The Open University of Israel

Dr. Inbal Tuvi-Arad

Department of Natural Sciences

Updated: July 2010


 

Personal

Tel: 972-9-778-1773

Fax: 972-9-778-0661

E-mail: inbaltu@openu.ac.il

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Professional Education

1992 B.Sc. (with distinction), Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1996 M.Sc. (with distinction), Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1999 Ph.D. (summa cum laude), Chemistry, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
1999 Post-Doc, Chemistry Education, Ben-Gurion University, Beer-Sheva, Israel
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Academic Appointments

1998-2001 Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Negev Academic College of Engineering, Beer-Sheva, Israel
2002-2003 Course Coordinator, Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel
2003-2004 Guest Lecturer, Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel
2004 - Lecturer, Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University of Israel
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Fields of Research

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Scholarships and Prizes

2005-2007 Guastalla Fellowship for the Promotion of Science Teaching, Sacta-Rashi Foundation
March 1998 Dean's award for Ph.D. studies, Ben-Gurion University
January 1995 Wolf scholarship for M.Sc. studies
June 1993 Shariv award for M.Sc. studies, Ben-Gurion University & Machteshim Ltd.
March 1992 Award of appreciation for B.Sc. studies, Ben-Gurion University
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Sponsored Research

June 2009 The Open University of Israel Research Fund: "Continuous Symmetry Analysis of Organic Isomerization Reactions"
May 2008 Chais Research Fund: "Molecular symmetry, interactive visualization and chemistry teachers - a qualitative investigation of learning processes of advanced content by means of novel technological tools" (with Dr. Ron Blonder, Department of Science Education, The Weizmann Institute of Science)
Dec. 2007 The Open University of Israel Research Fund: "Analysis of isomerization reactions in terms of continuous symmetry"
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Membership on Editorial Boards

2008 Advisory panel member, Chemistry Education Research and Practice
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Membership in Professional Societies

2004 - Member, Chais Research Center for the Integration of Technology in Education
2006 - Member, Israel Chemical Society
2010 - Member, American Chemical Society
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Teaching Responsibility for Open University Courses

Academic responsibility for the following courses:

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Other Teaching Experience

1992-1998 Tutor, Ben-Gurion University - courses:
Physical Chemistry A1, Physical Chemistry A2, Physical Chemistry B1
1998-1999 Lecturer, Ben-Gurion University - courses:
Physical Chemistry A1, Physical Chemistry A2
1998-2001 Lecturer, Negev Academic College of Engineering - courses:
Introduction to Chemistry, General Chemistry I, General Chemistry II, General Chemistry III, Physical Chemistry, Computer Applications I, Computer Applications II, Chemical Information
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Other Professional Activities

1997 Summer school in quantum chemistry, September 1-6 1997, Universidad de Cantabria, Laredo, Spain
2008 Introduction to Gaussian: Theory and Practice, September 9-12, Sydney, Australia
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Educational Multimedia Development

1996-1998 Development of teaching software in thermodynamics
2003-2004 Development of "Molecular Symmetry Online" - a virtual learning environment based on a set of tools that enable three-dimensional and interactive display of molecules and their symmetry elements
2004-2007 Development of the "CoSyM" website - a collection of tools for online calculation of Continuous Symmetry Measures, in collaboration with Prof. David Avnir, Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University and Dr. Dina Yogev-Einot, Department of Natural Sciences, The Open University
2009-2010 An updated version of "Molecular Symmetry Online," based on Jmol - an open source Java viewer for chemical structures in 3D, with Dr. Tal Hassner, Computer Science Division, The Open University of Israel
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List of Publications

Thesis and Dissertation

Degree Thesis title Supervisor
M.Sc. Quantum Scattering Theory of Open Systems Professor Yehuda B. Band
Ph.D. Nonadiabatic Interactions in Open and Closed Quantum-Mechanical Systems Professor Yehuda B. Band
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Articles in Refereed Journals

  1. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    Invariant Imbedding and Full Collision Matrix Methods: Incorporation of Closed Channels, Complex Potentials, and Determination of Bound State Energies, Journal of Chemical Physics 99, 9697-9703 (1993).
  2. Y. B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Invariant Imbedding Method for Multichannel Schrödinger Equations with Derivative Coupling, Journal of Chemical Physics 99, 9704-9708 (1993).
  3. Y.B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Quantum Rearrangement Scattering Calculations Using the Invariant Imbedding Method, Journal of Chemical Physics 100, 8869-8876 (1994).
  4. Y. B. Band, I. Tuvi, K-A. Suominen, K. Burnett, and P. S. Julienne
    Loss from magneto-optical traps in strong laser fields, Physical Review A50 (Rapid Communication), R2826-R2829 (1994).
  5. Y. B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Convergence of Diabatic to Adiabatic Scattering Calculations Physical Review A51 (Rapid Communication), R3403-R3406 (1995).
  6. Y. B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Reduced Optical Shielding of Collisional Loss for Laser Cooled Atoms Physical Review A51 (Rapid Communication), R4329-R4332 (1995).
  7. I. Tuvi, Y. Avishai and Y. B. Band
    Electronic Conductance in Mesoscopic Systems: Multichannel Quantum Scattering Calculations, Journal of Physics - Condensed Matter 7, 6045-6063 (1995).
  8. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    Hermiticity of the Hamiltonian Matrix in a Discrete Variable Representation, Journal of Chemical Physics 107, 9079-9084 (1997).
  9. K-A. Suominen, Y. B. Band, I. Tuvi, K. Burnett and P. S. Julienne
    Quantum and Semiclassical Calculations of Cold Atom Collisions in Light Fields, Physical Review A57, 3724-3738 (1998).
  10. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    Nonadiabatic Coupling using a Corrected Born-Oppenheimer Basis: The Vibronic Spectrum of HD+, Physical Review A59, 2680-2683 (1999).
  11. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    Modified Born-Oppenheimer Basis for Nonadiabatic Coupling: Application to the Vibronic Spectrum of HD+, Journal of Chemical Physics 111, 5808-5823 (1999).
  12. R. Nachmias and I. Tuvi
    Taxonomy of Scientifically Oriented Educational Websites, Journal of Science Education and Technology 10(1), 93-104 (2001).
  13. I. Tuvi and R. Nachmias
    Current State of Websites in Science Education - Focus on Atomic Structure, Journal of Science Education and Technology 10(4), 293-303 (2001).
  14. I. Tuvi and R. Nachmias
    A Study of Web-Based Learning Environments Focusing on Atomic Structure, Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 22(3), 225-240 (2003).
  15. P. Gorsky, A. Caspi and I. Tuvi-Arad
    Use of Instructional Dialogue by University Students in a Distance Education Chemistry Course, Journal of Distance Education 19(1), 1-19 (2004).
  16. I. Tuvi-Arad and P. Gorsky
    New Visualization tools for learning molecular symmetry: A preliminary evaluation, Chemistry Education Research and Practice 8(1), 61-72 (2007).
  17. I. Tuvi-Arad and R. Blonder
    Continuous symmetry and chemistry teachers: learning advanced chemistry content through novel visualization tools, Chemistry Education Research and Practice 11(1), 48-58 (2010).
  18. I. Tuvi-Arad and D. Avnir
    Determining symmetry changes during a chemical reaction: the case of diazene isomerization, Journal of Mathematical Chemistry 47,1274-1286 (2010).


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Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings

I. Tuvi and R. Nachmias, Educational Websites in Chemistry: Expectations versus Reality, Computer Based Learning in Science - Conference Proceedings, C. P. Constantinou and Z. C. Zacharia (eds.), Vol. 1, 955-963 (2003).

I. Tuvi-Arad and R. Blonder, Continuous Symmetry & Chemistry Teachers: Learning Advanced Chemistry Content through Novel Visualization Tools, Proceedings of the Chais Conference on Instructional Technologies Research 2010: Learning in the technological era, Y. Eshet-Alkalai, A. Caspi, S. Eden and Y. Yair (eds.), Raanana: The Open University of Israel, 87-93 (2010).

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Open University Books (in Hebrew)

2002 Chemical Kinetics (20241) - a study guide (author)
2004 Molecular Symmetry Online - a multimedia module for teaching molecular symmetry, as part of the courses: Symmetry (20332, 20334, 20335), Inorganic chemistry (20404), Quantum theory II (20523) (author and website developer)
2005 Molecular Dynamics of Chemical Processes (20557) - a study guide (consultant)
2006-2009 Analysis of Experiments (20340) - three units: Continuous symmetry measures (advisor and website developer); Spectroscopy of diatomic molecules (advisor); Organic dye molecules (author)
2008 Physical Chemistry Laboratory (20289) (author, with Dr. Varda Itach)
In preparation
Quantum Theory II - The Chemical Bond (20523) - a new course (author)
Topics in computational chemistry (author)
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Presentations at Meetings and Invited Seminars

  1. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    "Invariant Imbedding Method for Scattering and Bound State Calculations: Closed Channels, Complex Potential and Derivative Coupling," XVIth International Conference on Photochemistry, Vancouver Canada, August 1-6, 1993.
  2. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    "Invariant Imbedding Methods for Scattering and Bound-State Calculations: Closed Channels, Complex Potentials, and Derivative Couplings," The 59th Israel Chemical Society Meeting, Beer Sheva, Israel, January 31- February 1, 1994.
  3. Y. B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Invited Paper: "Adiabatic formulation of Quantum Scattering," American Chemical Society, Washington, DC, August 22-25, 1994.
  4. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    "Is it wrong to use the diabatic representation for calculating chemical dynamics," The 1994 China-Israel Meeting, Jerusalem, Israel, August 22-25, 1994.
  5. Y. B. Band, I. Tuvi, K-A. Suominen and K. Burnett and P. S. Julienne
    Invited paper: "Radiative Escape Collisions of Laser Cooled Atoms," Optical Society of America and Interdisciplinary Laser Science Conference, Dallas, TX, October 2-7, 1994.
  6. Y. B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Invited paper: "Adiabatic and diabatic Formulations of Quantum Scattering," Israel-Japan Symposium on Molecular Science, Jerusalem, January 1995.
  7. Y. B. Band and I. Tuvi
    Invited paper: "Adiabatic Formulations of Quantum Scattering for Geometric Phase Problems in Molecular Physics," Workshop on Geometric Phases in Atomic and Molecular Physics, University of Los Vegas, Nevada, February 1-2, 1995.
  8. I. Tuvi and Y. B. Band
    "Reduced Optical Shielding of Collisional Loss for Laser Cooled Atoms," The XIX International Conference on the Physics of Electronic and Atomic Collisions (XIX ICPEAC), Whistler, BC, Canada, July 26 - August 1, 1995.
  9. Y. B. Band, M. Trippenbach and I. Tuvi
    "Beam and Pulse Propagation in Near-Field Scanning Optical Microscope Tips," Forth International Conference on Near-field Optics, Jerusalem, February 9-13, 1997.
  10. U. Dinur, I. Tuvi and H. Shefer
    "A Teaching Software for Chemical Thermodynamics," The 63rd Meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, Tel-Aviv, Israel, February 9-11, 1998.
  11. I. Tuvi and R. Nachmias
    "Chemical Education on the WWW - Do We Find What We Expect?" Chemistry and the Internet, Washington, DC, USA, September 23-26, 2000.
  12. I. Tuvi and R. Nachmias
    "Educational Websites in Chemistry - Expectations versus Reality," Sixth International Conference On Computer Based Learning in Science, Nicosia, Cyprus, July 5 - 10, 2003.
  13. P. Gorsky, A. Caspi and I. Tuvi-Arad
    "Use of Instructional Dialogue by University Students in a Distance Education Chemistry Course," Meital Conference, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel, February 26, 2004.
  14. P. Gorsky, A. Caspi and I. Tuvi-Arad
    "Use of instructional dialogue by university students in a distance education chemistry course," Fifth International Conference on Information Communication Technologies in Education. Samos, Greece, July 1-3, 2004.
  15. I. Tuvi-Arad and P. Gorsky
    "Web Based Learning of Molecular Symmetry," E-Learn 2004 - World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Washington DC, USA, November 1-5, 2004.
  16. P. Gorsky, A. Caspi, R. Trumper, I. Tuvi-Arad and R. Nitzani-Hendel
    "Learning physics and chemistry: Distance and campus-based university students' dialogic behavior," ESERA: European Science Education Research Association, Barcelona, Spain 2005.
  17. I. Tuvi-Arad
    Invited lecture: "Learning Symmetry Online - Three-Dimensional Visualization of Advanced Content," The 73rd meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, February 4-5, 2008.
  18. D. Yogev-Einot, I. Tuvi-Arad, D. Avnir
    "CoSyM Continuous Symmetry Measure - A New Website," 73rd meeting of the Israel Chemical Society, February 4-5, 2008.
  19. I. Tuvi-Arad, D. Yogev-Einot and D. Avnir
    "Cosym - A Unique Website for Teaching and Research in Chemistry," Meital Conference, August 6, 2008, Haifa, Israel.
  20. I. Tuvi-Arad and D. Avnir
    "Continuous Symmetry Analysis of the Cis-Trans Isomerizations of Diazene Derivatives: The Symmetry Transition Point," WATOC Congress, September 14-19, 2008, Sydney, Australia.
  21. I. Tuvi-Arad and R. Blonder
    "Continuous Symmetry & Chemistry Teachers: Learning Advanced Chemistry Content through Novel Visualization Tools," Chais 2010 Research Conference on Instructional Technologies, February 10, 2010, Raanana, Israel.
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