Milind N. Kunchur, Ph.D., APS Fellow
Governor's Distinguished Professor
Michael J. Mungo Distinguished Professor
Campus Office: Jones PSC room 303

Mailing address:
Department of Physics and Astronomy
712 Main St., PSC 404
Columbia, SC 29208
 

Phone: 803 777 1907
FAX: 803 777 3065
Email: kunchur@mailbox.sc.edu

Selected Honors and Professional Activities
CASE and Carnegie Foundation 'U.S. Professors of the Year' Award (South Carolina winner)
Governor's Distinguished Professor and South Carolina Professor of the Year (state’s highest honor for academia)
Michael J. Mungo Distinguished Professor of the Year (the university’s most prestigious award)
Michael A. Hill Outstanding Faculty Member of the Year Award
George Pegram Medal for Excellence in Physics Education in the Southeast United States
Center for Teaching Excellence Letter of Commendation
Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award
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Fellow of the American Physical Society (
supporting paragraph for citation)
Russell Award for Research in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering
Martin-Marietta Publication and Technical Achievement Award
Ralph E. Powe
Research Award
National Research Council Senior Fellowship
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President of
SACS section of American Association of Physics Teachers
Advisory Board Member of Physica C Journal
National Science Foundation Panelist
Strategic Research
Panelist for the U.S. Department of Energy
High-Resolution Audio
Panelist for the Audio Engineering Society

Selected Invited Talks at International Conferences (over 150 total invited/keynote talks)
4 invited "APS" talks (at Annual Meetings of the American Physical Society): Los Angeles, CA; Austin, TX; Minneapolis, MN; and Seattle, WA, U.S.A.
"Audio Engineering Society Convention" in Helsinki, Finland
"Collaborative Conference on Materials Research"  in Incheon-Seoul, South Korea
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International Conference on Superconductivity for Energy" in Paestum, Italy
"NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Nanotechnology" in Yalta, Ukraine
"The 57th Annual Department of Atomic Energy – Solid State Physics Symposium" in Mumbai, India
"Audio Engineering Society Convention" in London, U.K.
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International Conference on Nanoscience and Engineering in Superconductivity" in Tsukuba, Japan
"Energy Materials Nanotechnology Meeting" in Prague, Czech Republic
"Collaborative conference on 3D and Materials Research" in Busan, South Korea
"International Conference on Vortex matter in nanostructured superconductors" in Crete, Greece
"19th General Conference of the EPS Condensed Matter Division" in Brighton,
U.K.
"International Workshop on Unconventional Superconductors" in Campinas, Brazil
"Workshop on Vortex Dynamics and Dissipation" in Budapest, Hungary
"Workshop on the Microscopic Structure and Dynamics...Superconductors" in Dresden, Germany
"Advances in superconductivity and its Applications to Microwaves Conference" in Delhi, India
"Superconductivity Conference" in San Louis Potosi, Mexico
"Sixth International Conference on Materials and Mechanisms of Superconductivity" in Houston, TX, U.S.A.

Research areas

High-fidelity sound reproduction, psychophysics, and auditory neurophysiology (downloadable publications)

Superconductivity and nano-structured materials (downloadable publications)   
    
Download tutorial/review article on superconductivity basics
 

Teaching activities

Workshop on Student-Centric Teaching

3-Camera Remote Teaching Platform for Online Classes

Peer and student feedback

Guidelines on how to teach and give presentations

Courses taught
Physics 155: Musical Acoustics
Physics 155L: Acoustics Laboratory

Physics 201: General Physics I
Physics 202: General Physics II
Physics 207: Principles of Physics II

Physics 211: Essentials of Physics I
Physics 212: Essentials of Physics II
Physics 309: Classic Experiments in Physics
Physics 441: Undergraduate Seminar Training course
Physics 512: Solid State Physics
Physics 730: Graduate Seminar Training course
Physics 750A: Films
 


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