The Physics Instructional Support Group serves Berkeley faculty, graduate student instructors, undergraduate students, and the larger physics education community by:
- providing physics instructors with over 600 lecture demonstrations to complement most lower division courses
- supporting instructional labs for seven lower division courses and two upper division courses
- working with faculty and graduate instructors to develop new teaching materials
- advising instructors on course web site development and new instructional technologies
- assisting with special departmental events and programs for K-12 students and the public
- exchanging ideas and materials with the physics education community
The lower division physics instructional labs are located on the 2nd floor of Physics South (7 & 8 lab series) and the ground floor of Birge Hall (5BL & 5CL). The upper division lab spaces are found on the 2nd floor of Physics North. Lecture demonstration development and storage spaces are located in 72 Physics North adjacent to lecture halls 1, 2, 3, and 4. An additional physics lecture demonstration prep and storage space is adjacent to the large lecture theater in Pimentel Hall. There are also test and development spaces in Physics South 214 and Birge 57.
Director of Instructional Support
Stephen Irons
388 Physics North
stephen.irons@berkeley.edu
510-642-3355
Lower Division Lab Manager (Physics 7ABC, 8AB, 5BC)
Roberto Barrueto
214A Physics South
tseero@berkeley.edu
510-643-3318
Lab & Lecture Demonstration Technical Staff
Marty Boren
72A Physics North
mboren@berkeley.edu
510-642-3267 - 72A Physics South
Jamie Little
222 Physics South
j.little@berkeley.edu
510-642-3267 - 222 Physics South
510-642-4822 - B18 Pimentel Hall
Upper Division
(The Donald A Glaser Advanced Instrumentation Laboratory)
Physics 111A: Instrumentation Lab
Physics 111B: Experimentation Lab
Winthrop Williams - Lab Manager
282E Physics North
winthrop@berkeley.edu
510-685-1164