Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Teresa Larkin, American University; Dan Budny, University of Pittsburgh

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

understanding within introductoryphysics and engineering curricula. The prominent strategy to be described involves havingstudents research, write, and present a paper at a formal class “conference” held at the end of theterm. Throughout this process, students are exposed to all aspects of preparing a professionalconference paper including the submission of an abstract, preparation of a paper for review,participation in a rigorous peer review, and presentation of their final paper at the conference.One focus of this paper will be to highlight each of the aspects of the paper writing process,placing particular emphasis on the significance of the peer review process. A discussioninvolving the rubrics developed and used during the peer review process will

Conference Session

Innovations in Teaching Physics or Engineering Phy

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robert Ross, University of Detroit Mercy; Jenna Ross, Utica Center for Mathematics Science and Technology

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Engineering Physics & Physics

AC 2008-680: TALES FROM THE WAVE FRONT: TEACHING THE PHYSICS OFCELL PHONES AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONSRobert Ross, University of Detroit MercyJenna Ross, Utica Center for Mathematics Science and Technology Page 13.1137.1© American Society for Engineering Education, 2008 Tales from the Wave Front: Teaching the Physics of Cell Phones and Wireless CommunicationsIntroductionFor over twenty years our college has offered a summer enrichment program for high schoolstudents. The UNinitiates Introduction to Engineering (UNITE) program affords high schoolstudents the opportunity to take courses in writing, mathematics, computer science

Conference Session

Programmatic Issues in Physics or Engineering Physics Programs

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Glenn Ellis, Smith College; Mary Moriarty, Smith College; Gary Felder, Smith College

Tagged Divisions

Engineering Physics & Physics

completeunderstanding.” This requires designing classroom experiences and formative assessments thathelp “make students’ thinking visible to themselves, their peers, and their teacher.”6In Physics and Engineering Problem Solving, this was accomplished through (1) a variety ofkinesthetic activities exploring dynamics concepts, (2) concept questions designed to revealcommon misconceptions, (3) questions requiring students to write or verbalize theirunderstanding of concepts in their own words, (4) laboratories that involved making predictionsabout physical behavior, and (5) the content-based assessments at the beginning and end of thecourse. In many of the kinesthetic activities students were able to discover and address theirmisconceptions themselves. For

Conference Session

Technology in the Physics or Engineering Physics C

Collection

2008 Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nataliia Perova, Tufts University; Walter H. Johnson, Suffolk University; Chris Rogers, Tufts University

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Engineering Physics & Physics

Harvard University and B.S. from Rice University. He is a Chairman of Physics Department at Suffolk University. His research interests include neural networks, wireless motes, and ellipsometry. He has a strong commitment to teaching and integrating innovative technology to better reach his students, from streaming video and electronic writing tables for distance learning to using wireless mesh-networking devices in undergraduate research projects. His academic awards include C.W. Heaps Prize in Physics and Phi Beta Kappa from Rice University, Woodrow Wilson Fellow at Harvard University, and Carnegie Foundation Massachusetts Professor of the Year in 2005.Chris Rogers, Tufts University