Curriculum Vitae
THOMAS A. DOOLING
Associate Professor of
Physics
Department of Chemistry and
Physics
UNCP
Pembroke, NC 28372
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Work Place: University of North Carolina at Pembroke Room 3221Oxendine Science Building Department of Chemistry and Physics Pembroke, NC 28372-1510 Email: tom.dooling@uncp.edu Residence: Laurinburg, NC 28352 |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 1995
Major: Physics (emphasis: experimental nuclear)
Ph.D. THESIS
The Study of Pion Absorption on 4He at 355 MeV/c with LADS (Large Acceptance Detector System)
M.S., Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 1990
Major: Physics
B.S. Old Dominion University Norfolk, VA 1989
Major: Physics
Minor: Mathematics
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Student Teaching
As a graduate student I had some experience in teaching and supervising students.
I supervised two students in the construction of a hodoscope detector for use at TJNAF (Thomas Jefferson Nuclear Acceleration Facility). This supervision required instruction on how to build and test delicate materials and instruments used. The work of the students was supervised and critiqued to assure quality control in the hodoscope, as well as to develop the technical skills of the students.
I also taught undergraduate laboratorys, which helped, develop basic experimental skills and reinforce material taught in their physics classes.
Professional Teaching
I started teaching regularly in the Fall of 1996 at the UNCP (University of North Carolina Pembroke.) UNCP is primarily a teaching university. Most of my time and effort is spent teaching classes related to physics and other science classes.
In the May of 2001 I received the UNCP Teaching Award, presented to faculty who demonstrate outstanding teaching.
A list of classes, I have taught, includes,
A general summation of classes I have taught by year and semester
is listed below.
Summation
of Classes Taught
2005-2006
Summer
2005
College
Physics 150
College
Physics 156(Lab)
College
Physics 151
College
Physics 157(Lab)
HCOP
Program
Fall
2005
College
Physics I (Phy 150)
College
Physics II (Phy 151)
College
Physics Lab II (Phy 157)
University
Lab I (Phy 206)
Spring
2006
College
Physics I (Phy 150)
College
Physics II (Phy 151)
College
Physics Lab (Phy 156)
University
Physics Lab (Phy 201)
Advance
Physics Lab (Phy 420)
2004-2005
Summer
2004
College
Physics 150
College
Physics 156(Lab)
College
Physics 151
College
Physics 157(Lab)
Fall
2004
College
Physics I (Phy 150)
College
Physics II (Phy 151)
Physical
Science (Phs 110)
College
Physics Lab II (Phy 157)
University
Lab I (Phy 206)
Freshman
Seminar (Frs 100)
Spring
2005
College
Physics I (Phy 150)
College
Physics II (Phy 151)
College
Physics Lab (Phy 156)
University
Physics Lab (Phy 201)
2003-2004
Summer 2003
College
Physics 151
College
Physics 157(Lab)
Physical
Science 110
Program
HCOP
( Health Careers Opportunity Program)
Fall 2003
College
Physics I (Phy 150)
University
Physics Lab (Phy 206)
Electric.
& Mag. (Phy 320)
Physical
Science (Phs 110)
Freshman
Seminar (Frs 100)
Spring 2004
College
Physics I (Phy 150)
College
Physics II (Phy 151)
Physical
Science 110 (Phs 110)
College
Physics Lab (Phy 156)
University
Physics Lab (Phy 201)
2002-2003
Class:
Summer 2002
College
Physics 151
College
Physics 157(Lab)
Program
HCOP
( Health Careers Opportunity Program)
Eisenhower
Grant Workshop
Class:
Fall 2002
University
Physics (200)
University
Physics Lab (206)
Physical
Science 110
Physics
218 (optics)
Freshman
Seminar
(Honors
Section)
Participated
in Mentor Program
Mr.
Wizard Program
Class:
Spring 2003
University
Physics (201)
University
Physics Lab (207)
Physical
Science 110
Computers
and Science
(Phy
120)
Mr.
Wizard Program
2001-2002
Class: Summer 2001
College
Physics 151
College
Physics 157(Lab)
Program
Eisenhower
Grant Workshop
Project
ATOM
Class: Fall 2001
University
Physics (200)
University
Physics Lab (206)
Physical
Science 110
Heat
and Temperature
College
Physics
College
Physics Lab
Freshman
Seminar
(Honors
Section)
Special
Topics Physics (1 student)
Participated
in Mentor Program
Class: Spring 2002
University
Physics (201)
University
Physics Lab (207)
Computers
and Science (Phy 120)
Advanced
Lab
Electricity
and Magnetism
2000-2001
Summer:
2000
College
Physics Lab 157
College
Physics 151
Teach
computer simulations to high school science teachers.
HCOP
(Health Careers Opportunity Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound high school students.
HCAP
(Health Careers Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound nursing students.
Eisenhower
Grant Workshop
Fall:
2000
University
Physics 200
University
Physics Lab 206
Physical
Science 110
Computational
Science 288
Electricity
and Magnetism 320
Freshman
Seminar
Participated
in Mentor Program
Spring:
2001
Physical
Science 110
Computational
Science 288
University
Physics 201
University
Physics Lab 207
Biophysics
341
1999-2000
College
Physics 151
College
Physics 157 (lab)
HCOP
(Health Careers Opportunity Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound high school students.
HCAP
(Health Careers Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound nursing students.
Eisenhower
Grant Workshop
Fall:
1999
Class
University
Physics 200
University
Physics Lab 206
Physical
Science 110 (online)
Engineering
Statics 200
Science
and Computing 120
Freshman
Seminar
Spring:
2000
Physical
Science 110
Physical
Science 110 (online)
University
Physics 201
University
Physics Lab 207
Heat
and Temperature 326
1998-1999
Physical
Science 110
College
Physics 151
HCOP
(Health Careers Opportunity Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound high school students.
HCAP
(Health Careers Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound nursing students
Eisenhower
Grant Workshop
Teach
computer technology to high school science teachers
Fall:
1998
Class
Physical
Science 110
Astronomy
Engineering
Statics 200
Release
Time to develop UNCP Bioinformatics course (Biotechnology Center Grant)
Spring:
1999
Physical
Science 110
Physical
Science 110 (online)
Bioinformatics
Release
Time to develop UNCP Bioinformatics course (Biotechnology Center Grant)
1997-1998
Physical
Science 110
Physical
Science 111
College
Physics Lab 206
HCOP
(Health Careers Opportunity Program)
Enrichment
program for upward bound high school students
HCAP
(Health Careers Program
Enrichment
program for upward bound nursing studrnsd
Fall
Physical
Science 110
University
Physics 200
Science
and Computers 448
College
Physics Lab 206
Spring
Physical
Science 110
University
Physics 201
Science
and the Public Interest 120
1996-1997
Fall:
Engineering
Statics 200
Physical
Science 111
Physical
Science 110
College
Physics Lab 206
Spring:
College
Physics Lab 207
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Engineering
Dynamics 201
College
Physics 150
Physical
Science 110
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RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
From 1989 to 1991, I worked on the study of plasma sprayed Zinc Ferrite compounds. Mòssbauer transmission spectroscopy and X-ray diffractometry were used to analyze these compounds. Annealing experiments were carried out to further understand how the properties of the compounds could be modified in relationship to their ability to absorb electromagnetic radiation.
From 1991 to 1995, I worked on the Large Acceptance Detector System ( LADS) project. This experiment was carried out at the Paul Sherrer Institut, in Villigen, Switzerland. This experiment studied the process of pion absorption on light and heavy nuclei with pion beam energies from 80 MeV to 240 MeV. There were three separate data runs with the LADS detector. A short test run in 1989, a full run in 1991 and a third in 1993. I participated in the testing of equipment and collection of data in the '91 and '93 runs. My duties included testing of the LADS wire chambers and the wiring of sophisticated signal processing equipment.
I have analyzed the PPD final state resulting from pion absorption on 4He, from the 1991 run, on a VAX-4000 DEC station. The analysis required filtering and normalizing the data for specific reaction channels. The normalized data was then studied to isolate specific mechanisms responsible for the final state seen. Monte Carlo simulations of the detector's response to absorption events were carried out. Also, numerical integration calculations of the deuteron momentum distribution in 4He were carried out to help model aspects of the data.
I have participated on two other experiments at PSI, conducted by the nuclear physics group at the University of Maryland at College Park. These experiments studied pion absorption on a polarized Lithium target with the single arm SUSI spectrometer.
I was also involved in the design and construction of the Hall C hodoscope at the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (TJNAF), in Newport News, Virginia.
I also assisted with the instrumentation of the Hall B, Region II drift chambers for the CLAS detector at TJNAF.
My research work at UNCP has been confined primarily to student research projects.
Most recently I have supervised students in researching novel designs for inexpensive radiation detectors as part of an NSF-REU grant program. This research was carried out from the summers of 2004, 2005 and 2006. Results from this research were disseminated at conferences listed in the presentation section.
Magnetic-field distributions in zinc-nickel ferrite
T. A. Dooling and D. C. Cook, J. Appl. Phys. 69 (8), 5352, (1991).
Phase changes in plasma-sprayed zinc-nickel ferrite
T. A. Dooling and D. C. Cook, J. Appl. Phys. 69 (8), 5355, (1991).
Large-Solid-Angle Study of Pion Absorption on 3He
T.Alteholz, D.Androic, G.Backenstoss, D.Bosnar, H.Breuer, A. Brkovic, H.Dobbeling, T. Dooling, W.Fong, M.Furic, P.A.M.Gram, N.K.Gregory, J.P. Haas, A.Hoffart, C.H.Q.Ingram, A.Klein, K.Koch, J.Kohler, B.Kotlinski, M.Kroedel, G.Kyle, A.Lehmann, Z.N.Lin, G. Mahl, A.O.Mateos, K.Michaelian, S.Mukhopandhyay, T.Petkovic, R.P.Redwine, D.Rowntree, R.Schumacher, U.Sennhauser, N.Simicevic, F.D.Smit, G.van der Steenhoven, D.R.Tieger, R.Trezeciak, H.Ullrich, M. Wang, M.H.Wang, H.J.Weyer, M.Wildi, and K. E. Wilson, Phys. Rev. Lett., 73, 1336, (1994)
Analyzing powers for 1H(pi+, pi+ p) at Tpi=165 and 240 MeV
B.A. Raue, T. A. Greco, M.G. Khayat, F. Adimi, B. van den Brandt, H. Breuer, T. Chang, N. S. Chant, H. Chen, T. A. Dooling, A. P. Dvoredsky, B. S. Flanders, T. Gu, J. P. Hass, P. Hautle, J. Huffman, J. J. Kelly, A. Klein, K. Koch, J. A. Konter, A. I. Kovalev, B. S. Kyle, J. J. Lawrie, Z. Lin, S. Mango, P. Markowitz, R. Meier, T. Payerle, S. Ritt, P. G. Roos, and M. Wang, Phys. Rev. C, 53, 1005, (1996)
Pion absorption on 3He and 4He with emission of three energetic protons
T.Alteholz, D.Androic, G.Backenstoss, D.Bosnar, H.Breuer, A. Brkovic, H.Dobbeling, T. Dooling, W.Fong, M.Furic, P.A.M.Gram, N.K.Gregory, J.P. Haas, A.Hoffart, C.H.Q.Ingram, A.Klein, K.Koch, J.Kohler, B.Kotlinski, M.Kroedel, G.Kyle, A.Lehmann, Z.N.Lin, G. Mahl, A.O.Mateos, K.Michaelian, S.Mukhopandhyay, T.Petkovic, R.P.Redwine, D.Rowntree, R.Schumacher, U.Sennhauser, N.Simicevic, F.D.Smit, G.van der Steenhoven, D.R.Tieger, R.Trezeciak, H.Ullrich, M. Wang, M.H.Wang, H.J.Weyer, M.Wildi, and K. E. Wilson, Phys. Rev. C, 55, 2931, (1997)
Multinucleon pion absorption on 4He into the pppn final state
T.Alteholz, D.Androic, G.Backenstoss, D.Bosnar, H.Breuer, A. Brkovic, H.Dobbeling, T. Dooling, W.Fong, M.Furic, P.A.M.Gram, N.K.Gregory, J.P. Haas, A.Hoffart, C.H.Q.Ingram, A.Klein, K.Koch, J.Kohler, B.Kotlinski, M.Kroedel, G.Kyle, A.Lehmann, Z.N.Lin, G. Mahl, A.O.Mateos, K.Michaelian, S.Mukhopandhyay, T.Petkovic, R.P.Redwine, D.Rowntree, R.Schumacher, U.Sennhauser, N.Simicevic, F.D.Smit, G.van der Steenhoven, D.R.Tieger, R.Trezeciak, H.Ullrich, M. Wang, M.H.Wang, H.J.Weyer, M.Wildi, and K. E. Wilson, Phys. Rev. C, 56, 1873, (1997)
Initial State Interaction in the (pi+,3p) Reaction on N, Ar and Xe
T.Alteholz, D.Androic, G.Backenstoss, D.Bosnar, H.Breuer, A. Brkovic, H.Dobbeling, T. Dooling, W.Fong, M.Furic, P.A.M.Gram, N.K.Gregory, J.P. Haas, A.Hoffart, C.H.Q.Ingram, A.Klein, K.Koch, J.Kohler, B.Kotlinski, M.Kroedel, G.Kyle, A.Lehmann, Z.N.Lin, G. Mahl, A.O.Mateos, K.Michaelian, S.Mukhopandhyay, T.Petkovic, R.P.Redwine, D.Rowntree, R.Schumacher, U.Sennhauser, N.Simicevic, F.D.Smit, G.van der Steenhoven, D.R.Tieger, R.Trezeciak, H.Ullrich, M. Wang, M.H.Wang, H.J.Weyer, M.Wildi, and K. E. Wilson, The European Physical Journal A 1, 435-445 (1998)
The CLAS drift chamber system
M. D. Mestayer, D. S. Carman,
B. Asavapibhop, F. J. Barbosa, P. Bonneau, S. B. Christo, G. E. Dodge, T. Dooling, W. S. Duncan, S. A. Dytman et al
Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research Section
A: Accelerators, Spectrometers, Detectors and Associated Equipment, Volume
449, Issues 1-2, 11 July 2000, Pages 81-111
Kotlinski, D. Androic, G. Backenstoss, D. Bosnar, H. Döbbeling, T. Dooling, M. Furic, P.A.M. Gram, N.K. Gregory, A. Hoffart, C.H.Q. Ingram, A. Klein, K. Koch, J. Köhler, M. Kroedel, G. Kyle, A. Lehmann, V. Markushin, A.O. Mateos, K. Michaelian, T. Petkovic, M. Planinic, R.P. Redwine, D. Rowntree, N. Simicevic, R. Trezeciak, H.J. Weyer, M. Wildi, K.E. WilsonThe LADS Collaboration :
Eur Phys J A 9 (2000) 4, 537-552
WAVE FUNCTION AS A TWO
DIMENSIONAL VECTOR IN QUANTUM MECHANICS
T. A . Dooling
Journal of the Elisha
Mitchell Scientific Society, Volume 116(2) (2000).
A short essay on the History of the Atom published in a CD accompanying the book,
Analyzing power reduction in quasifree pion-nucleon knockout reactions
Mohammad G. Khayat, P. G. Roos, N. S. Chant, A. P. Dvoredsky, H. Breuer, J. J. Kelly, B. S. Flanders,T. M. Payerle, F. Adimi, T. Gu, and J. Huffman, A. Klein,
T. Dooling, and T. Greco, G. S. Kyle, T. Chang, Z. Lin, and M. Wang , R. Meier and S. Ritt , K. Koch, J. Konter, S. Kovalev, S. Mango, and B. Van Den Brandt, J. Lawrie
Phys. Rev. C 64, 064606 (2001)
An Eight-Parameter Function for Simulating Model
Rocket Engines Thrust Curves
Thomas A. Dooling
Physics Teacher
(2006)
(This article has been accepted for publication and is
scheduled for publication)
Conference
Talks
(Note: AAPT = American Association of Physics Teachers)
10/99
Southern Atlantic AAPT Conference Presentation (Charleston)
"Wave Function as a Two Dimensional Vector
in Quantum Mechanics"
Thomas A. Dooling
11/00 North Carolina Science Teachers Association (NCSTA) Conference
Presented paper on,
“Simulation of Estes
Model Rockets using STELLA”
Thomas A. Dooling
3/02
NCAAPT.
Presented
demonstration on using
“X10 video camera in
inertial reference frame system” (Best Pedagogical
Paper!)
Thomas A. Dooling
03/03
Digital Content
Consortium
Digital media in the
classroom conference hosted at UNCP
Presentation on using
“ POV-RAY to simulate
Lenses”
Thomas A. Dooling
11/03
NCAAPT (Wilmington)
10/04
NCAAPT (Davidson College)
“The Boltzmann Factor with Interactive Physics”
Thomas A. Dooling
10/05
NCAAPT (UNCP)
Seismometry as an Introduction to Experimental Design and Data Analysis
Thomas A. Dooling
Student
Poster Presentations:
The following are poster sessions by students who worked
directly under me as part of the UNCP NSF-REU grant program. They carried out
research on novel designs for radiation detectors.
SERMACS
(Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society)
Maureen
J. Sikes ,Natasha McNair, Tom
Dooling(Advisor)
A
Monte Carlo Simulation of Energy Deposited in Scinti-Safe Plus 50% by a Charged
Particle
Maureen
J. Sikes, Natasha McNair, Tom
Dooling(Advisor)
Society
of Physics Students Zone 5 Meeting
The Detection of Radioactive Decay Products in Liquid Scintillator
Natasha
McNair, Maureen J. Sikes, Tom
Dooling(Advisor)
This is a separate poster on
Space Grant Consortium supported work in protein crystallization.
NC-LSAMP Undergraduate Research Conference, 3rd
Annual FSU-RISE Research Colloquium, on March 18, 2005
My
student Janet Sanford presented this poster at several meetings based on
research she carried for me out during the summer of 2005 under my direction
for the REU grant program. The meetings she presented at are,
o
Radiation Detection Multi Channel
Analyzer and a Phototube: The study of a flat panel scintillator
Janet Sanford, Chris
George, Thomas Dooling
o
October, 2005
Society of Physics Students Zone 5 Meeting- UNCP
o
March, 2006
(NC-LSAMP) Undergraduate Research
Conference
( 1st Place in Chemistry Division
!) at NC A&T
o
April, 2006
National Conference on
Undergraduate Research (NCUR 20)
At UNC Ashville (This was a national peer reviewed
conference!)
Committees:
I have served on
the following committees since I started at UNCP in 1996
2005-2006
·
Chair of the Faculty Governance Committee:
This work includes preparing agenda’s for and chairing meetings of
Faculty Governance.
·
NCSGC Site Director:
I was the NCSGC (North Carolina Space Grant Consortium) site director
up to Fall 2005.
This committee meets to review issues relevant to
specific NCAA requirements in the Athletic Department
I coordinated the nomination and voting on student
awards for students in the Department of Chem. and Physics
I am the UNCP representative for the UNC HPC/CS Advisory Committee. This
committee helps steer the UNC system in decision related to High Performance
Computing in the UNC system. I attended a meeting of this committee in person
at the General Administration in February 2006.
·
Undergraduate Research Committee
I have served as
a member of the newly formed Undergraduate Research Committee.
2004-2005
·
Chair of Faculty Senate:
·
Chair of the Faculty Governance Committee:
For the 2004-2005 school year.
This work includes preparing agenda’s for and chairing meetings of
Faculty Governance.
·
NCSGC Site Director:
I am the site director for
the UNCP section of the North Carolina Space Grant Consortium (NCSGC). I submit
a yearly grant proposal to NC State who holds the main NASA grant. I dispense
the funds to faculty and students who conduct different types of student
research. I attend regular meetings of the Consortium, representing UNCP’s
interests. I also hosted the last NCSGC directors meeting on March 25 at UNCP.
·
Athletic Logo Committee:
This committee was formed to
review to use of the University Athletic Logo and Nickname as it relates to
Native American issues. This was in part to meet a request made by the NCAA
This committee meets to review issues relevant to
specific NCAA requirements in the Athletic Department
Served as Chair for a PEC committee to review the
performance of a new faculty member in the Dept. of Chemistry and Physics
Served as a Member of a second PEC committee to
review the performance of a new faculty member in the Dept. of Chemistry and
Physics
I coordinated the nomination and voting on student
awards for students in the Department of Chem. and Phys. I also presented the
awards at the University Student Award Ceremony in April of 2005.
I coordinated and hosted a social for members of the
department at Wooly McDuffs in Laurinburg, NC in February 2005.
Served on a department search committee to find a new adjunct faculty
member.
·
Seminar arranged on 03/05:
I arranged for Dr. Ashot Gasparian to come down from NC A&T to give
a seminar on the physics graduate program at NC A&T.
2003-2004
·
Chair of the Faculty Senate and Faculty Chair for the 2003-2004 school
year.
This work includes preparing
agenda’s for and chairing meetings of the Faculty Senate and General Faculty.
As Chair of the Faculty Senate I was also