Eugene Torigoe

Education:

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2008
Masters in Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2003
B.S. in Physics, Binghamton University, 2001
B.A. in Philosophy, Binghamton University, 2001

Awards:

• Scott Anderson Award recognizing outstanding physics teaching assistants within the Department of Physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (2003).

Publications:

• E. Torigoe and G. Gladding, “Symbols: Weapons of Math Destruction ,” Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings, (2007).
• E. Torigoe and G. Gladding, “Same to Us, Different to Them: Numeric Computation Versus Symbolic Representation,” Physics Education Research Conference, AIP Conference Proceedings, 2006.

Contributed Talks:

• Symbols: Weapons of Math Destruction, AAPT Meeting, Greensboro, NC, August 2007
• Why Do Good Students Fail Introductory Physics?, AAPT Meeting, Syracuse, NY, August 2006 (Abstract)
• Mathematical Conflict in Physics: Computation vs. Representation, AAPT Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, August 2005 (Abstract)
• Student Difficulties with Equations in Physics, AAPT Meeting, Sacramento, CA, August 2004 (Abstract)
• Assessing Web-Based Homework Using Student Log Data, AAPT Meeting, Madison, WI, August 2003 (Abstract)

Here is a link to a paper that I wrote discussing a conceptual way of thinking about the Coriolis force.

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