John H. Scofield

Professor
A.B., Univ. of Michigan--Flint, 1978
Ph.D., Cornell University, 1985
AT&T Bell Labs, 85-87

Department of Physics & Astronomy 
210 Wright Laboratory
Oberlin, Ohio 44074

Phone: (440) 775-8333

email: john.scofield@oberlin.edu


Office Hours 2007-8


Research

Scofield is an experimental solid state physicist with applied research Interests. His research interests these days are broadly associated with photovoltaics and energy. He is currently involved in looking at the performance of several green buildings and is also engaged in device and materials research for thin film solar cells. Specific green buildings that he is studying include the Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station on the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve and Oberlin College's Adam Joseph Lewis Center. His thin film solar cell work is being conducted in collaboration with scientists at the NASA - Glenn Research Center.

Selected research papers may be found on Scofield's CV. A paper describing his recent work at Jasper Ridge may be found elsewhere on the Oberlin College website.

You can learn about Scofield's current research activities at http://energy.physics.oberlin.edu.

Oberlin/New Russia Township Wind Project web site.


You may learn more about some of the equipment used for my research. Also, you may take a quick tour of the Wright Basement research and research-training facility.

Teaching

PHYS-055 - Introduction to Solar Energy

PHYS-068 - Energy Technology

PHYS-103 - Elementary Physics (Mechanics)

PHYS-212 - Modern Physics (formerly PHYS-112)

PHYS-311 - Electricity and Magnetism

PHYS-314 - Intermediate Laboratory

PHYS-410 - Statistical Mechanics

PHYS-411 - Electricity and Magnetism

PHYS-414 - Advanced Laboratory


Essays and News Items

November 1 , 2005, Letter to the Editor of Solar Today regarding Lewis Center Performance

September 28, 2004, Perspectives on agreement for College to by City's Green Tags

September 25, 2004, Comment on ASHRAE Journal article by Torcellini, Judkoff, and Crawley

November 6, 2003, An energy monitoring system for Stanford University's Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station.

Summer 2002 -- One scientist's perspective on the Lewis Center, Oberlin College Alumni Magazine


Other Links

Energy monitoring for the Leslie Shao-ming Sun Field Station on the Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve at Stanford.

PRESTO

Blackboard Class Web Sites

GPS hardware and software

UM Basketball

Download and install Sony Digital Player

Lorain County Soccer League

Oberlin U7 Soccer Updates

Fridenstine Farm Wind Data

Cobb Wind Data