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Michael W. Ramsdell

Michael Ramsdell

Michael Ramsdell

Associate Professor / Director of First Year Physics
Physics

Email: mramsdel@clarkson.edu
Phone: 315/268-2347
Office: 271 Science Center
Mailbox: CU Box 5820

Education

Ph.D. - 2004
Clarkson University
M.S. - 1998
Clarkson University
B.S. - 1997
Clarkson University

Courses Taught

PH131
PH132
Physics Team Design Lab

Research Interests

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.

Publications

Recent Publications

Wick, D.P., and Ramsdell, M.W., University Outreach in Stem Education through Roller Coaster Science and Engineering Camp; Proceedings of the annual FIE (Frontiers in Education) (2011)

Wick, D.P., and Ramsdell, M.W., Predictive Assessment of Student Performance for Early Strategic Guidance; Proceedings of the annual FIE (Frontiers in Education) (2011)

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.

Schools at Clarkson

  • Graduate School
  • School of Arts & Sciences
  • David D. Reh School of Business
  • Wallace H. Coulter School of Engineering
  • Institute for a Sustainable Environment
  • Early College Program: The Clarkson School
  • Institute for STEM Education
  • Beacon Institute for Rivers and Estuaries

Highlights of Excellence

  • Career Center
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  • ROTC
  • Student Success, Diversity & Inclusion
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Research & Innovation

  • Research & Scholarship
  • Clarkson Center for Complex Systems Science (C3S2)
  • The Center for Advanced Materials Processing (CAMP)
  • Center for Air Resources Engineering & Science (CARES)
  • Center for Identification Technology Research (CITeR)
  • The Center for Rehabilitation Engineering, Science & Technology (CREST)
  • The Center for Sustainable Energy Systems (CSES)
  • The Shipley Center for Innovation
  • Reh Center for Entrepreneurship

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