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Educational Biography:
- B.S. in Education, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- M.S. in Physics, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
- Ph.D. in Physics, Clemson University
Courses Taught:
General Physics I and II including labs
Analog Electronics including lab
Digital Electronics including lab
Materials Science including lab
Solid State including lab
Research Interests:
One research interest involves materials science and solid state.
During the past two years, I have experimented with superconducting
quantum interference devices, nuclear magnetic resonance, and the
diffusion of various impurities into the silver halides. Recent student
research projects in this area include
- the diffusion of promethium into silver chloride,
- tensile testing aluminum alloys,
- the Hall Effect at low temperatures, and
- superconductive composites.
Another research interest
involves digital electronics. I have been investigating techniques for
data acquisition by computers, computer memories, and robotics. Recent
student research projects include
- electronic memories using ferroelectric materials,
- a robotic arm using shape-memory materials, and
- a computer interface for the tunable dye laser.
Presentations
- To the American Association of Physics Teachers:
- Superconducting Quantum Interference Devices
- Electrical Oscillator Circuits
- Wesleyan's Mossbauer Experiment
- Wesleyan's Hall Effect Experiment
- Verifying Thevenin's Theorem in the Electronics Lab
- Methods of Measuring the Acceleration of Gravity
- The Physics of Music
To the West Virginia Symposium
for the Sciences and Humanities:
- Cryogenics Demonstrations with Liquid Nitrogen
- Amazing Laser Demonstrations
As colloquia for the
faculty at Wesleyan:
- Cryogenics Demonstrations with Liquid Nitrogen
- The Physics of Music
To the American Physical Society:
- Yttrium Diffusion in Silver Chloride
Offices and Awards
- Grants to improve labs:
- National Science Foundation
- NASA Space Grant
- Five Faculty Innovation Grants
Outstanding Teacher Award
from Omicron Delta Kappa
Offices in the Appalachian Section of the
American Association of Physics Teachers:
- President, 1998-1999
- Chairman of Membership Recruitment Committee, 1993-present
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