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Donald C. Larson
Title: Emeritus Professor of Physics Donald C. Larson
Telephone: 215-895-2724
Email: donlarson@drexel.edu
Office: 609 Disque
Personal Website: www.physics.drexel.edu
   
   
   
Discipline: Physics
   
Research Keywords: Optical Fiber Sensors, Medical Optics, Optical Waveguides, Physics Education, Solar Energy, Thermal Insulation Systems, Solid State Physics, Thin Films
   
Courses Taught: Electronic Devices
   
Profile:

Dr. Larson was an Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia from 1962 to 1967 and is currently Professor of Physics Emeritus at in the Department of Physics at Drexel University.

He has supervised eight Ph.D. theses and M.S. theses in areas of thin films, biomechanics, solar energy, optical waveguides, and optical fiber sensors, and has 60 refereed publications. Currently, he is collaborating in research in biomedical optics.

   
Professional Membership: American Physical Society, Optical Society of America
   
Education:

Harvard University
Ph.D. in Applied Physics, 1962

California Institute of Technology
Mechanical Engineering, 1957-1958

Harvard University
M.S. Applied Physics, 1957

University of Washington
B.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, 1956

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