News from Louisiana State University, Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices

Lorraine Marceau-Day

Due to hurricane budget constraints, the Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) will be reducing its hours of operation. The final schedule is yet to be published but will be available soon on the CAMD web site.

On a happy note, the Louisiana State University (LSU) student chapter of the Health Physics Society has been established. Its inaugural event was a dinner and a film on the atomic bomb held on December 6, 2005. We wish them luck and a terrific future.

LSU currently offers a master of science degree in health physics or in medical physics. Some 90% of the student population is registered in the medical physics option. There is also a concentration, though not a major, in health physics available at the undergraduate level under the General College. Both graduate programs are located in the Physics Department of LSU. The following courses are offered in the syllabus. It would be interesting to compare course offerings from other health physics programs.

• 2051 Introduction to Nuclear Science (3 credits, Fall, Spring)
• 4101 Tracer Methodology for Biological Sciences (3 credits, Fall, Spring)
• 4111 Introduction to Medical Imaging (3 credits, Fall, Spring)
• 4331 Radiation Protection and Exposure Evaluation (3 credits, Fall)
• 4332 Medical Physics and Health Physics Laboratory (1 credit, Fall)
• 4351 Radiation Detection and Instrumentation (3 credits, Fall)
• 4991/4992 Special Problems in Medical Physics and Health Physics (1-4 credits, Fall, Spring, Summer)
• 7101 Advanced Tracer Methodology for Biological Sciences (3 credits, Fall, Spring)
• 7111 Advanced Medical Imaging Physics (3 credits, Fall, Spring)
• 7121 Radiobiology (3 credits, Spring)
• 7210 Clinical Principles in Radiation Therapy (3 credits, Spring)
• 7260 Clinical Cancer Therapy Rotation (3 credits, Fall, Spring)
• 7270 Advanced Radiation Therapy Physics (3 credits, Spring)
• 7280 Advanced Clinical Cancer Therapy Rotation (2 credits, Spring, Summer)
• 7331 Radiation Therapy Physics (3 credits, Fall)
• 7530 Radiation Shielding (2 credits, Fall)
• 7537 Radiation Interactions and Transport (3 credits, Fall)
• 7538 Monte Carlo Simulation of Radiation Transport (3 credits, Spring)
• 7991 Advanced Projects in Medical Physics and Health Physics (1-3 credits)
• 7992 Advanced Topics in Medical Physics and Health Physics (1-3 credits)
• 7995 Seminar (1 credit Fall, Spring)
• 7999 Report Investigation (1-6 credits)
• 8000 Thesis Research