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Michael Grams
 
I am currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics at South Dakota State University.  I teach Physics at the University Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
 
Contact Information:                          
 
Office Location:  University Center North Room 212
Office Phone:     605-782-3242   
Fax:                  605-367-5643
 
4801 North Career Avenue
Sioux Falls, South Dakota 57107
 
 
 
 
Want to know more about studying physics, how it will help you, and what you'll learn?  Look here.
 
Fall 2010 Schedule for Dr. Grams

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

9:00

 

 

PHYS 111L

 

10:00

 

UCN 247

Office Hours

UCN 248

 

11:00

 

9 - 11:45 am

UCN 212, 10 am - 12 pm

9 - 11:45 am

 

12:00

 

 

 

 

 

1:00

Office Hours

 

 

PHYS 111L

 

2:00

UCN 212, 1 - 3 pm

Office Hours

 

UCN 248

 

3:00

 

UCN 212, 2 - 4 pm

 

1 - 3:45 pm

 

4:00

PHYS 211

 

PHYS 211L

Office Hours 4 - 5 pm

 

5:00

UCN 248

 

UCN 248

 

 

6:00

4 - 6:45 pm

 

4 - 6:45 pm

 

 

7:00

 
 
Why should I take a Physics course?
(from the website of the American Physical Society)
 
Physics is crucial to understanding the world around us, the world inside us, and the world beyond us. It is the most basic and fundamental science. Physics challenges our imaginations with concepts like relativity and string theory, and it leads to great discoveries, like computers and lasers, that change our lives.

Physics encompasses the study of the universe from the largest galaxies to the smallest subatomic particles. Moreover, it's the basis of many other sciences, including chemistry, oceanography, seismology, and astronomy. All are easily accessible with a bachelor's degree in physics.
 
Increasingly, physicists are turning their talents to molecular biology, biochemistry, and biology itself. Even medicine has a niche for physicists, and since medical physicists are hard to come by, they are much in demand.

Physics also undergirds many new technologies. Cell phones, the Internet, and MRIs are only a few examples of the physics-based technological developments that have revolutionized our world. Many theoretical and experimental physicists work as engineers, and many electrical and mechanical engineers have physics degrees.
 
A physics education equips a person to work in many different and interesting places--in industrial and government labs, on college campuses, and in the astronaut corps. In addition, many physics grads leave the lab behind and work at newspapers and magazines, in government, and even on Wall Street--places where their problem-solving abilities and analytical skills are great assets.
 
So--physics is interesting, relevant, and it can prepare you for great jobs in a wide variety of places. Why shouldn't you take a physics course?
 

 
 
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