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JOHN EDWARD POPP
2001 Larkspur Drive
Alpine, CA 91901
Tele (619) 659-0959

Date of Birth:                                      November 18, 1940
Citizenship:                                         USA

Education:

            Approximately 100 workshops, seminars, summer institutes and conferences on
                        physics teaching, many NSF funded, 1969 to present
            Sixty-one graduate hours beyond the M.S. in Acoustics, Astronomy, and Science
                        Education
            University of Illinois, Urbana, IL
                        M.S., Physics, June 1969
            Northern Illinois university, DeKalb, IL
                        B.S., Physics (Mathematics Minor), June 1962

Work Experience:

            2002 to 2004 Physics & Chemistry Instructor (part time)
                         Torah HS of San Diego, LaJolla
            1998 to 2002 Adjunct Professor (semiretired)
                        Central Texas College (College Mathematics aboard a US Navy Vessel)
                        Grossmont Community College
                        Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills, IL
            1997 Term Scientific Assistant
                        Argonne National Lab
                                  Advanced Photon Source
                                  Accelerator division
            1969 to 1998 Professor of Physics/Mathematics
                        Moraine Valley Community College
                        10900 S. 88th Avenue
                        Palos Hills, IL 60465
                        (708) 974-5324
            1968 and 1969 Teaching Assistant
                        Physics Department
                        University of Illinois
                        Urbana, IL 61801
            9/64 to 12/68  Munitions Officer
                        United States Air Force

Membership in Honorary and Professional Societies:

            American Institute of Physics
            American Association of Physics Teachers
                        Chicago Section AAPT
                        Illinois Section AAPT
            Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honorary Society
            Acoustical Society of America

Professional Positions and Activities:

            Educational advisor and technical assistant in the construction of an interactive small
                        scale electron accelerator and a light analog for use in a visitors center at
                        Argonne National Laboratory Advanced Photon Source
            Regional Coordinator for NSF project TYC21 (one of 15 national coordinators)
                        which developed a network of Community College physics instructors for the
                        purpose of improving physics education, 1995-1997
            President of Chicago Section of American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT),
1987
            Vice-President of Chicago Section AAPT, 1987
            1 Year Sabbatical Leave at Northern Illinois University, 1984-1985, for acoustics
                        research, graduate study in acoustics, and teaching introductory acoustics
courses


Mathematics Teaching:

            Although my primary focus in my education and teaching experience has been in
physics and physical science, I taught several courses in mathematics at Moraine Valley
Community College including;

                        A two semester sequence of mathematics for students seeking two year
                                    technical degrees,
                        Introductory and advanced algebra for liberal arts and science majors, and
                        Introductory FORTRAN.

            I also taught college algebra at Governors State University, Olympia Fields, Illinois and
for Central Texas College under a DOD contract for the US Navy.