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Dr. Gerald Smith
Professor of Physics & Chemistry


Current Activities

Professional Memberships: American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers, Neutron Scattering Society of America, Physics Instructional Resource Association, American Chemical Society, American Association of University Professors, and formerly was a member of Health Physics Society, International Radiation Protection Association, and the Indiana Academy of Science.

Professional Physics Activities Since 1998

  • AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, DePauw University, April 1999
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, Franklin College, April 2000
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, April 2001
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, University of Indianapolis, April 2002
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, Indiana University, April 2003
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, DePauw University, April 2004
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, IUPUI, April 2005
    AAPT Indiana Physics Workshops, Purdue University, April 2006
     

  • AAPT National Meeting, Guelph, Ontario, July 2000
         Workshop on Microcomputer-Based Labs
         Workshop on Website Physics
    AAPT National Meeting, Rochester, NY July 2001
         Workshop on Star Formation
         Workshop on Exploring Black Holes
         Workshop on Vernier LabPro Computer Labs
         Workshop on Perl, Databases and CGI
         Workshop on Problem Solving Labs
         Workshop on Pasco Lab Applications
         Workshop on Spectra Radiation Computer Labs
         Workshop on Metrologic Laser Applications
    AAPT National Meeting, Philadelphia, PA January 2002
         Workshop on Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
         Workshop on Strings and Sticky Tape Experiments
         Workshop on Vernier LabPro with LabVIEW
         Workshop on Vernier LabPro Sensors
         Workshop on NASA Gravity-B and Sun-Earth Connections
     

  • Computer Interface PASCO Workshop, IUPUI, May 1998
     

  • NSF Chautauqua Course, Harvard University, Widely Applied Physics, June 1999
    NSF Chautauqua Course, VMI, Physics Demonstrations, July 1999 
    NSF Chautauqua Course, Harvard University, Radio Astronomy, May 2001
    NSF Chautauqua Course, University of Chicago, Cosmology, November 2001
    NSF Chautauqua Course, Harvard/MIT, Radio Astronomy, May 2004
    NSF Chautauqua Course, Los Alamos, History Atomic Bomb, October 2006
     

Professional Higher Education Activities Since 1998

  • NCA Higher Learning Commission Consultant Evaluator 1995 - 2005
    NCA HLC Accreditation Review Council and Readers Panel 1999 - 2004

  • Indiana Higher Education Commission Meeting for Faculty Leaders, 2002 - 2005.
     


Highlights of Teaching Career Before 1982

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