Below is brief information on all members of our group, as well as
alumni, friends, and former faculty. Links and email addresses are
provided for members who have requested it.
Gordon Aubrecht
(email)
(WWW)
Studies introductory students understanding of quantum mechanics, energy,
and their attitudes towards physics courses. Author of
Energy, a textbook for non-physicists which discusses energy
and energy production/use from both physics and social/economic angles.
Gordon has been heavily involved in AAPT and outreach activities for
most of his career.
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Lei Bao
(email)
(WWW)
The head faculty member of our group, Lei has his hands full with advising
nearly all the OSU PER grad students. His research interests are broad,
including cognitive science, assessment, mental models, and curriculum
development.
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Andrew Heckler
(WWW)
The newest faculty member of the group, Andrew began his physics career in
Astrophysics and Cosmology and is now interested in the cognitive origins
of student difficulties in physics, learning and transfer of abstract and
concrete representations, the hierarchical structure of physics knowledge,
and general application of PER principles to the classroom. He also helped
to create a Middle Childhood education major for math and science at OSU
and is very active in professional development workshops for K-12 science teachers in central Ohio, including modeling workshops.
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E. Leonard Jossem
(email)
Len modestly writes for his bio, "Consulting on physics education."
However, he is widely known and respected in the PER community, having
been a supporter of educational reform for decades. He served as chairman
of the OSU physics department for thirteen years, was president of the
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) in 1973-74, and was
presented AAPT's Oersted
Medal in 1994. He is now retired/emeritus, but serves on a variety of
committees and commissions (most notably the AAPT Committee on Teacher
Preparation), and on top of all that, he provides lunch for the
group when we have visiting seminar speakers.
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Neville W. "Bill" Reay
(WWW)
Bill, presently emeritus professor at OSU and emeritus distinguished
professor at Kansas State, is an APS fellow that for decades worked
in experimental high energy physics. He now concentrates fulltime on
teaching and PER. Presently, he is the PI on an OSU seed grant and an
NSF-CCLI phase 2 grant, both of which are directed toward developing
research-based methodologies for using clickers.
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Jing Wang
(email)
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Albert Lee
(email)
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Maximiliano Montenegro
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Wendy Ake
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Leith (Dwyer) Allen
(email)
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Florin Bocaneala
(email)
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Dedra Demaree
(email)
(WWW)
VR environment, ISLE implementation, representations of waves, student/TA
perceptions of lab.
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Kathy Harper
(email)
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Gyoungho Lee
(email)
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Pengfei Li
(email)
Designing "clicker" questions for Fundamentals of Engineering
for Honors (FEH) physics. Statistical analysis of effectiveness of
in-class polling system.
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Yuhfen Lin
Extending inquiry learning beyond introductory physics. Getting
future physicists to start thinking like physicists.
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David May
(email)
(WWW)
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Keith Oliver
(email)
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Homeyra Sadaghiani
(WWW)
Homeyra studied conceptual understanding of upper-level quantum mechanics
and classical waves, and the use of technology in teaching. She did a
postdoc at the University of Washington, and is now in a tenure-track
position at California State Polytechnic University.
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Steve Stonebraker
(WWW)
(email)
Looking for trends in the inconsistencies in students' answers to multiple
questions on a single topic. Also involved in the VR environment project,
and formerly the main investigator on "Flexible Homework", and a
side-project to look for an effect on students' test scores based on where
they sit during lecture.
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Dave Van Domelen
(email)
(WWW)
Currently the Director of Instructional Support in Kansas State University's physics
department.
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Rasil Warnakulasooriya
(email)
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Wenhui Zhao
The indispensable computer programmer behind our VR simulations and the
software backend for our clickers project.
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Xueli "Sue Lee" Zou
(email)
(WWW)
Assistant professor at Chico State in California.
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Ed Adelson
(WWW)
The course manager for our department's calculus-based intro sequence, Ed
has an interest in PER and often serves as a lecturer in our reformed
sequence for engineers (part of the university's FEH program).
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Eugenia Etkina
(email)
(WWW)
A longtime friend of the group and a repeated visiting faculty member.
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Uri Ganiel
(email)
A frequent visitor to our group. Uri's home base is the Weizmann
Institute of Science's Department
of Science Teaching. |
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David Mills
(email)
(WWW)
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Bruce Patton
Bruce does research here at OSU in condensed matter theory, but he has a
side interest in education and is one of our primary
"Physics by
Inquiry" instructors. |
William Ploughe
(email)
Bill is retired/emeritus but continues to work in physics education. He
co-hosted the Rural PTRA Program with Kathy Harper when held at OSU
2003-2005. He has been involved in AAPT activities and served as a member
and chair of several AAPT committees. He is also the recipient of the
AAPT Distinguished Service Citation.
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Alan Van Heuvelen
(email)
For many years, Alan was the head of our group. Now he's
working at Rutgers with frequent collaborator Eugenia Etkina.
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Kenneth G. Wilson
(WWW)
One of our group's founding members, Ken was at OSU from 1988-2002. He is a
member of the National Academy of Sciences, and received the 1982 Nobel
Prize in Physics for work on phase transitions in bulk matter. |
