Paul Beeken
Physics Teacher at Byram Hills School District
City of White Plains, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Beeken is a veteran physics educator and applied scientist with over two decades of classroom experience teaching AP and Honors Physics while developing district-level curricula in White Plains, NY. He blends deep academic training—a Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry from Columbia and surface physics work at Caltech—with hands-on expertise in electronics, programming, machine and manufacturing systems from roles at IBM Research and as a senior programmer building educational software. Comfortable translating complex physical concepts into engaging learning tools, he has a track record of creating practical instructional technology for schools and universities. A long-standing member of APS and AAPT, he also brings an unexpected background in yoga instruction, underscoring strengths in communication, patience, and holistic student engagement.
10 years of coding experience
10 years of employment as a software developer
California Institute of TechnologyPh.D., Physical Chemistry, Ph.D., Physical Chemistry at Columbia UniversityB.S., Chemistry, B.S., Chemistry at Stony Brook University
Github Skills (22)
google-colaboratory10
embedded8
python8
bootstrapping8
sarif7
microcontroller7
python-interface7
micropython7
science7
quantities6
hyphenation6
idris6
machine-learning6
bitrix5
sdk5
Programming languages (4)
Github contributions (5)
pbeeken/WeatherKiosk
Jan 2022 - Feb 2025
Standalone Weather Kiosk for Marine Station
Contributions:2 PRs, 187 pushes, 3 branches in 3 years
raspberry-pipythonfull-stackstandalonemarine
pbeeken/JupyterPhysics
May 2019 - Sep 2021
Contributions:23 commits, 22 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 4 months
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