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Ephraim Fischbach

Professor of Physics


ephraim@purdue.edu
Office: Physics 286
Telephone: (765) 494-5506
Fax: (765) 494-0706

B.A., Physics 1963 Columbia University
M.S., Physics 1964 University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., Physics 1967 University of Pennsylvania

Teaching Interests

Teaching Interests
Course Semesters
Physics 600 Fall 2004
Physics 660 Fall 1998, Spring 1999
Physics 661 Fall 1999, Spring 1999
Physics 670F Fall 1999

Graduate Students

  • Binh Do (with Dan Elliott)
  • Dan Javorsek
  • Jennifer Northrup
  • Michael Stohler
  • Shu-Ju Tu

Awards and Honors

Fellow, American Physical Society, 2001
Citation: For his contributions to understanding the connection between precision gravity measurements and high-energy physics.

Professional Experience

  • Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1979-present
  • Visiting Professor of Physics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 1985-86
  • Visiting Associate Professor of Physics, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook, NY, 1978-79
  • Associate Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1974-79
  • Assistant Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1970-74
  • Research Associate, Niels Bohr Institute, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1969-70
  • Research Associate, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Stony Brook, NY, 1967-69

Professional Activities

  • Consultant to the 1996, 1998, and 2000 particle Data Group for photons and gravitons.
  • Referee for Physical Review and Physical Review Letters.
    Physics Department Liaison to the Office of the Dean of Students for students with disabilities.
  • Departmental Committees: Outreach/Funfest, Undergraduate Recruitment, Graduate, Mentoring.

Selected Publications

  1. "Geometric Random Inner Products: A Family of Tests for Random Number Generators", S.J. Tu and E. Fischbach, Phys. Rev. E67, 016113 (2003).
  2. "Experimental Constraints on Strangelets and Other Exotic Nuclear Matter", D. Javorsek, E. Fischbach, and D. Elmore, Phys. Rev. D67, 034015 (2003).
  3. "Measurement of the Casimir Force between Dissimilar Metals", R.S. Decca, D. López, E. Fischbach and D.E. Krause, Phys. Rev. Lett. 91, 050402 (2003).
  4. "Constraining Couplings of Massive Pseudoscalars Using Gravity and Laser Experiments", E.G. Adelberger, E. Fischbach, D.E. Krause, and R.D. Newman, Phys. Rev. D68, 062002 (2003).
  5. "Testing Newtonian Gravity at the Nanometer Distance Scale Using the Iso-electronic Effect", E. Fischbach, D.E. Krause, R.S. Decca, and D. López, Phys. Lett. A318, 165-171 (2003).
  6. "Tests of Multidimensional Physics and Thermal Quantum Field Theory from the Casimir Force Measurements Using a Microelectromechanical Torsional Oscillator", R.S. Decca, E. Fischbach, G.L. Klimchitskaya, D.E. Krause, D. López, and V.M. Mostepanenko, Phys. Rev. D68, 116003 (2003).
  7. "Deflection of Spacecraft Trajectories as a New Test of General Relativity: Determining the Parametrized Post-Newtonian Parameters β and γ", J.M. Longuski, E. Fischbach, D.J. Scheeres, G. Giampieri, and R.S. Park, Phys. Rev. D69, 042001 (2004).
  8. "Precise Determination of the Casimir Force and First Realization of a 'Casimir Less' Experiment", R.S. Decca, D. López, H.B. Chan, E. Fischbach, G.L. Klimchitskaya, D.E. Krause, and V.M. Mostepanenko, J. Low Temp. Phys. 135, 63-74 (2004).
  9. "Experimental Realization of a Quantum Quincunx Using Linear Optical Elements", B. Do, M. Stohler, S. Balusubramanian, D. Elliott, C. Eash, E. Fischbach, M. Fischbach, A. Mills, and B. Zwickl, J. Opt. Soc. Am. B (in press).

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