William Hodge Ph.D.
Education
- Ph.D., Physics, Wake Forest University (2008)
- B.S., Physics, University of North Carolina at Wilmington (2001)
Professional Experience
STEVENSON UNIVERSITY Associate Professor, Physics 2013-present
DAVIDSON COLLEGE Visiting Professor, Physics 2010-2013
WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Visiting Professor, Physics 2008-2010
Research
Solid state theory, low-dimensional quantum systems, Berry’s phase, and phase transitions.
Publications
(Student co-author names in bold print)
W. B. Hodge, N. P. Cassera, M. J. Rave, Berry phase oscillations in a one-dimensional lattice (in preparation).
W. B. Hodge, S. V. Migirditch, W. C. Kerr, Electron spin and probability current density in quantum mechanics, Am. J. Phys. 82 (7), 681-690 (2014).
W. B. Hodge, E. D. Welchman, M. J. Rave, Non-trivial Berry phase for an asymmetric one-dimensional potential in the free electron limit, Eur. Phys. J. B. 84, 351-355 (2011).
W. B. Hodge, N. A. W. Holzwarth, W. C. Kerr, Exact ground state energy of Hubbard rings in the atomic limit, arXiv:0806.1761 [cond-mat.str-el] (2009).
W. B. Hodge, Exact and variational investigations of Hubbard rings, WakeSpace Digital Archive, http://hfl.handle.net/10339/33588 (2008).
Teaching
MATH 321 – Introduction to Differential Equations
MATH 326 – Linear Algebra
PHYS 210 – General Physics I
PHYS 211 – General Physics II
PHYS 215 – General Physics I with Calculus
PHYS 216 – General Physics II with Calculus
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