I believe that in science a student must be able to directly participate in doing science. I am most proud of. He leads a two-semester sequence of laboratory work in experimental physics and a semester of advanced laboratory instruction. His area of expertise lies in atomic and molecular physics, particularly atomic collisions. To perform this work he uses a 1 million volt ion accelerator housed on campus.
Specific investigations involve exited states formed in the collision process.
The latest work involves digital imaging of the collisions. Monce is also involved with new projects using the ion accelerator to look at the composition of materials. Monce actively encourages students to work on his projects. Much of the work he has conducted with students has been presented at professional meetings and appeared in Physical Review A and The Journal of Undergraduate Physics . He has reviewed grant proposals for the NSF and served on the Physics Standard Setting Advisory Board Committee for Connecticut s Department of Education.