Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Jennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology; Ted Yu, California Institute of Technology; Juan Pedro Ochoa-Ricoux, California Institute of Technology; James Maloney, California Institute of Technology; Angela Capece, California Institute of Technology; Luz Rivas, California Institute of Technology

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2009-1696: INCORPORATING SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS ANDPROBLEM-SOLVING SKILLS INTO A PHYSICS AND ENGINEERING SUMMERCOURSEJennifer Franck, California Institute of Technology Jennifer Franck is a Ph.D. candidate in Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology studying computational fluid dynamics. She received her M.S. in Aeronautics from Caltech and her B.S. in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Virginia. She is a co-director for the outreach program Caltech Classroom Connection, and was a YESS instructor for two years before becoming physics and engineering curriculum coordinator in 2008.Ted Yu, California Institute of Technology Ted Yu is currently a Ph.D

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

physics courses. She makes use of writing as a learning and assessment tool for understanding how non-majors learn physics. Embedded within this research is the study of how the formal assessment of student learning styles can enhance learning in physics. An additional focus of her research involves studying the role of technology as an assessment and learning tool. Dr. Larkin has been an active member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) and the American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) for over 20 years. She served on the AAPT Minorities in Physics Committee from 1997 – 2000, was Chair of the Physics and Engineering Physics Division from 1994 – 1996 and from

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Physics

Collection

2009 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Adrian Ieta, State University of New York, Oswego; Rachid Manseur, State University of New York, Oswego; Thomas Doyle, McMaster University

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2009-556: SYNERGISTIC LEARNING ENVIRONMENT USINGBLACKBOARD LEARNING CELLSAdrian Ieta, State University of New York, OswegoRachid Manseur, State University of New York, OswegoThomas Doyle, McMaster University Thomas E. Doyle holds a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Science (2006) from The University of Western Ontario, Canada. He also holds a B.E.Sc. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, a B.Sc. in Computer Science, and an M.E.Sc in Electrical and Computer Engineering from The University of Western Ontario. He worked on industrial projects with PlasSep Ltd, within the Applied Electrostatics Research Centre and the Digital Electronics Research Group at The University of Western