CURRICULUM VITAE
Donald G. Luttermoser


Personal:

Born: 20 February 1957; Tecumseh, Michigan
Address: East Tennessee State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Box 70652, Johnson City, TN 37614
E-mail: lutter@mail.etsu.edu
Phone: 423-439-7064 (office in 279 Brown Hall), 423-439-6905 (FAX), 423-928-0147 (home)

Education:

Ph.D. Indiana University, Bloomington Astrophysics August 1988
M.A. Indiana University, Bloomington Astronomy December 1985
M.A. Wayne State University, Detroit Physics August 1983
B.S. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Astronomy & Physics May 1981

Employment:

1999- Associate Professor, East Tennessee State University
1996-1999 Assistant Professor, East Tennessee State University
1994-1996 Associate Scientist, Applied Research Corporation
1993-1994 IUE Resident Astronomer, NASA/GSFC, Computer Sciences Corporation
1990-1993 Visiting Assistant Professor, Iowa State University
1988-1990 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics, University of Colorado

Dissertation:

Title: The Chromospheric Structure of Cool Carbon Stars
Advisor: Dr. Hollis R. Johnson, Astronomy Department, Indiana University

Research Grants:

Instructional Development Grants:


Teaching Experience:

Asst./Assoc. Professor: August 1996 - Present East Tennessee State University
Courses: ASTR-1010: Astronomy I, ASTR-1020: Astronomy II, ASTR-3415: Astrophysics
PHYS-1030: Science and Society II, PHYS-2010: General Physics I, PHYS-2011: General Physics Laboratory I, PHYS-2020: General Physics II, PHYS-2021: General Physics Laboratory II, PHYS-4007/5007: Computational Physics, PHYS-4617/5617: Quantum Physics
Visiting Assistant Professor: August 1990 - August 1993 Iowa State University
Course: Astronomy 120: Introductory Astronomy, The Sky and Solar System, Astronomy 575: Radiative Transfer, Stellar Atmospheres, and Spectroscopy (Graduate-level course), Physics 221: Classical Physics I
Award: Tied for best Graduate Instructor in Fall 1990
Associate Instructor: September 1983 - August 1988 Indiana University
Courses: Astronomy Q204, A105, A110, A201, and A202
Duties: Grading, writing exams and homework assignments. I was solely responsible for teaching A105 in summer sessions; A110 in the Fall 1986 and Fall 1987 sessions; and A202 in the Spring 1988 session.
Award: Nominated by department for Best Associate Instructor of the Year
Gifted and Talented Youth Program: June - July 1987, 1988 Indiana University
Duties: Lecturing on introductory astronomy to 5th and 6th grade students.
Teaching Assistantship: September 1981 - May 1982 Wayne State University
Course: Astronomy 201 Laboratory
Duties: Teaching the undergraduate astronomy laboratories.

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Graduate Research Experience:

Research Assistantship: January - May 1987 Indiana University
Topics: Development of an LTE synthetic spectrum computer code and installation of the non-LTE stellar atmospheres PANDORA on the Indiana University computer system
Advisor: Dr. Hollis R. Johnson, Astronomy Department, Indiana University
Summer Research Assistantship May - July 1984 National Solar Observatory/NASA - Kitt Peak, Arizona
Topic: White light photometry of the solar disk with the 60cm NSO/Tucson Vacuum Telescope
Advisor: Dr. Harrison P. Jones, Laboratory for Space and Astronomical Sciences, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center
Research Assistantship: September 1982 - August 1983 Wayne State University
Topic: Laser spectroscopy of the ultraviolet transitions of the OH radical
Advisors: Dr. Donovan Bakalyar, Physics Department, Wayne State University
Dr. Charles C. Wang, Scientific Research Lab., Ford Motor Company

Honors, Awards, and Service:

2001 Member of the Tenure and Promotion Committee for ETSU College of Arts & Sciences
Scientific Journal Referee -- Astrophysical Journal: 2 papers, Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia: 2 papers, Nature: 2 papers
2000 Textbook Reviewer -- 1 general physics text.
1999 Chairman of the ETSU College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Council.
Scientific Journal Referee -- Astrophysical Journal: 1 paper
Textbook Reviewer -- 1 general physics text & 1 introductory astronomy text
NSF Astronomy & Astrophysics Division Proposal Review Panel
1998 Member of the ETSU College of Arts & Sciences Faculty Council
Jewel Friend Lectureship ($100 award): Evolution and Its Impact on Biological Evolution (see http://www.etsu.edu/physics/lutter/jewelfr/jewfr.htm).
1997 EUVE Review Panel (Cycle 6) - Panel 3: Cool Stars
Scientific Journal Referee - Astrophysics & Space Sciences: 1 paper
1995 NASA/EUVE Review Panel (Cycle 4) - Panel 2: White Dwarfs
NASA/HST Telescope Allocation Committee (Cycle 6) - Cool Stars Panel
Scientific Journal Referee - Astrophysical Journal: 1 paper; Astronomy & Astrophysics: 2 papers
1994 NASA/EUVE Review Panel (Cycle 3) - Panel 2: White Dwarfs
International Science Foundation Reviewer: Proposal 53784-AST
Scientific Journal Referee - Astrophysical Journal: 4 papers; Book entitled Cosmic Winds and the Heliosphere: 1 chapter
1993 Scientific Journal Referee - Astrophysical Journal: 1 paper
NASA/IUE Review Panel - Panel B1: Cool Stars
1992 NASA/EUVE Review Panel (Cycle 1) - Panel 3: White Dwarfs
NASA/IUE Review Panel - Panel B1: Cool Stars
1991 Scientific Journal Referee - Astrophysical Journal: 1 paper
1987 Swain Fellowship, Indiana University
NASA Graduate Travel Award for the Fifth Cambridge Workshop on Cool Stars, Stellar & Systems, and the Sun
Distinguished Alumni Award - John F. Kennedy High School, Taylor, Michigan
Indiana University Associate Instructor Teaching Award Nomination
1985 Studentship Award - Solar Physics Division (AAS)

Computer Experience:

Unix Twelve years experience on DECstations, SUNs (Sparcstations and UltraStations), AlphaStations, and various mainframes
VAX/VMS System Manager of VAXstation 3100 for eight years, nine additional years experience on various mainframes
Fortran Twenty-two years experience; have operated large radiative transfer codes: PANDORA & ATLAS; some experience with MULTI, TLUSTY, & CLOUDY
C Eight years experience on both mainframes and PCs (some knowledge of C++)
IDL Fourteen years experience - presently used in all of my data analysis and graphic packages
DI-3000 Three years experience - graphics package used during my graduate career
IRAF & AIPS Some experience (approximately three years)
TCP/IP Some experience (approximately six years)
PC & Mac Fifteen years experience

Student Theses Committees and Research Advising:

Summer 2003 Ms. Twyla Smith Fluorescent Clues to the Atmopsheric Structure of AGB Stars East Tenn. State Univ. Astronomy - SARA/REU Summer Student
Fall 2001 Ms. Rachel Dunn Stellar Evolution of Massive Stars from Birth to Black Holes East Tenn. State Univ. Astronomy - Independent Study
Spring 2000 Mr. Scott Lavoie Planetary Atmosphere Evolution East Tenn. State Univ. Astronomy - Independent Study
Spring 2000 Mr. Jason Osborne Techniques to Numerically Solve Differential Equations East Tenn. State Univ. Math/Astronomy - Independent Study
Fall 1999 Mr. Brian Heaton The Einstein-Pedosky-Rosen Paradox in Relation to Bell's Theorem East Tenn. State Univ. Math/Quantum Mechanics - Committee Member of M.A. Thesis
Spring 1999 Ms. Leslie Rollins Southern Exposure: The Southern Black Press and the Italo-Ethiopian War East Tenn. State Univ. History - External Committee Member of M.A. Thesis
Summer 1998 Mr. Robert Piontek Effective Temperature and Surface Gravity of Mira Variables as a Function of Phase U. of Michigan-Dearborn (work performed at East Tenn. State Univ.) Astronomy - SARA/REU Summer Student
Fall 1997 Mr. William Galliher On the Oscillation of Solutions of the Lienard Equation East Tenn. State Univ. Math/Differential Eqns. - M.A. Thesis Committee Member
Summer 1997 Ms. Susan Mahar The UV Spectra of Mira Variables: A View with HST East Tenn. State Univ. Astronomy - HST grant RA
Year 1992/93 Mr. Ralph Haefner NLTE Synthetic Spectra of Cepheid Variables Iowa State Univ. Physics/Astrophysics - M.S. Thesis Co-advisor
Year 1991/93 Mr. Ben Dehner NLTE Synthetic Spectra of White Dwarf Stars Iowa State Univ. Physics/Astrophysics - M.S. Thesis Co-advisor

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References:

Dr. Michael W. Castelaz Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute, 1 PARI Drive, Rosman, NC 28772, 828-862-5554, 828-862-5877 (FAX), mcastelaz@pari.edu
Dr. Robert B. Gardner Department of Mathematics, East Tennessee State University, Box 70663, Johnson City, TN 37614, 423-439-6977, 423-439-8361 (FAX), gardnerr@etsu.edu
Dr. Beverly Smith Department of Physics & Astronomy, East Tennessee State University, Box 70652, Johnson City, TN 37614, 423-439-8418, 423-439-6905 (FAX), beverly@panda.etsu.edu
Dr. Hollis R. Johnson Astronomy Department, Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405, 812-855-6915, 812-855-6613 (FAX), johnsonh@indiana.edu
Dr. Eugene H. Avrett Center for Astrophysics, 60 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA 02138, 617-495-7423, 617-495-7105 (FAX), eavrett@cfa.harvard.edu
Dr. Lee Anne Willson Physics & Astronomy Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, 515-294-6765, 515-294-6027 (FAX), lwillson@iastate.edu
Dr. George H. Bowen Physics & Astronomy Department, Iowa State University, Ames, IA 50011, 515-294-7659, 515-294-6027 (FAX), ghbowen@iastate.edu


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Donald G. Luttermoser


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