Faculty
Richard Robinett
Email: rq9@psu.edu
Phone: 814-863-0965
Office Address: 303j Osmond Lab
Title: Professor of Physics
Unit: Department of Physics
Webpage: http://personal.psu.edu/rq9/robinett.html
Research Interests:
- Quantum mechanics
Research:
Prof. Robinett’s research involves semi-classical methods in quantum mechanics (including periodic orbit theory), the time-dependence of quantum states and wave packet revivals, the visualization of quantum phenomena, and the pedagaogical aspect of quantum mechanics. Prof. Robinett has also written an undergraduate textbook (Oxford University Press) on quantum mechanics.