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Current Courses PH202-NG: College Physics II Recent Courses PH201-4A: College Physics I PH462/562 Classical Mechanics II PH797: Special Topics - Wave Propagation in Periodic and Disordred Medium On-Line Homework:

Latest Papers • Inertial effects in Büttiker Landauer motor and refrigerator at the overdamped limit, Phys. Rev. E 77 (2008), 051132 • Continuous and discontinuous phase transitions and partial synchronization in stochastic three-state oscillators, Phys. Rev. E 76 (2007), 041132 • A new model for myosin dimeric motors incorporating Brownian ratchet and powerstroke mechanisms SPIE Proc. 6602 (2007), 660206 • Fluctuation and Dissipation, Comptes Rendus Physique (2007) • Synchrony and critical behavior: Equilibrium universality in nonequilibrium stochastic oscillators, AIP Proc. 913 (2007), 49 • Fluctuation theorem for entropy production during effusion of an ideal gas with momentum transfer, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007), 061116 • Effects of Disorder on Synchronization of Discrete Phase-Coupled Oscillators, Phys. Rev. E 75 (2007), 041107 • Dissipation: The Phase Space Perspective, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98 (2007), 080602   Full Publication List Latest Presentations • Beyond the Second Law of Thermodynamics • From Brownian Motor to Brownian Refrigertor   Other Presentations Conference Announcement • Optimization at a Small Scale (July 20-21, 2009)