Lawrence University

Department of Physics

FULL VITAE OF DAVID M. COOK

(Information updated 8 March 2013)

Education: B.S. (Physics), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1959
A.M. (Physics), Harvard University, 1960
Ph.D. (Physics), Harvard University, 1965
Ph.D. Dissertation: ``Cyclotron Radiation from Plasmas in Weakly
Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields''
(Advisor: Dr. Max Krook)
Research Interests: Mathematical Physics;
Computational Physics;
Computers in Physics Instruction

Experience:

Philetus E. Sawyer Professor of Science Emeritus, Lawrence University 2008--
Professor of Physics Emeritus, Lawrence University 2008--
Philetus E. Sawyer Professor of Science, Lawrence University, 1989--2008
Director, Lawrence Computational Physics Laboratory, 1988--2008
Professor of Physics, Lawrence University, 1979--2008
Associate Professor of Physics, Lawrence University, 1971--79
Assistant Professor of Physics, Lawrence University, 1965--71
Chair, Physics Department, Lawrence University, 1968--71, 1975--77, 1980--81, 1990--92, 1995--99, 2002--06
Associate Editor, Computers in Physics, 1994--98
Physicist, General Electric Research Laboratory, Summers 1963, 1960

Chair, Meetings Committee of the American Association of Physics Teachers, January, 2013--January, 2016
Member, Committee on the Interests of Senior Physicists of the American Association of Physics Teachers, January, 2012--January 2015
Member, Advisory Panel on Committees of the American Institute of Physics, January, 2011--January 2013
AAPT Representative to APS Forum on Education Executive Committee, 2011
Past President of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 2011
AAPT Representative to American Physical Society Council, 2010
President of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 2010
AAPT Representative to Governing Board of American Institute of Physics, 2009--2011
Member APS Forum on Education Nominating Committee, 2009
President-Elect of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 2009
Vice-President of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 2008
Member, Partnership for Incorporating Computing in Undergraduate Physics (PICUP), August, 2005--08
Organizer and Teacher, Week long NSF-supported workshops for physics faculty from around the US, 13--20 July 2003, 7--14 July 2002, 21--28 July 2002, 8--15 July 2001
Participant, FIDAP training session, 12--14 December 1994
Participant, SGI/UNIX training session, 1--2 November 1994
Participant, MARC/MENTAT training session, 19--22 September 1994
Visiting Scientist, San Diego Supercomputer Center, 3--12 November 1992
Participant, HOOPS training session, 15--18 September 1992
Participant, Supercomputing and Undergraduate Education Workshop, San Diego Supercomputer Center, 13--17 July 1992
Organizer and Chair, Session on uses of symbolic computation in the client disciplines at the Conference on Use of Symbolic Computation in Undergraduate Mathematics, Denison University, Granville, OH, 25--28 June 1992
Member, Committee on Computers in Physics Education of the American Association of Physics Teachers, January, 1991--January, 1994
Organizer, Sloan/Lawrence Conference on Using Computational Resources in the Upper-Division Theoretical Physics Curriculum, 13--14 July 1990
Participant, Computational Physics Workshop, California State University (Fullerton), 17--22 June 1990 (NSF support)
Participant, Project SOCRATES workshop, Cornell University, 14--16 August 1989
Participant, MACSYMA training session, 27--28 February 1989
Member, Planning Committee for Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curricula, sponsored by the Associated Colleges of the Midwest and held at Wingspread, 27--29 October, 1983.
Teacher of ``Computers and Human Reason'', Elderhostel Program, Lawrence University, 21--27 August 1983
Director, NSF CAUSE Program at Lawrence University, 1978--81. Project focussed on computer-oriented faculty and curriculum development.
Instructor, Lawrence High School Summer Program, 1977
Visiting Fellow in Physics, Dartmouth College, 1971--72. Studied instructional computing and developed a library of 60--70 programs.
Member (1970--93), Chair or Co-chair (1977--1989), Lawrence Computer Science Committee. Committee oversees Lawrence computer curriculum
Instructor, NSF Secondary Science Training Program, Lawrence University, 1967, 1968 (Director in 1968)
Participant, Summer Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of Colorado, Summer 1962

Professional Societies: American Physical Society, including Forum on Education; American Association of Physics Teachers

Honors: Society of the Sigma Xi; 1990 Lawrence Outstanding Teaching Award; elected by the Forum on Education as Fellow of the American Physical Society, November, 2012

Grant Support:

Individual:

NSF 2003 (CCLI-EMD) supplement to 2000 grant for workshop
NSF 2000 (CCLI-EMD) for publishing computer materials
NSF 1997 (ILI) for expanding Physics of Music to include laboratory
Cray Foundation 1992 (for participation in San Diego workshop on supercomputing)
NSF 1978--79 (LOCI) for production of instructional video tapes
Lawrence University Educational Development Grants for video tape production, 1973 and 1974
NSF 1971--72 Science Faculty Fellowship
NSF 1968 (ISEP) and 1969 (COSIP) for analog computation
NSF 1967 and 1968 (SSTP)

Institutional:

W. M. Keck Foundation 2002 for enhancing signature programs
W. M. Keck Foundation 1994 for capstone senior experiences
NSF 1993 (ILI) for computational physics
Alfred P. Sloan Foundation 1989 for computational physics conference
NSF 1988 (ILI) for computational physics
W. M. Keck Foundation 1988 for computational physics
Digital Equipment Corporation 1982 for instructional graphics
Digital Equipment Corporation 1982 for laboratory computing
NSF 1979--81 (CAUSE) for instructional computing
NSF 1969--73 (COSIP) for multidiscipline science improvement

Consulting:

Publications:

AAPT Meetings--Then and Now (Guest Editorial), Phys. Teach. {\bf 48}, March 2010, 149.

Computation in Undergraduate Physics: The Lawrence Approach, Am. J. Phys. 76, 321--326 (April--May, 2008). This theme issue of the American Journal of Physics was published in conjunction with a Gordon Conference held 8--13 June 2008 on the topic ``Computation and Computer-Based Instruction.''

Computation in the Lawrence Physics Curriculum: A Report to the National Science Foundation, the W. M. Keck Foundation, and Departments of Physics on Twenty Years of Curricular Development at Lawrence University, an 82-page report published in December 2006 and distributed at the expense of the 2001 Keck grant to the chairs of all 750 Departments of Physics in the US offering bachelor's degrees in physics and to about 100 other selected individuals.

Solutions to Selected Exercises to accompany Computation and Problem Solving in Undergraduate Physics, self-published by David M. Cook and made generally available starting in the fall of 2003 through a password-protected web site.

Computation and Problem Solving in Undergraduate Physics, self-published by David M. Cook and made generally available starting in the fall of 2003. Full information at the web site {\tt http://www.lawrence.edu/dept/physics/ccli}.

The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field (originally published by Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, second printing, December, 1981), reprinted by Dover Publications with publication date of December, 2002. (ISBN 0-486-42567-3)

``Computation in Undergraduate Physics: The Lawrence Approach'', in part 1 of Computational Science--ICCS 2001, ed. Vassil N. Alexandrov et al. (Springer, Berlin, 2001) [ISBN 3-540-42232-3], pp. 1074--1083. (The proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Science--2001.)

``Improving Physics at Lawrence'', with J. R. Brandenberger, Lawrence Today 79, 3 (Spring, 1999), pp. 20--23

Review of Introduction to Scientific Programming by J. L. Zachary (TELOS, Santa Clara, CA, 1996) Am. J. Phys. 65, 1125--1126 (November, 1997). ``Computers in the Lawrence Physics Curriculum--Part II'', Comput. Phys. 11(4; Jul/Aug, 1997), 331--335.

``Computers in the Lawrence Physics Curriculum--Part I'', Comput. Phys. 11(3; May/Jun, 1997), 240--245.

Review of Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students by R. Shankar (Plenum Press, New York, 1995) Am. J. Phys. in press; to appear in spring, 1997.

Review of Modern Instrumentation: A Computer Approach by G. Silverman and H. Silver (Institute of Physics Publishing, Bristol, England, and Philadelphia, PA, 1995) Comput. Phys. 10, 456 (1996).

Review of Handbook of Integration by Daniel Zwillinger, (Jones and Bartlett Publishers, Boston, 1992) Am. J. Phys. 62, 93 (1994).

``A Comparison of Several Symbol-Manipulating Programs---Part II'', with Russell Dubisch, Glenn Sowell, Patrick Tam, and Denis Donnelly, Comput. Phys. 6(5; Sep/Oct, 1992), 530--540.

``A Comparison of Several Symbol-Manipulating Programs---Part I'', with Russell Dubisch, Glenn Sowell, Patrick Tam, and Denis Donnelly, Comput. Phys. 6(4; Jul/Aug, 1992), 411--420.

``Motion of a Taut String/Motion of a Square Membrane'', with K. R. G. Hendrickson and R. I. Rhodes, Proceedings of the Workshop on Computational Physics at California State University--Fullerton, published in September, 1991, by California State University--Fullerton

Editor of and contributor to Computing in Advanced Undergraduate Physics, 240 pages, the proceedings of a conference held at Lawrence University, 13--14 July 1990, published in November, 1990, by Lawrence University

``Computational Exercises for the Upper-Division Undergraduate Physics Curriculum'', Comput. Phys. 4(3; May/June), 308--313 (1990)

``Introducing Computational Tools in the Upper-Division Undergraduate Physics Curriculum'', Comput. Phys. 4(2; Mar/Apr), 197--201 (1990)

The Lawrence Plotting Package, Version 6.0 (Computer Center Publications, Lawrence University, Appleton, Wisconsin, 1985). This publication contains general purpose software in BASIC and Pascal for use in producing graphics displays on VAX, PDP-11, and IBM personal computers. The package supports local uses of computer graphics and is also in use at about 40 institutions beyond Lawrence. Version 6.0 succeeds Versions 5.1 (1982), 5.0 (1980), and 4.0 (1978).

``The Computer: Lawrence's Teacher of the Year?'', Lawrence Today 63, 4 (Summer, 1983), pp. 2--6

Videotaped Problem Solutions for Introductory Physics, Am. J. Phys. 50, 268--269 (1982)

The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, second printing, December, 1981)

``Illustrative Problems in Physics / Selected Topics in Physics'', Directory of Video Tape Library, Lawrence University, September 1980.

The Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, 510 + xvii pages, and Teachers' Manual, 167 pages (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1975)

Instructor's Manual to accompany J. B. Brackenridge and R. M. Rosenberg's The Principles of Physics and Chemistry, with several Lawrence faculty members (McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1973, 276 pages).

Review of Introduction to Vectors and Cartesian Tensors by R. E. Haskell (Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, 1972) Am. J. Phys. 41, 846 (1973).

Comment on ``Analog Computer Simulation in Physics'', Am. J. Phys. 40, 210--2 (1972).

``Radiation from Charged Particles in Weakly Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields'', J. Plasma Phys. 6 (part 1), 33--51 (1971).

Editor and Contributor to Computer Oriented Physics Problems (Commission on College Physics, 1971) 119 pages.

``Trajectory of Charged Particles in Weakly Inhomogeneous Magnetic Fields'', J. Math. Phys. 11, 986--994 (1970).

``Least Squares Fitting of Data to Pseudolinear Relationships'', with W. R. Steinbach, Am. J. Phys. 38, 751--4 (1970).

``Semiclassical Heterojunction Theory'', Laboratory Report #63-RL-3516G, December, 1963 (General Electric Co.).

``Some Electrical Properties of ZnTe-CdS Heterojunctions'', with M. Aven, J. Appl. Phys. 32, 960--1 (1961).

``Semiconducting Properties of ZnTe-CdS Heterojunctions'', with M. Aven, General Electric Research Laboratory Memo Report (1961).

Papers and Talks:

``Why Music Shouldn't Work: Problems Constructing a Musical Scale'', presentation to retired Lawrence faculty members at their annual Bjorklunden retreat, 23 October 2012

``Computation in the Lawrence Unvergraduate Physics Curriculum'', Invited talk presented on 17 February 2010 at the joint winter meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society in Washington, DC.

``Computation in the Lawrence Physics Curriculum'', Invited poster presented at the Gordon Conference on ``Computation and Computer-Based Instruction'' held at Bryant College in Smithfield, RI, 8--13 June 2008. (This poster and several accompanying documents were displayed at the conference even though health considerations forced me to cancel my attendance.)

``On Einstein's Relativity, presented as a Freshman Studies lecture, Lawrence University, 7 November 2007.

``Computational Exercises for Intermediate Physics Courses'', Contributed poster presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Greensboro, NC, 28 July -- 2 August 2007.

``Computation in the Lawrence Physics Curriculum'', Invited poster presented at the American Association of Physics Teachers Topical Conference on Computational Physics for Upper-Level Courses held at Davidson College, Davidson, NC, 27--28 July 2007.

``Introducing Computational Approaches in Intermediate Mechanics'', Invited paper presented at the joint winter meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Astronomical Society in Seattle, WA, 7 January 2007. The abstract for this paper was published in the Bulletin of the AAS, Volume 38, No.~4, pg.~959 (paper 041.02).

``Computation in the Lawrence Physics Curriculum'', Invited poster presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Syracuse, NY , 26 July 2006. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 36, No. 2, pg. 148 (Summer, 2006).

``The Physics of the Musical Scale'', presented twice at Lawrence University on 16 June 2006 as a contribution to the Lawrence Reunion Alumni College--2006.

``Introducing Finite Element Methods in Undergraduate Physics'', Contributed poster presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Salt Lake City, UT, 9 August 2005. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 35, No. 2, pg. 117 (Summer, 2005)

``A Flexible Text in Computation for Undergraduate Physics Majors'', Contributed paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Sacramento, CA, 4 August 2004. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 34, No. 2, pg. 178 (Summer, 2004).

``Computation in Undergraduate Physics: The Lawrence Approach'', Poster presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Sacramento, CA, 3 August 2004. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 34, No. 2, pg. 131 (Summer, 2004).

``Computation in Undergraduate Physics: The Lawrence Approach'', Invited paper presented at the March meeting of the American Physical Society in Montreal, Quebec, 25 March 2004. At the same session, the author also participated as a panelist on the topic of computation in the undergraduate curriculum.

``The Lawrence Workshop on Computation in Upper-Level Undergraduate Physics'', Contributed paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in Rochester, NY, 23 July 2001. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 31, No. 2, pg. 80 (Summer, 2001).

``Computation in Undergraduate Physics: The Lawrence Approach'', Invited paper presented in a session titled Computational Physics in the Undergraduate Curriculum at the International Conference on Computer Science--2001 in San Francisco, CA, 30 May 2001.

``Strengthening Undergraduate Physics at Lawrence University'', Invited paper presented in a session titled Recruiting and Retaining Undergraduate Physics Majors at the April meetings of the American Physical Society in Washington, DC, 30 April 2001. The abstract for this paper was published in the Bulletin of the American Physical Society, Volume 46, No. 2, pg. 117 (April, 2001).

``Preparing Sophomores to Use Computation Independently as Juniors and Seniors'', Invited paper presented at the winter meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers in San Diego, CA, 8 January 2001. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 30, No. 4, pg. 79 (Winter, 2000).

``The Physics Behind the Musical Scale'', Physics colloquium presented at Vassar College, 3 November 2001.

``Strengthening Computation in Upper-Level Undergraduate Physics Programs'', Contributed paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers at the University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, 31 July 2000. The abstract for this paper was published in the AAPT Announcer, Volume 30, No. 2, pg. 74 (Summer, 2000).

``Adding Laboratories to a Course in Physics of Music'', Contributed paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, San Antonio, TX, ? Aug 1999; abstract published in AAPT Announcer ??, No. ?, ??, (July 1999).

``The Traditional and the Novel in Undergraduate Science Instruction'', presented in the series `Lunch at Lawrence' to friends of Lawrence University, 14 May 1998.

``Physics at Lawrence: Improving a Departmental Program'' (with M. R. Stoneking), presented to the Lawrence Faculty in the third Food For Thought Session on 21 April 1998.

``Physics at Lawrence: A Case Study of Improvement'' (with J. R. Brandenberger), invited paper presented at the Physics Revitalization Conference: Building Undergraduate Physics Programs for the 21st Century held 2-4 October 1998, sponsored by the American Association of Physics Teachers, the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and Project Kaleidoscope, and supported by the National Science Foundation.

``The Computer-Based Components of the Lawrence Curriculum in Physics'', Invited paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, College Park, MD, 7 Aug 1996; abstract published in AAPT Announcer 26, No. 2, 58, (July 1996)

``Treating Partial Differential Equations in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum'', Contributed paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Spokane, WA, 12 Aug 1995; abstract published in AAPT Announcer 25, No. 2, 105, (July 1995)

``On Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions'', presented as (half of) a Freshman Studies Lecture, Lawrence University, 17 January 1994 (the other half was given by John Palmquist)

``Sample Uses of Computer Algebra in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum'', Invited paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Boise, ID, 11 Aug 1993; abstract published in AAPT Announcer 23, No. 2, 92, (July 1993)

``Experiences with Computer Algebra in the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum'', Invited paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Orono, ME, 14 Aug 1992; abstract published in AAPT Announcer 22, No. 2, 92, (July 1992)

``Using Computational Tools in Upper Division Theoretical Physics'', Invited talk delivered at Davidson Conference on Computational Physics, Davidson Collage, Davidson, NC (3 October 1991)

``Using Computational Tools in the Upper-Division Theoretical Physics Curriculum'', Physics colloquium delivered at Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (12 September 1991)

``Computational Tools in the Upper-Division Theoretical Curriculum'', Invited talk presented at the spring meeting of the Pacific Northwest Association for College Physics, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA (6 April 1991)

``The Sloan/Lawrence Conference on Using Computers in Upper-Division Theoretical Physics: 13--14 July 1990'', Invited paper delivered at the winter meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, San Antonio, Texas (21 January 1991); abstract published in AAPT Announcer 20, No. 4, 37, (December, 1990)

``Using Computational Tools in the Upper-Division Theoretical Physics Curriculum'', Physics colloquium delivered at the University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire (12 October 1990)

``Computational Tools in Intermediate Electromagnetic Theory'', Contributed paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Minneapolis, MN, 30 June 1990; abstract published in AAPT Announcer 20, No. 2, 84, (May 1990)

``On Kuhn's Structure of Scientific Revolutions'', presented as a Freshman Studies Lecture, Lawrence University, 21 February 1990

``Computational Physics in the Upper-Division, Undergraduate Curriculum'', presented as a physics colloquium at Hope College, Holland, Michigan, on 1 November 1989

``Building the Expertise of Undergraduates in Computational Physics'', presented as a physics colloquium at University of Nebraska (Lincoln), 27 September 1989; presented as a physics colloquium at Kansas State University (Manhattan) 28 September 1989

``Building the Expertise of Undergraduates in Computational Physics'', Invited paper presented at the summer meetings of the American Association of Physics Teachers, San Luis Obispo, CA, 30 June 1989; abstract published in AAPT Announcer 19, No. 2, 80, (May 1989)

``Introduction to MACSYMA'', presented as a Physics Seminar, Lawrence University, 27 April 1989

``On Einstein's Relativity'', presented as a Freshman Studies Lecture, Lawrence University, 8 February 1989 and 25 January 1988

``PHYSLAN - The Unveiling'', presented as a Physics Seminar, Lawrence University, 10 January 1989

``Confidence Intervals - A Refined Approach'', presented as a Physics Seminar, Lawrence University, 12 January 1984.

``The Response of Liberal Arts Curricula to Modern Computing'', presented on 28 October 1983 at the ACM Wingspread Conference on Computers in the Undergraduate Curriculum.

``Computers and Computing at Lawrence'', presented to a group of high school guidance counselors invited to Lawrence by our Admission Office, 9 Mar 1982; also summarized for the Academic Affairs Committee of the Lawrence Board of Trustees, 14 May 1982.

``The Physics of the Musical Scale'', presented as a Conservatory Forum, 7 Apr 1981.

``Video-Taped Problem Solutions for Introductory Physics'', presented at meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Troy, NY, 27 June 1980; AAPT Announcer, Vol. 10 ( #2), 99 (May, 1980). Presentation included showing sample tapes in another session at the same meeting.

``Gravity from Newton to Einstein'', presented in the Einstein Centenary, Lawrence University, 14 May 1979.

``General Relativity: Gravity = Geometry'', presented as a Physics Seminar, Lawrence University, 1 March 1979.

``The Lawrence CAUSE Grant'', presented to Academic Committee of Lawrence Trustees, 28 October 1978; to the President's Forum at Lawrence, 14 December 1978; to the Lawrence Business and Professional Group, 20 April 1979.

``Finding the Sun'', presented as a Physics Seminar, Lawrence University, Spring, 1978.

``The Physics of the Musical Scale'', presented as a guest lecture to Mr. Edward Rath's Freshman Seminar, Spring, 1975.

``Graphing on the PDP-11: A Come-On'', presented as a Science Colloquium, Lawrence University, 2 May 1974.

``Numerical Methods for Partial Differential Equations'', presented as a Physics Seminar, Lawrence University, c. 1972--73.

``On Particle Orbits in a Time Varying Magnetic Field'', with H. C. S. Hsuan, presented at meeting of Division of Plasma Physics of American Physical Society, Madison, 16 Nov 1971; Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Series II, Vol. 16, 1253 (1971).

``Least Squares Fitting to Pseudolinear Relationships'', presented at meeting of Wisconsin Section of American Association of Physics Teachers, Oshkosh, 7 May 1971.

``On the Physics of Organ Pipes'', presented to Lawrence University Organ Class, 29 May 1969.

``On the Nature of Light'', presented at Lincoln High School, Manitowoc, 21 February 1967; at Marion High School, 17 May 1968; as a Freshman Studies lecture at least twice.

``Toward an Understanding of Physical Phenomena'', presented as a Freshman Studies lecture, Lawrence University, January, 1966, and January, 1967.

``Plasma Physics, Magnetic Bottles, and Radiation'', presented as a Science Colloquium, Lawrence University, 1965--66; also presented to Secondary Science Training Program, Lawrence University, 16 July 1968.

Book-Length Manuscripts in Progress:

Computation and Problem Solving in Undergraduate Physics, Second Edition

Manual of solutions to representative exercises to accompany Computation and Problem Solving in Undergraduate Physics

Quantum Mechanics (Physics 310)

Notes for Computational Mechanics (Physics 225)

Theory of the Electromagnetic Field, Second Edition (Physics 230 and 420)

Theory of Experiment (used in the laboratory of Physics 120 and 150)

Introductory Classical Physics (used at one time in Physics 150)

Major Committee Assignments:

Committee on Presidential Inauguration (2004--05; chair, subcommittee on installation ceremony; member, subcommittee on special events)
Presidential Search Committee (2003--04)
Faculty Committee on University Governance (1992--94; 1997--98, Term I; 2005--07)
Committee on Instruction (1977--78; 1978--79)
Computer Studies Committee (1970--93; Chair, 1977--89)
Committee on Academic Planning (1972--73, 1973--74, 1981--82, 1987--88)
Analytic Studies Committee (1974--75, Chair; 1975--76)
Tenure Committee (1970--71; 1972--73; 1983--84; 1984--85, Chair; 1998--99, Chair; 1999-2000, Chair)
Committee on Honors (2000--01, Spring Term; 2001--02, Spring Term; 2002-03, Chair)
Committee on Academic Technology (2004--05)
Assistant Faculty Marshal (c. 1973--99)
Senior Faculty Marshal (1999--2007)
Lawrence Liaison for 3-2 Engineers (1974--2000; 2002--2003)
Health Careers Advisory Committee (1976--82)
Lawrence University Community Council (Spring, 1989)
Lawrence Rhodes Selection Committee (1995--96, 1996--97)
Wisconsin State Rhodes Selection Committee (2001--02)
Truman Selection Committee (c. 1975--76)
Watson Selection Committee (1978--79, 1979--80)
Wriston Selection Committee (1992--93)
College Faculty Representative to the Conservatory (1976--77, 1979--80, Spring, 1983; 1986--87)
Committee on Committees (5/86--3/87)
Ad Hoc Committee on Freshman Program (1986--87)
Ad Hoc Committee on Tenure Review (1997--99)

Courses Taught:

Full spectrum of introductory, intermediate, and advanced courses in curriculum for majors
Computational Tools in Physics
Introductory non-calculus course in physics
Freshman Studies (1967--68, 1969--70, 1973--74, 1987--88; 1997--98; 1999--2000)
Freshman Seminar: Relativity (1974--75, 1975--76, 1977--78, 1986--87)
Aspects of Physics: Relativity (1996--97; 1998--99, 2005--06)
Physics of Music (1976--77, 1979--80, 1983--84, 1986--87, 1988--89, 1990--91, 1993--94, 1995--96)
Physics of Music with full lab (1997--98; 1999--2000, 2001--S02, 2003--04, 2005--06, 2007--08, 2011--12, 2013--14)
Dynamic Modeling (1972--73, 1973--74)
Calculus (1968--69)
Introduction to Computer Science (1984--85, 1986--87, 1987--88)
BASIC (1979--80, 1980--81, 1981--82, 1983--84, 1984--85, 1986--87, 1987--88)
Pascal (1991--92)
Simulation and Graphics (1979--80, 1981--82, 1983--84, 1985--86, 1987--88)
Computational Mechanics (2002--03, 2003--04, 2004--05, 2005--06)
Computational Physics (2004--05, 2006--07)

``Extra-curricular'' Activities:

Member, Assistant Director of Sanctuary Choir, and Assistant Organist, at First Congregational Church (UCC), Appleton, 1965--; interim organist, January--August, 2007.

High School Visitations: Manitowoc, 21 February 1967; Marion, 17 May 1968; Roseholt and Wittenberg-Birnamwood, 31 October 1978.

Judge, Wisconsin Junior Academy of Sciences Science Fair, held at Lawrence University, 7 May 1966.