Paul G. Hewitt Author | Conceptual Academy
Paul G. Hewitt, former boxer, uranium prospector, signpainter, and cartoonist began college at the age of 28 and fell in love with physics. His name is synonymous with Conceptual Physics to physics educators everywhere. Before the advent of Professor Hewitt's textbook of the same name, physics was traditionally taught primarily as applied mathematics — geared to students with high math and science aptitudes. As such, any serious study of physics was out of the educational mainstream for most students. Hewitt's conceptual approach changed all this. By translating the central concepts of physics from mathematical language to common English, and by explaining physics rather than proclaiming physics, and by extensive use of analogies as a teaching tool, Hewitt brought physics into the educational mainstream. His textbook, the leading physics textbook for nonscientists since 1971, has changed the way physics is taught to both non-science and science majors as well.
John Suchocki CEO | Conceptual Academy
John is the author of Conceptual Chemistry, as well as CEO and founder of Conceptual Academy, PBC, a public benefit company of teachers and textbook authors including Paul Hewitt of Conceptual Physics. Well-known for his video work, John has been active in distance and hybrid learning techniques since the mid-1990s. He has been teaching physical science for about 25 years primarily at the community college level, and is now focused on the continued development of video textbooks with his co-authors at Conceptual Academy.
Dr. Clifton Roozeboom Co-founder and CTO | PocketLab
Dr. Clifton Roozeboom is the CTO and Co-Founder of PocketLab. He received his PhD in mechanical engineering from Stanford University. He has been the primary investigator on two National Science Foundation SBIR projects and two Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences SBIR projects. Dr. Roozeboom is a lecturer in the Stanford University mechanical engineering department. His PhD research was on wireless sensor networks for environmental monitoring applications, for which he earned grants and fellowships from Sandia National Labs, Hewlett-Packard Labs, the National Science Foundation, and the Chevron Corporation.
Jason Barr Digital Content Manager | PocketLab
Jason manages content creation and publishing in PocketLab Notebook and provides customer support for all things PocketLab. He works with our internal team of teachers to create interactive science lessons in the Notebook platform ranging from hands-on standalone labs to full curriculum. In addition, Jason makes video tutorials, conducts training webinars and responds to customer support tickets.
