9/99 to present: Mathematics and Physics Teacher, Upper School, The Wellington School. Department Chair 2001-2004, 2006-2008. Upper School Dean of Studies from 9/05 to present. Upper School Co-Head from 9/07 to present.
1/07 to present: Development Team Member of ProjectEuler, mathematical problem development site at www.projecteuler.net.
7/04 to present: Professional editor and mathematics text consultant. Clients include Harvard University Press and Dr. Clifford Pickover, author of over 40 books. Books edited include Sex, Drugs, Einstein, & Elves; Archimedes To Hawking; A Passion For Mathematics; and The Math Book.
9/02 to 12/03: Ongoing atomic physics research, The Ohio State University.
Academic Years 1995-1997: Graduate lab supervisor, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University. Duties involved conducting training sessions for laboratory teaching assistants and teaching laboratory sessions as well. Supervisor: Vice-Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Robert Perry.
Academic Year 1994-95: Graduate teaching assistant, Department of Physics, The Ohio State University. Duties involved conducting laboratory and recitation sessions for freshman engineering majors. Supervisor: Vice-Chair of Undergraduate Studies, Professor Richard Seyler.
Academic Years 1991-1994: Grader, Math Department and Physics Department, Harvey Mudd College. Duties involved grading 15-30 homework sets per week. Supervisors: A different professor each semester.
Summer 1990: Summer research assistant, Clorox Technical Center. Worked performing stability experiments on name brand litter-box clays. Supervisor: Dr. Anna Stanislowski.
ACADEMIC HONORS
Harvey Mudd College (1990-1994)
5 times on Dean's List plus letter of commendation from Freshman Division
The Ohio State University (1994 -present)
Three-time winner of the annual Hazel Brown Teaching Award for outstanding
teaching assistant (1995, 1996, 1997)
Ohio State University Presidential Fellow (1999)
TEACHING HONORS
Hazel Brown gradaute teaching award at Ohio State Phyiscs, all three years teaching, 1995-1997
Presidential Fellow at The Ohio State University
Horace Mann "Excellence in Teaching" award, The Wellington School, 2003-2004
Ohio Magazine's Excellence in Education special recognition, 2007
RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Number Theory. I have been pursuing how rational numbers related to one another and have published a number of papers in the high school journal for math teachers. Research has stretched from recurrence relations, to combinations of square inverses that yield unitary fractions, to novel Pythagorean Triples, to probability.
High-intensity laser-solid interactions with Linn Van Woerkom. Soft x-rays are useful for diagnostic and other biomedical uses. It is hoped that a method of generating short-pulsed, soft x-rays will be developed for these purposes, but not enough is yet known regarding the methods of producing soft x-rays. We used a high-intensity laser to generate soft x-rays by focussing the laser light onto cylindrical rods of various materials. This work furthered the field by supplying spectral features produced by such interactions.
High-intensity laser-gas interactions with Linn Van Woerkom. Photoelectrons are generated by short-pulsed, high-intensity laser light focussed through Noble gases. These electrons have absorbed up to 50 more photons than are needed to ionize them. We have generated photoelectron spectra highly resolved in either intensity or angle. This work has added to multiphoton physics by demonstrating exotic behaviours in these photoelectron spectra which raise questions as to the validity of previously held conceptions in this field.
PULICATIONS
M.J. Nandor, " Recurrence Relations, Proper Guessing, and Closed-Form Solutions," The Mathematics Teacher, 99, pp. 292-295, (2005).
M. J. Nandor, "The Inclusion of Leap Year to the Canonical Birthday Problem," The Mathematics Teacher, 97, pp. 87-89, (2004).
L. D. Van Woerkom, M. J. Nandor, M. A. Walker, G. D. Gillen, H. G. Muller, "Above-Threshold Ionization As a Probe of Mulitelectron Physics," Laser Physics, 11, pp. 982-988, (2001).
L. D. Van Woerkom, M. A. Walker, M. J. Nandor, H. G. Muller, "On the absence of multielectron effects in ATI photoelectron spectra of argon," AIP Conference Proceedings, 525, pp. 70-80, (2000).
M. J. Nandor, "The CRC Form of Subscription: a Stumbling Block in God's Path?," The Banner, 135, 22, p. 38, (2000).
M. J. Nandor, M. A. Walker, and L. D. Van Woerkom, H. G. Muller, "Detailed comparison of above-threshold-ionization spectra from accurate numerical integrations and high-resolution measurements," Physical Review A, 60, pp. 1771-1774, (1999).
M. J. Nandor, M. A. Walker, and L. D. Van Woerkom, "Angular distributions of high intensity ATI and the onset of the plateau," Journal of Physics B, 30, pp. 4617-4629, (1998).
M. J. Nandor and L. D. Van Woerkom "Soft X-rays from high intensity laser interactions with solids," Physical Review E, 56, pp. 1273-1275 (1997).
M. J. Nandor and T. M. Helliwell, "Fermat's Principle and Multiple Imaging by Gravitational Lenses," American Journal of Physics, 64, pp. 45-49 (1996).
OTHER CONTRIBUTED WORKS
"Electron Angular Distributions of ATI Peaks in Xenon," poster at Gordon Conference on Multiphoton Processes, 14-Jun-98, M.J. Nandor, M.A. Walker, L.D. Van Woerkom.
"Recent Developments in the Photoelectron Spectra of ATI of Rare Gases," poster at Gordon Conference on Multiphoton Processes, 14-Jun-98, M.A. Walker, M.J. Nandor, L.D. Van Woerkom.
"Electron Angular Distributions of High-Order ATI Peaks in Xenon," talk at Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) meeting, 27-May-98, M.J. Nandor, M.A. Walker, L.D. Van Woerkom.
"Rydberg Resonance Structure in the High Order ATI Spectrum of Argon," talk at Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) meeting, 27-May-98, M.A. Walker, M.J. Nandor, L.D. Van Woerkom.
"Soft X- rays from high intensity laser driven plasmas," poster at Division of Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics (DAMOP) meeting, 20-Apr-97, M.J. Nandor, L.D. Van Woerkom.
"Soft X-Rays From High Intensity Laser Interactions," talk at the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society (OS/APS) meeting, 2-Nov-96, M.J. Nandor, L.D. Van Woerkom.