do you have the clarkson gene?
- Bonnie Weber
- David Wick
- Sergey Vasilyev
- Igor Sokolov
- Lawrence Schulman
- Dipankar Roy
- Michael Ramsdell
- Dima Mozyrsky
- Mark Cooke
- M. Lawrence Glasser
- Leonid Fedichkin
- Benjamin Dorfman
- Ming-Cheng Cheng
- Erik Bolt
- Daniel Ben-Avraham
Michael Ramsdell
Visiting Assistant Professor
271 Science Center
Clarkson University
PO Box 5820
Potsdam, NY 13699-5820
Phone: 315-268-2347
Fax: 315-268-6610
E-mail: ramsdemw@clarkson.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., Clarkson University, August 2004
M.Sc., Clarkson University, December 1998
B.Sc., Clarkson University, May 1997
Teaching Interests
Courses currently taught by Professor Ramsdell include:
PH131
PH132
Physics Team Design Lab
Research Interests
Professor Ramsdell's research interests are in the area of Physics Education Research, Laboratory Curriculum Development and Design. Our research has focused on the implementation and assessment of the Physics Team Design Program for the calculus-based introductory Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism courses. This Program utilizes an inquiry-based approach to team problem solving and developing mathematical modeling skills. FCI and CSEM assessment reveals that participating students out perform a comparison group of nonparticipating students by a factor of 1.5 – 1.6 using a traditional percent gain calculation.
Selected Publications
Wick, D.P., and Ramsdell, M. W., Experimenting with Electric Trains, The Physics Teacher (Accepted, January 2006).
Ramsdell, M. W. and Wick, D.P., Predicting Turning Points for Toy Cars, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 43, October 2005, pp.442 – 444.
Wick, D. P. and Ramsdell, M. W., Modeling the motion of a toy train powered with a time-dependent applied voltage: Educational implementation and analysis, American Journal of Physics, July 2004, 72(7), pp. 863 – 874.
Wick, D. P. and Ramsdell, M. W., Modeling the motion of a toy car traveling on an arbitrarily shaped track, American Journal of Physics July 2002, 70(7), pp. 670 – 679.2003.
271 Science Center
Clarkson University
PO Box 5820
Potsdam, NY 13699-5820
Phone: 315-268-2347
Fax: 315-268-6610
E-mail: ramsdemw@clarkson.edu
Educational Background
Ph.D., Clarkson University, August 2004
M.Sc., Clarkson University, December 1998
B.Sc., Clarkson University, May 1997
Teaching Interests
Courses currently taught by Professor Ramsdell include:
PH131
PH132
Physics Team Design Lab
Research Interests
Professor Ramsdell's research interests are in the area of Physics Education Research, Laboratory Curriculum Development and Design. Our research has focused on the implementation and assessment of the Physics Team Design Program for the calculus-based introductory Mechanics and Electricity and Magnetism courses. This Program utilizes an inquiry-based approach to team problem solving and developing mathematical modeling skills. FCI and CSEM assessment reveals that participating students out perform a comparison group of nonparticipating students by a factor of 1.5 – 1.6 using a traditional percent gain calculation.
Selected Publications
Wick, D.P., and Ramsdell, M. W., Experimenting with Electric Trains, The Physics Teacher (Accepted, January 2006).
Ramsdell, M. W. and Wick, D.P., Predicting Turning Points for Toy Cars, The Physics Teacher, Vol. 43, October 2005, pp.442 – 444.
Wick, D. P. and Ramsdell, M. W., Modeling the motion of a toy train powered with a time-dependent applied voltage: Educational implementation and analysis, American Journal of Physics, July 2004, 72(7), pp. 863 – 874.
Wick, D. P. and Ramsdell, M. W., Modeling the motion of a toy car traveling on an arbitrarily shaped track, American Journal of Physics July 2002, 70(7), pp. 670 – 679.2003.