Research Interests

Relativity - Special, General, Quantum Gravity [Causal Sets, Quantum Measure Theory]
Computational Physics and Scientific Visualization - VPython; Tensor Visualization
Physics Pedagogy - New Ideas for Teaching Relativity, Electromagnetism, and Mechanics
Human-Computer Interfacing and Virtual Reality for Teaching Physics - NeatTools, TabletPC, Wii-remote projects

Papers"Some Identities for the Quantum Measure and its Generalizations"
Modern Physics Letters A (2002) v17(12), 711-728
      http://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/9903015

"Visualizing proper-time in Special Relativity" (invited)
Physics Teacher (Indian Physical Society) (Oct-Dec 2004), v46(4), 132-143
      http://arxiv.org/abs/physics/0505134

"Toward a Quantum Dynamics for Causal Sets" (Ph.D. (Physics) dissertation, Syracuse, 2008)

Websites

New Ideas for Teaching Relativity
      http://www.visualrelativity.com/
          o "The Light Cone"
          o Twin Paradox Applet
          o "Visualizing Proper Time in Special Relativity"
          o "Spacetime Trigonometry"

VPython applications for Teaching Physics
      http://physics.syr.edu/~salgado/software/vpython/

Some academic events on my past worldline

(started as an Electrical Engineering major) Cooper Union
B.S. Mathematics and Physics, SUNY Stony Brook
M.S. Physics, University of Chicago
Ph.D. Physics, Syracuse University

summer student at Fermilab
(summer) Instructor, Department of Physics, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
(temporary) Assistant Professor of Physics, Truman State University (Kirksville, MO)
Research Scientist, SUNY Upstate Medical University (Syracuse, NY)
Assistant Professor of Physics, Dillard University (New Orleans, LA)
Senior Part-Time Instructor, Department of Physics, Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)