Silk from New Zealand
Porrhothele Spider
(less than 1
micron)
Professor Scot A.C. Gould:
Physics - W.M. Keck Science Center
The Claremont Colleges
- Teaching
- classes, both past and present
- Professional
background - curriculum vitae, education, awards,
grants
- Personal
- work schedule, address
- Resources
- useful sites for research, education and professional activities
Teaching:
Real physics for the real world: hands-on, inquiry-based, self-discovery style education, maximizing conceptional understanding and minimizing mathematics through the use of computers.
Note: Maple 14 is the primary mathematics package
used by Physics.
See Basic Maple Skills
for a list of what commands are most useful in physics.
See Resources for a list of useful
sites.
Fall 2010 & Spring 2011 :
- Accelerated
Integrated Science Sequence (AISS!)
- Physics
35: Modern Physics
Professional background:
(Also see my curriculum vitae)
Education:
- 1991
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
- Physics
- 1985
A.B., Middlebury College - Physics (high honors), Mathematics and Computer Science
(honors)
Professional
Positions:
- 2005-current
Professor of Physics, Claremont
McKenna, Pitzer
and Scripps Colleges
- 2003-2004
Visiting Associate Professor at the Department of Zoology,
University of Otago,
Dunedin, New Zealand
- 1997-2005
Associate Professor of Physics, Claremont
McKenna, Pitzer
and Scripps Colleges
- 1996-present
Adjunct Professor of Education, Claremont
Graduate University
- 1991-1997
Assistant Professor of Physics, Claremont
McKenna, Pitzer
and Scripps Colleges
Some of my publications:
- "Tensile Properties of Silk from Endemic New Zealand Spiders", D.J. Carr, B. Lowe, P.J. Bishop, B.E. Niven and S.A.C. Gould, Textile Research Journal, 76(12): 928-935 (2006).
- "The use of atomic force microscopy (AFM) to study the surface topography of commercial fluid cracking catalysts (FCCs) and pillared interlayered clay (PILC) catalysts”, M.L. Occelli and S.A.C. Gould, to appear in Proc. of the Am. Chem. Soc. Petro. Div. Conf.: Fluid Cracking Catalysts., (2004).
- "Applications of Atomic Force Microscopy to Current Problems in Industrial Polyester Chemistry", D.A. Schiraldi, M.L. Occelli, S.A.C. Gould, Polymer News 27(6):195-200 (2002).
- "Atomic force microscopy (AFM) study of poly(ethylene terephthalate-co-4, 4'-bibenzoate): A polymer of intermediate structure", D.A. Schiraldi, M.L. Occelli, S.A.C. Gould, J. Appl. Polymer Sci. 82(11):2616-2623 (2001).
- "Systemic Risk: A More Rigorous and Realistic
Simulation", S.A.C. Gould, S.A. Naftilan
S.J. Khoury and D.J. Wright*,
Financial Innovations and the Welfare of
Nations. Tufts University, Kluwer Academic Press. eds. L.L. Jacque &
P.M. Vaaler, 87-106 (2001)
For more examples of past projects, including a number with undergraduates, see the list of publications.
Selected Grants/Awards
- 2006-2011
"Increasing Science Graduates Through Interdisciplinary
Teaching and Research," (with Newton H. Copp,
Gretchen Edwalds, Kathleen L. Purvis, Kersey A.
Black) National Science Foundation
- 2004-2007 "Biotechnology
in Healthcare" (with Kathleen Murphy: Daemen
College, Paul Tomkins: Athlone Institute of
Technology, Eckard Helmers:
Umwelt-Campus Birkenfeld,
Peter Finnell: Central Ostrobothnia
Polytechnic, Sandra Gilchrist: New College of Florida): FIPSE-EU.
- 1997-2001
"An Integrated Study of Spider Silk Proteins and Prey Capture",
(with A.M.F. Moore, M.L. Lacey-Casem, B.A.
Lawrence, S.A. Naftilan) National Science
Foundation.
Personal:
Scot Gould is a Professor of Physics in the Joint Science Department at the W.M. Keck Science Center. This institution serves Claremont McKenna, Pitzer and Scripps Colleges of The Claremont Colleges
- address:
W.M. Keck Science Center
925 N. Mills Ave.
Claremont, CA 91711-5916 - phone:
(909)-607-3197
- email:
gould@jsd.claremont.edu
Resources:
Useful sites for Physics
Useful sites for Summer internships and/or Study abroad opportunities:
Claremont Colleges Information
- Claremont WWW page
- Claremont Library page
[February 2011]