Martha Chiscon, Professor of Biological Science and Assistant Dean of Science
Martha Chiscon, Professor of Biological Science and Assistant Dean of Science
Biological Information
Martha Oakley Chiscon is Assistant Dean of Science and Professor of Biological Sciences at Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. She earned her B.S. in Science Education at Western Illinois University and her Ph.D. in Immunobiology at Purdue. Considering herself primarily a teacher, Dr. Chiscon has taught beginning undergraduates at Purdue since 1964. She has earned the National Ohaus Innovation in Teaching Award, been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, received a Distinguished Alumni Award from her undergraduate University and numerous teaching awards from her Department, School and University, the latest being the first Chiscon Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, named in honor of her and her husband. In 1993 Chiscon was named Indiana Professor of the Year by the Washington based National Council for Advancement and Support of Education. Professor Chiscon has been an advocate of Women in Science issues throughout her career. In the mid 70's she taught the first Women in Science course in the country to be offered by a School of Science. Since that time she has mentored many women at all levels of education from undergraduate to faculty levels and has been instrumental in developing Women in Science Programs for science undergraduates and graduates in collaboration with the Schools of Engineering. The School of Science now has committed resources to a new Women in Science Programs Office with a Director.
David Elmore, Professor of Physics
Current Research: Development of the technique of accelerator mass spectrometry including ion sources, new detector systems, and automation of isotope ratio measurements; application of AMS to new areas of the geosciences, biological sciences and materials sciences; geoscience applications include dating and tracing with cosmogenic isotopes in natural samples including surface rocks, ground water, and ice cores.
Previous Research Area(s): Search for fractionally charged particles and anomalously heavy isotopes of low-Z nuclei; study of proton pairing vibrations in the nuclear (fp) shell with the ( 3He,n) reaction; study of the residual neutron-proton interaction through single nucleon transfer reactions leading to odd-odd nuclei in the deformed rare earth region.
Current Funding: NSF - Facility Support: The Purdue Rare Isotope Measurement Laboratory; Los Alamos National Laboratory; Analysis of Samples
Education: B.S., Physics, Case Institute of Technology, 1968; Ph.D., Physics, University of Rochester, 1974.
Professional Experience: Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1993-present; Associate Professor of Physics, Purdue University, 1989-93; Senior Research Associate, University of Rochester, 1988-89; Visiting Senior Research Associate, University of Rochester, 1986-88; Physicist, CER/BEM, Argonne National Laboratory, 1986-88; Senior Research Associate, University of Rochester, 1980-86; Research Associate, University of Rochester, 1974-80.
Abstract:
At the end of this year an accreditation team will visit Purdue. This happens about once a decade. The emphasis this year is on Assessment of learning outcomes. Reports from departmental committees are due in a few weeks. The colloquium will focus on the purpose of this accreditation review and our response and plans. In addition there will be a discussion of the experience with new teaching techniques in the physics department. This will include presentations by the faculty and students involved in the cooperative learning environment, Tutorials in Physics 152:Active learning of Physics Concepts.