Curriculum Vita for Michael C. Faleski

Curriculum Vita for Michael C. Faleski


	Contact Information	Education
	Work History	Presentations
	Publications	Organizations
	Awards	Miscellany
	Course Links (for students)
	NILOA paper
	The PhysicsBowl

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Address

Dr. Michael C. Faleski - D153
Physics Department
Delta College
1961 Delta Rd.
University Center, MI 48710

Phone: (989) 686-9495
Email: michaelfaleski@delta.edu

EDUCATION:

Ph.D. Syracuse University -               Syracuse, N.Y. (2001) - Physics
M.S.  Syracuse University -               Syracuse, N.Y. (1996) - Physics
B.S.  Rochester Institute of Technology - Rochester, N.Y.(1993) - Physics
 Certificate… completion of Future Professoriate Project   Syracuse, NY (2001)

WORK HISTORY:

Delta College (2003 - present):University Center, MI

	Professor of Physics                            July, 2015 - present				
	Associate Professor of Physics                  July, 2010 - June, 2015				
	Assistant Professor of Physics                  July, 2007 - June, 2010				
	Tenured                                         July, 2007					
	Instructor of Physics                           July, 2003 - June, 2007				

Courses Taught

	PHY 101 (Applied Physics... algebra-based)
	PHY 111 (General Physics... trig-based)
	PHY 211 (Physics I......... calc-based)
	PHY 212 (Physics II........ calc-based)
	PHY 213 (Special Relativity)
	PHY 291 (Special Projects in Physics)
	SOC 242W (Nanotechnology)

College Committees/Work

	Budget Cabinet Member				(2014 - present)
		Chair 					(2016 - present)
	Student Learning Assessment Committee 		(2010 - present)
		Chair 					(2014 - present)
	AQIP Systems Portfolio Steering Committee 	(2016 - present)
	AQIP Team 					(2016 - present)
	CQIN Team 					(2016 - present)
	Institutional Effectiveness & Strategic Planning(2015 - present)
	Data Ambassador's Team 				(2016 - present)
	Curriculum Council 				(2010 - present)
	Physics Assessment Coordinator 			(2005 - present)
	Calendar Committee 				(2005 - 2010) 
		Chair 					(2008 - 2010)
	Clicker Committee Chair 			(2007 - 2008, 2014)
	Physics Discipline Chair 			(2009 - 2013)
	Society of Physics Students Chapter Advisor 	(2005 - 2009)
	
	Wrote text for PHY 101 (Applied Physics) course

The Maine School of Science of Mathematics (1999 - 2003):Limestone, ME

Courses Taught
	Physics:
		Honors Physics 				(year-long, algebra-based)
		AP Physics B 				(year-long, trig-based)
		AP Physics C: Mechanics 		(semester-long, calc-based)
		AP Physics C: E & M 			(semester-long, calc-based)
		University Physics III 			(semester-long, calc-based Thermo, Optics, Waves)
		Modern Physics 				(semester-long, calc-based)
	Mathematics:
		Problem Solving 			(year-long)
		Chaos and Fractals 			(semester-long)
	Short Courses (2 weeks)
		Games of Strategy (Chess and Bridge... taught the chess portion)
		Problem Solving
		Special Relativity and Quantum Mechanics

Student Accomplishments: MSSM Student Accomplishments

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS:

Date	Presentation	Title	Organization	Location
4/8/17	Talk	Give an example of...	MIAAPT	Southfield, MI

4/9/16	Talk	Counter-intuitive results from collisions involving rotation	MIAAPT	Bloomfield Hills, MI
4/9/16	Poster	Perfectly inelastic collisions with a stick	MIAAPT	Bloomfield Hills, MI

10/3/15	Talk	Rolling with and without slipping	MIAAPT	Interlochen, MI
10/3/15	Poster	Rolling with and without slipping	MIAAPT	Interlochen, MI
4/11/15	Talk	That's a nice trick... but is it "doing" physics	MIAAPT	Ann Arbor, MI
2/23/15	Talk	Institutional Student Learning Outcomes	Valencia Conference (Assessment)	Orlando, FL

4/12/14	Workshop	Series and Parallel Connections Activity for resistors and capacitors	MIAAPT	Kalamazoo, MI
1/4-7/14	Poster	The PhysicsBowl - A Contest for High Schools	AAPT	Orlando, FL

10/12/13	Talk	Questions, questions, more questions... clickers in the classroom	MIAAPT	Roscommon, MI
7/13/13	Presentation	Provided materials for "Critical Thinking" by Keith Clay	TYC AAPT	Portland, OR
3/6/13	Invited Talk	Peer Instruction and the use of clickers in the TYC classroom	NSF/AAPT	University Center, MI
1/9/13	Poster	The PhysicsBowl - A Contest for High Schools	AAPT	New Orleans, LA

11/3/12	Poster	Learning Chemistry in a chemical technology program	MCCTA	University Center, MI
10/6/12	Talk	Using the voltmeter as the R in an RC circuit	MI AAPT	Holland, MI
7/31/12	Poster	The PhysicsBowl - A Contest for High Schools	AAPT	Philadelphia, PA
7/29/12	Invited Talk	Peer Instruction and the use of clickers in the TYC classroom	NSF/AAPT	Philadelphia, PA
4/21/12	Workshop	Writing about circuits conceptually	MI AAPT	Allendale, MI
2/4/12	Talk	Clickers as an integral part of your course	AAPT - TYC Meeting	Ontario, CA

10/8/11	Talk	Not so fast... confusion may not be the student's fault!	MI AAPT	Dearborn, MI
7/30 - 8/2/11	Poster	Visualizing and conceptualizing linear momentum	AAPT	Omaha, NE
4/16/11	Talk	Observing and visualizing linear momentum	MI AAPT	Allendale, MI
2/26/11	Workshop	Linear momentum is fun!	MSTA	Lansing, MI
1/10/11	Poster	The PhysicsBowl - A Contest for High Schools	AAPT	Jacksonville, FL

10/2/10	Talk	A 'Simple' circuit with capacitors	MI AAPT	Dearborn, MI
7/18-20/10	Poster	A free body diagram activity using connected moving masses	AAPT	Portland, OR
7/19/10	Poster	The PhysicsBowl - A Contest for High Schools	AAPT	Portland, OR
7/17/10	Talk	Peer Instruction and the Use of Clickers in the TYC Classroom	AAPT - TYC Meeting	Portland, OR
7/17/10	Workshop	Writing about circuits conceptually	AAPT - TYC Meeting	Portland, OR

10/10/09	Talk	The PhysicsBowl - marking its 25th year	MI AAPT	Midland, MI
7/27-29/09	Poster	Color as a tool in the college classroom	AAPT	Ann Arbor, MI
7/28/09	Poster	AAPT's PhysicsBowl - a contest for high school students	AAPT	Ann Arbor, MI
7/28/09	Invited Talk	TYC faculty do have something to say in AJP!	AAPT	Ann Arbor, MI
3/28/09	Talk	Teaching energy before work but after linear momentum	MI AAPT	East Lansing, MI

10/11/08	Talk	A Friction Experiment with Inclined Planes	MI AAPT	Port Huron, MI
10/11/08	Poster	The PhysicsBowl - A Contest for High School Students	MI AAPT	Port Huron, MI
7/21-23/08	Poster	The Driven RLC Circuit	AAPT	Edmonton, AB, CA
7/22/08	Talk	The 'Essay' Lab	AAPT	Edmonton, AB, CA
4/12/08	Talk	Circuit Connections through Construction, Calculation, and Composition	MI AAPT	Kalamazoo, MI

7/30/07	Poster	Circuit Connections through Construction, Calculation, and Composition	AAPT	Greensboro, NC
7/30/07	Poster	Teaching Work/Energy as Energy/Work	AAPT	Greensboro, NC
3/16/07	Workshop	Friction Coefficients and Inclines... with a twist	MSTA	Grand Rapids, MI

10/14/06	Talk	Colorful Connections	MI AAPT	Dearborn, MI
3/3/06	Workshop	Series and Parallel Connections: Activity and Approach for Simple Circuits	MSTA	Lansing, MI
3/3/06	Workshop	The "Essay Lab:" Circuit Physics using Measurement and Writing	MSTA	Lansing, MI
1/5/06	Workshop	Teaching Work&Energy as Energy&Work	Delta College	University Center, MI

10/15/05	Talk	The Physics of Related-Rate Problems	MI AAPT	Roscommon, MI
4/9/05	Talk	Material and Geometry in Introductory Physics	MI AAPT	Allendale, MI

4/17/04	Talk	Oscillations in Series RLC Circuits	MI AAPT	Grand Rapids, MI

10/11/03	Talk	The 'Essay Lab'	MI AAPT	East Lansing, MI

11/6/97	Poster	Free Body Diagram Tutorial	Syracuse Univ.	Syracuse, NY

College Presentations

Date	Presentation	Title	Delta Organization	Location
3/25/15	Talk	Energy: it's everywhere and yet so difficult to describe	Science seminar	University Center, MI
8/22/12	Poster	Physics Assessment	Learning Days	University Center, MI
8/22/12	Poster	Learning chemistry in a chemical technology program	Learning Days	University Center, MI
3/16/10 5/20/09 12/12/08 11/12/08	Talk	Clickers in the Classroom	Center for Organizational Success	University Center, MI
8/26/09	Talk	Clickers in the Classroom	Academic Services	University Center, MI
8/25/09 5/20/09	Talk	Interacting with "Nano" and the course at Delta	Academic Services Center for Organizational Success	University Center, MI
1/10/09	Talk	Clickers in the Classroom	Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence	University Center, MI
5/19/06 5/20/05	Poster	Physics Assessment - 2006 Physics Assessment	Delta College Assessment Retreat	Bay City, MI

PUBLICATIONS:
Articles


 Michael Faleski, "Writing to Learn: A Circuits Laboratory Report Without Numbers," 2010 Summer APS Newsletter
 Michael C. Faleski, "25 Years of AAPT's PhysicsBowl," 
		Physics Teacher 48, 156-157, (2010).
 Michael C. Faleski, "Transient behavior of the driven RLC circuit," 
		Am. J. Phys. 74(6), 429-437, (2006).
 M. C. Faleski, M. C. Marchetti, and A. A. Middleton, "Vortex dynamics and defects in simulated flux flow," 
		Phys. Rev. B 54, 12427, (1996).

Challenge Problems:

 Solution in Problems section in School Science and Mathematics, Feb. 2007, Oct. 2009.
 Winner from The Physics Teacher World Year of Physics Monthly Challenge Contest 
	Solution from March, 2005 problem
 Multiple Solutions to The Physics Teacher Challenge Problems for Teachers and Students section
 Multiple Solutions to Challenge Problems in Math Horizons

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES / ORGANIZATIONS:


 Academic Coordinator for AAPT's PhysicsBowl				2008 - 2017
 Co-coach Maine's American Regions Mathematics League (ARML) team	2002 - present 
 Michigan AAPT Section Rep to National AAPT				2013 - 2016
 Michigan AAPT Executive Board						2005 - 2012
      President								2007-2008, 2010-2011
 Michigan Region IV Science Olympiad
	Wind Power Event Coordinator:  					2015, 2016
	Physics Lab Event Coordinator:  				2004 - 2009
	Fermi Questions Event Coordinator: 				2005 - 2009, 2012 - 2013
	Shock Value Event Coordinator:  				2010, 2011, 2013
 Consultant for ABCTE (American Board for Certification of Teacher Excellence
	content expert in Physics - 					Aug, 2006
 Consultant for ETS - Physics C Exam Question writer, 			2006 - 2008
 Member of AAPT's Examinations Editorial Board 				2003 - 2009
 Participant in "Technology in Calculus-based and Algebra-based Physics Courses" - May 2005
 Attended TYC Workshop on LabView/LabPro, Mt. San Antonio College - 	Nov. 2003
 Participated on Grant DBI-0090738 (PI: Dr. Mohamad T. Musavi), supplement to
	NSF 02-078, Research Experience for Teachers to the project "Accurate DNA Base Callers" 2002-2003

HONORS / AWARDS

Award/Honor	Organization	Date
Rollin M. Gerstacker Award for innovative use of technology	Delta College	2016, 2017
Bergstein Award for Teaching Excellence	Delta College	2016
Elite American Educator	eliteamericaneducators.com	2016
Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service	AAPT	2016
Outstanding Faculty Award	Michigan Community College Association	2015
Sungard Endowed Chair	Delta College	2008
World Year of Physics Challenge Problem Contest	AAPT's The Physics Teacher	2005
Physics Trivia Contest	AAPT - weekly award winner	2005
RadioShack National Teacher Award	RadioShack	2003
Instructor of U.S. Physics Team National Semi-Finalist	AAPT	2000 - 2003
Excellence in Physics Teaching	AAPT	2002 - 2003
Outstanding Teaching Assisstant	Syracuse University	1997

MISCELLANY

Fall, 2011 - Consultant in Mathematical Modeling for NuVasive, Inc.

1/2005 - 2/2005 - Consultant in Mathematical Modeling for NuVasive, Inc.

2001 - Received certificate for completion of Future Professoriate Project at Syracuse University

1998 - Kaplan Center Physics Instructor - Syracuse, NY