David Frank, PhD

David Frank, PhD

Academic Department Head
Physical Sciences
Phone: (231) 591-2580
Email: [email protected]

Education

• PhD, Purdue University, Math-Science Education
• MS, Purdue University, Chemistry
• BA, Macalester College, Chemistry, Mathematics, Biology

Biography

Dr. Frank is the head of the Physical Sciences Department. Prior to assuming this role, he taught courses in general chemistry, physical chemistry and industrial chemistry. More recently, he has taught a section of the university's freshman seminar class (FSUS 100), helping orient students in math and science education to the campus.

Presentations

• Oral Presentation
  Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Gordon Research Conference on Chemical Education: Research and Practice, "Evaluation of a 2-year Pilot of a Collaborative Research-based Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course at Ferris State University," New London, Connecticut, (June 2005).
• Oral Presentation
  Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), 228th ACS National Meeting, NSF Symposium, "Outcomes and Analysis of a 2-Year Pilot of a Collaborative Research-Based Organic Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course at Ferris State University," Philadelphia, PA, (August 2004).
• Oral Presentation
  Adsmond, D. (Author & Presenter), Balanda, P. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), 18th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, "Implementation of a Collaborative Research-Based Chemistry 2 Laboratory Course at Ferris State University," Ames, Iowa, (July 2004).
• Oral Presentation
  Partigianoni, C. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Killian, W. (Author & Presenter), Jacobs, L. (Author & Presenter), Shepler, V. (Author & Presenter), 33rd Great Lakes / Central Regional American Chemical Society Meeting, “Don’t Slay Them – SLA Them," Grand Rapids, Michigan, (July 2001).
• Oral Presentation
  Partigianoni, C. (Author & Presenter), Frank, D. (Author & Presenter), Jacobs, L. (Author & Presenter), Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, “Increasing Student Success in General Chemistry Classes with Structure Learning Assistance (SLA) Workshops," University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, (2000).