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Email: jcutright@ivytech.edu                 

Short Biography

I graduated with my B.S. in Physics(minor in Math) from Indiana University in Bloomington. After that I received my M.S. in Physics from Ball State University in Muncie. My concentration was computational nanoscience. In my undergraduate years I did an internship in Goettingen, Germany at the Georg-August Universitaet. I worked in a geophysical fluids lab, measuring double diffusive convection. I also happen to be fluent in German, which was helpful while I was over there. As a graduate student I spent a summer at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center where I wrote code to simulate the orbital mechanics of comets (I'm also a huge KSP fan). After all of that I taught at Ivy Tech for a couple of years. I then spent a year studying nuclear instrumentation in the nuclear engineering program at The Ohio State University. I was then hired as a full time physical sciences instructor at the Ivy Tech in Fort Wayne in August of 2015. During my time as a full time instructor I decided to learn how to fly, which led me to my second career in life. I left in May 2023 to pursue aviation full time as a flight instructor. I still teach courses as an adjunct. I couldn't stay away from the sciences!

Outside of work I like to play my guitar, cook, juggle, fix things, spend time with my wife and daughter, and read (history, science fiction and fact, economics, to name a few).

Courses That I Teach

Physical Science (SCIN111)

Earth Science (SCIN100)

Solar System Astronomy (ASTR101)

Introduction to Physics (PHYS100)

Physics 1 (PHYS101)

Physics II (PHYS102)

Mechanics (PHYS220)

Heat, Electricity, and Optics (PHYS221)

My Favorites

Color: Forest Green

Food: Fish of all kinds. I love sushi.

TV Show: Star Trek DS9

Video Game: Kerbal Space Program

Planes:  DA20-C1, SR20-G6

Scientists: James Clerk Maxwell and James Watt

Experiment: Cavendish (both clever and elegant)

Element: Thorium

Fundamental Particle: Positrons

Books: Robot Dreams/Asimov, The Illustrated Man/Bradbury, New York 2140/Robinson, Neuromancer/Gibson, Der Prozess-Vor Dem Gesetz/Kafka, Lilith's Brood/Octavia Butler

Composers: Bach and Vivaldi

Bands/Singers: Modest Mouse, Frank Sinatra, Finntroll, Muse, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Pillows, Radiohead, Weird Al, Pink Floyd