RESEARCH INTEREST:
Mathematics, Physics & Engineering Education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
FULL-TIME EMPLOYMENT
01/03 - Present: Senior Lecturer, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
09/88 - 01/03: Senior Operations Research Analyst, QUANTICS Incorporated, Exton, PA.
09/85 - 09/88: Drexel Fellow of Physics, Drexel University.
09/80 - 09/85: Research Assistant in Nuclear Physics, University of Pennsylvania Tandem Accelerator Laboratory.
PART-TIME EMPLOYMENT
09/01 - Present: Professor of Physics, Interdepartmental Medical Science Programs, Drexel University College of Medicine (Formally MCP Hahnemann University).
01/03 - Present: Senior Operations Research Analyst, QUANTICS Incorporated, Exton, PA.
03/97 - 01/01: Expert Consultant In Physics and Mathematics for Various Law Offices
09/93 - 01/01: Problem Editor for Various Publishing Companies
09/92 - 01/03: Adjunct Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Applied Mechanics, University of Pennsylvania
09/91 - 9/92: Adjunct Instructor of Mathematics and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, Great Valley Campus, PA.
09/79 - Present: Adjunct Instructor, Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor of Mathematics, Drexel University.
09/88 - Present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Professor of Physics, Drexel University.
09/88 - Present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Adjunct Professor of Physics, Drexel University.
HONORS AND AWARDS (1978 - 2002):
· Harry E. Muchnic Scholarship, Drexel University (1978).
· Society of Physics Students Associate Zone Councillor Zone 3 (1978).
· Senior Merit Citation, Drexel University (1979).
· Walter R. Coley Award, Drexel University (1979).
· Outstanding Senior Scholarship Award, Drexel University (1979).
· Passed the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination with Uncommon Distinction, University of Pennsylvania (1981).
· Named the Stanley J. Gwiazda Professor for Outstanding Teaching & Service to the Drexel Evening Collge in 2001-2002, Drexel University.
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
· The American Physical Society (APS).
· The Mathematical Association of America (MAA).
· The Society of Physics Students
· The Honorary Mathematics Fraternity
· The Honorary Physics Fraternity
SUMMARY OF COURSES TAUGHT BY Michael A. Carchidi AT VARIOUS UNIVERSITIES
THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Applied Mechanics
Undergraduate Courses
Dynamics, Optimization Theory, Simulation Theory and Vibration Theory
Graduate Courses
Advanced Dynamics, Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Functional Analysis, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, and Simulation Theory
DREXEL UNIVERSITY
Department of Mathematics & Computer Science
Undergraduate Courses
Abstract Algebra, Complex Analysis, Difference Equations, Discrete Mathematics, Infinite Series, Linear Algebra, Mathematical Analysis, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Numerical Partial Differential Equations, Optimization Theory, Ordinary Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Real Analysis, Single-Variable and Multi-Variable Calculus, Techniques of Mathematical Proofs, Tensor Analysis and Vector Analysis
Graduate Courses
Advanced Engineering Mathematics, Matrix & Tensor Analysis, Partial Differential Equations and Vector Analysis
Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science
Undergraduate Courses
Advanced Classical Mechanics, Advanced Electricity & Magnetism, Advanced Quantum Mechanics, General Physics for Engineers and Scientists, Kinetic Theory & Statistical Mechanics, Modern Physics, Special and General Relativity, Thermodynamics and Tensor Analysis
Graduate Courses
Mathematical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
DREXEL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Office of Professional Studies in the Health Sciences
Undergraduate Courses
Non-Calculus Based General Physics
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY
Department of Mathematics and Engineering
Graduate Courses
Matrix and Linear Algebra
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