Dr Bruce Sinclair

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Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 3118

Email

bds2@st-andrews.ac.uk

Office

221

Location

Physics & Astronomy

 

Teaching

Coordinator of taught postgraduate programmes in photonics, Senior photonics lab head.

Lecturing, leading student-centred whole-class work, and small group tutorials in first, second, and third year.  Lecturing at MPhys and MSc level.  Laboratory leader in third and fourth year and taught postgrad photonics labs. 

Former Director of Teaching for the School.

Involvement with research and development of student learning experience.

Research areas

Research related to physics education.

Formerly the physics and applications of ultra-miniature diode-pumped solid-state lasers,including microchip lasers. 

Selected publications

• A new multimedia resource for teaching quantum mechanics concepts

  Kohnle, A., Cassettari, D., Edwards, T. J., Ferguson, C., Gillies, A. D., Hooley, C., Korolkova, N., Llama, J. & Sinclair, B. D., 2012, In: American Journal of Physics. 80, 2, p. 148-153

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Problem-based labs and group projects in an introductory university physics course

  Kohnle, A., Brown, C. T. A., Rae, C. F. & Sinclair, B. D., Jul 2012, In: Physics Education. 47, 4, p. 476-481

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Developing and evaluating animations for teaching quantum mechanics concepts

  Kohnle, A., Douglass, M. M., Edwards, T. J., Gillies, A. D., Hooley, C. & Sinclair, B. D., Nov 2010, In: European Journal of Physics. 31, 6, p. 1441-1455

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Research-Teaching Linkages: enhancing graduate attributes Physical Sciences

  Bates, S., Aliotta, M., Sinclair, B. D. & Kohnle, A., 2008, The Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education. 81 p. (Enhancing practice)

  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

• Compact and efficient single-frequency Nd:YVO₄ laser with variable longitudinal-mode discrimination

  Lake, T., Kemp, A., Friel, G. & Sinclair, B. D., Feb 2005, In: IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 17, p. 417-419 3 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Experiment and modeling of a diode-pumped 1.3 mu m Nd : YVO4 laser passively Q-switched with PbS-doped glass

  Savitski, V. G., Malyarevich, A. M., Yumashev, K. V., Kalashnikov, V. L., Sinclair, B. D., Raaben, H. & Zhilin, A. A., Aug 2004, In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. 79, p. 315-319 5 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Diode-pumped Nd:YVO₄ and Nd:KGd(WO₄)₂ 1.3 μm lasers passively Q-switched with PbS-doped glass

  Savitski, V., Malyarevich, A., Yumashev, K., Sinclair, B. D. & Lipovskii, A., Mar 2003, In: Applied Physics B: Lasers and Optics. 76, 3, p. 253-256 4 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Interactive Physics 2000

  Sinclair, B. D., 2003

  Research output: Other contribution

• PbS-doped phosphate glasses saturable absorbers for 1.3&956;m neodymium lasers

  Lipovskii, A. A., Savitski, V., Malyarevich, A. M., Yumashev, K. V. & Sinclair, B. D., 2003, p. 113-114.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

• The UK Learning and Teaching Support Network

  Sinclair, B. D., 2003

  Research output: Other contribution

 

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