UWW Physics Teachers Lunch Group

• October 20, 2006. Web Resources for Teaching Physics
• October 6, 2006. Teaching Physics vs. Learning Physics
• September 15, 2006. Introduction to Physics Education Research
• September 8, 2006. Teaching Physics with Songs

Invited Talks

• November 3, 2006. UWW Science Alliance. Presented talk. (5.7 MB)
• May 6, 2005. Hosted the Physics Department Colloquium: Provided a brief introduction to the video A. Einstein "How I See the World"
• November 14, 2003. University of Wisconsin - Whitewater Physics Department Colloquium: Student Learning Preference Styles in Introductory Physics: Implications for Our Courses

Conferences, presentations, and participatory events that I have recently been involved with:

• August 1, 2007. 2007 Summer AAPT National Meeting, Greensboro, NC. Presented Talk: Implementing LabVIEW in an Intermediate Physics Laboratory. Abstract, PPT Slides (2.5 MB).
• June 25, 2007. AAPT/APS New Physics/Astronomy Workshop Reunion, College Park, MD. Presented poster: Incorporating National Instruments LabVIEW into an Intermediate Laboratory Experience
• October 27, 2006. WAPT regional meeting, Wausau, WI. Presented talk: A DVD of Radioactive Decay Experiments. (3.5 MB)
• July 26, 2006. 2006 Summer AAPT National Meeting, Syracuse, NY. Presented Poster: Undergraduate Student Laboratory Experience at the Synchrotron Radiation Center abstract poster (4.4 MB ppt)
• July 26, 2006. Physics Education Research Conference (PERC), Syracuse, NY. Presented Poster: A DVD on Basic Neutron Activation and Radioactive Decay Experiments for High Schools and Introductory Physics Courses abstract poster (3.5 MB ppt)
• October 28, 2005. WI/IA/MN APT regional meeting. Decorah IA. Presented talk: Student Experiences at the Synchrotron Radiation Center.
• August 10, 2005. 2005 Summer AAPT National Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT. Presented paper: A New Faculty's Perspective on Introducing the PET Curriculum. Abstract At the related 2005 PERC Physics Education Research Conference I presented a poster (1.7 MB) on the same topic. Abstract.
• August 4, 2003. 127^th AAPT National Meeting. Madison, WI. Presented paper: Investigating Learning Style Preferences for Conceptual Physics Students (ppt file), abstract, and a poster: Cage Lab : A Low-Cost Apparatus for the Demonstration of Rotational Motion in an Undergraduate Program (ppt file). abstract The CageLab was entered into the Advanced Laboratory apparatus competition where it received the top prize of second place.
• 2002 AAPT New Physics Faculty Workshop, College Park, MD.
• 2002 Wisconsin AAPT meeting, Steven's Point, WI
• 2001 Wisconsin AAPT meeting, Presented: Testing the Equivalence of Visual and Auditory Graphs in Physics. AA10, 1/5/98.
• Denver, CO. Summer '97
• Lewis & Clark College, Portland, OR. Regional spring '97. I gave a talk on the TRIANGLE program there.
• Reno, NV. Winter '96.
• Gonzaga University, Spokane, WA. Summer '95. I gave a juggling demonstration at this meeting.

• 2005 March Meeting, Los Angeles, CA March 20 - 24. Participated in the New Faculty Workshop/Reunion program.

CSUN Center on Disabilities

• '97
  
• '98 Co-presented two talks at this conference, as well as displayed information at the OSU/Viewplus Technologies booth:
  
  1) DotsPlus: A How-To Demo for Making Tactile Figures & Formations.
  
  2) TRIANGLE: Tri-Modal Access to Text, Tables, Equations, Graphs and Calculations.
  

Closing The Gap: Computer Technology in Special Education and Rehabilitation: '96, '97.

DaVinci Days.

• '97 Participated in the Trebuchet demonstration.
• '98 Organized the Science Access Project displays at the TAFE booth.

International Conference on Auditory Display

• ICAD'96 at Palo Alto, CA. Talk: TRIANGLE, A Practical Application of Non-Speech Audio for Imparting Information.
  
• ICAD'97 at Palo Alto, CA. Talk: During the open mic session I gave a presentation on my current sonification methods. I displayed a web page containing current sonified graphs during the talk. There is also a description of how I made the sound graphs.
  Poster: Testing the Equivalence of Visual and Auditory Graphs.

IFIP'98 World Computer Congress

ITEC'98 Portland

OSU Graduate Student Conference:

• '97 Presented a talk about the TRIANGLE program the pilot study I was constructing.
  
• '98 Presented: Testing the Equivalence of Visual and Auditory Graphs in Physics
  
• '99 Presented: Students' Ability to Answer Physics Questions Using Auditory Graphs.

Pacific Northwest Association for College Physics:

• '99 Presented: Students' Ability to Answer Physics Questions Using Auditory Graphs.

University of Oregon 1998 Summer Seminar: Teaching Introductory Physics Using Interactive Teaching Methods and Computers.

Publications:

S. C. Sahyun, J. M. Polak, and C. J. Moore. Undergraduate student laboratory experience at the Synchrotron Radiation Center American Journal of Physics, November 2006, Volume 74, Issue 11, pp. 987-991

S. C. Sahyun and P. J. Siemens. CageLab: A low-cost apparatus to demonstrate rotational motion for advanced undergraduates American Journal of Physics, June 2005, Volume 73, Issue 6, pp. 566-570

S. Sahyun A Comparison of Auditory and Visual Graphs for Use in Physics and Mahtematics Ph.D. Thesis, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR. 1999.

S. Sahyun. Mode Transitions of an External Cavity Diode Laser. (1992) M.S. Thesis, Montana State University, Bozeman, MT.

R.Penland, R. Cormakc, J. Carsten, S. Sahyun, and K. M. Johnson. (1990) Holographic Sundial, Optics Letters 15 (17) pp. 929-31.

sahyuns@uww.edu