Bill O'Brien Associate Professor Chair of the Department of Physics PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill BS, The University of North Texas Location: FJS 124 Phone: 512-863-1632 Physics Home Page

ACADEMIC POSITIONS HELD Physics Department Chair Associate Professor, Department of Physics (1986-present)   RESEARCH AREAS Geophysics Physics Pedagogy   REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS O'Brien, Jr., William P., "Mining power and hydrocarbon consciousness from the monthly electricity bill: a classroom project", Physics Education, Vol 42/1, 81-87 (January 2007) Read document O'Brien, Jr., William P., "Deconstructing Black Box Aspects of a Computerized Physics Lab", The Physics Teacher, Vol 43 (March 2005), 148-152 O'Brien, Jr., William P., "Using satellite technology (global positioning system) to teach the spherical polar coordinate system", European Journal of Physics, Vol. 24 (2003), 101-110 Read document "Using satellite technology (GPS) to teach the spherical polar coordinate system" European Journal of Physics vol 24, 101-110 (January 2003)