COURSES I'VE TAUGHT AT RMWC/RANDOLPH COLLEGE

• TWO-SEMESTER COURSES
  • Introductory Algebra-Based Physics
  • Introductory Algebra-Based Physics Lab
  • Introductory Calculus-Based Astronomy
  • Introductory Calculus-Based Physics
  • Introductory Calculus-Based Physics Lab
  • Sophomore-Level Modern Physics
  • Junior-Senior-Level Classical Mechanics
  • Junior-Senior-Level Electromagnetic Theory
  • Senior-Level Quantum Mechanics

  
  

• ONE-SEMESTER COURSES
  • Introductory Liberal Arts Physics
  • Introductory Liberal Arts Physics Lab
  • Introductory Astronomy
  • Introductory Astronomy Lab
  • Junior-Senior-Level Statistical Mechanics

  
  

• ONE-CREDIT ONE-SEMESTER COURSES
  • Concepts of Space
  • Space Travel
  • The Microworld and Elementary Particles
  • Space and Time
  • Light Physics

  
  

• INTERDISCIPLINARY COURSE PARTICIPATION
  • Three Lectures on Copernicus, Newton, and Relativity in a Course Called "Scientific Revolutions"
  • One Lecture on Nuclear Weapons in a Course Called "The Nuclear Age"

  
  

• SENIOR RESEARCH PROJECTS SUPERVISED SINCE 1987
  • Computer Simulation of Orbits Within Saturn's Rings
  • A Study of Basic Principles of Plasma Physics (Honors Project)
  • Computer Simulation of Three-Body Motion
  • A Study of Strength of Materials
  • A Study of Coupled Oscillations Including Computer Simulation
  • Cellular Automata as a Means of Modeling Physical Phenomena (Honors Project)
  • Using a CCD Camera to Obtain the Light Curve of the Pulsating Variable Star VZ Cancri
  • Using a CCD Camera to Obtain the Light Curve of the Eclipsing Binary Star XY Leonis
  • Using a CCD Camera to Obtain the Light Curve of the Eclipsing Binary Star UW Orionis
  • An Investigation of Roche Lobes and the Roche Limit for Close Binary Stars
  • Computer Simulation of Quantum Mechanical Wavepacket Motion in One Dimension
  • A Study of Basic Principles of Cosmology (Honors Project)
  • Using a CCD Camera to Observe the Primary Eclipse of the Eclipsing Binary Star RW Geminorum
  • Observing Exoplanet Transits of the Stars HD 209458 and TRES-1
  • Correlations Between Impact Angle and Eccentricity of Blood Spatter Patterns
  • A Study of Basic Principles of Fluid Dynamics and the Navier-Stokes Equation
  • A Study of Relativistic Acceleration and Rotation (Honors Project)
  • Measuring the Proper Motion of Barnard's Star
  • Applying Quantum-Mechanical Scattering Theory to a Nuclear Physics Experiment
  • Finding a Relation Between the Color Index of a Variable Star and the Star's Surface Temperature