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Appointments
7/95 - Present Professor, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA
7/99 - Present Secondary Appointment: Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics
8/89 - 6/95 Associate Professor, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA (tenured May 1991).
8/87 - 7/89 Assistant Professor, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA.

Professional Preparation
Feb. 1980 Ph.D., Nuclear Engineering, Queen Mary College, University of London, England.
      (Thesis advisor: Professor M. M. R. Williams)
July 1976 B.Sc. "lst Class Honors," Nuclear Engineering, University of London, England

Honors & Special Recognition
1976 - 1980 Science Research Council Scholarship (UK) for Ph.D. Research
July 1976 British Institute of Nuclear Engineers, Graduate Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievements
July 1976 University of London "First Class Honors" Special Prize
July 1976 University of London Academic Performance Prize (cash award)
July 1975 University of London Academic Performance Prize (cash award)

Listed In
Who's Who in the West
Who's Who in the World
Who's Who in Science and Technology

Past Positions
6/87 - 71/87 Associate Research Engineer, University of California, Los Angeles, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department.
3/80 - 5/87 Assistant Research Engineer, University of California, Los Angeles, Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering Department

Visiting Positions
7/19 - 7/30, 1999 Visiting Professor, T. H. Huxley School, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of London, UK
7/5 - 7/9, 1999 Affiliate Scientist, Group XTM, Los Alamos National Laboratory
8/1 - 8/15, 1998 Affiliate Scientist, Group XTM, Los Alamos National Laboratory
7/15 - 7/30, 1998 Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
8/1 - 8/8, 1997 Affiliate Scientist, Group XTM, Los Alamos National Laboratory
7/5 - 7/30, 1997 Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
6/1 - 6/30, 1995 Affiliate, Computer Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
5/1 - 6/30, 1994 Visiting Professor, Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Nuclear Engineering,
UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 1
9/1 - 12/24, 1993 Visiting Professor, Department of Reactor Physics, School of Physics, Chalmers
University of Technology, Goteborg, Sweden
8/3 - 8/14, 1992 Collaborator, Computer Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
6/1 - 8/31, 1991 Collaborator, Computer Division and Center for Nonlinear Studies Los Alamos National Lab, NM, USA
7/3 - 7/31, 1990 Visiting Scientist, Culham Laboratory, UKAEA, England
7/1 - 7/31, 1989 Visiting Scientist, Culham Laboratory, UKAEA, England

Scholarly & Professional Memberships
Member, American Nuclear Society
Member, American Physical Society
Member, Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM)
Member, Mathematical Association of America

Referee Services
Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
Nuclear Science and Engineering
Physical Review Letters
Physical Review B.: Condensed Matter
Physical Review Ed Statistical Physics
Nuclear Instruments and Methods B.
Journal of Nuclear Materials
Physics of Fluids B: Plasma Physics
Nuclear Fusion,

Editorial Services
Associate Editor - Annals of Nuclear Energy
Member of the Editorial Board - Transport Theory and Statistical Physics
Guest Editor, Nuclear Science and Engineering, Special Issue for the Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Transport Theory, 112, Nov. and Dec. 1992

Proposal Review
Department of Energy
National Science Foundation

Thesis Advisor and Post-doctoral Scholar Sponsor
Presently advising 1 Ph.D student and 2 M.S. students. Also supervising 2 undergraduates in research in charged particle transport.
Member of over 20 M.S. Thesis and Ph.D. Dissertation Committees in the Chemical and Nuclear Engineering Department, the Department of Physics and Astronomy, and the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

B. Todd Adams, M.S., 1990: Solution of the 1D Boltzmann Fokker-Planck Equation Using a Linear Discontinuous Galerkin Approximation in Space and Energy.
Ernesto Aparcedo, Ph.D., 1990: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Radiation Effects in Semiconductor Materials.
Dana A. Knoll, Ph.D., 1991: Direct Newton Solver for the Two Dimensional Two-Fluid Edge Plasma Equations.
L. Wayne Brasure, Ph.D., 1991: A Boltzmann Fokker-Planck Decomposition Scheme for Highly Forward Peaked Ion Cross Sections.
LeAnn A. Miller, Ph.D., 1991: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Bulk and Surface Defect Formation in Silicon and Germanium.
James S. Warsa, M.S., 1993: Time Dependent Numerical Transport with Application to Thin Slabs.
Edward M. Jakes, M.S. 1994: An Improved Method for Calculating Total Dose Using Sectoring Techniques.
B. Todd Adams, Ph.D., 1994: Upscatter Acceleration Schemes for the Multigroup Sn Equations.
Jason W. Vandenburg, M.S., 1995: Forward/Adjoint Monte Carlo Particle Transport Algorithms for the Boltzmann Fokker-Planck Equation.
Randell L. Salyer, M.S., 1995: Characterization of 2 Me V, 4 Me V, 6 Me V, and 18 Me V Buildup Caps for Use with a 0.6cm3 Thimble Ionization Chamber.
Lenonard W. Connell, Ph.D., 1996: Development of the Angle Dependent Heavy Ion Cross Section for Single event Upset.
Vincent J. Dandini, Ph.D., 1998: A Finite Element Numerical Solution of the Multispecies Relativistic Heavy Ion Transport Equation.
James S. Warsa, Ph.D., 1998: p-Adaptive Numerical Methods for Particle Transport.
Joel R. Turinetti, M.S., 1999: A Quadratic Discontinuous Finite Element Solution of the Fokker-Planck Transport Equation for Charged Particles.
Noel D. Keen, M.S., 1999: Ion Cross Sections and Monte Carlo Simulations using Multigroup Boltzmann Fokker-Planck Transport.
Jennifer Liscum-Powell, Ph.D., 2000: Finite Element Numerical Solution of a Self-Adjoint Trans port Equation for Coupled Electron-Photon Transport
Greg Dunham, M.S., 2000: High Energy Ion Transport Simulations with YATC/MCNP
Alejandro Gonzalez-Aller, Ph.D., 2001: Exponential Discontinuous Finite Element Scheme for Coupled Charged-Uncharged Particle Transport
Frederick Gleicher, M.S., 2001: Stochastic and Deterministic Numerical Methods for Swift Monoenergetic Ion Beam Energy Straggling