Dr. Tom Christensen is the Dean of the College of Letters, Arts and Sciences and a Professor in the Department of Physics and Energy Science at the Univeristy of Colorado at Colorado Springs. Tom has taught a wide variety of courses and has won both the college and campus-wide teaching awards. He is an active researcher in experimental surface and thin film physics. Tom regularly travels out to local schools to make presentations on physics, light, sound, and astronomy. He is available to do workshops and short courses on a variety of topics in vacuuum and thin film technology.