Biography
Tatiana Erukhimova received a Ph.D. in Physics from the Russian Academy of Sciences in 1999 and joined TAMU in 2001. She organizes annual Physics & Engineering Festivals attended by thousands of visitors. She developed the Physics Show, an interactive presentation involving physics demonstrations and hands-on exhibits, attended by more than 30,000 people since 2007. In 2012, she started the innovative program Discover, Explorer, and Enjoy Physics & Engineering (DEEP), which engages students in hands-on teamwork and outreach activities. She is a co-organizer of the Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program (MIPEP), which includes annual summer boarding schools for physics teachers from Texas high schools. Tatiana was a 2016 TEDxTAMU speaker and 2019 Fish Camp namesake. She is a co-author, with Gerald North, of an undergraduate textbook on Atmospheric Thermodynamics published by Cambridge University Press in 2009. Currently Dr. Erukhimova teaches calculus-based introductory physics classes, Mechanics and Electricity & Magnetism. In 2022 Tatiana was awarded Marsha L. ’69 and Ralph F. Schilling ’68 Chair for Physics Outreach.
Awards & Honors
- Wells Fargo Honors Faculty Mentor Award, 2024
David Halliday and Robert Resnick Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Physics Teaching, American Association for Physics Teachers, 2024
American Association for Physics Teachers Fellow, 2024
- Homer L. Dodge Citation for Distinguished Service to American Association for Physics Teachers, 2024
- Fellow, American Association for the Advancement of Science, 2023
- American Physical Society’s Dwight Nicholson Medal for Outreach, 2023
- University Professor for Undergraduate Teaching Excellence (2021)
- American Physical Society Fellow, 2019
- Distinguished Achievement University-Level Award in Extension & Outreach (Texas A&M Association of Former Students, 2019)
- Presidential Professor for Teaching Excellence (2017)
Selected Publications
- J. D. Perry, A. Wang, C. Garrett, M. Dew, M. Head, A. Belyanin, B. Dutta, and T. Erukhimova, Mitchell Institute Physics Enhancement Program - Supporting the Development of Out-of-Field, In-Service Teachers of High School Physics, Phys. Teach. 62, 480–483 (2024) https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0142715
- J. D. Perry, T. L. Erukhimova, C. Garrett, T. Sauncy, J. P. Donaldson, S. White, J. Tyler, and R. L. Ivie, Exploring Impacts of Outreach on a National Sample of Undergraduate Physics Students, 2024 Physics Education Research Conference (PERC) Proceedings, pp. 318-323, doi:10.1119/perc.2024.pr.Perry