Maurice Goodman BSc, MSc, DipMgmt, MBA
Lecturer
Email: maurice.goodman@TUDublin.ie
Tel: (01) 220 5717
Education:
BSc (Hons.) in Experimental Physics 1980
University College Dublin
MSc. In Optical Materials 1983
University College Dublin
Diploma in Management 1988
Trinity College Dublin
MBA 1994
Open University
Professional Membership:
Member of Institute of Physics since 1989 with Chartered Physicist status.
Professional Experience:
Lecturer II, School of Physics, DIT/TU Dublin 1997 to Date.
Current Teaching Responsibilities: Materials Science and introductory physics for engineering courses. This also includes laboratory supervision on a variety of level 7 and 8 courses.
Lecturer I, School of Physics, DIT 1988-1997
Product Support Engineer, Dataproducts Ltd. 1986-1988
Product Support Engineer for non-impact printing technologies.
Product Safety Engineer, Dataproducts Ltd. 1984-1986
Product Safety Engineer
Research Scientist, UCD 1980-1984
Remote Sensing contracts for European Space Agency (ESA)
Teaching Experience:
I have been teaching physics to 3rd level undergraduate students since 1980. Within DIT/TUDublin I have taught at level 7 and 8 in all years of a wide variety of courses since 1988.
Research Experience:
1980-1984: Optics and optical calibration (9 publications)
1984-1988: Non-impact printing technologies (1 publication)
1989 to Date: Key self-organising systems including the biological cell (17 publications)
Research Area: Fundamental Physics of Biology
Overview of Research
My current research began in 1980 and has explored how all the sciences of structure (Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry and Nuclear Science) relate to each other and to Physics from a holistic perspective. It highlights the deficiencies in our understanding of both Physics and Biology and shows how both problems might be solved by a link between the weak force and the neutrino on the one hand and self-organisation on the mesoscopic (micron) scale on the other, with a particular emphasis on the biological cell as an outstanding example of self-organisation. This research, which seeks a more holistic approach to science, is expected to result in a better understanding of long range communication in the biological cell creating, in the long run, a science based approach toward a better understanding of the mind and consciousness.
Recent Related Journal Publications:
Goodman, M., Condensed Matters, Phys. World, December 2023, Vol 36, Issue 12, p 23.
Goodman, M., Costly particle physics, Phys. World, November 2022, Vol 35, Issue 11, p 26.
Goodman, M., Bias impedes progress in Physical Biology, Consciousness studies and Quantum Gravity. JCER, 13, Issue 2, pp 173-187, July 2022.
Goodman, M., Seeking meaning Phys. World, February 2022, Vol 35, Issue 2, p 23ii.
Goodman, M., Feedback (No Payne no gain) Phys.World, June 2021, Vol 34, Issue 6, p 26iii.
Goodman, M., A physical biology, the electron neutrino mass, and the role of quantum mechanics in nature Neuroquantology, Vol 16, Issue 11, pp 49-54, November 2018.
Goodman, M., The mainstream scientific community is open to incremental but not holistic ideas. Neuroquantology, Vol 15, Issue 2, pp 215-216, June 2017.
Goodman, M., Suppressed intuitions, large number coincidences, and a mathematical foundation for life and consciousness. NeuroQuantology, Vol. 14, Issue 1, pp 62-67, March 2016.
Goodman, M., Where peer review fails. (Feedback), Physics World, March 2016, Vol. 29, No. 3, pp 21-22.
Goodman, M., Decoherence in brain processes and the forces of nature. Abstracts: Toward a Science of Consciousness, p321, Helsinki, Finland, June 2015.
Goodman, M., A quantum theory of consciousness may require a paradigm shift in biology. JCER, 6, Issue 1, pp 1-9, January 2015.
Goodman, M., Mesoscopic Mapping, Physics World, December 2008, Vol. 21, No. 12, p19.
Goodman, M., Quantum Mechanics, Cosmology, Biology and the seat of consciousness, Consciousness Research Abstracts, Quantum Mind 2007, p45, July 2007
Goodman, M., Barking up the wrong tree for life? NeuroQuantology, Vol. 5, No. 1, p186-187, March 2007.
Goodman, M., Symmetry points the way to the beginnings of a fundamental theory underpinning Biology, Symmetry: Culture and Science, Vol. 14, p265-269, 2004
Goodman, M., Crackpot support, Physics World, August 2001, Vol 14, No. 8, p21.
Goodman, M., How well can we hope to understand micro-fluidic systems? (Unpublished) 1999.
Goodman, M., Toward linking material self-organization and the weak force, Speculations in Science and Technology, Vol 20, No. 1, p33-43, March 1997.
Goodman, M., Key self-organising systems, Proc. Of the 1st ICASSE 94, p118-125, 1994.