Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
Apr 29th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago I was a bit down because I had two papers rejected and a grant proposal go un-funded. This week, I’m back on top (at least emotionally.)
Apr 20th, 2009
I was looking at search terms that lead people to this website from Google and stumbled across this one: “the work done by the magnetic field on the charged particle during the semicircular trip.” Someone obviously was interested in how much work a magnetic field could “do”, and Google was kind enough to point them [...]
Apr 11th, 2009
Within my first year on the tenure-track at a small, liberal-arts focused public university, I managed to land a 3-year, $300k National Science Foundation grant. I also got an article in press and made the papers in Lynchburg, Richmond, and Farmville. Not bad for my first year on the job. My former research advisor told [...]