Graduate Level
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Functional Advisor (with M. Meshii) to two students in Materials Science and Engineering, M. Sasaki and E. Chen working on mechanical properties studies at Northwestern University. Both students received M.S. degrees and one earned his Ph.D. degree for this work.
We worked on mechanical properties of materials with emphasis on materials testing and electron microscopy. Developed a covariate for crack interactions based on Monte Carlo Markov Chain techniques and stochastic geometry.
Advising involved meeting at least once a week for 2 hours for one year for M.S. students and approximately 4 years for the Ph.D. students. In addition, there was close day-to-day contact working on research together for months at a time.
Co-Advisor (with J. Achenbach) to one Ph.D. student, in Mechanical Engineering, N. Kim, studying nondestructive testing at Northwestern University. We worked on inelastic x-ray backscattering but also did x-ray diffraction studies and wrote a considerable amount of image processing and system control software. Developed geometric imaging models for medium energy backscattered photons. This involved meeting at least once a week for two hours plus periods of close day-to-day contact. We travelled back and forth together driving a truck and trailer to an aircraft testing facility in New Mexico operated by Sandia National Laboratory. We were once beset by bandits who stole our portable equipment.

Undergraduate Level
University of Pittsburgh, Bradford.
Courses in order:
MATH 0140, Calculus I Recitation (taught seven times starting Sp. 1999) (1 cr.)
Problem solving in calculus.

ENGR 0020, Probability and Statistics with Calculus, (Fa. 1999) (4 cr.)
Includes introduction to reliability theory.

EE 0031, Linear Circuits I (Fa. 1999) (3 cr.)
Application of complex linear algebra to electric circuit problems.

CE 0109, Computer Methods in Civil Engineering (Fa. 1999) (3 cr.)
Use of packages, AutoCAD, Excel, MathCad. Application of linear alegbra to problems in solid mechanics. Use of trigonometric worksheets for surveying and some photogrammetry. Theories of error propagation based on cumulative roundoff and error differentials.

EE 0132, Digital Logic (Fa. 1999) (3 cr.)
Application of boolean algebra to switching problems. Practical circuit design using TTL and MSI.

ChE 0036, Introductory Chemical Thermodynamics (Fa. 1999) (3 cr.) taught in same classroom at same time with
ME 0050, Thermodynamics (Fa. 1999) (3 cr.)
Application of partial differentiation, Legendre transformations and a variety of specialized integrals to problems involving cyclic and flow processes where heat is created or exchanged and chemical reactions take place as in heat engines and mechanical refrigeration. First and Second Laws, Control Volume and Exergy are treated.

ENGR 0020, Probability and Statistics for Engineers (Sp. 2000) (4 cr.) taught in same room at same time as
MATH 1309 Applied Probability and Statistics (4 cr.)
Probability theory and statistical methods using calculus. Includes combinatorics, theory of statistical distributions, multivariate distributions, regression, reliability, gambler's ruin problem and similar topics. Use of Mathematica to solve problems in combinatorics. Introduction to Probit techniques to evaluate LD_x dosages in a biological context.

EE 0041, Linear Circuits II (Sp. 2000) (3 cr.)
Solution of sets of linear differential equations to solve problems in circuit design. LaPlace transformations. Use of the PSPICE design software package. Application graph theory for solving circuit loop problems. Use of MathCad and Mathematica for solving sets of linear differential equations which arise in electrical and acoustical (Olson circuit) problems.

ENGR 0012, Introduction to Engineering Computing (Sp. 2000) (3 cr.)
Programming in C++. Classes and objects. Object oriented programming. Brief introduction to Java.

EE 0247, Semiconductor Device Theory (Sp. 2000) (3 cr.)
Applications based on the Schroedinger partial differential equation. Degenerate states, integrals over quantum mechanical distributions, diffusion of heat and charge, band-bending, Ebers-Moll equations. Practical structure/behavior relations for silicon devices. Field trip to silicon processing plant.

MATH 0133, Statistics (Fa. 2000) (3 cr.)
A course in statistical methods oriented to business majors. Includes, introduction to combinatorics, normal theory, regression and correlation, hypothesis testing, confidence intervals, and an introduction to analysis of variance.

MATH 0099(A), Beginning Algebra -- special section for math anxiety (Su. 2001) (3 cr.)
Couse covers operations, factoring, graphing, rational expressions and other elementary topics in a relaxed low anxiety atmosphere. Use of worksheets in a communal environment. Sharing of food. Estimation of the height of the campus clock tower using geometric proportions as a "field trip". Discussions of everyday applications such as cooking and workshop. (Developed by myself.)

MATH 0110(A), Fundamentals of Mathematics -- special section for math anxiety (Su. 2001) (3 cr.)
Course covers use of graphing calculators to solve problems, further work on rational expressions, linear and quadratic equations, and the quatratic formula in a low anxiety enviroment as described above. (Developed by myself)

MATH 0110(E) Environmantal Algebra (Fa. 2001) (3 cr.)
Based on the Environmental Algebra text series, this course explores topics in algebra through analysis of atmospheric and water pollution. The use of graphing calculators is taught and emphasized. Topics include: Cartesian outer product spaces, linear functions, quadratic functions, the quadratic formula, exponential and logarithmic functions, solving equations numerically, solving sets of linear equations through matrix inversion, inversion of operations, linear regression, correlation and even a little linear programming. Models are developed for greenhouse gas accumulation, anti-greenhouse sulfate aerosols, zebra mussel population and similar environmental phenomena related to human activity. (Developed by myself.)

MATH 0130, Precalculus for Business Majors (Fa. 2001) (3 cr.)
Covers use of graphing calculators for solving problems. Solution of linear and quadratic equations, rational expressions, logarithmic and exponential expressions, the quadratic formula, slope methods, synthetic division. A brief introduction to trigonometry was added to this section by me -- using a 1906 high school text.

MATH 1309, Applied probability and statistics (Fa. 2001) (4 cr.) taught in same classroom at same time with ENGR 0020, Probability and Statistics for Engineers (4 cr.)
Description is given above.

Northwestern University (with J. Achenbach), Mechanical Engineering C-99, Special Projects (Senior "Capstone" Design now ME399). (3 cr.)
We worked on the x-ray backscatter apparatus. The students designed and built a positioning apparatus with a hydraulic boom for placing a hundred-pound x-ray tobe on an airplane with high accuracy. Units in engineering graphics, reliability and ethics were taught.

(with M. Meshii), Materials Science C-99, Senior Projects. (now MS399) (3 cr.)
We did a project involving scanning electron microscopy.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Materials Science in Art and Sculpture (3 cr.)
I developed an experimental course in Materials Science in the Arts oriented to the task of engineering objects of art. This course included two course books written and assembled by myself, and four videotape productions. Student projects included casting a sculpture made of an intermetallic compound (CuAl₂), in-situ formation of a phosphor (ZnS:O) inside a transparent sculpture and multi-color anodizing in using aquarelle.

Online Course
Temple Beth El, Bradford.
Introduction to Judaism (non-credit)
This is a basic Jewish Studies course for persons interested in Judaism. It covers the Jewish calendar, the holidays, their meaning and history. It explores the concept of the covenant, central to most Jewish movements, and its consequences to the Jew's interpretation of birth, marriage, death, the Jewish home. It discusses the obligation study and the "lifetime of learning" concept. It examines the conceptual frameworks of the three "pillers" of Judaism: God, the law and the community. The course explores the Jewish ontology of God and the evolution of Judaism from an agriculturally-centered cult of animal sacrifice to its present day intellectually-centered basis in midrash. The course uses a textbook and online study guides, questions, quizzes and a blog-type interaction interface. No proprietary code is used. Rather the entire course was hand coded using html, javascript and Perl-CGI. The course is added and removed from the web as needed.