Granular materials, Nonlinear Dynamics, Physics Education Research, and Curriculum Development.

Refereed Publications:

Kevin Stokely, Ari Diacou, and Scott V. Franklin, "2-d Packing of Prolate Granular Materials." Submitted 6/2002 to Phys. Rev. Lett.

David P. Jackson, Scott V. Franklin, and Priscilla W. Laws, Explorations in Physics: An Activity-Based Approach to Understanding the World. John Wiley & Sons, 2002.

Scott V. Franklin, Jeffery Marx, and Karen Cummings ed., Proceedings of the 2001 AAPT Physics Education Research Conference. PERC Publishing, NY, 2001.

Scott V. Franklin, F. Mertens, and M. Marder, ``The Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect.'' Phys. Rev. E 62, 8195 (2000)

F. Mertens, Scott V. Franklin, and M. Marder, ``Dynamics of Plastic Deformation Fronts.'' Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, p. 4502 (1997)

Scott V. Franklin and Marder, M., ``Theories of the Portevin-Le Chatelier Effect.'' In Plastic and Fracture Instabilities in Metals, N. Ghoniem ed., pp. 133-142 (ASME 1995)

External Support:

NSF #DGE-0116795 "Introducing Research-Based Curricula to Rochester Institute of Technology." $47,229 7/01-7/03.

DOE FIPSE P116B000927, "Workshop Science: Implementation of a Project-Centered Curriculum for Non-scientists." w/Priscilla Laws and David Jackson at Dickinson College, $470,934 9/00-8/03