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* '''Fundamentals of Physics III: Quantum Physics.''' (Fall 2011) Physical laws governing optics, atomic, solid state, nuclear, and elementary particle physics using calculus. We use Giancoli's textbook.
 
* '''Fundamentals of Physics III: Quantum Physics.''' (Fall 2011) Physical laws governing optics, atomic, solid state, nuclear, and elementary particle physics using calculus. We use Giancoli's textbook.
 
** [[Teaching/NIU PHYS 283 Fall 2011 | PHYS 283, Fall, 2011.]] Grade distributions.
 
** [[Teaching/NIU PHYS 283 Fall 2011 | PHYS 283, Fall, 2011.]] Grade distributions.
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* [[Intro to Python (NIU)]]
  
 
=== Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) ===
 
=== Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) ===
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* Project with Sam Watt.  
 
* Project with Sam Watt.  
 
** Making use of the Google visualization API to develop educational tools.
 
** Making use of the Google visualization API to develop educational tools.
** [http://www.mattbellis.com/elements]
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** [http://www.mattbellis.com/elements Periodic table visualization]

Latest revision as of 21:27, 11 April 2012

Contents

Courses

Northern Illinois University

  • Fundamentals of Physics III: Quantum Physics. (Fall 2011) Physical laws governing optics, atomic, solid state, nuclear, and elementary particle physics using calculus. We use Giancoli's textbook.
  • Intro to Python (NIU)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)

  • Physics I Distance learning. (Spring 2004)

RPI offered a program so that US Navy sailors who were at the Nuclear Power School in Ballston Spa, NY would be able to work toward a Masters in Nuclear Engineering. Once a week, I would travel from Troy to Ballston Spa to teach the students the introductory Physics I course. The students were a more diverse range of ages and experiences than the standard college freshman.

Siena College

  • General Physics I and II lab, (Fall 2002, Spring 2003)
  • General Physics IA lecture (Fall, 2003)

During my last two years of grad school, I taught at nearby Siena College. My first two semesters, I taught two sections of the intro physics labs. Following those courses, I was given the chance to teach a lecture section of the intro physics class, where I was given freedom to write my own lectures, homeworks, and exams. It was the first time I'd taught a full course and I really enjoyed the class.


Guest lectures and mini-courses

Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

Stanford University


Mentoring research projects

CMU

Stanford

Northern Illinois University