Kuo-Ho (Tom) Yang

Education and Training

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Theoretical Nuclear Physics
Ph.D., 1975

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
MS, 1970

National Taiwan University
BS, 1967

Courses Taught

PHYS 251, 253, 254, 304, 309, 312, 317, 321, 325, 329, 403.
ENGR 220, 302, 310, 312, 320.
NSCI 105.

Areas of Professional Interest

Classical and quantum electrodynamics, gauge-invariant interpretation of quantum mechanics, classical gauge theory.

Recent Publications

K.-H. Yang, "The Physics of Gauge Transformations," Am. J. Phys. 73, 742-751 (2005)

P.K. Mogili, K.-H. Yang, M.A. Young, P.D. Kleiber, V.H. Grassian, "Environmental Aerosol Chamber Studies of Extinction Spectra of Mineral Dust Aerosol Components: Broadband IR-UV Extinction Studies," Journal of Geophysical Research 112, D21204 (2007) doi:10.1029/2007JD008890

P.K. Mogili, K.-H. Yang, M.A. Young, P.D. Kleiber, V.H. Grassian, "Extinction Spectra of Mineral Dust Aerosol Components in an Environmental Aerosol Chamber: IR Resonance Studies," Atmospheric Environment 42, 1752-1761 (2008)

K.-H. Yang and R.D. Nevels, "Diagrams for Several Electromagnetic Field Gauges," in APSURSI '09 IEEE (2009)

K.-H. Yang and R. D. Nevels, "Velocity, Temporal, and Generalized Kirchhoff Gauges and Wilton's Vector Diagram," Iowa Academy of Science Annual Meeting (Waverly, IA, Apr 29-30, 2011)

K.-H. Yang, "Modified Bethe-Lamb Hamiltonian," Iowa Academy of Science Annual Meeting (Mason City, IA, Apr 20-21, 2012)

Professional Affiliations

Member of Sigma Xi
Member of the Iowa Academy of Science
Participating faculty member in the St. Ambrose Summer Engineering Camps I and II