Escolar Documentos
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SYMPOSIUM AGENDA
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BREAK
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LUNCH
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His research interests are in the nondestructive compositional and structural studies of solid state
materials and his teaching interests emphasize the integration of research and technology in the
development of effective science teaching and learning strategies. His current research focus is
the investigation of optical materials for use in high power laser applications.
Additional distinctions include having been a four-year Southern University Academic
Scholarship recipient in Physics, a Crown Zellerbach Foundation Fellow in Physics at The
University of California, Los Angeles, a John McMullen Graduate Fellow in Nuclear Science at
Cornell University, and a Martin Luther King, Jr., Visiting Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy at
Wayne State University (1997). He is a past-president of the National Society of Black
Physicists (1987-1989). In 2004 he was named Outstanding Research Investigator at Southern
University and A&M College, the highest research honor awarded by the campus chancellor, and
in 2005 he was named the Faculty Researcher of the Year in its College of Sciences.
He is a member of the APS Divisions of Nuclear Physics and Astrophysics and the Topical
Group on Gravity. From 1988-1989 he served as chair of the APS Committee of Minorities
(COM) in Physics. He has also served as an APS-sponsored minority speaker and as a member
of the advisory board of its Insurance Trust.
12:45-1:15
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Visiting Universities
2:00-3:15
Student Presentations
3:15-4:15
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Closing Remarks