He is also an affiliate of the Center for Science and Mathematics Education there. His main area of research is Physics Education Research (PER). Dr. Sirochman is currently working on an NSF funded project studying the affects of a molecular visualization and authoring application on student learning. He is also involved with a project to completely redesign the general physics labs at USM, to incorporate computers and give the experiments an inquiry base. He will also be evaluating the affects of these labs on student understanding and interest. His future research interests include understanding the role of logic in students' physics abilities.