Academics & Work
- Society Membership
- Student Government
- P&R Chair for Education & Psychology, Council of Graduate Students (COGS), Summer 2000 to Summer 2001
- Graduate School Academic Grievance Committee Member, December 2000 to
December 2002
- CEHD Committee on Academic Uses
of Technology (CAUT)
member, Fall 2001 to Summer 2003
- PhD in Curriculum & Instruction (Major: Science Education Research --
Problem Solving; Minor: Physics) *in progress*
- Physics
Education Research Group, June 1999 to Present
- Instructor for incoming TA Orientation, Dept. of
Physics, August 23 to September 2, 1999
- Instructor for returning TA Orientation, Dept. of
Physics, August 30 & 31, 2000
- Mentor TA, Dept. of Physics, July 1999 to November 2000
- Outstanding TA Award, University of Minnesota Physics
Department, 1999 to 2000
- Up-dated TA Orientation Instructor's Manual, June 2000
- Research Assistant, Dept. of Physics, June 2000 to Present
- Presenter of workshop on Writing Across the Curriculum during TA
Orientation, Dept. of Physics, Fall of 2000 to Present
- Administrator for Physics Education Research Group Website*,
January 2001 to Present (* Recently
listed as a recommended website in the WebSights Column. The
Physics Teacher, Vol. 40, October, 2002, p. 447)
- Quality Assurance evaluation of introductory physics courses,
January 2001 to Present (FCI, CSEM, MBT, Locus of Control, etc ...)
- Administered questionnaire to UMN College of Biological Sciences
faculty, and analyzed the results to inform the restructuring of
introductory physics course sequence for Biological Sciences students,
Spring & Summer of 2002
- Chair for Graduate Students in Physics Education Research
Crackerbarrel during AAPT Summer Conference in Madison, WI, August
2 - 6, 2003
-
Contributed Talk (Oral) at AAPT Winter Conference in
Orlando, Florida, January 15 - 19, 2000
- Continue implementation of the
CPU Project
for Physics for Elementary Education, October 1999 to May 2000
- Contributing author on 2 Contributed Talks (Oral 1 & 2 ) at
AAPT Summer Conference in Guelph,
ON, Canada, July 29 to August 2, 2000
- Contributing author of Presentation (Communication)
Manuscript in PHYTEB
Proceedings in Barcelona, Spain, August 27 to September 1, 2000
- Contributed Talk (Oral) at MAAPT Fall
Conference at UMD in Duluth, MN, October 28, 2000
- Presenter of "Computer-Based Problem Solving Laboratories for
Introductory Physics" Workshop at AAPT Winter Conference in
San Diego, CA, January 7, 2001
-
Contributed Talk (Oral) at AAPT/ AAS
Winter Conference in San Diego, CA, January 6 - 11, 2001
- Contributing author of Contributed Talk at MAAPT Spring
Conference at University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, MN, April 28, 2001
- Presenter of "Computer-Based Problem Solving Laboratories for
Introductory Physics" Workshop at Lab-Centered Instruction
Conference in Grand Rapids, MN, June 6 - 8, 2001
- Presenter of "Computer-Based Problem Solving Laboratories for
Introductory Physics" Workshop at AAPT Summer Conference in
Rochester, NY, July 22, 2001
- Contributed Talk
(Oral 1) at AAPT Summer Conference in
Rochester, NY, July 21 - 25, 2001
- Contributing author on 2 other Contributed Talks (Oral 2
& 3)
at AAPT Summer Conference in
Rochester, NY, July 21 - 25, 2001
- Primary author of Contributed Talk (Poster) Manuscript
(1) in PERC Proceedings in
Rochester, NY, July 26, 2001
- Contributing author on 2 other manuscripts (2
& 3) in PERC
Proceedings in Rochester, NY, July 26, 2001
- Contributed Talk
(Oral 1) at AAPT Winter Conference in Philadelphia, PA, January 19 - 24,
2002
- Contributing author on 1 other Contributed Talks (Oral 2)
at AAPT Winter Conference in Philadelphia, PA, January 19 - 24, 2002
- Presentation at
Workshop for Minneapolis Area High School English Teachers, University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, March 2002
- Contributed Talk (Oral) at MAAPT Spring Conference at Gustavus Adolphus
College in St. Peters, MN, April 27, 2002
- Contributed Talk
(Oral 2) at AAPT Summer Conference in Boise, ID, August 4 - 8, 2002
- Contributing author on 2 other Contributed Talks (Oral 1
& 3)
at AAPT Summer Conference in Boise, ID, August 4 - 8, 2002
- Primary author of Contributed Talk (Poster) manuscript in PERC Proceedings-2
in
Boise, ID, August 9, 2002
- Contributing author on 1 other manuscripts in PERC Proceedings-1 in Boise, ID, August 9, 2002
- Manuscript Reviewer for PERC Proceedings in Boise, ID, August 2002.
- Contributed Talk
(Oral 1) at AAPT Winter Conference in Austin, TX, January 10 - 15, 2003
- Contributing author on 2 other Contributed Talks (Oral 2
& 3)
at AAPT Winter Conference in Austin, TX, January 10 - 15, 2003
- Presenter of "Teaching
Assistants" Workshop at AAPT Winter Conference in Austin, TX,
January 10 - 15, 2003
- Presenter of invited talk on Analyzing Student Written Communications at
University of Minnesota, Crookston, April 3, 2003
- Presenter of physics department colloquium on Instructors' Conceptions
of Problem Solving at University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, April 4,
2003
- Contributed Talk
(Oral) at AAPT Summer Conference in Madison, WI, August 2 - 6, 2003
- Contributing author for Round Table Discussion on Research Methodology
(Clinical Interviews & Multi-layered Concept Mapping) for PERC
in Madison, WI, August 6, 2003
- Primary author for Invited Poster, Targeted Poster Session on (Problem
Solving Research Methodology) for PERC in Madison, WI, August 7, 2003
- Contributing author on 1 other Invited Poster, Targeted Poster
Session (Problem Solving Research Methodology) for PERC in
Madison, WI, August 7, 2003
- Contributed
Talk (Oral) at AAPT Winter Conference in Miami Beach, FL January 24 -
28, 2004
- MS in Physics (Experimental Condensed Matter -- Magnetism)
- Teaching Assistant -- Introductory Calculus-Based Physics
Series, September 1997 to December 1999
- Converted introductory laboratory manuals and developed
new mechanics laboratory problems for new semester schedule,
June 1999 to November 1999
- MMC
-- March 1999 to November 1999; Presently alumnus & collaborator
- Magnetic Force Microscopy of bit erasure in high-density
magnetic recording media, January 1999 to November 1999
- Contributed Talk (Oral) at
APS Conference in
Minneapolis, Minnesota, March 20 - 24, 2000
- Contributed Talk (Poster) at
ICM 2000 in Recife,
Brazil, August 6 - 11, 2000
- Primary author of Contributed Talk (Poster) Manuscript in ICM
2000 Proceedings
- Undergraduate Work
- BS in Physics
- Topics covered in
Methods of Experimental Physics I (Fall 96):
- Determining the Drag Forces and g on Falling Bodies
- Determining e and k by Johnson and Shot Noise
- Determining the Half Life of Polonium
- Determining Laser Wavelength by Diffraction
- Methods II
(Winter 97):
- Project Topic: Determining the Ratio of He3-He4
using Acoustic Techniques
- Proposal
- Apparatus
- Expected Results
- Method of Analysis
-
Methods III (Spring 97):
- Test, rebuild, and develop freshmen level lab equipment
(June 96 to September 97)
- Astronomy
- Teaching Assistant --
Astronomy 1031 / Active Learning Session (January 95 to June 97)
- Image analysis of
Eta Carina
- Image analysis of SL9 collision with Jupiter (June 96 to
October 96)