Misganaw
Getaneh
Associate
Professor of Physics
Ph.D., Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Office: 222D Johnson
EPS Building
Phone: (731) 881-7433
Fax: (731) 881-7443
Email: mgetaneh@utm.edu
Research Interests:
I work in the area of
Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. This has been an area of my collaboration
with the Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, where I was a Faculty Research
Fellow in the summers of 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2003. This collaboration
resulted in a series of measurements and publications under the theme
“Applications of the microchannel plate for mass
spectrometry”. I also work with undergraduate students on experimental projects
in Modern Physics, Mechanics, Electricity and Magnetism, Condensed Matter
Physics, Thermodynamics, and Magneto-Optical properties of matter.
Publications:
1.
M. Getaneh,
W. A. Wimbish, “Measuring Dipole Moment of a Permanent Magnet and the Earth’s Local
Magnetic Field.” Journal of the Tennessee Academy of Science, Vol. 85, No. 2, 41-45 (2010).
2.
M. Getaneh, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, and S.J.Tumey, “Applications of the Microchannel
Plate for Isotope Spectrometry”
Proceedings of the Joint Annual Conference of the National
Society of Black Physicists and the National Society of Hispanic Physicists (NSBP/NSHP), AIP Conference Proceedings, Volume 991, pp.
82-89 (2008). http://link.aip.org/link/?APCPCS/991/82/1
3.
M.Getaneh, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, and S.J.Tumey, “Application of the Microchannel
Plate for Isotope Mass Spectrometry”, Bulletin of the Annual Meeting of the
American Physical Society, March 13-17, 2006
4.
M.Getaneh, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, and S.J.Tumey, “Application of the
Microchannel Plate System for Mass Spectrometry Measurements”, Bulletin of the
72nd Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS, November
10-12, 2005.
5.
D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, C.Cetina, G.K.Hubler, M.Getaneh,
and S.J.Tumey, “Status Report of the NRL TEAMS Facility”, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section B, Vol.
223, 71-77 (2004). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168583X04005348
6.
C.Cetina, D.L.Knies, K.S.Grabowski, M. Getaneh, S.J.Tumey, R.Raffanti,
O.H.W.Siegmund, J.V.Vallerga, “A Microchannel Plate System for Accelerator Mass
Spectrometry Measurements”, Nuclear Instruments
and Methods in Physics Research A, Vol. 513, 403-407 (2003). http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0168900203022952
7.
X. X. Wang, M. Getaneh, E.
Kaczanowicz, C.J.Martoff, "Hot Electron Effects and Dynamic Behavior of
Gold Doped Germanium Thin Films as Cryogenic Phonon Sensors", Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 85, #12,
8274-8280 (1999). http://jap.aip.org/resource/1/japiau/v85/i12/p8274_s1?isAuthorized=no
8. C.J.Martoff, A. Garzarella, M.
Getaneh, E. Kaczanowicz, B. Neuhauser, D.Snowden-Ifft, X.X.Wang, Y. Zhang,
"Prototype Direction-Sensitive Solid-State Detector for Dark Matter",
Physical Review Letters, Vol. 76, #26,
4882-4885 (1996). http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v76/i26/p4882_1
9. M. Getaneh, “Prototype Direction-Sensitive Solid-State Detector
for Dark Matter”, Ph.D. Dissertation,
UMI Dissertation Services, 1996.
Courses Information:
1. Blackboard (Syllabuses, Course Materials,
References, Important Links related to courses, and Announcements)
2. Mastering Physics (Assignments and Tutorials - Click here to log-in
to the Assignment website)
Some Useful Physics Links
1.
Online Physics
and Maths books (Credit: Prof. THOOFT)
2.
Powers of Ten - The Universe
3.
CERN - The
Large Hadron Collider
4.
NASA
6.
The International Space
Station (NASA, ESA)