Faculty | B.S. in Physics
Grace Ni
- Program Chair of Physics and Engineering
- Director of Engineering Programs
- Ph.D., University of Waterloo
- M.Eng., National University of Singapore
- B.Eng., Xi’an Jiaotong University
After receiving her Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada, Grace Ni developed patented haptic technologies (force-feedback using motorized devices) for virtual reality and telepresence at a Canadian high-tech startup. She then devoted the next 16 years to engineering education before joining Biola University. She has spent the past 13 years at...
Courses
- Computer Techniques in Science and Engineering
- Circuits and Instrumentation I
- Directed Research: Mechatronics Project
- First Year Seminar
Research Interests
- Haptics
- Robotics (Robotics Engineering)
- Mechatronics
- Controls
- Engineering Education
Elaine Wong
- Assistant Professor of Engineering
- Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
- M.S., University of California, Los Angeles
- B.S., University of California, Los Angeles
- Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) Certification National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying – License # 138094
Dr. Elaine Wong was born and raised in Southern California. Growing up with a non-Christian background, encountering God in a powerful way dramatically changed the trajectory of her life. She has a passion to see God’s glory and beauty transform and heal people’s lives (Isaiah 61). College was a time where she found her passion to pursue her graduate studies in building small-scale water...
Courses
- Directed Research: Water Defluoridation Project
- Introduction to Physics
- Physics I
- General Physics I Laboratory
- General Physics II Laboratory
- Mechanics of Materials
- Statics
- Data Analysis and Presentation
- Introduction to Engineering
Research Interests
- Environmental Engineering
- Water & Wastewater Treatment
- Engineering Design
- Onsite Systems for Drinking Water Production in Developing Countries
- Defluoridation Systems
Xidong Chen
- Professor of Physics
- Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- M.S., Solid State Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- B.S., Theoretical Physics, Shandong University
My love for physics was kindled by a high school physics teacher in China, where I was born and raised. I came to the United States to further my graduate studies in solid state physics. It was during my second semester at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign that I became a Christian. As a professor, I desire to inspire students to love the beauty of physics and to challenge them to understand and think about the underlying order and structure in God's world. As a researcher, I use high resolution microscopy techniques and numerical methods to look at order in various materials, which in turn makes me more effective in my teaching.
Courses
- PHSC 233 General Physics II Electricity and Magentism
- PHSC 237 General Physics II Laboratory
- PHSC 234 General Physics II Waves, Optics and Modern Physics
- PHSC 318 Classical Mechanics
- PHSC 331 Thermodynamics
- PHSC 336 Mathematical Methods in Physics
- PHSC 340 Electrodynamics
- PHSC 412 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
- PHSC 480 Advanced Physics Laboratory
Research Interests
- Theoretical understanding of surface dynamics.
- Atomic force microscopy studies of cell structures.
- Monte Carlo simulation studies of surfaces and interfaces.
- Fluctuation electron microscopy studies of medium-range ordering in amorphous materials.