Ayush Gupta
Associate Research Professor, Department of Physics
Keystone Instructor, A. J. C. School of Engineering
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Contact Info:
Room 1320, Physics Building University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742. Phone: 301-405-5445 Email: ayush@umd.edu NEWER website: |
About Me: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.
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Research Interests:
Broadly speaking I am interested in modeling learning and reasoning processes. In particular, I am attracted to fine-grained analysis of video data both from a micro-genetic learning analysis methodology (drawing on knowledge in pieces) as well as interaction analysis methodology. I have been working on how learners' emotions are coupled with their conceptual and epistemological reasoning. I am also interested in working towards dynamics models of the categorizations (ontological) underlying students' reasoning in physics. Lately, I have been rather interested in engineering design thinking, how engineering students come to understand and practice design.
Current Projects:
- Physics Education Research
- Engineering Education Research
- Helping Engineering Students Transform Their Understanding of Quantum Phenomenon and Devices
- An Application Based Learning Approach to Introductory C-Programming Courses
- Modeling the dynamics of integrated moral and technical reasoning in contexts of socio-scientific issues
- Science Education (K-12) and Teacher Education
Past Projects:
Publications/Talks
Teaching:
- ENES100: Introduction to Engineering Design (Fall 2011 - present)
- Phys 260: General Physics (Calculus-based; engineering majors) (Fall 2009)
- Phys 161: General Physics (Calculus-based; engineering majors) (Spring 2009)
- Phys121 Labs&Tutorials: Fundamentals of Physics (algebra-based) Labs (Fall 2008)
- Phys 122 Labs (Fundamentals of Physics; algebra-based)(Fall 2008)
- Phys115 Inquiry into Physics (for Elementary Education and Early Childhood Education majors) (Fall 2007)
Past Research
Curriculum Vitae