1. ABIGAIL R. MECHTENBERG
Assistant Professor Research, Founder & CEO
Physics & Environmental Studies Empower Energy Design
Colgate University www.empowerdesign.org
13 Oak Drive Mobile: +1.774.272.5711
Hamilton, NY 13346 Email: amechtenberg@colgate.edu
Global Voice and Text: +1.734.716.0432 Email: amechten@gmail.com
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RESEARCH INTERESTS
Socio-technical design research involving hybrid microgrid and vehicle power management focused
within an energy, sustainable development, and climate change nexus. Physics education and
experimental design. Global health risks associated with inaccessible, unaffordable and unreliable
electricity. Sustainable development involving: the interconnections between health, education, and
economics; renewable energy; and merging traditional with technological skills. Microgrid modeling
with uncertainty as well as known variability for robust design and control algorithms of power
management.
Geographic expertise: Africa; North America
EDUCATION
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, 2004-2009
Ph.D. in Applied Physics and M.S. in Physics
Research in Sustainable Energy Systems – Thesis: Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1997-1999
M.Ed. in Educational Psychology
Research in Physics Education and Item Response Theory analysis
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1994-1997
B.S. in Physics
Research in Nuclear Physics at Cyclotron Institute
POSITIONS HELD
Assistant Professor, Colgate University, 2014-present
Physics education, minigrid and hybrid vehicle control optimizations, and sustainable development.
Visiting Assistant Professor in Energy Systems, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, 2012-2014
Research in power management microgrids with and without vehicle integration for US and Uganda.
Research Scientist, Marsh Institute at Clark University and M&I Engineering at Northeastern University, 2012-present
Research expertise in energy for sustainable development and engineering co-design.
Visiting Assistant Professor in Environmental Science and Policy, Clark University, 2011-2012
Research expertise in sustainable energy systems – specializing in energy/development/climate change nexus.
Research Fellow in Mechanical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2010-2011
Research expertise in engineering design and control optimization for merging hybrid vehicles and building
microgrid (V2MG2V) system for US military Forward Operating Bases (FOBs).
Assistant Research Scientist in Applied Physics, University of Michigan, 2009-2011
Research expertise in engineering design and control optimization for US hybrid vehicles and Uganda
microgrids.
Associate Researcher at the African Studies Center, University of Michigan, 2009-2011
Directed and guided twenty visiting African professors in a multi-disciplinary research seminar to gain
expertise in becoming a global academic researcher.
Research Assistant in Applied Physics, University of Michigan, 2004-2009
Analyzed over 10,000 US vehicles fuel economy as well as 400+ Japanese vehicles status-quo and niche
vehicles to discuss four key policy implications for US CAFE regulations.

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University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 1997-1999
Analyzed the DIF (Differential Item Function) of the Force Concept Inventory exam questions by factoring
in gender using an advance psychometric analysis called Item Response Theory.
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, 1994-1996
Examined and simulated the factors involved in designing a detector-to measure the decay of GA-62-using
Monte Carlo algorithms for nuclear physics decays and scattering reactions. Detector was built using these
simulations.
PEER-REVIEW JOURNAL PUBLICATIONS
Abigail Mechtenberg, Moses Musaazi, Nancy Senabulya, Paul Musasizi, and Emmanuel Miyingo. Low HDI Nations’
Electricity Reliability: Hidden Energy Crises in Health Care. Risk Analysis, 2013. [accepted upon revisions]
Musaazi MK, Mechtenberg AR, Nakibuule J, Sensenig R, Miyingo E, Makanda JV, Hakimian A, Eckelman MJ,
Quantification of Social Equity in Life Cycle Assessment for Increased Sustainable Production of Sanitary
Products in Uganda, Journal of Cleaner Production (2013), doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.10.026.
Tulga Ersal, Changsun Ahn, John Whitefoot, Abigail R. Mechtenberg, Diane L. Peters, Ian A. Hiskens, Huei Peng,
Anna Stefanopoulou, Panos Y. Papalambros, Jeffrey L. Stein Coupling Between Component Sizing and
Regulation Capability in Microgrids. IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid, 2013.
Abigail Mechtenberg, Kendra Borchers, Emmanuel Miyingo, Farhan Hormasji, Amirtha Hariharan, John Vianney
Makanda, and Moses Musaazi. Human Power (HP) as a Viable Electricity Portfolio Option below 20
W/Capita. Energy for Sustainable Development, 2011. [Best Paper of the Year Nomination– Amulya K.N.
Reddy Award; chosen as Lead Article in June 2012]
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. Fuel Economy: From Niche to Status-quo Manufacturing. SAE International Journal of
Fuels and Lubricants. October 2009 vol. 2 no. 1104-117.
SELECTED OTHER PEER-REVIEW PUBLICATIONS
Abigail Mechtenberg and Diane Peters. Control of a 36 mode hybrid vehicle with driver option selection –
incorporating urban, suburban, and highway driving. ASME 2012 Dynamic Systems and Controls Conference
[invited conference paper]
Abigail Mechtenberg, Nancy Senabulya, Moses Musaazi, and John Vianney Makanda. Social-technical implications of
renewable energy sources – Africa health care case study including monte-carlo simulation. International
Symposium on Sustainable Systems and Technology: ISSST – IEEE, 2012.
John Whitefoot, Abigail Mechtenberg, Diane Peters, and Panos Papalambros. Optimal Component Sizing and
Forward-Looking Dispatch of an Electrical Microgrid for Energy Storage Planning. ASME International
Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference.
DETC2011-48513. [DAC –Best Paper Award]
Bawden, Kim, V. Prado, T. Seager, A. Mechtenberg, and E. Bennett. Ultra-Low Energy Army Installations.
Proceedings of the ASME 2011 Conference on Smart Materials, Adaptive Structures and Intelligent Systems,
SMASIS2011, September 18-21, 2011, Phoenix, Arizona, USA, SMASIS2011-5074.
Diane Peters, Abigail Mechtenberg, and John Whitefoot, Panos Papalambros. Model Predictive Control of a
Microgrid with Plug-in Vehicles: Error Modeling and the Role of Prediction Horizon. ASME 2011 Dynamic
Systems and Controls Conference [invited conference paper]
Prado V, Seager TP, Mechtenberg AR, Bennett E. 2011. Achieving Optimal Deployment of Renewable Energy
Technologies in the Battlefield. Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Symposium on Sustainable
Systems and Technology, Chicago IL, 16-18 May 2011.

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Abigail Mechtenberg. Fuel Economy – Fuel Economy: From Niche to Status-quo Manufacturing. Society of
Automotive Engineers, 2009 SAE World Congress – Technical Paper 09SDP-0022.
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. The Role of Mass in Fuel Economy and Safety of Automobiles. University of Michigan,
S4-Summer Institute Journal, 2004.
G.K. Ajupova, C.A. Gagliardi, Y.-W. Lui, A.A. Reid, R.P. Schmitt and H.M. Xu. Progress in Research, 1995-1995,
Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University, p. 69.
BOOKS OR BOOK CHAPTERS
Abigail Mechtenberg. Thesis: Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis. Committee Members: Brad Orr,
Marc Ross, Roy Clark, Jean Krisch, and Rebecca Hardin. University of Michigan, 2009.
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg, Jacqueline D. Spears and Paul Hewitt. Media Workbook Conceptual Physics Update, tenth
edition. Addison Wesley, 2009. ISBN 9780321548351
Abigail Mechtenberg. Fuel Economy: From Niche to Status-quo Manufacturing. In S. Das (Editor), Sustainable
Mobility Applications for Engineering. Detroit, Michigan, USA: SAE International, 2009. [invited book
chapter]
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg and Paul Hewitt. Media Workbook Conceptual Physics ninth edition. Addison Wesley,
2004. ISBN 0-8053-9034-0.
SIGNIFICANT WORKING PAPERS OR BOOKS (all available upon request)
Abigail Mechtenberg, Zachary Gennett, Beverly Jaeger, Thomas Seager and Jacqueline Isaacs. Sustainability in
Engineering Education: Shortfall Computer Game capturing the Necessity to Teach All Three Pillars –
especially Social Capital. Journal of Engineering Education [to be submitted in ~1-3 months]
Abigail Mechtenberg, Moses Musaazi, Scott Hubbert, and Katy Cleminson, Emmanuel Miyingo. Locally Built African
Microgrids Viable with(out) Stagnant Centralized Grids. Energy Policy [to be submitted in ~3 months]
Abigail Mechtenberg and Amanya Tadeo. Physics-Centric Energy Education from Case Study in US and Uganda.
American Journal of Physics Teacher. [to be submitted in ~6 months]
Moses Musaazi, Abigail Mechtenberg, Chantal Roberts, Paul Kimera, Martin Mechtenberg, Jjuuko Kwagala. Granary
for Food as well as Water Tank and Filter, and Housing with Interlocking Bricks for Local SSA African
Sustainable Development Design-based Villages. Design Studies, 2012. [in-preparation]
Abigail Mechtenberg, Diane Peters, and Christopher Depick. Design and control of a 36 mode hybrid vehicle with
driver option selection – incorporating urban, suburban, and highway driving. International Journal of
Vehicle Design. [in-preparation]
Diane Peters and Abigail Mechtenberg. Model Predictive Control of a Microgrid with Plug-in Vehicles: Error
Modeling and the Role of Prediction Horizon – Storage is Vital. Journal of Power Systems. [in-preparation]
Abigail Mechtenberg. Physics of Energy Textbook, Homer Energy Simulation Activities and Lego Laboratories [in-
preparation with rough drafts being vetted in classrooms and workshops before submission].
Abigail Mechtenberg, Tom Wenzel, Deena Patel, and Marc Ross. Fuel Economy and Safety: Second-Hand Crash
Deaths. [findings on-line].
PRESENTATIONS /WORKSHOPS
Harvard University, 2015 Eric Mazur Research Group Presentation
Abigail Mechtenberg. Hybrid Vehicle/Mini-Grid Energy Systems: Physics Education, Design and Controls,
and International Development

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American Association of Physics Teachers, 2014 National Meeting
Abigail Mechtenberg. Workshop Leader for Physics of Energy with Innovative Energy Experimental
Laboratories and Homer Energy-based Virtual Laboratories.
Colgate University, 2014 Physics Colloquium
Abigail Mechtenberg. Hybrid Vehicle/Mini-Grid Energy Systems: Physics Education, Design and Controls,
and International Development
MIT, D-Labs, 2013
Abigail Mechtenberg. Weaving Wind Turbine Blades Design Basics and Initial Prototype Results (200 Watts).
Rethink Relief: Looking Beyond Emergencies Conference.
American Association of Physics Teachers, 2013 National Meeting
Abigail Mechtenberg. Workshop Leader for Physics of Energy with Innovative Energy Experimental
Laboratories and Homer Energy-based Virtual Laboratories.
ASU, School of Sustainability, Sustainability Series, 2012
Abigail Mechtenberg. Electricity Innovation and Health Care in the Developing World.
MIT, D-Labs, 2012
Abigail Mechtenberg, Amy Smith. Empower Design and MIT-DLabs workshop on Gender, Technology, and
Development.
Clark University: 3 Seminar Series Talk, 2011-2012
Abigail Mechtenberg. (1) Human Power as a Viable Electricity Portfolio Option below 20 Watts/Capita, (2)
Unreliable and Unavailable Electricity in Hospitals in Developing Countries, and (3) Microgrid Development
with Locally Designed and Built Electricity Generating Devices.
American Association of Physics Teachers, 2011 and 2012 National Meeting
Abigail Mechtenberg. (1) W09 Workshop Leader called Physics of Energy, (2) Invited Talk – BG02 Energy
and Power Density in Society, and (3) Contributed Talk – Physics of Energy – From Uganda to US. SM10.
TARDEC 2-Series Invited Talk, 2011
Abigail Mechtenberg, Tulga Ersal. (1) Vehicle Supported Military Microgrids: Design, Scheduling, and
Regulation for a Forward Operating Base – ARC sponsored. (2) US Security even in African Microgrids –
MMPEI sponsored. [invited speaker]
Automotive Research Conference 2011 17th Annual ARC Conference
Erik Kallio, Abigail Mechtenberg, Tulga Ersal. Vehicle Supported Military Microgrids: Design, Scheduling,
and Regulation for a Forward Operating Base. Case Study 3, 2011. [invited speaker]
Sustainable Engineering and the Built Environment, Arizona State University, 2011
Abigail Mechtenberg. Human Power as a Viable Electricity Option for Emerging Microgrids in Africa. An
Energy-Poverty-Climate Nexus Seminar.
Society of Risk Analysis, 2010 National Meeting
Abigail Mechtenberg. Designing multiple back-up energy systems for an unreliable power grid in Uganda to
evolve over time into a reliable and renewable microgrid. Symposium: Challenges & Opportunities at the
Infra-Envi Nexus, M2-E.3250F. [invited speaker]
American Association of Physics Teachers, 2010 National Meeting
Abigail Mechtenberg. Deconstructing the Organization used by U.S. Physicists Teaching Energy with a Case
Study Collaboration in Africa. SM10.
American Association of Physics Teachers, 2009 National Meeting
Abigail Mechtenberg. Electricity Production Designs in Uganda with Physics of Energy Curriculum. Teaching
Physics Around the World: Part 2, HE01.
Society of Automotive Engineers, 2009 World Congress
Abigail Mechtenberg. Two-Fuel Hybrid, 3-Level Optimization Feasibility Study. Society of Automotive
Engineers, Technical Oral Presentation 09B-0417.

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Engineering Systems Division Research Seminar, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis: US Regulation and Human
Development Impacts in Uganda.
Energy Resource Group Colloquium, University of California, Berkeley, 2009
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis: US Regulation and Human
Development Impacts in Uganda.
Strategic Energy Analysis and Applications Center Research Seminar, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 2009
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. Electricity at Virika Hospital in Fort Portal, Uganda: One Solution with Locally
Designed and Built Energy Producing Devices.
Applied Physics Research Seminar, University of Michigan, 2009
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis: US Regulation and Human
Development Impacts in Uganda.
Engineering and Public Policy Research Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University, 2009
Abigail Reid Mechtenberg. Understanding the Importance of an Energy Crisis: US Regulation and Human
Development Impacts in Uganda.
Physics Department Colloquium, University of California, Santa Barbara, 1998
Abigail Reid and Jean Carlson. The Physics Department's Demonstration Show to the Surrounding Santa
Barbara K-12 Schools.
American Physical Society, PS Zone 13, 1996
Reid, A., Gagliardi, C.A., Tribble, Decay of GA62, Building a Germanium Detector.
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Colgate University, Hamilton, NY
Assistant Professor in Energy Systems, Fall 2014 – Spring 2015
− Taught PHYS 131, 334, and 410. Created new simulation-based experimental design projects in PHYS 334
(special relativity and intro to quantum mechanics) and had three undergraduate thesis projects which were
published in Colgate’s research book.
− Created and taught ENST 240: Sustainability – Science and Analysis and ENST 242 Sustainable Urbanism:
Energy and Design which was cross listed with the ARTS department
Franklin W. Olin College, Needham, US
Visiting Assistant Professor in Energy Systems, Fall 2012 – Spring 2014
− Created and taught Design of Energy Systems for Design Depth course with complete syllabi, laboratories
and final design depth student projects available upon request. Design focused on Optimization.
− Teaching 3 courses with innovative team teaching between Olin College, Wellesley College, and Babson
College: (1) Energy Systems in Urban Design, (2) Affordable Design and Entrepreneurship, (3) Sustainability
Synthesis.
Clark University, Worcester, US
Visiting Assistant Professor, Fall 2011 – Spring 2012
− Taught 4 courses: graduate courses titled Climate Change, Energy, and Development; Global Renewable
Energy Systems; Field Methods in Energy, Air, and Water Quality; and senior capstone undergraduate
research course for Environmental Science and Policy students
− Created 2 of these courses with complete syllabi and final graduate student projects available upon request:
Global Renewable Energy Systems; and Field Methods in Energy, Air, and Water Quality
Makerere University (MU), Kampala, Uganda
Visiting Lecturer, 2010 – Present
− Teaching and designing an innovative team-taught physics and business of energy course to local
entrepreneurs engineers, and technicians: bicycle generator, merry-go-round generator, back-up surgical lamp.
− Team-taught with Moses Musaazi, an electrical engineering professor at MU

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Mountains of the Moon University (MMU), Fort Portal, Uganda
Visiting Lecturer, 2008 – Present
− Teaching and designing this physics and business of energy course to local entrepreneurs and technicians:
bicycle generator, merry-go-round generator, back-up surgical lamp, hydroelectric, and wind turbine to date.
− Team-taught with John Vianney Makanda, a business professor at MMU
Concordia University, Ann Arbor, MI 48105
Adjunct Physics Faculty, 2007 – 2008
− Teaching and designing an innovative introductory physics course called Energy, Temperature, and Heat
− A lab-based course on the physics of energy including international energy consumption and generation
issues.
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI 48106
Adjunct Physics Faculty, 2003 – 2004
− Taught algebra-based Physics 111 and Physics 122 to pre-med and general science students
− Awarded Model Faculty award
St. Mary’s College, South Bend, IN
Adjunct Physics Faculty, 2003
− Taught calculus-based Physics 218 to biology students
Secondary School for Law, Journalism, and Research, Brooklyn, NY
Physics High School Teacher, 2001-2002
− Provided student’s mathematical and conceptual understanding of physics at a hard to staff urban NYC
school.
− Designed and implemented a Lego robotics laboratory curriculum.
− Wrote four action plans for the school’s formal district Comprehensive Education Plan.
− Developed curriculum, laboratories and projects for all four subjects: AP calculus, physics, electronics, and
computer repair and maintenance.
Florence Unified School District, Florence, AZ
Physics, Calculus, Electronics, and Computer Teacher, 2000-2001
− Taught 11-12th year Physics, Calculus, Intel Electronics, and Motorola’s Computer Repair and Maintenance
at a hard to staff rural Arizona school.
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Physics Graduate Student Instructor, 1997-1999
− Taught an array of lower-level and upper-level undergraduate discussion and laboratory sections.
− Graduate student instructor of the year, 1999.
EXTERNAL RESEARCH FUNDING AWARDS
Colgate University - Hamilton, NY $95,000
Energy and Sustainable Development Laboratory
PI: Abigail Mechtenberg
USAID - Borlaug, United States of America $20,000
Stakeholder Valuation of Post-Harvest Storage Technologies in Sub-Saharan Africa with Local
Innovation, 2013-2014
Co-PI: Chantal Roberts, Abigail Mechtenberg
Bosch International, United States of America $5,000
Pilot program for Bosch Generators within our Empowering Ugandans to Power Uganda, 2011-2012
PI: Abigail Mechtenberg

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National Science Foundation, United States of America $750,000
RCN-SEES (OISE - 1140190): Sustainable Energy Systems, 2011-2016
PI: Thomas Seager, Co-PI: Abigail Mechtenberg
African Studies Center – University of Michigan’s Energy Institute, Ann Arbor, MI $10,000
Electricity and Human Development Pilot Program, 2010
PI: Abigail Mechtenberg
Highlighted in http://www.ii.umich.edu/asc/aboutus/newsletters in 2009 November issue
Michigan Memorial Phoenix Energy Institute – University of Michigan’s Energy Institute, Ann Arbor, MI $10,000
Electricity and Human Development Devices, 2009
PI: Abigail Mechtenberg
Office of Vice President and Research – Energy Section, Ann Arbor, MI $50,000
Energy and Human Development, 2008
PI: Marc Ross, Co-PI: Abigail Mechtenberg
Highlighted in http://research.umich.edu/?s=mechtenberg
HONORS AND LEADERSHIP
Colgate University, 2015
Faculty of the Year Award (The Oak Award)
Sustainability Office based on student nominations of faculty impacts (Energy research and ENST courses)
Energy for Sustainable Development, 2012
Lead Article: dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.esd.2011.12.006
Nominated for the Amulya K.N. Reddy Price, 2011, but chosen as Lead Article in June 2012.
Society of American Military Engineers, 2011
Honorable Mention for the 2011 SAME Sustainability Award for Army FOB Energy Quality Analysis
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, 2011
Best Paper Award: DETC2011-48513
Selected and awarded by the Design Automation Committee (DAC’s Best Paper Award), 2011.
Society of Automotive Engineers, 2009 World Congress
Technical Paper, 09SDP-0022, chosen to be included in SAE Special Publication SP-2258: Sustainable
Mobility Applications for Engineering, 2009.
American Council of Energy Efficient Economy, USA
Fellowship under Marc Ross, 2008
United States Government, USA
National Science Foundation – Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention, 2005
Center for the Education of Women, Ann Arbor, MI
Margaret Dow Towsley Scholar Fellowship, 2005
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Rackham Science Award, 2004
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, MI
Model Faculty Award, 2004
Secondary School for Law, Journalism and Research, Brooklyn, NY
School Leadership Team, 2002
Safety Committee, 2002
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Teaching Assistant Teacher of the Year, 1998
Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
General Electric and Welch Fellowship for Nuclear Physics Research
President of Physics Society
All-American Water Polo Player, USA, 1989

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OUTREACH/PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Empower Design
International R&D-Based Organization, 2008 - present
Created, designed, found funding for, and direct this international organization to Empower Countries to
Power Their Country. Currently focuses on micro-grid development in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) with locally
designed and built electricity generating devices. Goal is to take curriculum and R&D results throughout SSA
technical institutes and universities and create new renewable energy markets that are sustainable.
Web Site: www.empowerdesign.org
Engineering of Energy Workshops/Camps, 2010-present
Created, designed, found funding for, and directed this STEM-US and Africa educational and engineering
workshop/summer camps. Focuses on energy designs of wind turbines, hydroelectric generators, solar cars
and boats and designing microgrids with batteries, capacitors, and fuel cell storage devices. Majority of money
goes to R&D projects in Uganda for our Empowering Ugandans to Empower Uganda program.
Web Site: engineeringofenergy.wix.com/home
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Empower Design (student organization), 2007 – 2011
Created, designed, found funding for, and directed this STEM-Africa educational and engineering design
program. Focuses on energy policy issues directed at relations between electricity and human development:
health, education, and economic development.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
M-Heal (student organization), 2007 - 2008
Voted into Design Project Lead position for 2008-2009. Directing the design and redesign team for building
lighting appliance which will be sent with World Medical Relief equipment shipments to developing countries
around the world.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Women In Science and Engineering’s Summer Camp for GISE, Summers 2005 - 2008
Volunteered for and then directed WISE/GISE program. Went from scattered curriculum to a cohesive
curriculum based around hybrid energy production, storage, and consumption using a comprehensive set of
built kits and advanced demonstrations.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Physics Olympiad, Summers 2006 - 2008
Volunteered and then directed Super Collider event for high school student physics competition. Organized
and implement twelve teams in the event including a quiz. Event and quiz used to calculate and determine
top three winners.
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Michigan Mathematics and Science Scholars (MMSS), Summers 2006 - 2008
Graduate student instructor for the Magic of Physics two-week session.
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
Physics Circus, 1997 - 1999
Created, designed, found funding for, and directed this outreach program. Now in its 12th year, the Physics
Circus is an outreach program that travels to every public school in Santa Barbara in a three-year cycle.
EDUCATIONAL WRITING, EDITING, AND MANAGING
Empower Design, Independent Publishing
Energy Physics within US and Ugandan Context Textbook Author, June 2008 – present
− Working author of Homer Energy textbook for sustainability and policy students
− Working author of Physics and Business of Energy textbooks used in our 3 Ugandan programs

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Addison-Wesley, San Francisco, CA 94162
Freelance Physics Textbook Editor/Author, June 2005 – 2010
− Author of Media Workbook for Paul Hewitt’s Conceptual Physics textbook
− Author of Physics Place workbook for Conceptual Physics and Chemistry under Lothlorien Homet
− Editor and author for instructor power point presentations
Addison-Wesley, San Francisco, CA 94162
Physics Textbook Editor/Author, December 2003 – August 2004
− Author of Physics Place workbook for Conceptual Physics under Liana Allday
− Made suggestions for introductory college calculus-based Physics textbook under Alice Houston
JOURNAL AND/OR CONFERENCE REVIEWER
American Association of Mechanical Engineers (DETC)
Energy for Sustainable Development (ESD)
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
PROFESSION ASSOCIATIONS
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), since 2005
Nature, since 2009
American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), since 2009
Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), since 2005
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE), since 2009
Society of Women Engineers (SWE), since 2009
Women in Science and Engineering (WISE), since 2005
American Physical Society (APS), off-and-on since 1997
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), since 2007
WEB SITES
Empower Design International Organization Web Site – Empowering Ugandans to Power Uganda
Flash-based: http://www.empowerdesign.org
HTML-based: https://sites.google.com/site/empowerdesign2011/
Some old videos: https://sites.google.com/site/empowerdesign2011/Uganda
Physics of Energy Web Sites – curriculum for policy makers, engineers, technicians, as well as scientists
http://www.physicsofenergy.org
https://sites.google.com/site/physicsofenergy/
Field Methods for Air, Water, and Energy Quality graduate course
https://sites.google.com/site/fieldmethodsairwaterenergy/
Special Relativity and Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
https://sites.google.com/site/phys334s2015/