User:Strait

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I'm a physics grad student at the University of Minnesota and am planning to go into experimental neutrino research.

I am also a computer geek, I maintain l7-filter and a wiki on the identification of network protocols.

I'm also political, usually cheering for the Green Party but open-minded.

I'm also active in the science fiction community. I help run Minicon.

I have too many hats...

1 My edits
2 My physics qualifications
3 Handy lists
- 3.1 Letter dabs
- 3.2 Number dabs

[edit] My edits

I generally edit three categories of articles:

Physics articles - general improvement. I usually stick to particle physics since the introductory articles are too often entrenched in complicated edit arguments.
Sex related articles - maintenance. I don't generally add material, but I try to keep articles I come across encyclopedic.
Disambiguation pages.

[edit] My physics qualifications

I was challenged by User:Bvcrist to produce proof that I know what I'm talking about in the field of physics. I produced this list of qualifications for him and I guess I may as well put it here.

Undergraduate coursework at Carleton College
- Atomic and Nuclear Physics (sophomore level, often called "modern physics")
- Classical Mechanics (sophomore level)
- Computational Mechanics
- Electricity and Magnetism (sophomore level)
- Quantum Mechanics 1 and 2
- Thermal Physics
- Solid State Physics
- Statistical Mechanics
- Classical and Quantum Optics

Undergraduate honors
- Distinction in major
- Distinction in comps

Undergraduate research experience
- Research Experiences for Undergraduates program at the University of Connecticut in an ultracold atoms lab
- Similar program at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Graduate coursework at the University of Minnesota
- Classical mechanics (graduate level)
- Electricity and Magnetism (graduate level)
- Quantum Mechanics 1 and 2 (graduate level)
- Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- Quantum Field Theory 1
- Relativity and Cosmology (graduate level)
- Thermal Physics (senior level)
- Particle Physics (senior level)
- Particle Physics 1 and 2 (graduate level)

Graduate accomplishments as of August 2006
- Worked on Soudan 2 analysis during my first summer
- Worked 3 weeks at the Soudan Mine laboratory
- Passed written qualifying exam
- Taught lab and discussion sections for introductory courses for 3 semesters, graded senior level Particle Physics class
- Joined research lab under Dr. Daniel Cronin-Hennessy, working on development of Nova
- Passed preliminary oral exam