keywords
- atomic and molecular physics, cold molecules, physical chemistry, physics education research
- Contact Info
Lewandowski, Heather Associate Professor
Positions
- Associate Professor, Physics
Research Areas
Research
Publications
selected publications
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conference proceeding
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Initial impacts of the transformation of a large introductory lab course focused on developing experimental skills and expert epistemology
2018
- Correlating students' views about experimental physics with their sense of project ownership 2018
- Pathways to proposing causes for unexpected experimental results 2018
- Transforming a large introductory lab course: impacts on views about experimental physics 2018
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Impact of an introductory lab on students' understanding of measurement uncertainty.
312-315.
2017
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Impact of perceived grading practices on students' beliefs about experimental physics.
19-22.
2017
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Instructor perspectives on iteration during upper-division optics lab activities.
116-119.
2017
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Student reasoning about measurement uncertainty in an introductory lab course.
244-247.
2017
- Cold controlled reactions between molecular ions and molecular radicals. ACS National Meeting Book of Abstracts. 2016
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Impact of instructional approach on students' epistemologies about experimental physics.
388-391.
2016
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Investigating student ownership of projects in an upper-division physics lab course.
336-339.
2016
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Nothing works the first time: an expert experimental physics epistemology.
100-103.
2016
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Investigating student ownership of projects in an upper-division physics lab course.
336-336.
2016
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Access to undergraduate research experiences at a large research university.
123-126.
2015
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Correlating students' beliefs about experimental physics with lab course success.
367-370.
2015
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Redesigning a junior-level electronics course to support engagement in scientific practices.
191-194.
2015
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The role of metacognition in troubleshooting: an example from electronics.
339-342.
2015
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The role of modeling in troubleshooting: an example from electronics.
103-106.
2015
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Making Models of Measurement Tools: Examples from Think-Aloud Student Interviews.
291-294.
2014
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Studying Expert Practices to Create Learning Goals for Electronics Labs.
155-158.
2014
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Development and results from a survey on students views of experiments in lab classes and research.
381-384.
2013
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Development and Validation of the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for Experimental Physics.
AIP Conference Proceedings.
442-445.
2012
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Transforming the advanced lab: Part I - Learning goals.
AIP Conference Proceedings.
391-394.
2011
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Initial impacts of the transformation of a large introductory lab course focused on developing experimental skills and expert epistemology
2018
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journal article
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Characterizing lab instructors' self-reported learning goals to inform development of an experimental modeling skills assessment.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2018
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The Modelling Framework for Experimental Physics: description, development, and applications.
European Journal of Physics.
2018
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Quantum-state-controlled reactions between molecular radicals and ions.
Physical Review A.
2018
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Pulsed operation of a ring Stark decelerator.
Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics.
2018
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A high-voltage amplifier for traveling-wave Stark deceleration.
Review of Scientific Instruments.
2018
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A summary of research-based assessment of students' beliefs about the nature of experimental physics.
American Journal of Physics.
212-219.
2018
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Recommendations for the use of notebooks in upper-division physics lab courses.
American Journal of Physics.
45-53.
2018
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Student ownership of projects in an upper-division optics laboratory course: A multiple case study of successful experiences.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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An ion trap time-of-flight mass spectrometer with high mass resolution for cold trapped ion experiments.
Review of Scientific Instruments.
2017
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Qualitative investigation of students' views about experimental physics.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Using lab notebooks to examine students' engagement in modeling in an upper-division electronics lab course.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Production of carbon clusters C-3 to C-12 with a cryogenic buffer-gas beam source.
Journal of Chemical Physics.
2017
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Investigating the role of socially mediated metacognition during collaborative troubleshooting of electric circuits.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Improvement or selection? A longitudinal analysis of students' views about experimental physics in their lab courses.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Students' views about the nature of experimental physics.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Measurements of trap dynamics of cold OH molecules using resonance-enhanced multiphoton ionization.
Physical Review A.
2017
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Developing skills versus reinforcing concepts in physics labs: Insight from a survey of students' beliefs about experimental physics.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Electronics lab instructors' approaches to troubleshooting instruction.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2017
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Collapse and revival of the monopole mode of a degenerate Bose gas in an isotropic harmonic trap.
Physical Review A.
2016
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Open-ended versus guided laboratory activities: Impact on students' beliefs about experimental physics.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2016
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Research-based assessment of students' beliefs about experimental physics: When is gender a factor?.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2016
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Lab notebooks as scientific communication: Investigating development from undergraduate courses to graduate research.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2016
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Alternative model for administration and analysis of research-based assessments.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2016
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Investigating the role of model-based reasoning while troubleshooting an electric circuit.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2016
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Students' epistemologies about experimental physics: Validating the Colorado Learning Attitudes about Science Survey for experimental physics.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2016
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Observation of a persistent non-equilibrium state in cold atoms.
Nature Physics.
1009-+.
2015
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Model-based reasoning in the physics laboratory: Framework and initial results.
Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research.
2015
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Method for traveling-wave deceleration of buffer-gas beams of CH.
Physical Review A.
2014
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Incorporating learning goals about modeling into an upper-division physics laboratory experiment.
American Journal of Physics.
876-882.
2014
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Epistemology and expectations survey about experimental physics: Development and initial results.
Physical Review Special Topics. Physics Education Research.
2014
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A search for varying fundamental constants using hertz-level frequency measurements of cold CH molecules.
Nature Communications.
2013
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The process of transforming an advanced lab course: Goals, curriculum, and assessments.
American Journal of Physics.
63-70.
2013
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State purity of decelerated molecular beams.
Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy.
1-6.
2012
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Large Effects of Electric Fields on Atom-Molecule Collisions at Millikelvin Temperatures.
Physical Review Letters.
2011
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Theoretical study of the quenching of NH ((1)Delta) molecules via collisions with Rb atoms.
Physical Review A.
2009
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Experimental Demonstration of Classical Hamiltonian Monodromy in the 1:1:2 Resonant Elastic Pendulum.
Physical Review Letters.
2009
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High-energy-resolution molecular beams for cold collision studies.
New Journal of Physics.
2009
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Production of cold formaldehyde molecules for study and control of chemical reaction dynamics with hydroxyl radicals.
Physical Review A.
2006
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Cold molecule spectroscopy for constraining the evolution of the fine structure constant.
Physical Review Letters.
2006
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Efficient Stark deceleration of cold polar molecules.
European Physical Journal D.
351-358.
2004
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Cold free-radical molecules in the laboratory frame.
Physical Review A.
2004
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A pulsed, low-temperature beam of supersonically cooled free radical OH molecules.
Chemical Physics Letters.
53-57.
2004
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Decoherence-driven cooling of a degenerate spinor Bose gas.
Physical Review Letters.
2003
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Phase space manipulation of cold free radical OH molecules.
Physical Review Letters.
2003
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Normal-superfluid interaction dynamics in a spinor Bose gas.
Physical Review Letters.
2003
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Simplified system for creating a Bose-Einstein condensate.
Journal of Low Temperature Physics.
309-367.
2003
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Effect of cold collisions on spin coherence and resonance shifts in a magnetically trapped ultracold gas.
Physical Review A.
2002
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Spatial resolution of spin waves in an ultracold gas.
Physical Review Letters.
2002
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Observation of anomalous spin-state segregation in a trapped ultracold vapor.
Physical Review Letters.
2002
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Laser Guidance and Trapping of Mesoscale Particles in Hollow-Core Optical Fibers.
Physical Review Letters.
1574-1577.
1999
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Characterizing lab instructors' self-reported learning goals to inform development of an experimental modeling skills assessment.
Physical Review Physics Education Research.
2018
Teaching
courses taught
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PHYS 1140 - Experimental Physics 1
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018
Introduces experimental physics through laboratory observation of a wide range of phenomena. Covers experiments on physical measurements, including mechanics, electricity & magnetism, and optics, with the mathematical analysis of physical errors associated with the experimental process.
Background
education and training
- Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder 2002
- M.S., University of Colorado Boulder 2001
- B.S., Michigan Technological University 1997
awards and honors
International Activities
global connections related to teaching and scholarly work (in recent years)
- Norway Country
- South Africa Country
- United Kingdom Country