Faculty

Harold L. Chambers II
Associate Professor of Physics
Office: 114G Wheeler Science Center
Phone: (417) 328-1664
Email

Courses Taught: Introduction to Physical Science, General Physics II and University Physics II

Why do you enjoy teaching at SBU? "I enjoy interacting with students and watching them develop competence in understanding phyiscs."

Educational and Professional Background: Chambers earned a Bachelor of Science degree at Eastern Michigan University, and a Master of Science and Ph.D. in Physics from Purdue University.

From 1985 to 1986, Chambers was employed at Vitro Services, Inc. in Fort Walton Beach, Florida as a Scientific Programmer/Analyst. His teaching career began as a Graduate Teaching Assistant Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. He later taught at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina before coming to Southwest Baptist University in 1998.

Chambers is a member of the American Association of Physics Teachers (A.A.P.T.) and the Astronomical Society of the Pacific (A.S.P.). He is also a member of the SBU Faculty Senate, General Education Committee and the Scholarly Activities Committee.

PUBLICATIONS (Conference Presentations)

• Chambers II, H. L. (2003) Introduction to Backyard Astronomy.  A.A.P.T, 126.
• Chambers II, H. L., Moffett, T. J., and Barnes III, T. G. (1999) Photometric Outbursts in Mira B.  BAAS, 31, 929.
• Chambers II, H. L. (1998)  Astrophysical Constraints on Abiogenesis. Bull. SC Acad. Sci., 60, 66.

SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES

• Pre-Engineering Workshop. U.M.-Rolla (November, 2005).

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT

• Science Fair Judge, Dadeville HS, Dadeville, MO, (March 2004)
• Science Fair Judge, Polk County Christian School, Bolivar, MO, (January 2004).
• Science Fair Judge, Halfway HS, Halfway, MO, (February 2002)
• Presentation: The Christmas Star. Astronomy Night. Southwest Baptist University, (December 2001)
• Presentation: Meteor Showers, Astronomy Night, Southwest Baptist University,  (November 2001)
• Presentation: Missions to Mars. Astronomy Night. Southwest Baptist University, (October 2001).
• Presentation: Life on Mars. Astronomy Night. Southwest Baptist University, (September 2001).
• Science Fair Judge, Halfway HS, Halfway, MO, (February 2001).
• Presentation: The Solar System. Astronomy program for Bolivar Area Homeschoolers. Southwest Baptist University, (November 1999).
• Presentation: Mars: The Red (Dead?) Planet. Astronomy Open House, Southwest Baptist University, (April 1999).
• Science Fair Judge, Halfway HS, Halfway, MO, (March 1999).
• Science Fair Judge, Dadeville HS, Dadeville, MO, (March 1999).

PUBLICATIONS (Laboratory Manuals)

• Author of Laboratory Manual in Astronomy.
• Co-Author of Laboratory Manuals in General/University Physics I, General/University Physics II.

Faith Dedications: Chambers plays the trumpet with the worship team at Wellspring Fellowship in Bolivar, Missouri.