

Courses

• Energy and the Environment - PHYS 150
• University Physics I - PHYS 211
• University Physics III - PHYS 212
• Modern Physics - PHYS 201
• Engineering Mechanics - PHYS 312
• Thermodynamics - PHYS 354
• Advanced Laboratory - PHYS 470
• Science in Context - PHYS 482
• Advanced Laboratory - PHYS 570
• Thermal Physics - PHYS 554
• Mathematical Methods - PHYS 567

Research Interests

Hydrodynamic Stability. Mixing layer receptivity - the process by which free-stream acoustic disturbances are converted into incipient instabilities in mixing layers, shear layers and wakes; Flowing thin films and their stability characteristic s.

Magnetoelasticity: Analytical and computational studies of magnoelastic materials in connection with their use in non-contact torque sensing.

EM simulations: Simulations of electric and magnetic fields and finding equilibrium points of said fields. Applications in lecture demo's and in trapping ions for quantum computing.

Selected Publications

• "T -junction ion trap array for two-dimensional ion shuttling, storage and manipulation", Hensinger, et al., Appl. Phys. Lett. 88 (2006) 034101
• "Planar ion trap geometry for microfabrication", Madsen, et al., Appl. Phys B 78 (2004) 639
• "The Gauss Rifle and Magnetic Energy", J. Rabchuk, Phys. Teacher 41 (2003).