Dave Van Domelen


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Title
Associate Professor - Physical Science
Department
Physical Sciences

Education


  • B.S., Northeast Missouri State University
    Physics
  • PhD, The Ohio State University
    Physics

Previous Positions


PositionStartEnd
Instructor at Lyman-Briggs School of Michigan State University2000-08-012002-07-31
Director of Instructional Support at Kansas State University2002-08-012011-07-31
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physical Science at University of Nebraska at Kearney2011-08-012012-07-31
Adjunct Instructor at University of Nebraska at Kearney2013-02-012013-06-01
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at Cottey College2013-08-012014-06-30

Courses Taught at Amarillo College


Course IDCourse NameTerm
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2025SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2025SU
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2025SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2025SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2025SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2025SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2025SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2025SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2025FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2025FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2025FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2025FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2025FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2025FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2024SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2024SU
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2024SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2024SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2024SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2024SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2024SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2024FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2024FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2024FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2024FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2024FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2024FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2023SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2023SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2023SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2023SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2023SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2023SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2023SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2023SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2023FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2023FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2023FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2023FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2023FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2023FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2022SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2022SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2022SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2022SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2022SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2022SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2022FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2022FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2022FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2022FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2022FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2022FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2021SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2021SU
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2021SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2021SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2021SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2021SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2021SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2021SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2021FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2021FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2021FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2021FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2021FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2021FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2020SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2020SU
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2020SP
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2020SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2020SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2020SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2020SP
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2020SP
PHYSI-101-001Physics Club2020SP
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2020FA
PHYS-2425-001Principles of Physics I2020FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2020FA
PHYS-2425-002Principles of Physics I2020FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2020FA
PHYS-2426-001Principles of Physics II2020FA
PHYSI-101-001Physics Club2020FA

Other Credentials


Credential

Publications, Presentations, Public Works and Awards


Presentations:

“Heisenberg’s Hallway: A classical analogy to position uncertainty” - AAPT/APS Ohio Section Joint Meeting, Columbus, OH, April 1996

“Loop the Lab: A mechanics laboratory course using toys” - AAPT National Meeting, Denver, CO, August 1997 and AAPT Ohio Section Meeting, Oxford, OH, October 1997

“Toys In Motion” - AAPT National Meeting, Lincoln, NE, August 1998

“Collision?  What Collision?” - AAPT National Meeting, San Antonio, TX, August 1999

“The Physics Teacher Self-Assessment” - AAPT National Meeting, Madison, WI, August 2003

“Pencil and Paper Pitfalls: the PDD” (poster) - Physics Education Research Conference, Madison, WI, August 2003

“Some Random Observations" - AAPT National Meeting, Sacramento, CA, August 2004

“And Then A Collision Occurs” - AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse, NY, August 2006

“Going WILD While Staying Sane” - AAPT National Meeting, Greensboro, NC, August 2007

“Gender Differences in Conceptual Physics Lab Technology” (poster) - AAPT National Meeting, Edmonton, AB, August 2008 and Physics Education Research Conference, Edmonton, AB, August 2008

Publications:

Van Domelen, David, “An Artificial Right Hand Rule,” The Physics Teacher, 37, 500-501 (Nov. 1999)

Van Domelen, David, “A Pocket Electrostatics Demonstration,” The Physics Teacher, 41, 306 (May 2003)

Van Domelen, David, “Showing Area Matters: A Work of Friction,” The Physics Teacher, 48, 28-9 (Jan. 2010)

Van Domelen, David, “Gender Effects of Computer Use in a Conceptual Physics Lab Course,” The Physics Teacher, 48, 534-536 (Nov. 2010)

Van Domelen, David, “Wavetank in a Glass”, The Physics Teacher, 50, 56, (Jan 2012)

Van Domelen, David, “Binder Clip Optics Bench for Young’s Double Slit Experiment,” The Physics Teacher, 50, 116-117, (Feb 2012)

Van Domelen, David, “More ideas for projecting a rainbow,” (letter to editor), The Physics Teacher, 55, 132, (March 2017)

New Presentations

"Not So Fast, Pardner! - or What's A Neutrino, Why is the Speed of Light a Big Deal, and are Neutrinos going FTL?" - Talk given to STEM Research Club, Amarillo College, March 21 2019

"No, Your Clock Is Wrong - or A Brief Introduction to Special Relativity, an Even Briefer Look at General Relativity, and Why a Picture of a Black Hole is Impressive" - Talk given to 4th and 5th grades at St. Andrew's Episcopal School, May 10 2019