Current Research (see notice)

Below I list the papers and presentations I've made since 2003 (if you want to see ones made prior to 2003, let me know). All are co-authored with Dr. David Schultz, now at Finnish Meteorological Institute and the University of Helsinki, except for 2008 NE Storm Conference talk, which was co-authored and presented by Rachelle Domke, a student at East Stroudsburg University.

• Article: The Relationship Between Fronts, Frontal Zones and Airstream Boundaries (in progress; to be submitted to Monthly Weather Review)
• Presentation: The Impact of Moisture on the Structure of an Intense Oceanic Cyclone (presented by Rachelle Domke at the NE Storm Conference, Springfield, MA, March 14-16, 2008)
• Presentation: The Relationship Between Frontal Zones and Airstream Boundaries (presented at the 13th Cyclone Workshop, Monterey, California, October 25, 2006)
• Presentation: Applications of the contraction-rate diagnostics for mesoscale processes (presented by David Schultz at the 11th Conference on Mesoscale Processes, Albuquerque, NM, October 24-29, 2005)
• Article: Contraction Rate and its Relationship to Frontogenesis, the Lyapunov Exponent, Fluid Trapping and Airstream Boundaries, Monthly Weather Review, 133, 1353-1369 (copyright 2005, American Meteorological Society - see copyright notice); see also the Reply, Monthly Weather Review, 134, 2644-2644 (made in response to Comments on "Contraction Rate and its Relationship to Frontogenesis, the Lyapunov Exponent, Fluid Trapping and Airstream Boundaries", by Charles A. Doswell, III, Monthly Weather Review, 134, 2642-2643)
• Poster: The Relationship Between Fronts, Frontal Zones and Airstream Boundaries (presented by Dr. Schultz at the Fred Sanders Symposium, Seattle, Washington, January 12, 2004)
• Presentation: Carl Kreitzberg: Scientist, mentor, colleague and charter member of the Cyclone Workshop (presented together with Dr. Schultz at the 12th Cyclone Workshop, Val Morin, Quebec, Canada, September 22, 2003)
• Presentation: Airstream Boundaries vs. Fronts: A Comparison (presented by me at the NE Storm Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, March 7-9, 2003)

Science Education

• Presentation: Preservice and Inservice Teachers Working Together as Teacher Researchers (as part of Teacher Researcher Day at NSTA's 56th National Conference on Science Education, Boston, MA, March, 2008); presented with Mellinda Joseph, Daniel Wallace, Stefana Pascale, Anna Leigh Rowlands, Lauren Bernhardt and Maria Archer, all students at East Stroudsburg University
• Report: Measuring the Effect of Formative Assessment Techniques in Physics at East Stroudsburg University (2007 Report to the CETP-PA Project; update to the 2006 Monograph article below)
• Poster: Revising the Algebra-based Physics Sequence (2006 AAPT Summer Meeting, Syracuse, New York, July, 2006)
• Presentation: A Simple Evaluation of Technology-Enhanced Formative Assessment Techniques (2006 AAPT Summer Meeting, Syracuse, New York, July, 2006)
• Article: Measuring the Effect of Formative Assessment Techniques in Physics, Best Products for Teacher Preparation in Mathematics and Science, S. K. Courson, Ed., April, 2006 (A Monograph from the Collaborative for Excellence in Teacher Preparation in Pennsylvania)
• Presentation: Using Email, Student Remotes and an Innovative Textbook in Algebra-based Physics (2006 International Conference on Science Education (NSTA), Anaheim, CA, April, 2006)
• Presentation: Using Email, Student Remotes and an Innovative Textbook in Algebra-based Physics (2006 International Conference on Science Education (NSTA), Anaheim, CA, April, 2006)
• Presentation: Email + Student Remotes + Innovative Textbook = Formative Assessment that Works! (2005 PSTA Conference, Hershey, PA, December, 2005)
• Presentation: Using Technology to Support Formative Assessment (2005 RECAP Conference, West Chester, PA, May, 2005)
• Presentation: Facilitating Formative Assessment: Innovative and Effective Techniques Used in Physics (2005 ESU Provost's Colloquium, East Stroudsburg, PA, January, 2005)
• Presentation: A Comparison of several algebra-based physics I sections: preliminary results (2004 CETP-PA Summer Conference, Clarion, PA, August, 2004)
• Presentation: Action Research in the Secondary Science Classroom: An Update (2004 CETP-PA Summer Conference, Clarion, PA, August, 2004); co-presented with Jill Symons (ESU Graduate Student)
• Presentation: Teacher Partners: A University-School Collaborative (2003 CETP-PA Summer Conference, Edinboro, PA, August, 2003); co-presented with John Hearon (ESU Science Education Major)
• Presentation: A Textbook for Algebra-based Physics that Supports Constructivism (2003 CETP-PA Summer Conference, Edinboro, PA, August, 2003)
• Presentation: Explaining the Rotation of Hurricanes Without Saying "Coriolis": It Can Be Done! (presented at the 2003 NSTA Conference, March, 2003)
• Presentation: A Preservice/Intermediate School Collaborative (presented at the 2003 NSTA Conference, March, 2003, with Richard Cowell, physical science teacher at Clear Run Intermediate School, Pocono Mountain School District)
• Presentation: Outcomes for a secondary science methods course: Is there any consensus? (presented at the 2003 AETS International Conference, January, 2003)
• Presentation: CETP-PA: Forging collaborations among faculty from different colleges, universities, community colleges and K-12 schools (presented with Susan Courson of Clarion University at the 2003 AETS International Conference, January, 2003)

Textbooks and Lab Manuals

• An Introduction to the Physics of the Atmosphere, 5.0, 351 pp. (2008; currently under revision)
• The Fundamentals of Physics
  • Volume I (Mechanics), 8.0, 703 pp. (2007)
  • Volume II (Using Models), 8.1, 553 pp. (2006)
• Fundamental Physics Laboratory Manual
  • PHYS 131, 7.0, 69 pp. (2008)
  • PHYS 132, 6.0, 86 pp. (2008)
• PHYS 110: Sound, Waves and Light Study Guide, 62 pp. (1999)
• LAMPS90 User's Guide, 37 pp. (1993)

Other Web Sites

• High-resolution RUC forecasts for the NE US.
• Weather conditions for Stroudsburg and Pennsylvania (you can access hourly obs for several days from the latter; the former only has data for two days)
• Data Archive for Pennsylvania sites (from the PA state climatologist). Tabular data of hourly weather observations since the beginning of the month are also available for Allentown and Scranton.
• local weather conditions (google map from weather underground)
• East Stroudsburg University sites
  • ESU home page
  • Physics
  • Geography
  • Professional and Secondary Education
• Stephen's Guide of Logical Fallacies (see, also, Tim Holt's page)
• Lessons from the Physics Education Reform Effort (by Richard Hake)
• Additional web sites