Mr. David Vakil
I received my bachelor's degree from University of Arizona in Physics, Math, and Astronomy in 1997 and my master's in astronomy from Caltech in 2000. I love my job which I began as a full-time physics and astronomy teacher at El Camino College in Fall 2000. I have taught two mechanics classes for the Physics dept (1A and 2A) and most of the astronomy courses. I currently teach Stars and Galaxies (astro 25) and Solar System (astro 20). I have written a lab manual for the Astronomy 12 Lab course which some other instructors use. I also occasionally teach Physics 2A during the summers. Here is a link to my homepage, from which you can access my course websites and videos for most classes I have taught since mid-Spring 2008.
One of my other claims to fame at ECC is that I am the "clicker guy" because I have been using clickers in my classes, with much success, since Spring 2006. I recently got a grant so I could get clicker sets for the entire school. For more information go to this link.
On a personal note, I got married in August 2008 and have been enjoying wedded bliss ever since. I am now proud to have a stepson and our 4 cats, Penny, Demon, Sam, and C.J. The picture shown here is a bit dated; my wife won't let me wear that shirt anymore, after it got washed a few (dozen) too many times.
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Vincent Lloyd
Vincent Lloyd is an Assistant Professor of Astronomy at El Camino. He has been teaching astronomy and physics since 1988, and has been at El Camino since 1991. Vincent attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, where he obtained his B.A. degree in 1972. He was awarded an M.S. degree in 1975 and an M.Ph. in 1976, both from Columbia University in New York. His interests are stargazing, reading, languages, and history. In 2003 he was awarded First Prize in the Boeing-Griffith Observer Science Writing Contest for his essay, "Who First Measured the Distance to the Sun?" Vincent is married and has two poodles.
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