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knowledge of the subject is not only theoretical; for
a decade she taught high school physics at Mountain View High School
in Marana, and in 1997 was named a finalist for the Teacher of the Year
in the State of Arizona. She received her Ph.D. in Education, with a
minor in Physics, at the University of Arizona in 1993, and has considerable
research experience in curriculum development, technology utilization
in the classroom, and educational software development.
Both Keith and Ingrid will be profiled in greater depth in a separate
column in this newsletter. We are extremely pleased that they will be
joining us, and welcome them to the department.
I think that it is fair to say that the past academic year was one of
the department's most successful in recent memory. We have branched
out in numerous directions, covering all aspects of our mission: research,
education, and service. We have added new research programs in string
theory, the physics of nanostructures, biological motors and cellular
energy transduction, and secondary science education. Our new IGERT
lab (discussed in the Summer 1998 issue of Physics Matters), designed
to train graduate students at the interface of physics, mathematics,
and biology, is about to start operation. Our new Master's Program in
Industrial and Applied Physics, helped along by a Sloan Foundation Grant,
is almost ready to accept new graduate students, at the same time increasing
our interactions with both local and national industries.
On the undergraduate teaching front, the department was honored last
spring with the University-Wide Meritorious Teaching Award, and many
individual faculty members received university awards in recognition
of their excellence in
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Daniel
L. Stein