Department of	History and Philosophy of Science
	Peter M. Distelzweig
	Peter M. Distelzweig Department of History and Philosophy of Science University of Pittsburgh 1017 Cathedral of Learning Pittsburgh, PA 15260 email: pmd17-'at'-pitt-'dot'-edu
Research Interests	My research interests center on the history of late scholastic, renaissance and early modern natural philosophy. I am also interested in Aristotle, especially his natural philosophy and philosophy of mathematics.
Education	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, Michigan Master of Science, Physics Education August 2006 University of Notre Dame South Bend, Indiana Arts & Letters and Science Honors Degree: Bachelors of Arts, Honors Philosophy, Summa cum laude May 2000
Fellowships, Grants & Awards	University of Pittsburgh Travel Grant, Graduate and Professional Students Association, , June 2008 Eastern Michigan University Graduate Research Fellowship Recipient Michigan Space Grant Consortium, June 2004 Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society, April 2004 Sigma Xi Award, Graduate Research Fair, March 2004 Sigma Xi Award for Graduate Physics Research, April 2005 University of Notre Dame Phi Beta Kappa, May 2000 President’s Scholar, 1997 – 2000 John A. Oesterle Award in Philosophy, May 2000
Talks and Presentations	"De Artificio Mechanico Musculorum: The Mechanical Problems in William Harvey’s De Motu Locali Animalium”, Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society (University of Pittsburgh), November 2008 “Mathematics and the Heavens: Aristotle on Subordinate Science and Demonstrative Knowledge of the Heavens”, Biennial Meeting of the International Society for the History of Philosophy of Science (University of British Columbia, Vancouver), June 2008 “Language, Memory and Universality in Hobbes's Philosophy of Language", Meaning and Modern Empiricism Conference (Virginia Tech), April 2008 “Descartes and the Mixed Sciences”, Graduate Research Fair (Eastern Michigan University), March 2006 “Communicating the Nature of Science in Intro Astronomy”, Graduate Research Fair (Eastern Michigan University), March 2005 Poster Paper: “Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, International Coating Expo 2004 (Chicago, Illinois), October 2004 Oral Presenter, “Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, Second Quarter Progress Report, Army Research Laboratory, Corrosion Research Grant (Eastern Michigan University), June 2004 Poster Paper: “Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, Industrial Advisory Board Meeting, National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center in Coatings, Joint Center of Eastern Michigan University and University of Southern Mississippi (Eastern Michigan University), May 2004 “Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy”, Graduate Research Fair (Eastern Michigan University), March 2004
Teaching Experience	University of Pittsburgh Teaching Assistant HPS 0623: Explanations of Humans and Society, Spring 2008 HPS 0613: Morality and Medicine, Fall 2007 Eastern Michigan University Adjunct Lecturer Physics 101: Physics and the Arts, Spring 2006 Physics 110: Physical Science 1, Winter 2006 Teaching Assistant Physics 101 Physics & the Arts Laboratory, Fall 2005 Physics 222 Electricity, Magnetism, & Light Laboratory, Summer 2005 Physics 223 Mechanics, Sound and Heat Laboratory, Spring 2005 Supplementary Instruction Leader (i.e., group tutor) Philosophy 100 Introduction to Philosophy, Spring 2005 Astronomy 203 Introduction to Astronomy, Winter 2005 Philosophy 130 Introduction to Formal Logic, Winter 2005
Other	Graduate Research Assistant Localized Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Dr. Weidian Shen, Surface Science Laboratory Department of Physics and Astronomy & Coating Research Institute Eastern Michigan University September 2003 - August 2005 Internship Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy Dr. Tie Wang, Scientific Research Laboratory Ford Motor Company Fall 2003 Goethe-Institut, Munich Intermediate 3 (1st Half) June 2001