Vita

Educational Background

M.S., Mathematics, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ

Thesis: Nonlinear Elliptic Boundary Value Problems: A Numerical Approach

Advisor: John M. Neuberger, Ph.D.

Thesis

B.S., Apple Mathematics, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA
A.S., Math and Science, Victor Valley College, Victorville, CA
Completed 40 Units of Upper Division Undergraduate Physics Courses at California State University, San Bernardino

Professional Background

Summer 2022 – Summer 2024: AI4OPT Faculty Training Program Participant. Training received on Data Science, Mining and Engineering. Training took place online and at Georgia Institute of Technology (GA Tech).
Summer 2020 – Summer 2022: Visiting Professor at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center
Fall 2020: Department Chair of Engineering Department: Animation, Architecture, Astronomy, Electronics, Engineering Drafting, and Physics.
October 2015 – Present: Society of Physics Students, VVC Chapter Faculty Advisor
Summers 2014-2018: Visiting Professor at NASA’s Armstrong Flight Research Center
August 2011 – Present: VVC Physics Club Faculty Advisor
August 2010 – Present: Professor, Departments of Physics and Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
June 2008 – Present: JPL’s CURE Program VVC Campus Faculty Advisor
January 2008 – August 2010: Associate Professor, Department of Physics, VVC, Victorville, CA
August 2007 – August 2010: Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
August 2004 – August 2007: Assistant Professor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
August 200 – August 2004: Instructor, Department of Mathematics, VVC, Victorville, CA
August 1997 – August 2000: Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mathematics, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
Summers 1998-1999: Core Faculty, Mathematics, Four Corners Math and Science Summer Program, NAU, Flagstaff, AZ
January 1995 – August 1997: Assistant Director, Math and Science Center, Scottsdale Community College, Scottsdale, AZ
August 1995 – August 1997: Mathematics and Physics Tutor, Department of Athletics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
January 1990 – June 1991: Physics Lab Technician, VVC, Victorville, CA
January 1989 – June 1991: Mathematics Tutor, VVC, Victorville, CA

Grants

VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2022 – Student Research (Funded for $2400)
NSF -DUE Grant Team Member with VVC, Cal Poly Pomona, Mt. San Antonio, Citrus College. Submitted 2022. (Funded for $998,453 for 2023 – 2026)
NSF – CREST II Grant Team Member with VVC, COD, and CSUSB submitted 2019. (Funded for $5 million for 2020 – 2024)
California Space Grant Consortium Grant with VVC, UCSD, and other California Community Colleges. Submitted 2014 (Funded for 1 million over 2 years)
NSF – CREST Grant Team Member with VVC, COD, and CSUSB submitted 2013. (Funded for $5 million for 2014 – 2019)
VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2018 – Student Research (Funded for $2400)
VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2018 – Alternative Fuel Vehicle (Funded for $1500)
VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2017 – Student Research (Funded for $2400)
VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2017 – Design, build, launch a Rocket. (Funded for $2500)
Rising Data NASA Grant Consortium Team Member submitted 2016. (Funded for 2 years 2017 – 2018)
California Space Grant Consortium Team Member submitted 2015. (Funded 2015 – 2017)
NSF – CREST Grant Team Member with VVC, COD, and CSUSB submitted 2014. (Funded for $5 million for 2015 – 2019)
VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2009. (Funded for $1250)
Title V Grant Team Member submitted 2004. (Funded for $2.4 million for 2005 – 2010)
VVC Faculty Grant Program submitted 2003. (Funded for $2500)

Presentations

Un-Grading: Standard Based Grading, VVC Professional Development Event 2021
Web-Enhanced Classes, VVC Professional Development Event 2021
A computational Approach to University Physics, AAPT Winter Meeting 2020
Undergraduate Computational Research Opportunities in Introductory Courses, AAPT Summer Meeting 2018
Engaging STEM Students Through Partnerships, CUR URPD Conference 2017
An Inquiry Based Learning Approach to University Physics, R. L. Moore Conference 2013
Integration by Parts and the Hydrogen Atom, VVC 2003
Matrices in Physics Education, VVC 2002
Teaching as a Career, VVC 2001
Nonlinear Elliptical Boundary Value Problems, MAA Southwest Regional Conference, 2000
Bifurcation Diagrams and Stability of Critical Points, NAU Applied Math Seminar Series, 2000

Publications

Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Tenth Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2014
Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Ninth Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2014
Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Ninth Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2011
Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Eighth Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2011
Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Eighth Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2007
Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Seventh Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2007
Instructor’s Solution Manual for Calculus for the Life Sciences, by Bittinger, Brand, and Quintanella, Addison-Wesley 2006
Student’s Solution Manual for Calculus for the Life Sciences, by Bittinger, Brand, and Quintanella, Addison-Wesley 2006
Printed Test Bank for Introductory Statistics, Seventh Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2004
Printed Test Bank for Elementary Statistics, Sixth Edition, by Neil Weis, Addison-Wesley 2004
Nonlinear Elliptic Value Problems: A Numerical Approach, (Thesis), NAU 2000

Awards

Best Mentor Award, VVC Students 2019
Reverse Teacher’s Pet Award, VVC 2013
Students Choice Award, VVC 2010
Student Choice Award, VVC 2009
Student Choice Award, VVC 2008
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers 2006-2007
Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year, NAU 2000
Tutor of the Semester, ASU Athletics Department, 1995
Tutor of the Year, VVC 1991

Professional Organizations Membership

American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Society of Physics Students (SPS)
American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
American Mathematical Association for Two Year Colleges (AMATYC)
California Mathematics Council Community Colleges South (CMC^3-South)

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