Dr. Sean Couch

Associate Professor

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Biography

Sean Couch joined the Michigan State University Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Department of Computational Mathematics, Science Engineering in June 2015. He specializes in computer simulations of astrophysical processes, particularly core-collapse supernovae. His work focuses on the equation of state, which measures the properties of nuclei in physical systems dominated by neutron stars. He was a Hubble Fellow at the Flash Center of the University of Chicago's Department of Astronomy and Astrophysics from August 2011 to September 2014. He also served as a Senior Postdoctoral Scholar at TAPIR and the Walter Burke Institute of Theoretical Physics at Caltech. In 2015, his research team received a U.S. Department of Energy INCITE allocation of 50 million core hours of computing time for astrophysics projects. In 2016, Assistant Professor Couch was among 49 recipients nationwide to receive funding support from the Department of Energy Early Career Research Program.

Research Interests

Courses

PHY 480: Computational Physics

Requirements for Michigan State University

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Listening
Required:17
Reading
Required:17
Writing
Required:17
Speaking
Required:17
Total
Required:80
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:6.5
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in Psychology or related field At least 15 credits in psychology courses
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Specialization Notes

Department of Psychology