Randall Caton is a Professor of Physics and Computer Science at Christopher Newport University and was recently the Chair of the Department of Physics, Computer Science and Engineering . He was educated at the University of Minnesota (BS), the University of Pennsylvania (MS), and the City College of CUNY (PhD). His areas of research are Superconductivity and Science Education. He has run Young PHDs (with CHROME) and has worked at the NASA Langley Center for Distance Learning. He also directed Teachers as Researchers and Project Excel in the past.

Current Courses:

Office Hours: Monday and Wednesday 16:00-17:00 and Tuesday and Thursday 11:00 - 12:00.
• PHYS 151: Intermediate Physics I
• PHYS 202: General Physics II
• PHYS 404 and 504: Electromagnetism
• PCSE 499W: Independent Study in Applied Physics and Computer Science WI (a writing intensive course)

Personal Philosophy: A pet dog and trees are relaxing and both reduce stress as you advance in years.

    

Some Recent Publications and Activities:

• Squeak activities for the NASA CONNECT shows.
• R. Caton, Squeak Interactive Web Activities Developed for the NASA Center for Distance Learning (requires IE and MS WORD to view), SITE 2004 Conference Proceedings (March 2004, Atlanta).
• K. Townes and R. Caton, Using the NASA LIVE™ Videoconferencing Program in Teacher Education (requires IE and MS WORD to view), SITE 2003 Conference Proceedings (March 2003, Albequerque).
• R. Caton and T. Pinelli, NASA Langley/CNU Distance Learning Programs PowerPoint Presentation (requires IE and PowerPoint to view), EDMEDIA 2002 Conference Proceedings (June 2002, Denver).
• R. Caton and T. Pinelli, NASA Langley/CNU Distance Learning Programs (requires IE and MS WORD to view), EDMEDIA 2002 Conference Proceedings (June 2002, Denver).
• R. Caton and C. Otts, Fossil Footprints: How Fast Was That Dinosaur Moving?, American Biology Teacher (September 1999). Click here for downloads of related handouts, worksheets, and presentations.
• CNU Design Competitions for Elementary and Middle School.

QTVR Movies: Get QT4 from Apple.

The New Millennium: View the Heralding of the New Millenium (IE5 required).

Sunset on Lake Michigan:      Wide View      Enlarged

Norway:      Aurora

House Pictures:      House

Explore the World of Squeak: Try Squeak!

SD14 Picture: View

Visits Since 8/21/04:  

Last Update: March 8, 2008.        You can reach me at rcaton@pcs.cnu.edu.