Ayush Gupta

Contact Info: 

Room 1320, Physics Building 

University of Maryland, 

College Park, MD 20742. 

Phone: 301-405-6184

Email: ayush@umd.edu

Website:  http://physics.umd.edu/~ayush

Blog: http://glorifiedevil.blogspot.com/

About Me:

I am a Postdoctoral Research Associate and Lecturer at the Department of Physics, Unversity of Maryland, College Park. I work with the

Physics Education Research Group. From a scientific perspective, I am interested in gaining a better understanding of how the human mind operates and learns. From a social perspective I want to use this understanding to promote a more equitable education system and an overall scientific and rational way of thinking in society - awareness and education being the slow but steady path towards greater social justice without instability.

Interesting tidbit: I have an entry on the Internet Movie Database!  Visit my IMDB page Unfortunately I cannot upload a picture: that costs money.

Research Interests:

•  Cognitive models of learning and knowledge representation

•  Modeling the interaction of conceptual, epistemic and ontological knowledge

•  Cognitive Linguistics : What inference about cognitive structure and processes can we make on the basis of verbal utterances?

•  Modeling the complex interactions of student behaviors and reasoning in classroom/tutorial environments

•  Impact and Use of Math in learning Physics

Currently Working On:

• Learners' ontologies in physics: A dynamic systems view

• Modeling the coupled dynamics of students' behaviors and reasoning during collaborative learning activities
• Cognitive linguistics in PER
• Improving students' mathematical sense-making in engineering: Research and development

Publications

• Journal Articles
• Presentations and Posters

Teaching:

• Phys 260 (Fall 2009)
• Phys 161 (Spring 2009)
• Phys121 Labs (Fall 2008)
• Phys 122 Labs (Fall 2008)
• Phys115 (Fall 2007)

Past Research

Curriculum Vitae