education Ph.D., Department of History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, August, 2001 (History of Science) Ph.D., Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, May, 1992 (Nuclear Physics) M.A., Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, December, 1987 B.S., Department of Physics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, May, 1978

classes taught Astronomy 001 - Astronomical Universe History 122 (STS122) - History of Science I History 123 (STS123) - History of Science II History 428 (STS428) - The Darwinian Revolution Physics 001 - The Science of Physics Physics 211 - Mechanics Physics 212 - Electricity and Magnetism Physics 213 - Fluids, Waves, and Thermal Physics Physics 214 - Optics and Modern Physics Physics 237 - Modern Physics  Physics 250 - Introductory Physics I Physics 251 - Introductory Physics II Physics 400 - Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism Physics 419 - Theoretical Mechanics Science 400 - Consequences of Science

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research interests Nuclear physics (few-body systems and nuleon-nucleus optical model) Materials science (rectenna devices, sintering, and percolation) History of twentieth century physics communities links

Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory
National Nuclear Data Center
Materials Research Institute
American Physical Society
History of Science Society