CURRICULUM VITAE

May 2, 2007
WILHELMINA NEUTRONN

Professor

Department of Fluid Dynamics

100 % FTE in Sch. Engr. Sci. & Tech.

Adress: PST 11 B

5-1234

I RESEARCH SPECIALIZATIONS:
(1) Fluid State Chemical Physics - (a) Infrared Optical Properties of Fluids (b) The
Synthesis and Evaluation of the Dielectric, Electric and Magnetic Properties of Fluid
Polymers
(2) Marine Natural Products Organic Chemistry (a) The Conversion of Marine Deposits
into Useful Electrical Materials (b) Liquid - Gas Phase Interactions of Ocean Materials
(3) High Resolution X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy - (a) Instrumentation Development, (b)
Applications to - (i) Chemical Bonding Evaluation, (ii) Thin Film Analysis, (iii) Corrosion
Characterization
(4) Immersion Chemical Physics - (a) Theoretical Studies of 'Aqueous Electrical
Generation' Via the Electron Capture Model (b) Aqueous Electrolytic Studies of Natural
Marine Polymers
POSITIONS HELD: Professor UH (1994 - todate), Presid., Pacific X-Ray Co. Inc.
(1998 - todate), Associate Prof., UH (1989 -1993), Assist. Prof.
UH (1985 - 1989), Pos Doc. NYU (1985), Res. Asst., USC 1984
Consultant, Magnaflux, NY,(1983), Senior Chemical Engineer, Jurgenson
Lab, NY(1982), Senior Physicist, Applications
Engineering Manager, Spectroscopist, Applied Research
Laboratories (Bausch and Lomb) NY(1971 - 1981), Chemical Engineer
Northern-Suffman Co. Ogden and NY (1969 - 1971), Administrative
Assistant, Yeoman 3/C Bacteriological Center, Frederick, (1966)
DEGREES: BS Chemical Engineering, SUNY - Stonybrook (1976), MS Fluid Chemistry, MIT
(1981), PhD Fluid Chemistry, MIT (1985)
PROFESSIONAL CONSULTING::
1983 - Consultant to Genentech - Instrumental Analysis.

RECOGNITION AND ACHIEVEMENT : Undergrad - Phi Beta Kappa (Jr. year),

Faculty - (1) NATO Senior Science Fellowship (1993) at Depts. of Chem. Eng.,
Imperial College of London, (2) NATO Senior Science Fellowship Host (1996, 1998)to Prof.
Rich, King George IV College of London, (3) NSF Citation ( 1998 ) for having one of the
most innovative instrumentation Development Programs in the US (Total Citation - 50,
only 5 Chemical Engineers), (4) Review of our X-Ray Thin Film Stidies 2005) Chem. Eng.
News April 8, pps 21
23, High Tech Materials Alert, July, p 2
CURRENT GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Chair of Committee: D. Hyde, PHD(MBBE)
Member of Committee: R. Jekyll , PhD (MBBE); A. Horst,
PhD(Meteor.)
POST DOCS SUPERVISED:
K. Tokofuji (1999 - 2004) Full and Part Time
Dim Sum (1994) Part Time
M. Ghandi (1994 - 1995 ?)Part and Full Time
Prior to 1999 - K. Tokofuji (10 years), G. Lewis (2 years) A. N.
Whitehead
(2 years), M. Callas (Visiting Colleague - 1 year)
TECHNICIANS SUPERVISED: Last five years (about 8)
UNDERGRAD STUDENTS SUPERVISED: Last five years (about 10)
COURSES TAUGHT
YEAR SEM
2002

FLUID DYNAMICS
COURSE NO TOPIC
Summer 374
Analytical
374 L
Analytical

2002

Fall

Sabbatical

2003

Spring

262
251 L

General
General

3
1

2
20

2003

Summer

374
474 L

Analytical
Analytical

3
2

21
20

2003

Fall

374 L
271 L

Analytical
General

2
1

30
12

2004

Spring

261
262 L

General
General

3
1

10
35

UNITS # OF STUDENTS
3
5
2
8

2004 Summer

374

Analytical

16

2004 Fall

2005 Spring
2005 Fall
2006 Spring

374 L

Analytical

631
261 L

Instrum Anal.
General
1

18
3

4
30

261 L
262 L

General
General

1
1

261
261

General
General

731
262 L

Electron Spectros.
General
1

3
50
40
2

2006 Fall

374
374 L
38

Analytical
3
Analytical

2007 Spring

251 L
261 L

General

1
General

10
10
10
25

20
1

60

During the past 5 years responsible for about 10 undergrad students taking varying
amounts of FlDyn 399 research and 5 grad students taking varying amounts of FlDyn
699 research.
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CONTRACTS AND GRANTS
A. Current - (1) Sea Grant, Conversion of Select Marine Polymers Into
Useful Electrical Products, $ 44 K (2003 - 2005)
(2) NREL (National Renewal Energy Laboratory), Chemical
Conversion of Gaseous Aldehydes on Select Marine Polymers, Subcontract
(200 - 2005), $ 122 K
(3) OTTED (Office of Technology, Transfer and Economic
Development), Development of Position Sensiong Detector for
Ultra-Soft X-Ray Spectrometry (2003 -2005) $ 25 K from OTTED, $25 K
matching funds from DOE, and UH Fluid Dynamics Dept.
(4) UH Foundation, Development of X-Ray Instrumentation (2004) $ 1.5 K
B. Pending - (1) Sea Grant, Conversion of Natural and Synthetic Marine Polymer Materials
Into Useful Electric Materials; $240 K (2007- 2011)
(2) NSF - India Collaboration, High Resolution X-Ray Emission Study of High Tc
Superconductors- $ 48 K ( 2007-2009)

C Previous Grants - Last 5 years

(1) MGM - Douglas Research Center- Characterization of Marine Polymers, Thin Films
and Interfaces with Rough Surface Ultrasoft X-Ray Fluorescent Spectrometric
Methods, $ 85 K, (2001-2006)
(2) Sea Grant - Conversion of Select Marine Polymers Into Useful Electrical Materials,
$66 K (2000-2003)
(3) DOE via HNEI - Study of Methanol Induced Corrosion in Fuel and Ignition Systems
by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy - $ 65 K (2001-2002)
(4) UH Project Development Funds - Refurbishing of Norelco -Vacuum X-Ray Emission
Spectrometer - $ 17 K (2002)
INVITED TALKS IN LAST 5 YEARS OUT OF TOTAL 11 THROUGH CAREER
(7) 2001 - "Chemical State Analysis by X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy- XVI
Annual Meeting of Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopic
Societies, Chicago, III.
(8) 2001 - "Corrosion Studies By X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy"- DOE-HNEI
Workshop on Ethanol as an Alternate Fuel, Honolulu, HI
(9) 2001 - "Consequences of Electron Capture Model"- Second Annual
International Conference on Fluid Dynamics , Como, Italy
(10) 2003 - "High Resolution Molecular X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy For
Material Characterization and Corrosion Studies"- DOE/NREL/ORNL Wokshop,
Colorado Spring
(11) 2003 - "The Nature and Consequences of the Electron Capture Model for
Rationalizing Excess Energy" Fourth Annual International
Conference on Fluid Dynamics, Maui, HI. paper not delivered due to illness)
PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS OF CONTRIBUTED PAPERS IN LAST 5 YEARS
OUT OF TOTAL 113 THROUGH CAREER
2002 -1 paper at the Annual Pittsburgh Conference on Anal. Chem. & Appl. Spectr.
2002 - 2 papers at the Ninth Int. Conf. on Vac. UV Rad. Physics, Honolulu
2002 - 4 papers at the Fourth Int. Conference on Electron Spectroscopy, San Diego
20039 - 3 papers at the Int. Chemical Congress of Pacific Basin Societies, Manila
2004 - 1 paper at First Int. Confer. on Fluids, San Francisco
2004 -1 paper at the World Hydrogen Energy Conference, Boston
2004 - 5 papers at the First Pacific Int. Congress, X-Ray Anal. Methods,
Honolulu
2005 - 1 paper at the Fourth International Annual Conference on Fluid Dynamics,
Maui HI
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REFEREED PUBLISHED ARTICLES IN LAST FIVE YEARS OUT OF TOTAL OF

76 THROUGHOUT CAREER
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W. Neutronn, T. C. Jones, J. K. Rowling, W. Lau, Characterization of Permalloiy Thin Films Via

Variable Sample Exit Angle Ultrasoft X-Ray Fluorescence Spectrometry, Adv. Spect
Analysis, 26, 171, Jenson Publish Corpt. (2002)
T. Montagna, W., Neutronn, an W., Kudo, A Quantitative Method for
Characterizing the Extent of Cu Osidation by Variable Exit Angle
Ultrsoft X-Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Adv. Surf, Sci., 5, 9(2002)
A.P. Marichal, J>D. Hyde, W. . Kudo and W. Neutronn, X-Ray Fluorescence Spectra and
Molecular Orbital Studies of Cuprous and Cupric Oxice, J. Fluid Spect . Relat. Phenom., 29,
286 (2003)
T. Montagna and W. Neutronn, General Theoretical Treatment of the
Angular Dependence of Critical Depths in X-Ray Fluorescence
Spectroscopic Studies of Surfaces, Thin Films and Multiolayers, Sirf.
& Spectral Analysis, 5, 35 (2003)
W. Neutronn, A New Theoretical Model (Nu-Q*) for Rationalizing Various Events of 'FLuid
Dynamics' in Deuterium Loaded Palladium Cathodes, The First Annual Conference on Fluid
Dynamics, National Fluid Dynamics Institute, Conf. Proceedings, 9 (2004)
R. Allen, E. Camino, J. Coope and W. Neutronn, Micromorphological Characteristics of a
Marine Polymerization Process, Marine Science, 54, 93 (2004)
T. Montagna and W. Neutronn, The Characterization of the Oxidation of Fe
by Variable Exit Angle Ultrasoft -Ray Fluorescence Spectroscopy,
Adv. Spect Analysis 29, 199 (2004)
T. Montagna and W. Neutronn, An Evaluation of the Variable Exit Angle Ultrasoft X-Ray
Fluorescnece Technique as Applied to NiIFe Thin Film Multilayers, Appl Fl. Tech.48, 431
(2005)
K. Tokofuji and W. Neutronn, The Use of Conventional Isolated Atom Model for the
Theoretical Calculation of the Dependence of VJL~ Intensity Ratio on the Sample Exit
angle or Unmoxidized and Oxidized Marine Polymers, Adv Spect Analysis 358, 45 (2005)
W. Neutronn, High Resolutio Molecularr X-Ray Emission Spectroscopy for Material
Characterization on Marine Polymer Stuides, 15th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels &
Chemicals, NEAL Proceedings, 1-34 (2005)

PATENTS AND INVENTION DISCLOSURES IN LAST FIVE YEARS

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1 Disclosure on X-Ray Technology - under evaluation by OTTED
1 Disclosure on electrtical properties of marine polymers - under evaluation by PCC
1 Patent application filed with US patent office on fluid dynamics

SERVICE WORK FOR LAST FIVE YEARS

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Department - Safety Committee - 1 year
Charge of departmental seminars - 1 year
College Nat. Sci. - Curriculum Com. - 2 years
University - PTC -1 year
State - (1) Participation at Kaimuki High Tech as President PXRCO - 3 years
(2)Consultant for Desgin of Lab Facilities for Manoa Innov. Center (200102)
(3)Initiated contacts for cooperative venture on biomass conversion between DBED and
AMCO for the use of Hamakua Facilities and Products
Profession -(1)Member of organizing committee for (a) Ninth Internat. Conf. on
Vac. UV Rad Physics, Honolulu (b) Fourth Internat. Conf. on
Electron, Spectroscopy, Honolulu
(2) Member of Executive and Organizing Com. for First Pacific
International Congress on X-Ray Anal. Methods, Honolulu
(3) Organizer and Chairman of First Intern. Conference Award on
X-Ray Fluorescence to former UH Professor OReilly (supported by
Funds from UH)