Cynthia Sisson
Name: Cynthia J. Sisson
Title: Professor & Chair
Start Year at LSUS: 1994
Credentials: 1993 PhD in Computational Physics at the University of South Carolina; 1988 BS in Physics, minor in Computer Science minor at New Mexico Tech
Department: Chemistry and Physics
College: Arts and Sciences
Office Location: Science Building 112B
Office Phone: 318-797-5246
Office Fax: 318-797-5090
Email: cynthia.sisson@lsus.edu
Office Hours:
Spring 2012
Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays 9:30 - 11:00 a.m.
Wednesdays 1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Teaching Assignments:
Spring 2012
Phsc 105 Physical Science 105 (95% Online)
Phys 251L General Physics 1 Laboratory
Phys 375 Thermal Physics
Other regular teaching assignments:
- Physics 251/252 College Physics
- Physics 261/262 Physics for Science Majors
- Physics 365 Modern Physics
- Physics 475 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
- Physics 490 (Special Topics in Physics) Modeling with Mathematica
- FS 104 Freshman Seminar
Research Interests:
- Physics Education Research
- Digital ink and Tablet computer use in the classroom
- Monte Carlo simulations of light in tissue
Selected Publications:
C. Sisson, "Tablet-Based Recitations in Physics: Less Lecture, More Success," in The Impact of Tablet PCs and Pen-based Technology on Education: New Horizons, D. Berque, L. Konkle, and R. Reed Eds. West Lafayette, In: Purdue University Press, 2010.
W. Gustavson, S. Lynch, and C. Sisson, "Integrating Science: Explorations in Biology, Chemistry, and Physics," LSUS Internal publication (lab manual), 1998 - 2004.
J. Rodriguez, C. Sisson, C. Pattillo, C. Hendricks, M. Mcwaters, C. Quarles, M.Hardjasudarma, I.V. Yaroslavsky, A.N. Yaroslavsky, and H. Battarbee. "Experimental assessment of the CSF contribution to light propagation the adult brain", Trends in Optics and Photonics (TOPS) Vol 56, Conference on Lasers and Electro-optics (CLEO 2001), Technical Digest, Post-conference Edition (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2001), pp. 401-402.
J. Rodriguez, C. Sisson, C. Hendricks, C. Pattillo, M. McWaters, C. Quarles, I.V. Yaroslavsky, A.N. Yaroslavsky, and H. Battarbee. "Feasibility of using diffuse reflectance spectroscopy for the quantification of brain edema." in Saratov Fall Meeting 2000: Optical Technologies in Biophysics and Medicine II, Valery Tuchin Editor, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 4241, pp. 88-97 (2001).
I. Yaroslavsky, A. Yaroslavsky, H. Battarbee, C. Sisson, and J. Rodriguez. "Self-calibrating distributed-source image reconstruction technique for diffuse optical." Biomedical Topical Meetings, OSA Technical Digest (Optical Society of America, Washington DC, 2000), pp. 487-488.
I.Yaroslavsky, A. Yaroslavsky, H. Battarbee, C. Sisson, and J. Rodriguez. "Non-Jacobian nonlinear image reconstruction technique in diffuse optical tomography" Inter-Institute Workshop on In Vivo Optical Imaging at the NIH (Bethesda, 1999), P 21-22.
J. Rodriguez, C. Quarles, C. Sisson, and H.D. Battarbee. "High bandwidth optical tomography" in Medical Imaging 1999: Physics of Medical Imaging, J.M. Boone and J.T. Dobbins Editors, Proceedings of SPIE Vol. 3659, pp. 375-383 (1999).
C. Sisson, "Critical Dynamics in the 3D spin-1/2 Heisenberg Model: A Decoupled Cell Monte Carlo Study." Intl. Jnl. Mod. Phys. C 7, 441 (1996).
C. Sisson, "Decoupled Cell Quantum Monte Carlo: How Should We Calculate the Energy?" In Computer Simulations in Condensed Matter Physics VII, eds. D. Landau, K. Mon, and H. Schuttler (Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1994).
