With Great Power....Physics Power!

 Vol 5 No 6

Our talk this week is taking a much different turn!  This is what Dr. Johnson-Steigelman has to say about the topic…

(Classic) Spider-Man is known to be an excellent chemist, producing the formula for web fluid on his own.  His physical strength and agility came from a radioactive spider bite.

However, he learned physics the hard way.

In this presentation, you will learn about kinetic energy, potential energy, impulse, and momentum using examples from comic books and movies featuring Spider-Man.

This should be an amazing talk with lots of opportunity to learn new things and ask questions.  Our speaker certainly knows what he’s talking about….

Dr. Trevor Johnson-Steigelman received a B.S.Ed. degree from Clarion University of Pennsylvania.  After teaching high school physics and working at a private tutoring center for several years, he received his M.S. and Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 2004 and 2007, respectively.  His work for his master’s degree included research on high dielectric insulators. He was awarded a patent for a method of producing hafnium silicate by depositing Hf metal on silicon oxide.  For his doctorate, he studied the growth of cobalt thin films on magnesium oxide.   

He uses examples from both real-life and comic books to illustrate physics principles in his classes at Finger Lakes Community College.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12 from 11:30am to 12:30pm. (password 2020)