Michael Rulison

MICHAEL RULISON

Department of Physics Oglethorpe University Atlanta, GA 30319-2797 404-364-8409

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Research and Teaching Physicist with diverse and responsible achievements and experience in applied and fundamental research; emphasis in the natural sciences of a multi-disciplinary nature, computer simulation and mathematical modeling. Skilled researcher, analyzer, evaluator, and problem solver. Accomplished communicator (oral/written), presenter, and teacher. Team and individual contributor with solid interpersonal skills. Motivated; self-starter. Establish and meet commitments. Achieve timely results.

EXPERIENCE OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY, Atlanta, GA 1982-Present Chair, Division of Natural Sciences (2007-Present) Professor of Physics (1992-Present) Manning Pattillo Professor of Liberal Arts (1997-1999) Associate Professor of Physics (1986-1992) Assistant Professor of Physics (1982-1986) Director of Honors Program (1990-2003) Director of Instructional Technology (1997-1999)

My current position involves full-time undergraduate teaching at a selective liberal arts and sciences university. The responsibilities of this position include planning, preparing, and presenting all levels of the undergraduate physics and dual degree engineering programs, active participation on a variety of academic and non-academic committees, implementation of various technologies into coursework and classroom, and continuing research in theoretical high energy physics, self-organized critical phenomena, and the history of cosmological thought.

* Regularly teach the following courses: Science and Human Nature: The Physical Sciences (Core IV), General Physics I and II (with laboratory), College Physics I and II (with laboratory), Classical Mechanics I and II, Descriptive Astronomy, Modern Physics I and II (with laboratory), Electricity and Magnetism I and II, Calculus I and II, Differential Equations, Mathematical Physics, Modern Scientific Perspectives of the Universe, Structure of the Physical Universe, Introduction to Electronics (with laboratory), Introduction to Modern Optics (with laboratory), Thermal and Statistical Physics (with laboratory), Nuclear and Particle Physics, Modern Cosmology, Astrophysics, Simulational/Computational Physics.

* Consistently judged to be an excellent teacher, based upon student and peer evaluations.

* Continuing development of innovative teaching methods including incorporation of computers into all levels of physics curriculum, increasing the amount of writing done in traditionally quantitatively-grounded courses, development of projects done outside the classroom to increase student involvement with subject. MICHAEL RULISON Page 2

* Curriculum enhancement as evidenced by development of new courses [Introduction to Electronics, Descriptive Astronomy, Modern Scientific Perspectives of the Universe, Structure of the Physical Universe, Modern Cosmology, Introduction to Modern Optics, Plasma Physics, Thermal and Statistical Physics, Nuclear and Particle Physics, Astrophysics, Simulational/Computational Physics, Science and Human Nature: The Physical Sciences], and frequent offerings of various special topics courses of interest to students in several disciplines.

* As Director of Instructional Technology, administered the $100,000 Culpeper Foundation grant, and coordinated technology-related activities on campus. Fostered incorporation of computer and other technologies into all areas of the academic program. Facilitated effective use of technologies by faculty members in all disciplines.

* Led the development of University's current Honors Program. Introduced significant improvements and expansion of program in capacity as Director. Coordinator of University's participation in Renaissance Scholars Program of the University Center in Georgia (1990-1998). Chair of University Center in Georgia's Renaissance Scholars Committee (1993-1998). 1992-93 Vice-President Georgia Honors Council. 1993-94 President of Georgia Honors Council. University representative to Georgia Honors Council (1990-2003) and Southern Regional Honors Council (1990-2003).

* Faculty advisor to Oglethorpe University Chapter of Alpha Chi () National Scholarship Honorary Society (1983-2002). Faculty advisor to University chapters of Society of Physics Students (SPS) and Sigma Pi Sigma () (1988-present).

* Academic advisor to approximately 30 students, including, but not limited to, physics majors and dual-degree engineering majors. Consistently rated as excellent advisor.

* Effective service on many University committees, having included Faculty Council, Promotions and Tenure Committee - Chair, Academic Dean Search Committee, Master's Degree Program Feasibility Committee, Core Curriculum Development Committee, Academic Program Committee - Chair, Faculty Development Committee, Vice President for Institutional Advancement Search Committee, Budget Advisory Committee, Technology Action Group (TAG) – co-chair, QEP Topic Selection Committee, Faculty liaison member of Buildings and Grounds Committee of Board of Trustees.

* Ongoing research program in fundamental and applied physics. Specific initiatives include investigation of the application of the hadronic matter current concept to the theoretical understanding of high energy collisions between elementary particles, and the possible space-time meaning underlying the concept of the quantum mechanical spin of elementary particles. Modeling and simulations of self-organized critical phenomena and theoretical interpretation of these results. Ongoing research in history and evolution of cosmological thought.

MICHAEL RULISON Page 3 THE COLLEGE BOARD, Princeton, NJ 1985-Present Member PRAXIS National Advisory Committee (2000-present) Workshop and Summer Institute Consultant (1990-Present) Chief Faculty Consultant for Advanced Placement Physics (1996-1999) Group Leader (1990-1995, 2007) Reader (1985-1989, 2005-Present)

In 1985 I was selected as one of approximately 20 secondary and undergraduate teachers of physics from across the country to serve as a reader of the Advanced Placement Physics exams. In 1990 I became one of three group leaders, responsible for directing and supervising the readers and the reading process. Chief Faculty Consultant (1997-2000), with responsibility for supervision of all group leaders (9) and readers (65), and for the production and accurate scoring of roughly 38,000 Advanced Placement Physics exams. Member of Advanced Placement Physics test development committee. Currently serving as a faculty consultant for Advanced Placement workshops and institutes for the Southern Region of the College Board. Selected as one of approximately 20 college and secondary school faculty to serve on the National Advisory Committee for the PRAXIS exam series in the sciences.

EDUCATIONAL POLICY IMPROVEMENT CENTER (EPIC) CENTER for EDUCATIONAL POLICY RESEARCH (CEPR), Eugene , OR 2006-Present Senior Reviewer (2006-present)

Responsible for development of standards and criteria to be applied in audit of all Advanced Placement physics courses, both in US and abroad. Responsible for supervising reviewers conducting audit, and resolution of special or problematic cases.

UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS, Athens, GA 1976-1982 Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant

Responsible for teaching and developing laboratories, grading of undergraduate coursework, and carrying out independent research.

* Planned, prepared, and taught regular undergraduate course as first graduate student in history of department to be given this full responsibility. Faculty and student evaluations were "superior."

* Taught "help session" for undergraduates in introductory level physics courses. Ability to communicate effectively and to demonstrate variety of problem solving strategies resulted in this being one of the most highly rated resources in the department.

* Organized and taught seminar on elementary particle physics for graduate students. Filled gap which existed, at that time, in the graduate curriculum; and was highly rated by fellow graduate students.

* Conducted independent research in connection with a grant from the US Department of Energy. Progress of this research was periodically reviewed by DOE officials.

MICHAEL RULISON Page 4 SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION, Rockford, IL Summers 1973-1974 Engineering Assistant

In this position I was responsible for the collection and analysis of data and reporting of results to appropriate members of the engineering project team. Also responsible for the design and implementation of experiment and test set-ups. During the first of these two summers I was given responsibility for ensuring that a power generating system for the Department of Defense AWACS project met contract weight specifications. During the second summer I was a member of the Alaskan Pipeline engineering team, and was given responsibility for the design and execution of experiments, and analysis of the data, to establish the effects of arctic climate on low-maintenance power stations.

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1982. Degree conferred with distinction. In addition to required coursework, I conducted research (partially sponsored by the US DOE) in theoretical high energy particle physics. The research involved extending and applying the quark recombination model of particle interactions developed by R.C. Hwa in the late 1970's.

Specifically, I made a summary application of the model to all two-particle interactions and to multi-particle final state correlations. The important result of this comprehensive study was the establishment of the limitations of the applicability of the theory. This research resulted in a dissertation Inclusive Particle Spectra in the Quark Recombination Model. This work was directed by Dr. T.T. Chou.

M.S., Theoretical Physics, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, 1979. Degree conferred with distinction. In addition to required coursework I conducted research (partially sponsored by the US DOE) in theoretical high energy particle physics. This research involved the application of the matter current concept, originally developed by T.T.Chou and C.N.Yang in the late 1960's and early 1970's, to the high energy inelastic scattering reaction π-p→KoΛ. The success of this project indicated for the first time that the matter current concept could be extended to inelastic reactions as well as the elastic reactions for which it was originally developed. The results of this research are found in the M.S. thesis Study of Matter Current Effects in Two-Body Inelastic Collisions. This work was directed by Dr. T.T. Chou.

B.S. Physics and B.S. Mathematics, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, 1976.

HONORS /AWARDS

Manning Pattillo Professor of Liberal Arts (Endowed Chair), 1997-1999 Alpha Phi Omega Campus Service Award, 1996 Omicron Delta Kappa Faculty Appreciation Award, 1994 Elected to Phi Eta Sigma freshman scholarship honorary, 1992 Sears-Roebuck Foundation Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership Award, 1990 Elected to Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honorary, 1990 Elected to Sigma Zeta science honorary, 1985 MICHAEL RULISON Page 5 University of Georgia Graduate Research Fellowship, 1978-1981 Recipient of Veterans of Foreign Wars 4-year Academic Full Scholarship to University of Illinois National Merit Scholarship Finalist

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS

American Physical Society (APS) APS Division of Particles and Fields (DPF) APS Astrophysics Group APS Hadronic Physics Group Southeastern Section of American Physical Society (SESAPS) American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) American Astronomical Society (AAS) American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Sigma Zeta (Z) Society of Physics Students (SPS) Sigma Pi Sigma () University Center Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group Georgia Honors Council (President, 1993-94) Renaissance Scholars Program Committee of the University Center in Georgia (Chair, 1993-1998)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

1982 1982 Spring meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, DC. Presented paper: "Inclusive Multi-Particle Spectra in the Recombination Model".

1983 1983 Annual meeting of the Division of Particles and Fields, Blacksburg, VA. Participated in panel discussion of the development of the Superconducting Super Collider. Georgia Science Teachers Association - Physics Teachers Workshop, Oglethorpe University. Presented talk: "If There Are Quarks, Why Can't We See Them?"

1984 1984 Southeastern Section meeting of the American Physical Society, Memphis, TN. Annual meeting of the University Center's Physics Academic Activities Committee, Georgia Tech. Physics Faculty Development Conference, Georgia Tech.

1985 1985 Monie Ferst Symposium, Georgia Tech. 1985 Southeastern Section meeting of the American Physical Society, Athens, GA. 1985 Joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Atlanta, GA. APS/AAPT Workshop on Telecommunications in Physics, Atlanta, GA.

MICHAEL RULISON Page 6 1986 1986 Monie Ferst Symposium, Georgia Tech. 1986 Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia, Georgia State University.

1987 1987 University of Colorado Physics Workshop, Boulder, CO. 1987 Monie Ferst Symposium, Georgia Tech. 1987 Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia, Georgia State University.

1988 1988 Monie Ferst Symposium, Georgia Tech. 1988 (May) Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia. 1988 (October) Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia. Interface '88, Twelfth Annual Humanities and Technology Conference, Southern Tech.

1989 1989 Monie Ferst Symposium, Georgia Tech. 1989 Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia. National Science Foundation NSF Day in Georgia, Georgia Tech. 1990 Joint meeting of the American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Atlanta, GA.

1990 1990 Spring meeting of the American Physical Society, Washington, DC. Interface '90, 14th Annual Humanities and Technology Conference, Southern Tech. 1990 Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia. Symposium and Dedication of the Center for Optical Science and Engineering (COSE), Georgia Tech. Annual meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Atlanta, GA. University Center in Georgia Symposium IV - Diversity and Common Ground in Higher Education, Lake Lanier.

1991 International Conference – “Particles and Fields '91”, Vancouver, BC. Interface '91, 15th Annual Humanities and Technology Conference, Southern Tech.

1992 1992 Visiting Scholar Lectures - Physics and Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia. 1992 Monie Ferst Symposium, Georgia Tech.

1993 Georgia Honors Council 10th Annual Meeting, Georgia Southern University. Physics & Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia: Visiting Scholar Dr. David Schramm Georgia State University (April 20, 1993), Georgia Institute of Technology (April 21, 1993).

MICHAEL RULISON Page 7 Interface '93 18th Annual Humanities and Technology Conference, Southern College of Technology.

1994 Freshman Experience Resource Seminar, Atlanta, GA (January 17, 1994). Georgia Honors Council 11th Annual Meeting, University of Georgia. Physics & Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia: Visiting Scholar Professor Margaret Burbidge Georgia Institute of Technology (April 20, 1994), Georgia State University (April 21, 1994).

1995 Georgia Honors Council 12th Annual Meeting, Dekalb College (February 17-18, 1995). Physics & Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia: Visiting Scholar Lectures

1996 Georgia Honors Council 13th Annual Meeting, Macon College. Physics & Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia: Visiting Scholar Dr. Charles H. Townes Georgia Institute of Technology (May 1, 1996), Georgia State University (May 2, 1996). 1996 SESAPS Meeting, Decatur, GA (November 14-16, 1996). ΣΠΣ 75th Diamond Jubilee, Atlanta, GA (November 15-16, 1996). Symposium and Dedication of Laser Dynamic Laboratory (LDL), Georgia Tech (November 23, 1996). Robert A. Pierotti Memorial Lecture by Sheila Tobias, Georgia Tech (December 3, 1996).

1997 Georgia Honors Council 14th Annual Meeting, Valdosta State University. 25th Southern Regional Honors Council Meeting, Baton Rouge, LA (April 10-12, 1997). Physics & Astronomy Interdepartmental Group of the University Center in Georgia: Visiting Scholar Dr. Stephen P. Maran Georgia State University (March 11, 1997), University of Georgia (March 12, 1997).

1998 26th Southern Regional Honors Council Meeting, Savannah, GA (February 19-21, 1998). Georgia State University Colloquium by Dr. Hal McAlister, “The CHARA Array – An Update” (February 24, 1998). Clayton State College and University Conference on Instructional Technologies (March 20-21, 1998) Teaching Learning and Technology Roundtable (TLTR) Workshop at Piedmont College (April 3-4, 1998). 15th Annual Georgia Honors Council Convention, Clayton State College and University (April 17-18, 1998). CIC (Council of Independent Colleges) Front Page Workshop at Newberry College (May 19-21, 1998). TLTR Summer Institute, Phoenix, AZ (July 11-14, 1998).

1999 Centennial Meeting of the American Physical Society (March 22-26, 1999) TLTR Summer Institute, Williamsburg, VA (July 8-11, 1999).

MICHAEL RULISON Page 8 2000 17th Georgia Collegiate Honors Council convention, Georgia College and State University (February 25-26, 2000).

"Radio Astronomy in the Undergraduate Classroom" an NSF-sponsored Chautauqua course at Harvard University and MIT Haystack Observatory (May 24-26, 2000).

National PRAXIS Advisory Committee meeting, Princeton, NJ (October 6-8, 2000).

2001 18th Georgia Collegiate Honors Council convention: “New Places, New Spaces” Macon, Georgia (February, 2001).

2002 Spring Meeting of American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN (March 18-22, 2002).

Pathways to Change - International Conference on Transforming Math and Science Education in the K16 Continuum. April 18-21, 2002. Arlington, VA.

APS Division of Particles and Fields Conference, College of William and Mary, May 24- 28, 2002.

National PRAXIS Advisory Committee meeting, Princeton, NJ (October 25-27, 2002).

2003 20th Georgia Collegiate Honors Council convention, Morrow, Georgia (February 21-22, 2003).

Joint Meeting of American Physical Society (APS)and Division of Particles and Fields (DPF), Philadelphia, PA (April 5-8, 2003).

2004 203rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society (AAS), Atlanta, GA (January 4-8, 2004).

“Data Analysis and Visualization Using Mathematica” (Chautauqua course), Memphis, TN (May 16-18, 2004)

2005 “Branes and Gauge Theory Dynamics,” Dr. Amihay Hanany (MIT Center for Theoretical Physics), Georgia Institute of Technology (February 18, 2005).

Annual Georgia Collegiate Honors Council convention, Morrow, Georgia (February 25- 26, 2005).

Center for Simulational Physics 18th Annual Workshop, University of Georgia (March 7- 11, 2005). (I attended various sessions during the week in afternoons and evenings.)

"Plasmas as a Prototypical Complex System: Self-Organized Criticality as a Paradigm for Plasma Transport," Dr. David Newman (University of Alaska-Fairbanks), Georgia Institute of Technology (November 16, 2005).

2006 Center for Simulational Physics 19th Annual Workshop, University of Georgia (February 20-24, 2006). (I attended various sessions during the week in afternoons and evenings.) MICHAEL RULISON Page 9 “Quarkonia as Probes of the Quark-Gluon Plasma,” Dr. Robert Zaballa (GSU), Georgia State University (August 15, 2006).

“How Things Break,” Dr. Michael Marder, Center for Nonlinear Dynamics, The University of Texas at Austin, Georgia Institute of Technology (September 27, 2006)

“The Search for Intelligent Life in the Cosmos,” Dr. Seth Shostak (The SETI Institute), Georgia State University (November 28, 2006).

PUBLICATIONS

Study of Matter Current Effects in Two-Body Inelastic Collisions, M.S. Thesis, University of Georgia, 1979.

Inclusive Particle Spectra in the Quark Recombination Model, PhD Dissertation, University of Georgia, 1982.

Three articles in Magill's Survey of Science: Physical Science, Salem Press, January 1992:

Materials Analysis with Nuclear Reactions and Scattering. Quantum Mechanical Tunneling. Decay of Radioactive Nuclei and Nuclear Excited States.

Three articles in Magill's Survey of Science: Applied Science, Salem Press, January 1993:

Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense Systems. Scanning Tunneling Microscopes. Nonlinear Optics.

Review of the 6th Edition of Physical Science by Payne, Falls, and Whidden, Wm. C. Brown Publishers.

Review of the 2nd Edition of Physics by Snow and Shull, West Educational Publishing.

Three articles in Natural Resources, Salem Press, June 1997:

Atomic Energy Commission. Radium. Stable Isotopes.

Three articles in Magill's Survey of Science: Physical Sciences, Supplement, Salem Press, July 1997:

Dark Matter. Neutron Scattering. Solitary Waves and Solitons.

MICHAEL RULISON Page 10 One article in Magill’s Survey of Science: Applied Science, Supplement, Salem Press, July 1997:

Adaptive Optics.

Articles in Microsoft’s Encarta 2001 CD Encyclopedia and Encarta Online Encyclopedia:

Boyle’s Law. Quantum Electrodynamics. Rocket Launcher.

“A Consistent Sign Convention for Work” (co-author) in The Physics Teacher (Vol. 39, No. 3, p. 60).

Invited review of Astronomy - Journey to the Cosmic Frontier, 2nd Edition by John Fix.

Three articles in Microsoft’s Encarta 2002 CD Encyclopedia and Encarta Online Encyclopedia:

Electric Field. Hydrochloric Acid. Magnetic Field.

Invited review of College Physics by Andy Rex.

Invited Review of Your Cosmic Context by Craig Tyler.

PRESENTATIONS

Atlanta Evening Optimist Club - "Strategic Defense Initiative", April 28, 1988.

Paulding County Rotary Club - "1988 Presidential Election and the Strategic Defense Initiative", November 1, 1988.

Roswell King Chapter of the DAR - "Strategic Defense Initiative - Dead or Alive?", October 17, 1989.

Duluth Kiwanis Club - "The Superconducting Super Collider", May 30, 1990.

Ansley Kiwanis Club - "A Brief History of the Universe - Big Bang to Big Crunch?", July 27, 1990.

Galleria Kiwanis Club - "What's New in Astronomy", December 19, 1990.

Weinstein Center for Adult Day Services - "New Generation Telescopes", February 5, 1991.

Optimist Club of Cedartown - "What's New in Astronomy", March 21, 1991.

Ansley Kiwanis Club - "What's New in Astronomy", June 21, 1991.

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South Dekalb Optimist Club - "The New Cosmology - Big Bang to Big Crunch", February 4, 1992.

Atlanta Airport Rotary Club - " What's New in Astronomy", May 5, 1992.

Ansley Kiwanis Club - " What's New in Astronomy", June 19, 1992.

Kiwanis Club of Druid Hills - "New Developments in Cosmology/COBE Data", July 28, 1992.

Oglethorpe University Tabletalk - “The New Cosmology”, February 12, 1993.

Association of American Colleges General Education Workshop - “Physics for Non-Majors”, April 2, 1993.

Oglethorpe University Society of Physics Students - “The Upcoming UPC Cosmology Lecture Series”, September 10, 1993.

Science Seminar, Oglethorpe University - “Cosmology Update”, September 13, 1993.

Scientist in Residence at Austin Elementary School, February 11-March 4, 1994 (3 hours per week).

Perimeter Adult Learning and Services (Dunwoody Methodist Church) - “What’s New in Astronomy”, May 9, 1994.

Oglethorpe University Society of Physics Students - “Dark Matter is Here to Stay”, September 23, 1994.

Life Enrichment Services (Briarlake Baptist Church) - “What’s New in Astronomy”, November 3, 1994.

Oglethorpe University Tabletalk - “Is Stephen Hawking the Next Einstein?”, November 3, 1995.

Stone Mountain Kiwanis Club - “What’s New in Astronomy”, April 13, 1995.

Sigma Pi Sigma 1996 Induction - “Is Stephen Hawking the Next Einstein?”, April 19, 1996.

Mountain View Elementary Science Lock-In, April 25-26, 1997.

ElderHostel at Ignatius House – “What recent Observations Tell Us About the Origin and Evolution of the Universe”, November 6, 1997.

ElderHostel at Ignatius House – “Our Current Exploration of the Universe”, March 26, 1998.

Oglethorpe University Tabletalk – “Warp Drives and Wormholes: Fact or Science Fiction?”, March 27, 1998.

Mountain View Elementary Science Lock-In, May 15-16, 1998. MICHAEL RULISON Page 12

ElderHostel at Ignatius House – “The Foundations of Modern Physical Sciences” (3, 2-hour sessions), Week of September 29, 1998.

38th Annual Conference of the Association for General and Liberal Studies (AGLS) – “Using Technology in General Education Courses”, October 15, 1998.

Mountain View Elementary Science Lock-In, May 14-15, 1999.

Advanced Placement Physics Summer Institute, Oglethorpe University, August 2-6, 1999.

Oglethorpe University Tabletalk – “Catastrophic Impacts of Comets & Asteroids with Earth (Past & Future),” September 17, 1999.

Advanced Placement Physics Workshop, Miami, FL, October 14, 1999.

Advanced Placement Physics Workshop, Oglethorpe University, January 5, 2000.

Advanced Placement Physics Workshop, Norfolk, VA, March 10, 2000.

"Technology in Support of the Liberal Arts Curriculum" a workshop presented at the New Information Technologies and Liberal Education Conference at Furman University May 5, 2000.

Oglethorpe University Tabletalk – “The Tao of Physics” (with Jason Wirth), November 3, 2000.

Advanced Placement Physics Workshop, Norfolk, VA, March 5, 2001.

Oglethorpe University Core Curriculum Seminar – “A Brief History of Cosmological Thought and a State of the Universe Report,” May 19-22, 2003.

Oglethorpe University TableTopics – “Where is the Universe?”, November 19, 2004.

Advanced Placement Physics Workshop, Norfolk, VA, March 6, 2006. REFERENCES

Dr. John Cramer Dr. W. Edward Gettys Department of Physics National Training Resources, Inc. Oglethorpe University 405-210 College Avenue Atlanta, GA 30319-2797 P.O. Box 1022 Clemson, SC 29633

Dr. Victoria Weiss Dr. Rudolph Gaedke Director of Student Success Department of Physics Oglethorpe University Trinity University Atlanta, GA 30319-2797 San Antonio, TX 78212-7200

Dr. Anthony Caprio Dr. Will Pfeiffenberger President Educational Testing Service Western New England College P.O. Box 6666 Springfield, MA 01119-2654 Princeton, NJ 08543-6923

Dr. Ruth Howes Dr. Eric Mazur Professor and Chair, Physics Department Department of Physics Marquette University, William Wehr 380 Harvard University Milwaukee, WI 53201-1881 Cambridge, MA 02138