Ralph McGrew

Associate Professor of Physics Engineering Science - Physics - Physical Science Department Broome Community College Binghamton, New York 13902-1017 Office: Applied Technology 104B Telephone: 607-778-5118 Fax: 607-778-5334

Born 31 December 1945, I grew up in the little town of State College, Pennsylvania. I earned a bachelor's degree in physics in 1966 at the Pennsylvania State University and a master's degree in 1969 at Cornell University. I have been teaching since 1966, at Penn State and Cornell, at Genesee Community College in Batavia, New York, from 1969 to 1981, and since 1981 at Broome Community College in Binghamton, New York. I have taught preparatory physics, technical physics, college physics, engineering physics, and astronomy. I originated a course in musical acoustics, and a course in energy which I twice carried to inmate students at a maximum-security prison. I enjoy bicycling and calligraphy. I am married, with a daughter and a son.

Publications:

• With my student Max Wheaton, "Questions Students Ask," The Physics Teacher 15, 120 (1977).
• With Charles Teague and others: Instructor's Manual to accompany Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Raymond Serway, 5th edition (2000); Instructor's Manual to accompany Principles of Physics by Raymond Serway, 2nd edition (1998).
• With John Gordon and others: Study Guide and Student Solutions Manual to accompany Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th edition (2000); Study Guide and Student Solutions Manual to accompany Principles of Physics, 2nd edition (1998), Harcourt College Publishers.

Errata in volume 1 of the Student Manual to accompany Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th edition, by Raymond Serway and Robert Beichner: PSE5SM1errata
Errata in volume 2 of the Student Manual to accompany Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th edition, by Raymond Serway and Robert Beichner: PSE5SM2errata

Student scores in PHS 113 Astronomy, section 1, as of of December 20, 2003. One line in the table applies to you if you are a student in this course. Find your secret code number in the first column. The second column shows your score out of 100 on the last exam you took. The third column shows your total score out of 595 points. Letter grades are assigned according to this 'curve': Of 595 points, 535-595 = A, 512-534 = A-, 489-511 = B+, 466-488 = B, 443-465 = B-, 421-442 = C+, 397-420 = C, 374-396 = C-, 305-373 = D, 0-304 = F.
 

Your code	Your score on	Your
number	exam 4 or exam 5	total
10	58	399.2  C
11	82	506.9  B+
12	73.5	524.8  A-
14	78	485.9  B
15	92.5	566.4  A
22	0	did 7 labs F
23	56.5	367.4  D
24	64	305.5  D
25	56.7	438.6  C+
27	40.5	343.2  D

Student scores in PHY 181 Engineering Physics 1, section 1, as of December 20, 2003. One line in the table applies to you if you are a student in this course. Find your secret code number in the first column. The second column shows your score out of 100 on the last exam you took. The third column shows your total score out of 650 points. Letter grades are assigned according to this 'curve': Of 650 points, 584-650 = A, 559-583.9 = A-, 534-558.9 = B+, 509-533.9 = B, 484-508.9 = B-, 459-483.9 = C+, 434-458.9 = C, 409-433.9 = C-, 334-408.9 = D, 0-333.9 = F.
 

Your code	Your score on	Your current
number	exam 4	total and grade
10	73	548.3  B+
12	60	475.1  C+
14	85	545.3  B+
15	73	540.2  B+
16	53	362.1  D
19	74	559.8  A-
23	70	418.1  C-
24	72	504.8  B-
25	63	431  C-
27	84	547.4  B+
28	28	309.2  F
29	51	410.3  C-