Peter Gruenbaum, Ph.D. (he/him/his)
Affiliate Instructor
Dr. Peter Gruenbaum is a software engineer, physicist, writer and educator. He is focused on the renewable energy and battery industries and the power of software to improve the grid. He's worked on microservices, machine learning, solar energy, mobile apps, data visualization, augmented reality and many other technologies.
Education
- Stanford University – Stanford, CA, USA
- Ph.D. Applied Physics
- University of Chicago – Chicago, IL, USA
- B.A. Physics
Courses
CSS 290 – Topics in Computing. Software for Renewable Energy
Teaching Interests
Software for energy
Research and Scholarship Interests
STEM education for underrepresented groups
Creative Interests
Playwriting
Peer-reviewed publications
- P. Gruenbaum, “Undergraduates Teach Game Programming Using Scratch” (IEEE Computer, Feb 2014, vol 47)
- P. Gruenbaum, “Underrepresented Youth Creating Culturally Relevant Games” (IEEE Computer, Oct 2012, vol 45, pp. 91-93)
Conference papers
- P. Gruenbaum, D.F.W. Robison, A. Lemlem, “Reaching Low Income Teens through Computer Programming” (SIGSCE 2008, March 12 – 15, 2008, Portland, OR, p. 565)
- P. Gruenbaum, D.F.W. Robison, C. Airola, S. End, A. Lemlem, “Technological Creativity in Low-Income Neighborhoods” (36th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, October 28 – 31, 2006, San Diego, CA)
- Lewis M. Fraas, Veeravana S. Sundaram, James E. Avery, Peter E. Gruenbaum, Eric Malocsay, “III-V solar cells and doping processes”, 1991 United States patent US5217539A.
- Richard M. Swanson, Jon-Yiew Gan, Peter E. Gruenbaum, “Radiation resistant passivation of silicon solar cells”, 1990 United States patent US5030295A.