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Column Headings: K = Knowledgeability C = Clarity of Response T = Timeliness P = Politeness
N = Nominated for Expert of the Month
| Date | User | K | C | T | P | N | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-11-20 | Aatiqah | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thank you for your advise. |
| 2009-11-11 | sharon | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much. That helped a lot. |
| 2009-11-09 | Anne | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much Dan! The information that you provided was excellent and a very big help! My son is so excited to try his experiment! |
| 2009-11-04 | shelly | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | I was shocked with a timely reply. It had all the info for a science fair project. Anyway, my daughter is going to stick to their experiment..two really strong permanent magnets with two heavy duty nails and about 400 coils around each. Then they are going to see how they can get it to rotate without stopping. Right now it keeps stopping and has to be pushed by hand to start the rotation. This will be a DC motor. The problem now is how she will collect enough data to prove her question. |
| 2009-11-04 | Tanya Gupta | 10 | 8 | 10 | 10 | Yes | |
| 2009-11-04 | Josh Paulson | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thanks for all of your help. You have been great and patient You really know what you are talking about |
| 2009-11-02 | Katie | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much! Those are great! You're awesome!! |
| 2009-10-06 | Graham | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thanks Dan and enjoy your vacation |
| 2009-09-22 | nicolette | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | thank you :) |
| 2009-09-20 | Max | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Awesome Thanks! Loren and I (Max) understand it a lot more now. I think the three explanations you gave each helped the first Thanks for the help |
| 2009-09-20 | ellie | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | very useful information and she will definitely ask a follow up if that's OK. She is ten and understands Ohm's Law but needed to see the various applications of it. Thanks for the timeliness of your answer too as this project is due next week. Because the teacher told her it couldn't be done, she just HAD to prove that it could because, in her words, "if a battery can power a motorcycle, it can power a toaster". |
| 2009-09-20 | Warm | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you for the sites |
| 2009-09-18 | debashish | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | |
| 2009-09-18 | bruce | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | thank Dan, you help me.... |
| 2009-09-12 | Clair | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thanks a bunch Dan :) Your awesome! |
| 2009-08-24 | Glenn | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Dan was great in helping me figure out how to deal with my problem. I feel more confident with what I'm trying to accomplish. |
| 2009-07-19 | gerald vargas | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | thanks dan, your instructions seems pretty straightforward, I'll get to work on that this weekend. thanks for your prompt reply. |
| 2009-07-02 | Briana | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much for the help! I appreciate it entirely! You're awesome! : ) |
| 2009-06-29 | steve | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | thanks |
| 2009-06-29 | jessica | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much for your answer. it was very much appreciated. |
| 2009-06-28 | steve | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Very good,,thanks for your help. |
| 2009-06-02 | Daniel Li | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | |
| 2009-05-28 | Julian | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thanks -- and by the way, the scene that I think you mean was in "X-men," where the working material of the model was, I think, a form of sand with magnetic particles, and the operator of the model was presumably a person with powers extending to paranormal field manipulation at some distance -- whoa, cool! |
| 2009-05-22 | Selene | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much for the help! |
| 2009-05-01 | Fatos | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Thank you so much, it has been great help. We know what this project involved now. I really appreciate the video show, very descriptive. |
| 2009-04-30 | BEATRIZ | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thank you, so much Dan your help was great. |
| 2009-04-23 | Dena | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | No | Thanks. I'll chew on this one for a while! D |
| 2009-04-22 | Dena | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | Hi Dan Thanks for your response. It was timely and thorough. Dena |
| 2009-04-16 | Jasmin | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | Yes | |
| 2009-04-02 | devang | 10 | 10 | 10 | 10 | Yes | thank you very much |
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Answers by Expert:
Dan Fink
Expertise
Though my experience is mostly in the fields of electricity, magnetism, and physics, I have a broad science background. My career is in the field of alternative power sources -- solar, wind, water and battery power. But any questions about electricity, magnetism, energy conservation, power generation, electric motors, and even general physics are very welcome--especially from kids. They ask the best questions of all! I pride myself in answering science questions accurately, with ideas for SAFE, easy experiments that kids can perform by themselves--and that let them prove the answers to their own satisfaction. I think science should be fun, and available to everyone, regardless of age.
Experience
I have volunteered in our local public schools for 5 years. I currently make presentations at our schools about electricity and magnetism, with a focus on solar, wind, water and other alternative power sources. I try to demonstrate at our schools how easy it is to make electricity, with simple devices using spinning magnets and coils of wire--powered by wind, water, bicycles, gerbils...etc. And of course solar panels! I am the webmaster of Otherpower.com, an alternative energy website. I have lived 10 miles from the nearest power pole for 11 years--I make all my own electricity from scratch with sun, wind and water.
Publications
Otherpower.com
Wondermagnet.com
Co author of the book "Homebrew Wind Power" ISBN 978-0-9819201-0-8
My articles appear regularly in such magazines as Home Power and Back Home
Education/Credentials
BA Technical Journalism
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