Department of Natural Sciences

Don Olive <dolive@gardner-webb.edu>
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy


Ph.D. Experimental Nuclear Physics, Vanderbilt University
Dissertation Title: Investigations of the Isovector Giant Dipole Resonance in 208Pb and 40Ca by (p, p' gamma) at 200 MeV and of the GDR X GDR Excitation in 208Pb by Intermediate Energy Heavy Ions

M.S. Physics, Vanderbilt University

B.A.  Physics, Carson-Newman University, Jefferson City, Tennessee
Honors Thesis: Sputter Ratios for 0.4 keV to 50 keV Cesium Ions Based on Scaled Sigmund Theory



Areas of Interest:
Medium Energy Nuclear Reaction Dynamics, Astronomy: Photometry of Variable Stars, Technology and Pedagogy in Science Education, History of Science 



Typical Classes Taught:
Physics in Everyday Life - How Things Work (PHYS 103)
Astronomy (PHYS 104)
Science and Religion (BIOL 387)
General Physics I & II (PHYS 201, 202)
Physics for Engineers I & II (PHYS 203, 204)