Associate Professor of Physics, Dept Chair (SP)
Office: SC 011
Phone: (574) 535-7318
Email: paulmr@goshen.edu
Education
BA, Goshen College, 1984
MS, Purdue University West Lafayette, 1985
PHD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994
Courses
- Analytical Mechanics – PHYS 302
- The Lagrangian formulation of Newtonian mechanics, Path integrals. Applications to oscillations, orbital motion, rigid body rotation, systems of springs and weights. Occasionally: relativity, chaotic oscillators.
- The Physical World – PHYS 100
- A course in physics for non-majors, with a particular focus on energy–both the concept, and consequences of how it’s generated.
Past courses
Creating for the Web – COMM 326
Web Applications & Development – COMM 385
International
Dance practice in the DR
Led two Goshen College Study Service Term (SST) units together with Kathy Meyer Reimer:
Served on Goshen College’s International Education Committee, 2003-2005.
Fluent in Spanish and German.
Lived for more than a year each in Costa Rica, Germany, and Japan.
