EDWARD FRANCIS DEVENEY, Ph.D.

Physics Department

Bridgewater State College

Bridgewater, MA 02325

Phone: (508) 531-2080

Fax: (508) 531-1785

e-mail: edeveney@bridgew.edu

home page: http://www.bridgew.edu/deps/physics/

History: Teaching, Post Doctorate, and Education

Teaching

1999-present: Assistant Professor of Physics, Bridgewater State College, Bridgewater, MA.

1997-1999: Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Amherst College, Amherst, MA.

1996-1997: Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Wheaton College, Norton, MA.

1996: Adjunct Assistant Professor, Clark University COPACE, Worcester, MA.

1995-1999: Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Graduate School, The Univ. of Connecticut, Storrs, CT.

Post Doctorate

1993-1995: Post Doctorate Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge TN.

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) ORNL Postdoctoral Program.

Education

1987-1993: Ph.D. in Physics, "Ionization Phenomena in Ion-Atom Collisions", The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.

1985-1987: Aerospace Design Engineer, Hamilton Standard (Div. of United Tech. Corp.), Windsor Locks, CT.

1981-1985: Bachelor of Science in Engineering, The University of Connecticut, Storrs CT.

Courses Taught

· Classical Dynamics for physics majors, Maple and MathCad software

· Advanced Mechanics for physics majors, Maple software

· Mathematical Methods for physicists, Maple software

· Analog Digital Electronics, (developed entire course) theory and experiment, MultiSim software

· Enhanced Physics (Modern Physics) for 1st and 2nd year physics majors

· Calculus-based Introductory Physics and Introductory Physics Laboratory, EXCEL software

· Noncalculus-based Introductory Physics,"Tools for Scientific Thinking" software and hardware

· Chemistry I and II, Lecture and Laboratory

· Discrete Mathematics (for computer science and physics majors)

· Calculus I

Curriculum Initiatives

· Physics majors: Incorporated symbolic based software programs, Maple and Mathcad, into the entire physics curriculum.

· Introductory Physics: Full incorporation of spreadsheet (EXCEL), web-based homework.

· Electronics, Analog and Digital: Redesign lectures and laboratories, Incorporated Electronics WorkBench electronics simulation software.

Research

Undergraduate Research Programs

· Developed Atomic Physics Laboratory for electron-atom collisions, Amherst College (1997-1999). Supervised senior thesis student, R. Magyar, "Electron-He Collisions".

· Tufts University School of Veterinary Medicine Collaboration, Lung Function Laboratory Data Acquisition, Amherst College (1997-1999).

· Developed Biology/Physics Program leading to "RLC Circuit in a Horse" article, Amherst College and Bridgewater State College (1998-2000).

· Developed Atomic Physics Laboratory for electron-atom collisions, Wheaton College (1996-1997).

· Rutherford Back-Scattering Program on UConn 2 MV Van de Graaff, Wheaton College (1996-1997).

DOE Post-Doctorate Associate, Oct. 1993 to Aug. 1995

with Sheldon Datz, Head of Atomic Physics and Senior Corporate Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Oak Ridge, Tennessee.

· New realm of atomic physics experiments with ultra-relativistic heavy ions at CERN.

· Department of State joint research program, ORNL and the A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia - managed the development and delivery of a Russian-built electron spectrometer to ORNL.

· Invited Progress Report, 1995 ICPEAC, 'Experimental and theoretical investigation of complex multi-electron collision systems'.

Research Associate, 1988 to1993

with thesis advisor Q. C. Kessel, The Univ. of Connecticut.

· Experiment and theory, ion-atom collisions, The University of Connecticut and ORNL.

· Industry consultant and research: RBS, PIXE, channeling and surface physics for industry and undergraduate research.

Funding for Research

• Bridgewater State College 2000: CART Award for Maple Software Code Development.
• NSF (National Science Foundation) 1999: Workshop on Advanced Undergraduate Physics Laboratories.
• Amherst College 1997-1999: Start-up funds (Dean and Physics Department).

• Wheaton College 1996-1997: Start-up funds (Dean).

• DOE - ORNL Postdoctoral Research Program, 1993-1995.
• Department of State (DOS) New Independent States Industrial Partnering Program (NIS-IPP) 1993-1995 between ORNL and A.F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of St. Petersburg, Russia to develop a high resolution electron spectrometer. (Co-investigator handling program for principal investigator, S. Datz. Developed research program and managed delivery schedules and payment schedules, totaling $50,000.00, to Russian counterparts).

• Industry consultant 1991-1993, RBS and PIXE using 2 MV Van de Graaff accelerator at the University of Connecticut.

• Pre-doctoral Fellowship, 1992, University of Connecticut.

Pertinent Extras

Van de Graaff Accelerator Operator

ORNL 6 MV EN Tandem Van de Graaff with negative ion source.

Univ. of Connecticut 2 MV single-ended Van de Graaff with positive ion source.

Computers Used for Teaching and Research

PCs, VAX, UNIX, Mainframes, and MAC computer systems.

Code: FORTRAN, BASIC (fluent) C, Visual Basic, and Lab View.

Symbolic algebraic software: Mathematica, Maple, Scientific Notebook and MathCad.

Web based: HTML and FTP.

Professional Associations

Referee: Physical Review A (PRA) and Physical Review Letters (PRL) (1995 - 1998)

APS, American Physical Society and APS/NES, New England Section.

AAPT, American Association of Physics Teachers.

Sigma Xi, scientific Honor Society.

Sigma-Pi-Sigma, Honor Society for physics students.

Engineering: Pi-Tau-Sigma, Honor Society for MEs.

Collaborators

David DeMille, Yale University (david.demille@yale.edu)

Daryl W. Preston, California State University at Hayward (dpreston@csuhayward.edu)

Quentin. Kessel, The University of Connecticut (kessel@main.phys.uconn.edu)

Demetry Budker, The University of California at Berkley (budker@socrates.berkeley.edu)

Sheldon Datz, Head of Atomic Physics and Senior Corporate Fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) (datz@mail.phy.ornl.gov)