What do I know?

One of my main loves in life has been learning new things. If I haven't taught myself, I've learned everything else I know either from life itself or from one of the following schools:

• Horace Mann Elementary School in Alton, Illinois
• Hollywood Elementary School in College Park, Maryland
• Concordia Lutheran School in Hyattsville, Maryland
• High Point High School in Beltsville, Maryland
• University of Maryland at College Park (B.S. in physics).
• Purdue University at West Lafayette, Indiana (M.S. in physics)
• Iowa State University (currently working towards a Ph. D. in High Energy Physics)

Along the way I've picked up the following awards or certificates

• Salutatorian, Junior High Graduation, 1977
• High School Honor Roll 1977-1980
• National Honor Society member 1979
• high school senior award 1980
• member of the support staff of the University of Maryland football team 1981-1983
• Dean's list, University of Maryland
• initiated as a member of the Sigma Pi Sigma physics honor society, University of Maryland 1984
• selected as a candidate for an AT&T Bell fellowship 1988
• Recognized as an outstanding teaching assistant in physics by the Purdue Exponent in 1989
• outstanding teaching assistant, Iowa State University Department of Physics and Astonomy 1992
• Recognized in 1992 by the United States Department of Energy for developing a Trivial Pursuit game ( board and computer versions ) to help members of the Ames Laboratory learn about matters of safety in an enjoyable way