Dan MacIsaac
Ph.D., AAPT Fellow; Professor & Chair of Physics, SUNY Buffalo State University; Physics Graduate Coordinator
- Role
- Professor of Physics at Buffalo State University
- Location
- Buffalo, NY, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Dan MacIsaac
Specialties: Physics, Physics Learning, Physics Education, Physics Teacher Preparation, STEM, STEM Learning, STEM Education, STEM teacher preparation, STEM Project Management, Science Communication, Editing
Experience
Professor of Physics
Aug 2002 — Present · Buffalo, NY, US
My interests: Physics, learning physics, fostering learning of introductory physics, physics learners, physics for teachers, graduate courses and programs in physics and physics education for teachers.Roles:Physics Dept Graduate Coordinator, advised over 125 graduate MSEd (Physics) students and 350 NYS physics teachers;Co-Principal Investigator for ISEP: Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering Partnership (National Science Foundation $10M Math Science Partnership project) with SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo Public Schools, Buffalo State College, Buffalo Museum of Science, PraxAir Corp and others 20••••17;Principal Investigator and co-PI Noyce Scholarship and Stipend Projects ($1.2M NSF) with Buffalo State and WNY Education Authorities 20••••16.past: Physics Dept Chair Pro-Tem, Dept of Earth Science and Science Education Chair, Buffalo State College Senator At Large, Senate Curriculum Committee, PI/co-PI of NSF STEMTP and other projects, K-12 STEM teacher in MB and BC Canada
Education
Mount Allison University
BEd, Mathematics and Science Educ
1985 — 1986
Purdue University
PhD, Physics Education
1990 — 1994
Mount Allison University
BSc, Physics
1979 — 1983
Memorial University of Newfoundland
no degree, Physical Oceanography
1984 — 1985
Purdue University
MS, Physics
1990 — 1994
The University of British Columbia
MA, Science Education
1988 — 1991
Skills
- Instructional Design
- Astronomy
- Courses
- Computational Physics
- Lecturing
- University Teaching
- Latex
- Curriculum Development
- Teacher Training
- Numerical Analysis
- Experimentation
- Theory
- Science
- Faculty Development
- Scientific Computing
- Science Education
- Educational Technology
- Student Affairs
- Curriculum Design
- Optics
- Spectroscopy
- Simulations
- Mathematica
- Higher Education Administration
- Higher Education
- Monte Carlo Simulation
- Physics
- Fortran
- Academic Advising
- Data Analysis
- Student Development
- Teaching
- Distance Learning
- Research
- Tutoring
- Applied Mathematics
- Grant Writing
- Physics Education
- College Teaching
- Nuclear Physics
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