Dr Matt Mears
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Senior University Teacher in Physics
  
  
    
         m.mears@sheffield.ac.uk
    
          
          
        
      
    
  
  
      D29, Hicks Building
  
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        Dr Matt Mears
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
D29
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
          
      
  
School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
D29
Hicks Building
Hounsfield Road
Sheffield
S3 7RH
- Research interests
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- Physics education in HE
 - Directed motion of self-motile cells
 - Cellular adhesion in male factor infertility
 - Glass transition of thin films
 - Polymers at surfaces and interfaces
 
 
- Publications
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Featured publications
Journal articles
- R-D-L me this: A simple semi-directed learning approach to teaching first year physics students.. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 11(1).
 - . American Journal of Physics, 83(9), 817-820.
 - . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1848(2), 518-526.
 - . Theriogenology, 81(5), 764-769.
 - . Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics, 50(18), 1286-1292.
 - . Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 32(18), 1411-1418.
 
All publications
Journal articles
- . Journal of Science Education and Technology, 34(2), 420-435.
 - . Physics Education, 57(1).
 - . The Journal of Chemical Physics, 154(16).
 - . Macromolecules, 51(16), 6312-6317.
 - . European Polymer Journal, 87, 449-457.
 - R-D-L me this: A simple semi-directed learning approach to teaching first year physics students.. New Directions in the Teaching of Physical Sciences, 11(1).
 - . American Journal of Physics, 83(9), 817-820.
 - . Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, 1848(2), 518-526.
 - . Theriogenology, 81(5), 764-769.
 - . Journal of Polymer Science. Part B, Polymer Physics, 50(18), 1286-1292.
 - . Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 32(18).
 - . Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 32(18), 1411-1418.
 - . Physical Review Physics Education Research, 15(2).
 
 
- Teaching activities
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- PHY101
 - PHY120 (module leader)
 - PHY230 / PHY231
 - PHY341 project supervision
 - PHY407 (module leader)
 
 
- Professional activities and memberships
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- Head of second year lab
 - Member of departmental Equality and Diversity committee
 - Member of the Sheffield Physics Higher Education Research and Development (ShePHERD) group.
 - Senior Fellow of the HEA