PUBLICATIONS

 

q       “A High-Temperature Superconducting Thin-Film Meander as a Superconducting Switch”, as an essay in the Essential Study Partner CD to accompany Physical Science, fifth edition, 2002, Bill W. Tillery, McGraw-Hill publishing.

 

q       Wrote the physics portion for the GED-science book by ARCO/Thomson learning, 2002, pages 125-149.

 

q       “Revisiting Visualizing the Thin-Lens Formula”, letter to the editor, The Physics Teacher, 39 (452), November 2001.

 

q       "Effective charge and bond stretching and bond bending force constants in Cd_1‑xMn_xTe, with 0 # x  # 0.52, and Cd_0.52Zn_0.48Te and ZnTe,” Physics Essays, 6(2), 217 (1993).

 

q       "Pressure dependences of the elastic constants and structural stability of Zn_1‑xMn_xSe with x = 0.37 and 0.53", Physical Review B41, 12076 (1990).

 

q       "Pressure dependences of the elastic moduli and the diffuse ferroelectric phase transition in PbMg_1/3Nb_2/3O₃", Physical Review B 35, 3369 (1987).

 

q       "Elastic anomalies near the magnetic transition in Cd_1‑xMn_xTe,” Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 54‑57, 1225 (1986).

 

q       "Ultrasonic attenuation and velocity in Cd_1‑xMn_xTe with x..5,” Journal De Physique, 12, C 10‑513 (1985).

 

q       "Elastic constants and their pressure dependences in Cd_1‑xMn_xTe with 0 # x # 0.52 and in Cd_0.52Zn_0.48Te,” Physical Review B 31, 5212 (1985).

 

q       "Ultrasonic determination of electromechanical coupling and ionization energies in Cd_1‑xMn_xTe with 0 # x # 0.52 and in Cd_0.52Zn_0.48Te,” Physical Review B 31, 7910 (1985).

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

 

q       Presented a paper titled “An Experiment to Determine the Discharge Characteristics of Common Batteries”, at the American Physical Society Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, April 2003. Abstract D1 25, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 48(2), p73 (2003).

 

q       Presented a paper, ‘Heat Build-up in Parked Cars’, at the Research Colloquium of the South Carolina Governor’s School for Science and Mathematics, February 9, 2002.

 

q       Presented a paper titled "PC-based Pendulum Experiments with Force and Motion Sensors” at the 122^nd National American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, San Diego CA, January 6-11, 2001.

 

 

q       Presented a paper titled “Temperature rise and Heat build up inside a parked Car”, at the 68^th Annual Southeastern Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Charlottesville VA, November 4-6, 2001. Abstract KE 16, BAPS 46(9), p36 (2001).

 

q       “Changes in Properties of YBCO thin-film meander line over Time”, April Meeting of The American Physical Society, Long Beach, CA, April 29-May 2, 2000. Abstract C23 60, BAPS 45(2), p64 (2000).

 

q       “A Superconductivity Demonstration using a YBCO thin-film meander line as a thermal switch”, with D.K. Christen and H.K. Kerchner of Oak Ridge National Lab, March  Meeting of The American Physical Society, Atlanta GA, 20-26 March 1999. Abstract SB20-12, BAPS 44(1), p1321 (1999).

 

q       “Transport Properties of Cadmium Zinc Telluride”, March  Meeting of The American Physical Society, Los Angeles CA, 16-20 March 1998. Abstract O38-22, BAPS 43(1), p579 (1998).

 

q       “The Ohm Sense Method and The Electrical Transport Properties of  Cadmium Zinc Telluride,” March  Meeting of The American Physical Society, Kansas City  MO, 17-21 March 1997. Abstract H41-49, BAPS 42(1), p344 (1997).

 

q       “Transport Properties of  CdZnTe,”  Joint Meeting of The American Physical Society and the American Association of Physics Teachers, Indianapolis IN, 2-5 May 1996. Abstract C23 60, BAPS 45(2), p64 (1996).