Ulrike Lahaise
Associate Professor Physical Sciences- Education
MS Physics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, 1994
Vordiplom in Physik, Ruprecht Karls Universitaet, Heidelberg, Germany, 1989
Abitur, Ricarda Huch Schule, Hannover, Germany, 1986
- Specializations
Condensed Matter - Superconductivity (Master's Thesis)
Teaching Introductory Astronomy and Physics
Online Teaching and Course Template Development
Introductory Astronomy Curriculum Development
Online Science Laboratory Pedagogy
Introductory Astronomy Laboratory Textbook Co-Author
- Biography
- Recognitions and Awards
GPC Distance Education Faculty Fellow (1999)
GPC Center for Teaching and Learning Travel Grants (2003, 2015)
NISOD Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
Contributing Author (Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant - Science Safety Initiative) Georgia Department of Education, 2005
Contributing Author (Mathematics and Science Partnership Grant - Workshop for Rockdale County Middle School Teachers) Georgia Department of Education, 2006
GPC Center for Teaching and Learning Online Course Template Development Grant ($1000 award), 2007
Mastering Online Teaching Exemplary Achievement Certificate, GPC, 2015
Mastering Online Accessibility: The Faculty Role, Completion Certificate, GPC, 2015
Online Science Lab Mastery Series Achievement Certificate, Online Learning Consortium, 2015
- Committees and Organizations
American Association of Physics Teachers
Astronomical Society of the Pacific
Georgia Academy of Sciences
Serve(d) on the following College Committees:
Faculty Senate
Academic Affairs Policy Council
Institutional Advancement Policy Council
Promotion & Tenure
Numerous Staff, Faculty, and Department Chair Screening Committees
Physics/Astronomy Curriculum Committee
SACS Library Committee
Distance Learning Committee
PASS Committee
Shared Governance Blue Ribbon Task Force
Faculty Evaluation Focus Group
Local Arrangements Committee for the Georgia Academy of Science
Chaired the following Committees:
Area B Committee
Physics/Astronomy Curriculum Committee (PACC)
Several PACC subcommittees including the Astronomy Common Course Assessment Pilot Project after the consolidation of GPC and GSU
- Publications
“Vibrating Reed Study of Flux Line Dynamics of kappa-(ET)2Cu[N(CN)2]Br”, Ulrike G. L. Lahaise, Lance E. DeLong, Hau. H. Wang, K. Douglas Carlson, Jack. M. Williams, Journal of Superconductivity, Vol. 7, No. 5, 1994.
“Anomalous vortex dynamics in -[bis(ethylenedithio)tetrathiafulvalene]2 Cu[N(CN)2]Br: Evidence for field-induced magnetic order and unconventional superconductivity”, U. G. L. Lahaise, Qun Chen, L. E. DeLong, C. P. Brock, H. H. Wang, K. D. Karlson, J. A. Schlueter, J. M. Williams, Rapid Communications, Physical Review B, Vol. 51, No. 5, 1 February 1995-I
“At-Home Activities for an Online Physical Science Course”, Stanford, John; Dittmann, Mariam; Lahaise, William; Lahaise, Ulrike, Georgia Journal of Science, 60, #1, 2002“Laboratory Textbook for Elementary Astronomy”, Dittmann, & Shaw, 9th Edition, Contemporary Publishing Company of Raleigh, Inc., 2004 – Contributing Author
“Laboratory Textbook for Elementary Astronomy”, Dittmann, Lahaise & Lahaise, 10th Edition, Contemporary Publishing Company of Raleigh, Inc., 2008
“Conducting a Simultaneous Online and Face to Face Presentation With Wimba by Example of the Popular STEM Talks”, Ulrike G. Lahaise, Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 69, No. 1 – 2011
“Laboratory Textbook for Elementary Astronomy” 11th Edition, Lahaise, Lahaise & Dittmann, Contemporary Publishing Company of Raleigh, Inc., 2012, 2nd print“Laboratory Textbook for Elementary Astronomy” 12th Edition, Lahaise & Lahaise, Contemporary Publishing Company of Raleigh, Inc., 2013
“Pedagogic Challenges in Technology Intensive Quantitative Online Classes”, Ulrike G. Lahaise, Georgia Perimeter College, Georgia Journal of Science, Vol. 73, No. 1 – 2015