EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES, PROFESSOR LOYAL DURAND

TEACHING HONORS

Fellow, University of Wisconsin Teaching Academy

Winner of Chancellor's Teaching Award, 1997

Ph.D. STUDENTS

Yam Tsi Chiu, Yale University, 1965

     Single particle exchange models at high energies

     Industrial research and development
 

Ian J. McGee, Yale University, 1965

     Theory of inelastic electron--deuteron scattering

     Professor Emeritus, Applied Mathematics, University of Waterloo, Canada
 

Phillip Holden, University of Wisconsin, December 1968

     Kinematic constraints on helicity amplitudes for arbitrary external masses
 

M. Mitchell Waldrop, University of Wisconsin, May, 1975

     Semi-classical approximations for high energy scattering

     Science writer, Washington, D.C.
 

Eduardo Mendel, University of Wisconsin, August, 1982

     Field strength formulation of gauge theories

     Research Physicist, Universität Oldenburg

     Developer, speech program "My own voice"
 

L.J. Nickisch (joint with B. Durand), University of Wisconsin, August 1984

     Potential models for relativistic quark-antiquark bound states

     Mission Research Corporation
 

Robert Tucci, University of Wisconsin, August, 1985

     Factorization in QCD in Feynman gauge

     Formerly MIT Lincoln Laboratories. Owner of the Artiste Company, an independent software company,

     tucci@ar-tiste.com
 

Alan Gara, University of Wisconsin, May, 1987

     Spin dependent effects in a relativistic theory of quark-antiquark bound states

     Formerly Researcher at Fermilab and Nevis Laboratories, Columbia

     Formerly at IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown, NY

     Chief Architect, BlueGene/L supercomputer
 

Hong Pi, University of Wisconsin, August, 1989

     QCD parton model and high energy hadronic collisions

     Formerly researcher at Lund University and the Oregon Graduate Institute

     Now financial officer
 

Jorge L. Lopez, University of Wisconsin, August, 1989

     Phenomenological constraints on four-dimensional superstrings

     (winner of Sigma Xi dissertation research award, 1989)

     Scientist, Shell E&P Technology Company, Bellaire Technology Center, Houston
 

Herbert Dreiner, University of Wisconsin, August, 1989 (joint with D.V. Nanopoulos)

     Model building with four-dimensional fermionic strings

     Formerly Staff member, Theory Group, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

     Professor, Physikalisches Institut der Universität Bonn
 

James M. Johnson, University of Wisconsin, December, 1990

     Unitarity and symmetry breaking in the standard electroweak model
 

Peter N. Maher, University of Wisconsin, December, 1991

     Two-loop unitarity constraints on the Higgs boson mass

     In the computer industry, Australia
 

Katsuhiko Honjo, University of Wisconsin, January, 1994

     The hadronic structure of the photon in the semiclassical parton picture

     Technical consultant, Kobe, Japan
 

Kurt Riesselmann, University of Wisconsin, June, 1994

     Hints at the onset of strong interactions in the Higgs sector of the standard model

     (finalist, 1994 Sigma Xi dissertation research award)

Technical University, Munich, 1994-96

     Staff member, DESY-Zeuthen, Berlin, 1996-2000

DO-DIRECTORATE (G&A), Fermilab, May, 2000- , kurtr@fnal.gov

     Managing Editor, Symmetry, the joint Fermilab/SLAC publication
 

Phuoc Ha, University of Wisconsin, August, 1999

     Baryon magnetic moments and masses and in QCD

     M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, UW-Madison, 2001

     Professor, Towson State University, Towson, MD
 

Gregory Jaczko, University of Wisconsin, August, 1999

     An effective theory of baryons and mesons

     AIP Congressional Fellow, Washington, D.C.

     Science Advisor, Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works

     Science Advisor and Appropriations Director for Senator Harry Reid

     Commissioner, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2005-2012

     Chair, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2009-2012
 

COURSES TAUGHT

University of Wisconsin:

 
103 General Physics (non-calculus)
104 General Physics (non-calculus)
201 General Physics (calculus level)
205 Modern Physics for Engineers
207 General Physics (calculus level)
311 Mechanics
531 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
535 Introduction to High Energy Physics
711 Theoretical Physics - Dynamics
715 Statistical Mechanics
721 Theoretical Physics - Electrodynamics
722 Advanced Classical Theoretical Physics
731 Quantum Mechanics
735 Particle Physics
801 Special Topics in Theoretical Physics:

Strings and Anomalies
Topology in Field Theory
Superstrings
Superstrings, Differential Geometry, and Topology
Differential Geometry and Topology

805 Special Topics in Physics:

Instantons
Geometry in Physics
Research Topics in Particle Theory

831 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Field Theory)
832 Advanced Quantum Mechanics (Field Theory)
835 Elementary Particle Theory - Strong Interactions
903 Seminar in Theoretical Physics
 

Yale University:

 
Mathematical Methods of Physics
Quantum Field Theory

University of Colorado:

 
Quantum Field Theory