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Publications & Honors

See below for all authored and co-authored publications and honors received, sorted by category and year. All written publications are linked to their host platforms. PDFs are provided for selected first-author publications across categories. Please feel free to reach out with inquiries about any items!

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Relevant abbreviations:

  • AAPT: American Association of Physics Teachers

  • APS:   American Physical Society

  • CIRTL: Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning

  • IEEE:   Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers

  • SICB:  Society for Integrative & Comparative Biology​

 

​Interactive Table of Contents:

  • Written Publications:

  • Invited Presentations:

  • Contributed Presentations:

  • Honors & Awards:

Peer-reviewed Publications

* indicates undergraduate co-author

" indicates co-first-authorship

2026

  • S. W. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Developing Oral Presentation Skills in Science with Seminar Courses. I. Interdisciplinary Observations and Holistic Assessment of Student Growth, in preparation.

  • S. W. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Developing Oral Presentation Skills in Science with Seminar Courses. II. Outcomes and Recommendations from Research-based Curriculum Interventions, in preparation.

2025

  • ​E. Alicea-Muñoz, S. W. Tarr, G. T. Carroll*, C. Subiño Sullivan, and M. F. Schatz, Transforming the preparation of physics graduate teaching assistants: Evidence from a decade of longitudinal program assessment, in review (first submitted on July 10, 2025).

  • S. W. Tarr", J. S. Brunner*", E. Alicea-Muñoz, and D. I. Goldman, The value of hands-on experiments in an upper-division classical mechanics course, Emergent Scientist 9, 1 (2025). [Full text available here: Main Text]

2024

2023

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Other Publications and Creative Products

2024​​

2019

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Invited Oral Presentations

2026

  • S. W. Tarr, The Science of Science Communication: Lessons from Research on Giving Presentations and Teaching Them, Too, University of Georgia Science Café (Athens, GA, October 16, 2026).

  • S. W. Tarr, Education Research & Science Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology Research Experiences for Pre-Service Teachers Program Lunch and Learn (Atlanta, GA, June 12, 2026). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

2025

  • S. W. Tarr, Education Research & Science Communication, Georgia Institute of Technology Research Experiences for Pre-Service Teachers Program Lunch and Learn (Atlanta, GA, June 5, 2026).

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Contributed Oral Presentations

* indicates undergraduate co-author

2026

  • S. W. Tarr, C. Hill*, A. Creyts, and E. Alicea-Muñoz, “I generally hate numbers.”: Translating Instructor Attitudes about Problem-solving Representations to Student Performance in Introductory Mechanics, in 2026 AAPT Summer Meeting (Pasadena, CA, July 19–22, 2026). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

2025

  • S. W. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Defining Success in Science Multimedia Communication Courses, in 2025 AAPT Summer Meeting (Washington, DC, August 2–6, 2025). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

  • A. Creyts*, S. W. Tarr, and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Can Students Solve for x: Introductory Physics Students’ Approaches to Problem Solving, in 2025 AAPT Summer Meeting (Washington, DC, August 2–6, 2025).

2024

  • S. W. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Reflecting to Learn in a Physics Multimedia Communication Course, in 2024 AAPT Summer Meeting (Boston, MA, July 6–10, 2024). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

2023

  • S. Tarr, J. S. Brunner*, D. Soto, and D. I. Goldman, Boundary-driven Surface Wave Forces from a Self-propelling Vibrating Robot Boat, in 2023 APS March Meeting (Las Vegas, NV, March 5–10, 2023). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

  • B. Chong, K. Diaz, S. Tarr, E. Erickson*, and D. I. Goldman, Water surface swimming dynamics via continuous contact in lightweight centipedes, in 2023 APS March Meeting (Las Vegas, NV, March 5–10, 2023).

  • K. Diaz, S. Tarr, B. Chong, and D. I. Goldman, Water surface swimming via continuous contact in a centipede, in 2023 SICB Annual Meeting (Austin, TX, January 3–7, 2023).

2022

  • S. Tarr, E. Aydin, and D. I. Goldman, Locally Induced Analog Casimir Force from a Self-propelling Vibrating Robot Boat, in 2022 APS March Meeting (Chicago, IL, March 14–18, 2022). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

  • K. Diaz, S. Tarr, and D. I. Goldman, Water surface swimming dynamics in centipedes, in 2022 APS March Meeting (Chicago, IL, March 14–18, 2022).

  • J. S. Brunner*, J. Margolis*, S. Tarr, D. Soto, and D. I. Goldman, Investigating Orbits of a Textbook Mass-Pulley System, in 2022 APS March Meeting (Chicago, IL, March 14–18, 2022).

2021

  • S. W. Tarr, E. Aydin, and D. I. Goldman, Surface Wave and Transport Dynamics of a Self-propelling Vibrating Robot Fan Boat, in 2021 Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Phoenix, AZ, November 21–23, 2021). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

  • K. Diaz, S. W. Tarr, and D. I. Goldman, Surface swimming dynamics of centipedes, in 2021 Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Phoenix, AZ, November 21–23, 2021).

  • S. Tarr, B. Castleman*, E. Aydin, and D. I. Goldman, Active Transport Dynamics with Wave-Based Interactions, in 2021 APS March Meeting (Virtual, March 15–19, 2021). [PDF slides available here: Main Slides]

  • S. Li, H. Gynai*, Y. Ozkan-Aydin, S. Tarr, P. Laguna, and D. I. Goldman, Substrate-mediated interaction of active agents on an elastic substrate, in 2021 APS March Meeting (Virtual, March 15–19, 2021).

  • H. Gynai*, S. Li, Y. Ozkan-Aydin, S. Tarr, E. Aydin, P. Laguna, and D. I. Goldman, Nonlocal control of active agents on a deformable substrate, in 2021 APS March Meeting (Virtual, March 15–19, 2021).

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Contributed Poster Presentations

* indicates undergraduate co-author

2026

  • S. W. Tarr, C. Hill*, A. Creyts, and E. Alicea-Muñoz, “I generally hate numbers.”: Translating Instructor Attitudes about Problem-solving Representations to Student Performance in Introductory Mechanics, in 2026 Physics Education Research Conference (Pasadena, CA, July 22–23, 2026). [PDF poster available here: Poster]

2025

  • S. W. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Defining Success in Science Multimedia Communication Courses, in 2025 Physics Education Research Conference (Washington, DC, August 6–7, 2025). [PDF poster available here: Poster]

  • A. Creyts*, S. W. Tarr, and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Can Students Solve for x: Introductory Physics Students’ Approaches to Problem Solving, in 2025 Physics Education Research Conference (Washington, DC, August 6–7, 2025).

2024

  • S. W. Tarr and E. Alicea-Muñoz, Reflecting to Learn in a Physics Multimedia Communication Course, in 2024 AAPT Summer Meeting (Boston, MA, July 10–11, 2024). [PDF poster available here: Poster]

2022

  • D. Soto, J. Hwang*, S. Tarr, K. Diaz, and D. I. Goldman, Novel robot design for collective transport of soft matter in complex environments, in 2022 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (Philadelphia, PA, May 23–27, 2022).

2018

  • S. Tarr*, B. Dutta, B. Chakraborty, and D. I. Goldman, Programming Collective Behaviors with Brownian Robots, in Brandeis University SciFest VIII (Waltham, MA, August 2, 2018).

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Other Contributed Presentations

* indicates undergraduate co-author

2018

  • S. Tarr*, B. Dutta, B. Chakraborty, and D. I. Goldman, Programming Collective Behaviors with Brownian Robots, Table talk at 2018 Greater Boston Area Statistical Mechanics Meeting (Waltham, MA, October 27, 2018).

2017

  • I. Roy, J. Tynes, T. Henning*, A. Simonson*, S. Tarr*, and K. Cox*, Instilling a Maker Mindset on Campus: Case Studies and Projects from the Student Perspective, Panel discussion moderated by I. Roy and J. Tynes at World Maker Faire 2017 (Corona, NY, September 23–24, 2017).

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Honors & Awards

2026

  • Awarded part of the Amelio Travel Fund from the Graduate Committee of the Georgia Tech School of Physics

  • Recipient of the Georgia Tech School of Physics Charles K. Rice Jr. Fellowship Award

2025

  • Awarded part of the Amelio Travel Fund from the Graduate Committee of the Georgia Tech School of Physics

  • Recipient of Tech-to-Teaching Certificate from the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning

  • Recipient of the Georgia Tech Institute-wide Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year award

  • Recipient of the Georgia Tech School of Physics Graduate Teaching Assistant of the Year award

2024

  • Awarded part of the Amelio Travel Fund from the Graduate Committee of the Georgia Tech School of Physics

2023

  • Recipient of CIRTL Associate Certificate from the Georgia Tech Center for Teaching and Learning

2022

  • Awarded part of the Amelio Travel Fund from the Graduate Committee of the Georgia Tech School of Physics

2021

  • ​Awarded part of the Amelio Travel Fund from the Graduate Committee of the Georgia Tech School of Physics

2019

  • Highest Honors in Physics from Brandeis University

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