Michael Weber

EDUCATION

University of Michigan
Ph.D., Physics, 1988
M.S., Physics,1984
Brigham Young University
B.S., Physics, 1982
Cornell University
Engineering Physics, 1975-1977

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Brigham Young University–Hawaii
Conceptual Physics, College Physics I and II with Laboratory, General Physics I, II, and III with Laboratory, Astronomy, Mathematics, Oceanography, New Testament
Professor of Physics, 2021-present
Associate Professor of Physics, 2003-2021
Assistant Professor of Physics, 1999-2003

University of St. Francis
General Physics I and II with Laboratory
Adjunct Professor of Physics, 1996-1997

Benedictine University
General Physics II
Adjunct Professor of Physics,1996

Waubonsee Community College
All levels of mathematics from Algebra through Calculus III
Instructor, 1989-1995

University of Michigan General Physics II Laboratory
Teaching Assistant, 1982-1983

Brigham Young University
General Physics, all levels of mathematics from Algebra through Differential Equations
Teaching Assistant, 1980-1982

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Participant in study of migration patterns of Pacific Golden- Plover, 2012 - Present

Participant in major particle physics experiments at Fermilab, 1984 - 1992

E760 - Charmonium spectroscopy from proton-antiproton annihilations
E743 - Charm production in 800 GeV/c proton-proton collisions

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC)
Nuclear materials inspector and license reviewer, project manager for major licensees
Health Physicist, 1992-1999

University of California , Irvine (UCI)
Senior member from UCI at Fermilab during experiment E760
Post-Doctoral Research Physicist, 1988-1992

HONORS AND AWARDS

BYUH Exemplary Faculty Award (Teaching), 2020
Faculty Recognition Stipend for 2009, 2020
Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers, 2004
Phi Kappa Phi, 2000
Highest rating, USNRC Performance Appraisal, 1993-1999
Physics Laboratory Teaching Assistant Award, University of Michigan , 1982

PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, 2000-present
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), 1999-present
Hawaii Section of AAPT (HI AAPT), 1999-present

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT

HI AAPT, biannual meetings, 1999-present
NRAO/Chautauqua Short Course, Radio Astronomy, New Mexico, July 12-14, 2017
AAPT National Meetings, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2009, 2019
Joint Meeting of Pacific Region Particle Physics Communities, Honolulu, Oct. 29-Nov. 3, 2006
JPL/NASA Astronomy 101 Advanced Workshop, Hilo, July 16-21, 2006
JPL/NASA Astronomy 101 Workshop, Hilo, June 19-23, 2005
Physics Education Research Conference, New York, July 25-26, 2001
NSF/Chautauqua Short Course, Archeo-Astronomy of Polynesia, Tonga, June 18-23, 2001
New Faculty Workshop, AAPT, Maryland, Nov. 4-7, 1999

UNIVERSITY SERVICE

Promotion Review Committee (member), 2021-2024
Faculty Mentor, Scientia Club, 2019-2020
Lead, Annual Department Annual Career Fair, 2018-2021
Title IX Committee, 2017-2021
Department Internship Coordinator, 2017-2021
Faculty and staff search committees, 2001-present
Mathematics Dept. review team member, 2020
Assessment Committee, 2015-2018
Honor Council, 2014-2017
BYUH Chapter Phi Kappa Phi (treasurer), 2005-2017, 2018-2019
BYUH Chapter Phi Kappa Phi (secretary), 2005-2012
BYUH Chapter Phi Kappa Phi (president), 2003-2004
Faculty Mentor, University Cycling Club, 2012-2013
Accounting Dept. review team member, 2012
General Education Committee, 2009-2011
Guiding Principles of Teaching and Learning Steering Committee, 2009-2010
Educational Support Council, 2001-2008
Promotion Review Committee (chair), 2007-2008
Promotion Review Committee (member), 2006-2007, 2021-2024
Devotional Speaker, Tales from the Trenches II – Experiences of a Former Campus Bishop, June 4, 2013
Devotional Speaker, Tales from the Trenches – Experiences of a Campus Bishop, Oct. 13, 2005
Physics Presentation at New Student Orientation, 2003-2005
Faculty Advisory Committee, 2002-2005
World Communities (History 202) Committee, 1999-2001

COMMUNITY SERVICE

Event contributor (with BYUH students), HI AAPT Annual Physics Olympics, 2001-present
QuarkNet member, 2007-present
HI AAPT (treasurer), 2005-2009, 2010-present
Service at Pesega and Vaiola High Schools, Samoa, 2018.
HI AAPT (president), 2004-2005
HI AAPT (section representative), 2001-2003
Reviewer, College Physics, by Alan Giambattista et. al., McGraw Hill, 2004
Reviewer, Understanding the Universe: From Quarks to the Cosmos, by Don Lincoln, World Scientific, 2003
Advanced Placement Physics Reader, 2002 and 2003.
Laie Community Citizens Patrol, 2002
Kahuku High School PTSO Board (vice president), 2001
Kahuku High School PTSO Board (member), 2000
Sterling Scholar State Semi-Final Judge (mathematics), 2000 and 2001
Service at Liahona High School, Tonga, 2001
Physics Instructor, Kahuku High School, Winter 2001

PRESENTATIONS

Contributed talk entitled “Determining Pacific Golden-Plover Trans-Pacific Migration Routes using Geolocators and Satellite Transmitters” at the Annual Asia Pacific Academy of Science, Education and Environmental Management Conference, Saipan, Nov. 18, 2014.
Poster presentation entitled “The Usefulness of Mathematics Pretests in Introductory Calculus-Based Physics Courses” at the American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2009 Conference, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, July 25-29, 2009.
Invited talk entitled “Teaching Physics in the 21^st Century” at the QuarkNet New Physics Teachers Workshop, Punahou School, Honolulu, HI, August 4, 2007.
Poster presentation (with Keith Peterson) entitled “The BYUH Freshman Learning Community,” The 19th International Conference on the First-Year Experience, Toronto, Canada, July 24-27, 2006. (Peer reviewed proposal)
Contributed talk entitled “Successes with Polynesian University Students” at the American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2005 Conference, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, August 6-10, 2005.
Contributed talk entitled “Physics Olympics – Do’s, Don’ts, and Costs” at the American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2004 Conference, Sacramento, CA, July 31-August 3, 2004.
Invited talk entitled “The Double Slit Experiment - An Introduction to Quantum Physics,” BYUH Honors Program Colloquium, March 10, 2004.
Invited talk entitled “Teaching Physics in the 21st Century,” University of Hawaii, Manoa, February 6, 2003.
Contributed talk entitled “OK, JiTT Is Great, But How Do I Actually Do It?” American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2002 Conference, Boise State University, Boise, ID, August 6, 2002.
Contributed talk entitled “A Dobsonian Telescope Mount For Small Telescopes,” with Dr. Jay Wrathall, Hawaiian Astronomical Society, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, HI, June 4, 2002.
Seminar entitled “Active Learning and Interactive Lectures,” Hawaii Section, American Association of Physics Teachers, Windward Community College, Kaneohe, HI, November 17, 2001.
Contributed talk entitled “A University Professor's Foray into Teaching High School Physics,” American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2001 Conference, Rochester, N.Y., July 23, 2001.
Seminar entitled “Active Learning and Interactive Lectures,” Liahona High School, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, June 27, 2001.
Seminar entitled “Physics Problem Solving,” Liahona High School, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, June 26, 2001.
Invited talk entitled “Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity,” Liahona High School, Nuku’alofa, Tonga, June 26, 2001.
Seminar entitled “Active Learning and Interactive Lectures,” Mathematics and Sciences (MSC) Division, BYU Hawaii, June 15, 2000.
Invited "cracker barrel" discussion on new faculty members' concerns, American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2000 Conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July 31, 2000.
Invited talk entitled “My Experiences as a New Faculty Member at a Small University,” American Association of Physics Teachers' Summer 2000 Conference, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada, July 31, 2000.
Invited talk entitled “Precision Measurements of Charmonium States Formed in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilation, Fermilab E760,” Superconducting Super Collider Laboratory, Waxahachie, TX, 1991.
Invited talk entitled “Fermilab E743, D Meson Production in 800‑GeV/c pp Collisions,” The University of Notre Dame, South Bend, IN, 1988.

PUBLICATIONS

Return rates of GPS-tagged Pacific Golden-Plovers: a controlled study in Hawaii. By Oscar W. Johnson, Michael F. Weber, David R. Bybee, T. Lee Tibbitts, Susan Scott, Joshua P. Fisher, Wendy A. Kuntz, Susanne Spiessberger, Sigrid B. Southworth, Elizabeth K. Maynard, Laura Zoller and Carolyn D. Smith. Published in Wader Study, 2024.
GPS Tags on Pacific Golden-Plovers Wintering in Hawaii, by Oscar W. Johnson, Michael F.
Weber, David R. Bybee, T. Lee Tibbitts, Annual summary Compilation: New and Ongoing Studies
or lnitiatives Focused on the Alaska shorebirds, Alaska shorebird Group, Nov. 2022.
GPS-Tracking the Migration of Pacific Golden-Plovers from Nonbreeding Grounds at Moorea, French Polynesia. By Oscar W. Johnson, T. Lee Tibbitts, Michael F. Weber, David R. Bybee, Roger H. Goodwill, Andrea E. Bruner, Errika J. Smith, Emmalee L. Buss, Trinity Q. A. Waddell, Daxton C. Brooks, Carolyn D. Smith, Jean-Yves Meyer. Published in Wader Study 127(1), 53-59, 2020.
Tracking Pacific Golden-Plovers Pluvialis Fulva: Transoceanic Migrations between Non-breeding Grounds in Kwajalein, Japan and Hawaii and Breeding Grounds in Alaska and Chukotka. By Oscar W. Johnson, Ronald R. Porter, Lauren Fielding, Michael F. Weber, Roger S. Gold, Roger H. Goodwill, Patricia M. Johnson (deceased), Andrea E. Bruner, Paul A. Brusseau, Nancy H. Brusseau, Kikiana Hurwitz, James Fox. Published in Wader Study 122(1): 13-20, 2015.
Science and Communities: Einstein’s Theory of Special Relativity, in World Communities: A Multidisciplinary Reader, Pearson Custom Publishing, Boston, 2002.
Note regarding the publications listed below: At the time I was active in particle physics research, there were no standards with regards to the order of names appearing on the title page of a publication. In the two experiments I participated in, the rule generally followed by our collaboration was to list all collaborators in alphabetical order.
Two-Body Neutral Final States Produced in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilations at 2.911 £ Ös £ 3.686 GeV. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. D56:2509‑2531, 1997.
Measurement of the Branching Ratios psi¢ à e⁺ e^--, psi¢ à e⁺ e^--, J / psi pi pi, and psi¢ à J / psi eta. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. D55:1153‑1158, 1997.
Observation of the Radiative Decay J / psi à e⁺ e^-- gamma. By E760 Collaboration (T. A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. D54:7067-7070, 1996.
Precision Measurements of Anti-Proton – Proton Forward Elastic Scattering Parameters in the 3.7-GeV/c to 6.2-GeV/c Region. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Lett. B385:479-486, 1996.
Study of the Eta(C) (S Wave Singlet) State of Charmonium Formed in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilations and a Search for the Eta(C)‑Prime (S Wave Doublet). By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. D52:4839‑4854, 1995.
Charmonium Formation in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilation by Experiment E760. By E760 Collaboration (A. Ceccucci et al.). Published in Nucl. Phys. A558:259c‑268c, 1993.
Measurement of the Gamma Gamma Partial Width of the Chi(2) Charmonium Resonance. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 70:2983‑2991, 1993.
Production of the F2 (1520) Resonance in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilations at Ös = 2980‑MeV and 3526‑MeV. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Lett. B307:399‑402, 1993.
Study of the Angular Distribution of the Reaction . By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. D48:3037‑3044, 1993.
Evidence for Eta Eta Resonances in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilations at 2950 < Ös < 3620‑MeV. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Lett. B307:394‑398, 1993.
Measurement of the Proton Electromagnetic Form‑Factors in the Timelike Region at 8.9‑GeV² ‑ 13‑GeV². By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 70:1212‑1215, 1993.
Measurement of the J / psi and psi¢ Resonance Parameters in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilation. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. D47:772‑783, 1993.
Recent Results From Fermilab Experiment 760: Charmonium Formation By Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilation. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 55:811‑817, 1992.
A New Measurement of the Proton Electromagnetic Form‑Factor in the Time-Like Region at High‑Energy. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Sov. J. Nucl. Phys. 55:865‑867, 1992.
Observation of the P Wave Singlet State of Charmonium. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 69:2337‑2340, 1992.
Precision Measurements of Charmonium States Formed in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilation. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 68:1468‑1471, 1992.
Study of the Chi(1) and Chi(2) Charmonium States Formed in Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilations. By E760 Collaboration (T.A. Armstrong et al.). Published in Nucl. Phys. B373:35‑54, 1992.
High Precision Charmonium Spectroscopy at Fermilab. By E760 Collaboration (D. Bettoni et al.). Published in Les Arcs 1991, Proceedings, High Energy Hadronic Interactions 493‑499, 1991.
Charmonium Spectroscopy from Anti-Proton – Proton Annihilations. By E760 Collaboration (M. Macri et al.). Published in Nucl. Phys. Proc. Suppl. 21:400‑411, 1991.
The E760 Lead Glass Central Calorimeter: Design and Initial Test Results. By E760 Collaboration (L. Bartoszek et al.). Published in Nucl. Instrum. Meth. A301:47‑60, 1991.
Searching For Higgs →Z^0 Z^0→μ^+ μ^- μ^+ μ^- at SSC. By R. Thun et al. Published in Berkeley SSC Workshop 1987:78, 1988.
D‑Meson Production in 800‑GeV/c pp Interactions. By LEBC‑MPS Collaboration (R. Ammar et al.). Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 61:2185‑2188, 1988.
D Meson Production in 800‑GeV/c pp Collisions. By Michael F. Weber (U. Michigan). UMI‑89‑07165‑MC (Microfiche), 1988. 128 pp. Ph.D. Thesis.
Inclusive Charm Cross‑Sections in 800‑GeV/c pp Interactions. By LEBC‑MPS Collaboration (R. Ammar et al.). Published in Phys. Lett. 183b:110, 1987, Erratum‑Ibid.192b:478, 1987.
Multiplicity of Charged Particles in 800‑GeV pp Interactions. By LEBC‑MPS Collaboration (R. Ammar et al.). Published in Phys. Lett. 178b:124‑128, 1986.

CV LAST REVISED JUNE 2024