The Incorporation of Fundamentals of Ultrasonic Materials   Characterization into the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum
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Upper division physics majors will have the opportunity to learn           the fundamentals of ultrasonic acoustics and ultrasonic characterization        of materials.  Increasing concern with both product quality and cost has        resulted in a demand for more nondestructive evaluation of materials.           Students in two upper division laboratories and in senior seminar               projects will use a high resolution, microcomputer controlled mechanical        scanner to develop a solid understanding of ultrasonic propagation.  In         addition to measurement of fundamental acoustic parameters such as group        velocity and attenuation, students may examine the frequency dependence         of the phase velocity or the spatial distribution of energy in an               interrogating ultrasonic beam.  Students will learn about ultrasonics           and materials in particular, and they also will have the opportunity to         do experiments which deal with the fundamental properties of any kind of        waves.
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