Matthew Kohlmyer

Teaching Assistant Professor Course Coordinator for PY205M/208M (Physics for Engineers and Scientists, "Matter & Interactions" version)

Contact Information Physics Department NC State University Box 8202 Raleigh, NC 27695 Work Address: 224b Riddick Hall Phone: (919) 513-7203 Fax: (919) 515-6538 Biography Matthew Kohlmyer received his Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University in 2005 but conducted most of his thesis research at NC State in the Physics Education Research Group. From 2006-2008 he was a postdoctoral fellow at Georgia Tech, where he helped to introduce and implement the "Matter & Interactions" curriculum. In 2008 he returned to NC State as a Teaching Assistant Professor.

Areas of Interest Physics instruction, Physics education research, Computational modeling in the introductory curriculum Recent Publications Tale of two curricula: The performance of 2000 students in introductory electromagnetism, M. A. Kohlmyer, M. D. Caballero, R. Catrambone, R. W. Chabay, L. Ding, M. P. Haugan, M. J. Marr, B. A. Sherwood, and M. F. Schatz. Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research 5, 020105 (2009). Click here for an electronic version. Implementing and Assessing a Modern Introductory Physics Course at a Large University Kohlmyer, M. A., Schatz, M., Catrambone, R. and Marr, M. J. American Society for Engineering Education 2008 Annual Conference Proceedings   ( 2008 )