Faculty Profile for Dr. Brandon Robert Lunk

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Dr. Brandon Robert Lunk
Senior Lecturer — Physics
RFM 3240
phone: (512) 245-2131
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Service

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Caballero, M. D., Engelhardt, L., Hillborn, R., Kuchera, M., Knaub, A., Lopez del Puerto, M., … Zimmerman, T. (2022). Partnership for Integrating Computation in Undergraduate Physics 2021 Virtual Capstone Conference Report. AAPT.
  • Lunk, B. R. (2020). Using Conceptual Blending to model how we understand computational models. Retrieved from https://www.compadre.org/per/items/detail.cfm?ID=15300
  • Lunk, B. R. (2019). Einstein Solids: Equilibrium, Temperature and Heat Capacity. In PICUP Exercise Collection. AAPT. Retrieved from https://www.compadre.org/PICUP/exercises/exercise.cfm?A=StatMechTCEq
  • Lunk, B. R. (2019). A Stochastic Model of Birth-Death Population Dynamics. In PICUP Exercise Collection. AAPT.
  • Lunk, B. R. (2018). 2-State Systems: Statistical Mechanics in Sports and the Story of the Purple Pandas. In PICUP Exercise Collection. AAPT. Retrieved from https://www.compadre.org/PICUP/exercises/exercise.cfm?A=2StateSystems

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2023 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering. August 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2021 Presidential Distinction Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering. 2021
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 2020 College Achievement Award for Excellence in Teaching, College of Science and Engineering. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Teaching Award of Honor, Texas State Alumni Association. 2020
  • Award / Honor Recipient: “Best Graduate Paper.”, North Carolina Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers. 2012

Selected Service Activities

Chair
Standing Committee on Non Tenure Line Promotion Policy
September 2023-Present
Member
Non-Tenureline Faculty Committee
August 2022-Present
Intro and Service Course Coordinator
August 2019-Present
Editor
Partnership for the Integration of Computation in Undergraduate Physics (PICUP) Exercise Collection
July 2018-Present
Member
Promoting the Undergraduate Physics Major Committee
August 2016-Present