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David A. Ward

Professor of Physics

9 Results

Peer-Reviewed Journal Article(s)

• "The Hammer Falls: A Fresh Look at the Pile Driver," The Physics Teacher, 43, 428-431. (October 2005) (with Kyle Hathcox)

Conference Proceeding Article(s)

• "Designing a Mechanical Breadboard for Effective Teaching of Engineering Statics," Proceedings of the 2004 American Society for Engineering Education. (March 2004) (with Doanh Van and Denise Roberts)

Presentation(s)

• "A Fresh Look at the Pile Drive" (with Kyle Hathcox)
  Tennessee State Teacher's Association Meeting, Nashville, TN. (November 2006)
• "An Active Learning Tool: The Audience Response System" (with Kyle Hathcox)
  Tennessee Science Teachers Association Professional Development Conference. (November 2004)

Award/Recognition(s)

• Multi-rotor apparatus and method for motion sculpting, 2018
• Multi-rotor apparatus and method for motion sculpting: A reversibly attachable muscle trainer includes a multi-arm structure with motion sensors and force generators for exercising opposing muscles of a person moving an implement so as to maintain an ideal movement. When attached to the implement, the muscle trainer trains the opposing muscles to consistently move the implement in an ideal way. While the person moves the implement with the muscle trainer attached, a processor receives signals from the motion sensors and determines differences between the actual implement motion and an ideal implement motion. The difference indicates a dominating force direction in which the dominating muscles urge the implement. The processor activates the force generators to apply external forces to the implement to urge the implement in various types of training force directions., 2015
• Muscle training apparatus and method, 2014
• Muscle training apparatus and method, 2013
• A reversibly attachable muscle trainer includes a multi-arm structure with motion sensors and force generators for exercising opposing muscles of a person moving an implement so as to maintain an ideal movement. When attached to the implement, the muscle trainer trains the opposing muscles to consistently move the implement in an ideal way. While the person moves the implement with the muscle trainer attached, a processor receives signals from the motion sensors and determines differences between the actual implement motion and an ideal implement motion. The difference indicates a dominating force direction in which the dominating muscles urge the implement. The processor activates the force generators to apply external forces to the implement to urge the implement in various types of training force directions. , 2012