david a. riethmiller - Department of Physics & Astronomy - Ohio ...

Additional Research Interests:
Hydrodynamics and the hot interstellar medium of elliptical galaxies, AGN accretion and feedback
mechanisms, sub-resolution accretion physics
Courses Taught / Assisted:
Introductory Physics Lab (1): Algebra-based mechanics of solids and liquids. 15 undergraduates per lab.
Introductory Physics Lab (2): Algebra-based electricity, magnetism, heat, thermodynamics, waves, and
sound. 15 undergraduates per lab.
General Physics Lab (1): Classical physics with calculus and vectors. Newtonian mechanics, rotational
dynamics, gravitation. 15 undergraduates per lab.
General Physics Lab (3): Calculus-based capacitance, electric current and circuits, magnetism and
magnetic fields, electric induction, A.C. circuits, electromagnetic waves, geometrical optics,
interference, and diffraction of light. 15 undergraduates per lab.
Introductory Astronomy: General introduction to astronomy, with emphasis on structure of the universe
beyond the solar system.
Graduate Courses Completed:
Classical Mechanics
Electrodynamics I & II
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum Mechanics I & II
Math Methods of Physics I & II
Stellar Astrophysics
Astrophysics of the Interstellar Medium
Extragalactic Astrophysics
Observational Astrophysics Lab
General Relativity
Solid State Physics
Numerical Methods in Computer Programming
Programming Expertise:
Parallel MPI implementation, interpolation techniques, finite time differencing, numerical integration
methods, smoothed particle hydrodynamics, astronomical data reduction, Fourier analysis,
acceptance-rejection algorithms, weighted Voronoi tesselations, Kepler orbit computation
Languages: C/C++, Python, IDL, Fortran, IRAF, Shell script
Posters:
May 3, 2012
Heating and Cooling in Elliptical Galaxies (Ohio University Student Expo)
http://www.phy.ohiou.edu/~rieth/talks/HydroSims.pdf