| 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 |
| 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. |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |