Curriculum Vita
Tatiana Erukhimova

Department of Physics & Astronomy, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843-4242
Phone: (979) 845-5644, Fax:(979) 845-2590
E-mail: etanya@tamu.edu

Appointments

• 2016 - present: Instructional Associate Professor & Outreach Coordinator, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU
• 2010-2016: Senior Lecturer & Outreach Coordinator, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU
• 2006-2010: Lecturer and outreach coordinator, Department of Physics & Astronomy, TAMU
• 2002-2006: Assistant Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, TAMU
• 2001-2002: Postdoctoral Research Associate, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, TAMU
• 2000-2001: Visiting Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, TAMU
• 1998-1999: Research Scientist, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences
• 1987-1997: Research Associate, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Teaching experience

• PHYS 208: Electricity and Optics, Spring 2007 - 2016
• PHYS 218: Mechanics, Fall 2006 - 2015
• ATMO 335: Atmospheric Thermodynamics, Spring 2003-2005
• ATMO 485: Directed Studies, Spring 2004
• LEEP Summer 2008 - 2012

Honors, awards

• Distinguished Achievement College-Level Award in Teaching from the Association of Former Students, 2009, 2015 
• Sigma Xi’s Outstanding Science Communicator Award, 2014
• John E. Trott, Jr. Award in Student Recruiting, 2013
• Distinguished Achievement University-Level Award in Teaching from the Association of Former Students, 2012
• Service-Learning Faculty Fellow for 2013
• Tier One Program grant funded by Texas A&M University 2012-2015: $300,000
• Texas A&M University System Student Led Award for Teaching Excellence (SLATE):  2011, 2009, and 2008

Grants to support pedagogical or curricular innovation

Principal Investigator (with William Bassichis): "Calculus Based Physics Courses Enhanced with Technology", TAMU, 2016 - 2017, $75,000

Principal Investigator: American Physical Society grant for outreach innovation, 2015-2016, $10,000

Principal Investigator: Simons Foundation/Science Festival Alliance Just Add Science grant, 2015-2016, $10,000

Principal Investigator: Tier One Program grant 2012-2015: $300,000
Title: “DEEP: Discover, Explore, and Enjoy Physics & Engineering via High Impact Educational Experiences in Aggieland and Beyond”. This proposal aims to enhance the learning and research experiences of undergraduate and graduate students through their participation in high-profile outreach activities: principally the Physics & Engineering Festival and the Physics Shows.
DEEP website: http://physics.tamu.edu/outreach/deep/

Service-Learning Faculty Fellow for 2013: $2,500. Funds from this Fellowship help me in developing evaluation and assessment tools to measure the impact of service learning on students. http://studentactivities.tamu.edu/aggieserve/servicelearningfellow

Flipping your course for 2013-2014: $2,000 for utilizing online technology to facilitate and encourage student participation prior to attending class.

Professional interests

• Undergraduate and K-12 science education
• Atmospheric wave dynamics
• Numerical modeling of atmospheric transport and mixing
• Minor constituents, ozone layer
• Charged particle precipitation in Earth's atmosphere

Education

• Ph.D. Physics, 1999, Institute of Applied Physics, Russian Academy of Science
• M.S. in Physics with Honors, 1987, Nizhny Novgorod State University

Publications

Textbook:

Gerald R. North and Tatiana L. Erukhimova, "Atmospheric Thermodynamics. Elementary Physics and Chemistry". Cambridge University Press, 2009

Other publications:

29 papers in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings.

Outreach

• Organizer of the Physics and Engineering Festival (every spring since 2006). Attendance: over 4000 visitors. Our event is an Affiliate Festival to the USA Science & Engineering Festival and a member of the Science Festivals Alliance
• Organizer of the Big Physics Day: satellite event of the USA Science and Engineering Festival, fall 2010.
• Physics coordinator for Chemistry Open House and Science Exploration Gallery (every fall since 2006).
• Dozens of physics shows per year at local schools, for summer camps, student societies, College of Science and University-wide outreach and recruitment events etc. Over 12,500 people attended the Physics Show since 2007 when it started.
• Development of new demonstrations and shows
• Since 2008: Organizer of the Physics camp for the Youth Adventure Program. This camp is for gifted and talented middle school and high school students.
• Co-organizer (together with Bhaskar Dutta (director) and Alexey Belyanin) of the Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program (MIPEP). The goal of MIPEP is to help teachers develop a deeper understanding of physics concepts, instructional strategies, and laboratory experiences that will enhance their classroom instruction and impact student performance in physics.
• Organizer, Texas Section of the AAPT Meeting, Fall 2014
• Organizer/presenter of the inaugural Fall 2014 Graduate Student Professional Development in Teaching seminar series.

Recent presentations:

• AAPT Winter Meeting 2016, New Orleans, LA: "Texas A&M Physics & Engineering  Festival: unique learning opportunity for community and students"
• APS March Meeting 2015, San Antonio, TX: "Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program for High School Teachers (MIPEP)"
• APS/AAPT Texas 2014 Fall Meeting, College Station, TX: "High Impact Hands-on Educational program for Physics & Engineering Students at Texas A&M"
  
• APS March Meeting 2014, Denver, Colorado: "DEEP: Discover, Explore, and Enjoy Physics & Engineering via High Impact Educational Experiences at Texas A&M and Beyond"
• International Public Science Events Conference, Chicago, Ohio, February 12-13, 2014: invited speaker "Creating High-Energy K-12 Outreach Teams with University Students"
• Texas A&M Center of Teaching Excellence Fall 2012, Fall 2013 TA Training Meetings:  plenary speaker  "Teaching undergraduates: surviving or thriving?"
• International Public Science Events Conference, Columbus, Ohio, October 10-11, 2012: invited talk “Off the Bench and Out of the Field: Scientists in Outreach”
• Teacher Summit 2012, College Station, TX. Invited speaker. http://stemsummit.tamu.edu/
• Teacher Summit 2013, College Station, TX. Faculty Panel member.

Membership in professional societies

• American Physical Society, member
• American Geophysical Union, member
• American Society for Engineering Education, member
• The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, member

Other service

• Member of the Center for Teaching Excellence Faculty and Student Advisory Board: 2013-2015
• Member of the Dean of Geosciences Search Committee: 2008-2009
• Member of the Undergraduate Committee, Dept. of Atmospheric Sciences, TAMU: 2003-2005
• Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Electrodynamics and Composition of the Mesosphere, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia, 1992.

Professional development

• 11th Annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Education Scholars Program June 12-16, 2007
• Numerous trainings organized by the Center of Teaching Excellence
• Flipping Your Course Faculty Institute, 2013