Hi! My Name is Martha-Elizabeth "Marty" Baylor. I am from Columbia, MD, but I am doing my undergraduate study (class of 1998) at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Below, you can find out more info about who I am and what I've done.



Summer Research Experience


Summer 1996
University of Washington, Seattle, WA
Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program
Project: Physics Education Group (PEG)
Mentors: Lillian McDermott, Peter Shaffer, and the PEG Graduate Students

Taught for Electric Circuits and Light and Optics Modules using the Physics By Inquiry Method
Anaylzed pretests and compared results with data from other courses
Wrote paper and gave presentation based on results

Summer 1995
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Federal Junior Fellowship Program
Project: Attitude Control Systems (Code 712)
Mentors: Josephine San and Tobin Anthony

Programed computer simulations modeling spacecraft behavior
Created homepage for Code 712

Summer 1994
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Summer High school Apprenticeship Research Program (SHARP)
Project: Laboratory for Astronomy and Solar Physics (Code 618)
Mentor: Richard Fahey

Derived Einstein's Special Relativity Equations on my own
Studied Red-Shift at high Z
Analyzed textbooks to see whether classical velocity vs. einstein velocity was used when calculating red-shift

Summer 1993
Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
SHARP
Project:Quality Assurance (Code 330) and Attitude Control Systems (Code 712)
Mentors: Janice Buckner, Mary Igal, Kathy Jenkins, Marty Frederick

Studied quality assurance procedures to flight certify hardware
Studied Safehold Mode for TRMM (Tropical Rainforest Mapping Mission) spacecraft


Academic Interests

Physics (my major)
Chinese (my minor)
Primary and Secondary Education Reform
Psychology
Paleontology


Non-Academic Interests


Community Service --> Circle K
Camping and Outdoors Stuff
Going to Used Bookstores
Cooking
Spending Time with Kids
Traveling
Building things using big machines...or little ones if necessary
Carrying out my intellectual curiosities


Favorite Movies/T.V. Shows


Blazing Saddles
A Christmas Story
Spaceballs
Airplane
Naked Gun (1, 2 1/2, 3 1/3)
My Fair Lady
Dr. Doolittle
Ghostbusters
Star Trek 2: The Wrath of Khan
The Star Wars Trilogy
The original Star Trek series
Macgyver
The Incredible Hulk
X Files

Well, if you made it this far, you must think my life is somewhat interesting. Of course this does not tell you everything about me, but it does give you a better idea about who I am. If you would like to email me, go ahead. I would be more than happy to hear from you.

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