Biography
Fred Wellstood received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and completed a postdoctoral appointment there before accepting a faculty position at UMD. He is a member of the Quantum Materials Center and the Joint Quantum Institute. He has served as the Department’s Associate Chair for Undergraduate Education, and was a key player in planning the new Physical Sciences Complex at UMD. His work is in experimental superconductivity, including quantum computing and 3D magnetic imaging using SQUIDs.
Research
Research:
Research Projects:
- Quantum computing using superconducting devices
- Scanning SQUID Microscopy
Centers & Institutes: Quantum Materials Center; Joint Quantum Institute;Physics Frontier Center
Teaching
- Physics 107: Light, Perception, Photography & Visual Phenomena Laboratory
- Physics 260: Vibrations, Waves, Heat, Electricity & Magnetism
- Physics 261: Vibrations, Waves, Heat, Electricity & Magnetims: Laboratory
- Physics 271: Electrodynamics, Light, Relativity & Modern Physics: Laboratory
- Physics 275: Experimental Physics I
- Physics 276: Experimental Physics II
- Physics 375: Experimental Physics III: Electromagnetic Waves, Optics and Modern Physics