David Wick

Adjunct Research Associate Professor
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Education Background

Ph.D. - 1996  Clarkson University

Courses Taught

  • PH131 - Physics I
  • PH132 - Physics II

Research Interests

Professor Wick's research interests are in the following areas: physics of fluids, turbulence, nonlinear systems, science education.

Publications

  • Wick, D. P., Ramsdell, M. W., Fowler, K., Turner, P. T., and Schalk, P. D., University Outreach in STEM Education through a Roller Coaster Science and Engineering Camp. ASEE/IEEE Proceedings of the 41st annual FIE (Frontiers in Education) Conference, Rapid City, SD, October 2011.
  • Schalk, P. D., Wick, D. P., Turner, P. T., and Ramsdell, M. W., Predictive Assessment of Student Performance for Early Strategic Guidance, ASEE/IEEE Proceedings of the 41stannual FIE (Frontiers in Education) Conference, Rapid City, SD, October 2011.
  • Fodor, E.M., Wick, D.P., & Conroy, N.E., Power Motivation as an Influence on Reaction to a Feminist Potential Dating Partner. Motivation and Emotion. (2011, in press).
  • Schalk, P. D., Wick, D. P., Turner, P. T. Ramsdell, M. W., IMPACT: Integrated Mathematics and Physics Assessment for College Transition, ASEE/IEEE Proceedings of the 39thannual FIE (Frontiers in Education) Conference, San Antonio, TX, October 2009.
  • Fodor, E. M., & Wick, D. P., Need for Power and Affective Response to Negative Audience Reaction to an Extemporaneous Speech, Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 43, 2009, pp. 721-726.
  • Turner, P., Fowler, K., Wick, D.P., Ramsdell, M. W., Gotham, G., Glasgow, E., and French, C., BOCES-University Partnership as a model for Educational Outreach: K-16 STEM Professional Development, Proceedings of the Inaugural Mathematics and Science Symposium, Knoxville, TN, October 2007.
  • Fodor, E. M., Wick, D. P., Hartsen, K. M., and Preve, R. M., Right-Wing Authoritarianism in Relation to Proposed Judicial Action, Electromyographic Response, and Affective Attitudes Toward a Schizophrenic Mother, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, vol. 38, 1, 2008, pp. 215-233.
  • Wick, D.P. and Ramsdell, M., Experimenting with Electric Trains, The Physics Teacher, vol. 45, March 2007, pp. 142-445.
  • Fodor, E. M., Wick, D. P., and Hartsen, K. M., The Power Motive and Affective Response to Assertiveness, Journal of Research in Personality, vol. 40, 2006, pp. 598-610.
  • Ramsdell, M. and Wick, D.P., Predicting Turning Points for Toy Cars, The Physics Teacher, vol. 43, October 2005, pp. 442-445.
  • Rossner, A. and Wick, D. P., A Field Study to Assess the Long-Term Sampling Feasibility of Evacuated Canisters and the Development of a Mathematical Model to Analyze Potential Sampling Bias, Journal of Occupational and Environmental Hygiene, vol. 2, (No. 9), September 2005, pp. 474-480.
  • Wick, D.P. and Ramsdell, M. W., Modeling the Motion of a Toy Train Powered by a Time-Dependent Applied Voltage: Educational Implementation and Analysis, American Journal of Physics, July 2004, 72 (7), pp. 863-874.
  • Rossner, A., Simon, P., Farant, J. P., and Wick, D. P., Development of a Flow Controller for Long-Term Sampling of Gases and Vapors Using Evacuated Canisters,Environmental Science and Technology, vol. 36, (No. 23), December 2002.
  • Wick, D.P. and Ramsdell, M. W., Modeling the Motion of a Toy Car Traveling on An Arbitrarily Shaped Track, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 70, (No. 7), July 2002, pp. 670-679.
  • Glauser, M.N., Ukeiley, L.S., and Wick, D.P., Investigation of Turbulent Flows via Pseudo Flow Visualization. Part II: Lobed Mixer Flow, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 13, Issue 2, August 1996, pp. 167-177.
  • Wick, D.P., Glauser, M.N., and Ukeiley, L.S., Investigation of Turbulent Flows via Pseudo Flow Visualization. Part I: Axisymmetric Jet Mixing Layer, Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science, Vol. 9, Issue 4, November 1994, pp. 391-404.
  • Ukeiley, L., Glauser, M.N., and Wick, D.P., Downstream Evolution of Proper Orthogonal Decomposition Eigenfunctions in a Lobed Mixer, AIAA Journal, Vol. 31 (No. 8), August 1993, pp. 1392-1397.
  • Ukeiley, L., Glauser, M.N., and Wick, D.P, A One-dimensional Proper Orthogonal Decomposition of the Downstream Flowfield of a Lobed Mixer, Proceedings Eighth Symposium on Turbulent Shear Flows, Technical University of Munich, Sept. 9-11, 1991, pp. 25-2-1 - 25-2-6.
  • Ukeiley, L., Wick, D.P., and Glauser, M.N., Coherent Structure Identification in a Lobed Mixer, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME Paper 91-GT-307, June 1991.
  • Ukeiley, L., Wick, D.P., and Glauser, M.N., A Novel Hot-Wire Rake Design, American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME FED-Vol. 97, June 1990, pp. 87-92.

Contact

Email: dwick@clarkson.edu

Office Phone Number: 315/268-2349

Office Location: 305A Bertrand H. Snell Hall