André Wehner

 

Assistant Professor of Physics and Mathematics

Centre College, 600 W Walnut St., Danville, KY 40422

(859) 238-5919, wehner@centre.edu

 

 

OBJECTIVE

 

 

College-level or graduate-level teaching in physics, mathematics, astronomy, and German; research in areas of quantum field theory, differential geometry and general relativity.

 

 

EMPLOYMENT HISTORY

 

 

Assistant Professor            Centre College of Kentucky                                                               2001-present

Instructor                             Utah State University                                                                          1994-2001

 

 

EDUCATION

 

 

Ph. D.                                     Utah State University

                                                                Advisor: J. T. Wheeler

                                                                Specializations: quantum field theory; general relativity

                                                                Degree awarded: Ph. D. (Mathematical Physics) 2001

M. S.                                       Idaho State University

                                                                Advisor: George Irwin

Specialization: Mößbauer imaging

                                                                Degree awarded: M. S. (Physics) 1994

B. S.                                       Humboldt-Universität (Berlin, Germany)

Major: physics, minor: mathematics.

Degree awarded: Vordiplom (German equivalent to Bachelor of Science) 1992.

                 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

 

 

At Centre College: Assistant professor of physics and mathematics (tenure-track, legal permant resident), webmaster, student advisor, supervisor for student tutors.

At Utah State University: Lecturer, recitation teacher, lab instructor, tutor mathematics/physics/German.

Taught the following classes:

Physics: Introductory Physics (with lab), Engineering Physics (with lab), Introductory Astronomy (with lab), Mathematical Methods of Theoretical Physics, Classical Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Thermal Physics, General Relativity

Mathematics: Liberal Arts Mathematics, College Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Calculus I, II, and III, Differential Equations, Partial Differential Equations, Real Analysis, Complex Analysis, Discrete Mathematics, Mathematical Methods of Economics, Advanced Geometry.

 

 

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

 

 

Alternative theories of gravitation; gauge theories; Cartan method and exterior calculus; theory of transformation groups; symmetries of differential equations; differential topology. Computer algebra systems (Maple, Mathematica); web programming; bilingual English-German.

 

               

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

 

 

Wehner, André and James T. Wheeler, “Biconformal Matter Actions”,  Int. J. of Pure a. Appl. Math. 30, No. 2 (2006) 207 - 224. “Symmetric Spaces with Conformal Symmetry”, hep-th/0107008, “Conformal Actions in Any Dimension” (with James T. Wheeler),  Nucl. Phys. B 557 (1-2) (1999) 380. Doctoral Thesis: “A New Conformal Gauge Theory” (Utah State University, 2001). Master’s Thesis: “Conversion Electron Surface Imaging” (Idaho State University, 1994). First English translation of the classical mathematical text Theorie der Transformationsgruppen, Band 3 by Sophus Lie (1893), submitted for publication.

 

 

RECENT CONFERENCES/WORKSHOPS ATTENDED

 

 

MAA MathFest at University of Tennessee Aug. 10-12, 2006 (national meeting); 8th Eastern Gravity Meeting at Wake Forest University (regional meeting), March 18 & 19, 2005;  Frontiers in Contemporary Physics at Vanderbilt University (international meeting), May 23-28, 2005, Midwest Geometry Meeting at University of Arkansas (regional meeting) March 25-27, 2004, 3rd International Symposium on Quantum Theory and Symmetry, September 10-14, 2003, University of Cincinnati (international meeting); East Coast Gravity Meeting, March 29-30, 2003, University of Maryland College Park (regional meeting); ACS Summer Teaching Workshop, Rollins College Winter Park, June 2003; Geometrical Study of Differential Equations at Howard University Washington, DC, 2000 (workshop); Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, University of California at Santa Barbara, 1999.

Regular attendance at Kentucky Association of Physics Teachers (KAPT) and Kentucky section of Mathematical Association of America (KYMAA) regional meetings.