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 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 [...]
Mar 15th, 2009
I am in Pittsburgh at the American Physical Society (APS) March meeting until Tuesday. Today was a series of workshops and talks on Physics Education Research (PER) as part of the pre-APS meeting for the Physics Teachers Education Coalition (PTEC). First, I arrived last night (Saturday) and spent the evening the same way I always [...]
Jul 9th, 2008
Last semester I had a student working with me on building a sputter deposition chamber. We spent a lot of time waiting for parts, but we did manage to get some very necessary pieces together. Andy and I designed and fabricated a collar system for supporting the weight of the rather large 6-way cross we [...]
Jun 30th, 2008
I’m back in Farmville after spending the weekend in College Park, MD being taught how to teach. (Technically, I’m in Richmond working on research right now, but I will be in Farmville tonight.) I didn’t get an opportunity to blog about the workshop much as it was going, because the schedule was very dense and [...]
I attended two workshops today on funding: the first for the National Science Foundation and the second for the private Research Corporation. Just these two workshops were worth the price of admission for this conference. The first 15 minutes of the NSF workshop was boring organizational charts outlining deadlines and other stuff that I know [...]
I have arrived in Maryland for the American Association of Physics Teachers New Faculty workshop. I have a lot to learn this weekend, and I will try to keep you posted on what juicy bits I come across. In about an hour I’ll be attending a Grant Opportunities workshop with the National Science Foundation and [...]