Courses and Academic Resources
Dr. S's
Schedule
Fall 2025
Session 1
Research Academy I (IST2261)
Life More Abundant (LMA1101)
Rel and Intro QM (2251)
Science Outreach (1102)
Session 2
Research Academy II (IST2262)
Senior Seminar I (4495)
Senior Research (4494)
Science Outreach (1102)
Spring 2026
Session 3
A Day in the Life I (IST3361)
Research Group I (IST 4461)
Senior Seminar II (4496)
General Physics I (1115)
Science Outreach (1102)
Session 4
A Day in the Life II (IST3362)
Research Group II (IST 4462)
Honors Practicum (HNRS3310)
Science Outreach (1102)
Class Archives
Hall of Fame
Student Recommendation Guidelines
Grade Change Form
And more stuff...
Teaching and Learning Resources for the Interested Teacher
Quiz
#2 - The Montillation of Traxoline
Student Research
Talks
that have/can be presented for the general public
on my research and other interesting topics in physics:
Action Movie Physics! - a look at science done right, and not-so-right in action movies
The Ultimate Art of Physics (Amusement Park Physics)
Roller Coasters: A Book Done Right
Science of Flight (includes bird flight)
Lightning! - electricity and lightning demo show
Leadership: What it Takes to Succeed (my experience as an Ironman athlete)
Physics of Sports
Research and Discovery at Randolph College
The Physics of Electricity Generation and Renewable Resources
The State of the Art in Science Education
The Science of Misinformation: Pseudoscience in the Media
Cats and Buttered Bread: Rotational Dynamics and the Anti-Gravity Machine
Physics is Fun: Newton's Laws Demo Show
Who Wants to be a Technologyaire? Good Pedagogical Approaches to Technology in the Classroom
Architecture: Stress and Strain Lecture (Why Buildings Fall Down)
Optics, Optical Phenomena and the Eye
Helium Superfluidity and Other Oddities: Why I didn't get the Nobel Prize
Superfluidity and ideal two-dimensional systems: the beauty of 3He-4He films at low temperature.
Subpicosecond Absorption Spectroscopy of Band-Gap Excitation and Defect Formation in Alkali Halide Crystals
Faster! Brighter! The State of the Art in Ultrafast Laser Spectroscopy
Broadcast: Electromagnetic Waves in TV, Radio and Telephones
Digital Broadcast: Bits, Bytes and Electromagnetic Waves
Cool Helium: Complex Simplicity [discussion of the amazing properties of helium at low temperatures]