About Mr Lanham

July 30, 2007 at 6:35 pm No comments

A little bit about Lanham (because students and parents want to know)

This is Mr. Lanham’s second year teaching at Milton High School. Mr. Lanham was a science teacher at Sprayberry High School in Marietta for eleven years. He has lived in the Atlanta area since middle school and is a graduate of Lassiter High School. He paid for most of his college tuition by working for Chick-fil-a, NOPI autoparts and delivering for a nearby Dominio’s Pizza. He graduated from Kennesaw University in 1996 with a bachelor’s degree in Secondary Science Education with a concentration in physics.
Mr. Lanham has taught physical science, chemistry (regular and honors), conceptual physics and electric vehicle. He is proficient in Mac, Windows and UNIX (but prefers Mac).

Achievements/Recognitions

1995-1996 Student Interview Committee, Kennesaw State University; interviewed prospective science faculty for KSU
1996-2007 Science Teacher at Sprayberry High School, Marietta GA (physical science, conceptual physics, chemistry, electric vehicle)
1996-2000 Science Education Advisory Board, Kennesaw State University
member of American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
Year 2000 winner of a $15,000 grant from SuperComm; used to purchase classroom set of laptops with wireless network connections.
Year 2000 Nominated for Radio Shack National Teacher Award

Georgia Industrial Fellowship for Teachers (GIFT) positions:

1998: Georgia Tech CEISMC and SECME; Worked on developing web based educational modules including teaching physics using mousetrap cars.
1999: Georgia Tech Microelectronics Research Center; developed a database to collect data for research group (rehired independently in 2000)
2001: Georgia Tech Industrial and Systems Engineering; assisted graduate students in a number of programs including SciTrek
2002: Georgia Tech Material Science and Engineering; worked on advanced phosphor technologies research
2003-2004: Georgia Tech CEISMC; program facilitator, Cobb County system coordinator
2005: GE Power Systems; through Georgia Tech GIFT program
2006: STEP-UP Program at Georgia Tech; research in modern physics and holography
2007: Georgia Tech Microelectronics Research Center; wrote a program in LabView to automate moving a semiconductor sample a few microns at a time.
2007: Began teaching at Milton High School!