Program overview
SATURDAY MORNING, 20 OCTOBER 2001
Session C1. Physics Education: Theory and Course Design.
Saturday morning, 08:00, Seminar Room A, Nestor Hall
- 08:00 C1.001
Teaching Physics to Engineering Students in Finland
- James F. Sullivan (OMI College of Applied Science of the University of Cincinnati)
- 08:12 C1.002
An Experiment with Active Involvement in the Teaching of General Physics
- George Miner (University of Dayton)
- 08:24 C1.003
Adapting RealTime Physics
- E.A. George, D.A. Fleisch, P.A. Voytas, W.E. Dollhopf (Wittenberg University)
- 08:36 C1.004
Using Weekly Reports to Improve Student Reflection and Predict Student Success
- Kathleen Andre Harper (The Ohio State University)
- 08:48 C1.005
Physics by Inquiry and Student Learning Styles
- Mary Wildermuth, Gordon J. Aubrecht II (The Ohio State University)
- 09:00 C1.006
Mathematica in Graduate Electrodynamics: Enhancing and Extending Jackson
- Randy Johnson (University of Cincinnati)
- 09:12 C1.007
Epistemic cognition: issues in learning quantum mechanics
- Keith Oliver, Lei Bao (The Ohio State University)
- 09:24 C1.008
Student Reasoning Across Domains of Context
- Rasil Warnakulasooriya, Lei Bao (Dept. of Physics, The Ohio State University, 174 W.18th Ave., Columbus, OH 43210)
- 09:36 C1.009
Potential difficulties for Graduate TAs to Be Effective Teachers
- Gyoungho Lee, Lei Bao (The Ohio State University)
Session C2. Physics Education: Apparatus.
Saturday morning, 08:00, Seminar Room B, Nestor Hall
- 08:00 C2.001
The Digital Audio Editor as a Teaching and Laboratory Tool
- Gregory Latta (Frostburg State University)
- 08:12 C2.002
Use of a research-grade magnetometer in introductory, intermediate, and advanced physics courses
- Yumi Ijiri, Sarah Stoll, John Scofied (Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH 44074)
- 08:24 C2.003
Measuring Temperature with a Motion Detector
- Mark Fischer (College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati Ohio)
- 08:36 C2.004
Measuring Planck's Constant using Light-emitting Diodes
- Snowflake Kicovic, Michael Crescimanno (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University)
- 08:48 C2.005
An Integrated Demonstration Sequence in Introductory Mechanics
- Michael Crescimanno (Youngstown State University, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy)
- 09:00 C2.006
Modern Optics for Secondary Teachers: A New Course at Western Michigan University
- Alvin Rosenthal (Dept. of Physics, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI 49008)
- 09:12 C2.007
Use of a Remote Controlled Telescope in Astronomy Classes
- Greg Townsend (University of Akron)
- 09:24 C2.008
Schmidt Crater: Using Data from the Mars Global Surveyor
- Fred Thomas (Sinclair Community College), Kay Cornelius Collaboration, Brian Thomas Collaboration
- C2.009
Weddings, Electric Circuits, and the Corner Grocery Store
- Mark Fischer (College of Mount St. Joseph, Cincinnati, Ohio)
Session C3. Theory and Experiment: Optics, Semiconductors, and Quantam Measurement.
Saturday morning, 08:00, Seminar Room C, Nestor Hall
- 08:00 C3.001
An Interpretation of Non-Accidental Traffic Congestion Based on a Hybrid Phenomenological Theory
- Kwo-Sun Chu (Cheney University of Pennsylvania), Bernard L. Richards (Kent State University), George W. Davis (Lunatek)
- 08:12 C3.002
Lost in Hilbert Space: An entanglement model of the measurement process in quantum mechanics
- Jarrod Schiffbauer (North Central State College)
- 08:24 C3.003
Beyond Dirac - a Unified Algebra
- Wayne R. Lundberg (University of Dayton)
- 08:36 C3.004
Structural and Dynamic Properties of Silicon Di-interstials Defects.
- Kaden R.A. Hazzard (The Ohio State University), David. A Richie, Jeongnim Kim, John W. Wilkins
- 08:48 C3.005
Er doped amorphous GaN prepared by ion beam assisted deposition
- Yixiu Kang, David C. Ingram (Department of Physics and Astronomy, Ohio University, OH 45701)
- 09:00 C3.006
Self-Diffusion in Melts and Blends of Polybutadiene: Entangled Hydrodynamics
- Shanfeng WANG, Shi-Qing Wang, Ernst von MEERWALL (Univ. Akron)
- 09:12 C3.007
Near-Field Diffraction Patterns of Bubbles
- Kevin Cissner, Roger Becker, Robert Schueler (AFRL)
- 09:24 C3.008
Enhancement of Beam Fanning in Barium Titanate
- Neil Smith, Jan Yarrison-Rice (Physics Department, Miami University, Oxford, OH)
- 09:36 C3.009
Raman scattering study of polymorphism in sodium hyaluronate
- I. Reineck, S.A. Lee (University of Toledo), A. Rupprecht (University of Stockholm)
Session C4. Physics and the Rest of the World.
Saturday morning, 08:00, Seminar Room D, Nestor Hall
- 08:00 C4.001
The finite oil resources of the world
- Gordon J. Aubrecht (Ohio State University at Marion)
- 08:12 C4.002
The Physics Entrepreneurship Program at Case Western Reserve University
- Cyrus Taylor (Dept. of Physics, Case Western Reserve University)
- 08:24 C4.003
Optimization of Ballast Design: A Case Study of the Physics Entrepreneurship Program
- Jun Ding, Norman Cheng (Dept. of Physics, Case Western Reserve University), Abbas Lamouri, Juris Sulcs (Venture Lighting International, Inc.), Robert Brown, Cyrus Taylor (Dept. of Physics, Case Western Reserve University)
- 08:36 C4.004
Degenerate Frequencies I: Noise Decoupling of Planar Ladder Coils
- Yu-Chung Cheng, Timothy Eagan (Affiliation), Tesfaye Kidane, Robert Brown (Case Western Reserve University)
- 08:48 C4.005
Degenerate Frequencies II: Sensitivity to Arbitrary Field Profiles
- Timothy Eagan, Yu-Chung Cheng, Tesfaye Kidane (Affiliation), Robert Brown (Case Western Reserve University)
- 09:00 C4.006
"An estimate of the probability of vesicle exocytosis in a Monte Carlo model of buffered diffusion of calcium channel currents"
- Z.M. Dimcovic, T.P. Eagan, T.K. Kidane, R.W. Brown, R.G. Petschek (Dept. of Physics, CWRU), M.W. McEnery (Dept. of Physiology and Biophysics, CWRU)