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1. The University of Kansas, PhD, 1968
2. Hastings College (Nebraska), B.A., 1964, with Distinction in Chemistry
1. Faculty Fellow, U.S. Navy-ASEE Research Program, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, CA, Summer, 1998
2. Faculty Fellow, U.S. Navy-ASEE Research Program, Naval Air Warfare Center, Weapons Division, China Lake, CA, Summers, 1996, 1997
3. Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of Nebraska, Summer, 1994
4. Visiting Professor of Chemistry, University of California, San Diego, 1991-92
5. Lecturer, The University of Utah, Summer, 1991, 1992
6. Visiting Professor of Chemistry, The University of Texas at Austin, 1988-89
7 Research Fellow, Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics, The University of Colorado at Boulder, 1985-86
8. Visiting Professor of Chemistry, The University of Colorado at Boulder,
1986-88 (summers only)
9. Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&I University, 1976 to present, and Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 1993 to present
10. Chairman, Department of Chemistry, Texas A&I University, 1975-81
11. Associate Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&I University, 1971-76
12. Assistant Dean of Texas A&I University, 1972-73
13. Assistant Professor of Chemistry, Texas A&I, 1968-71
14. Research Chemist, Pfizer, Inc., Groton, CT, 1970
1. One year leave of absence to the Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1985-86, as a Visiting Scientist (Research Fellow for Teachers)
2. Completed the following college level courses after receiving the PhD degree:
•PE 207, Intramurals and Officiating, Fall, 1984
•ED 520, Computers in Education, Fall, 1983
•PLS 520, Soil Genesis, Morphology, and Classification, Spring, 1983
•PLS 310, Principles of Soil Science, Fall, 19823. Completed the following short courses:
•"Intermediate Power Point Workshop", Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 2000
•"Impact of Energy Use and Development on Water Quality", Argonne National Laboratory, 1981
•"Air Pollutants-Sources and Analysis", Argonne National Laboratory, 1977
•"Energy Sources for the Future", Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1975
•"Group Theory", Argonne National Laboratory, 1971
1. Coordinate and direct general chemistry program (lecture and laboratory) for science majors 1968-present
2. Coordinated and directed (undergraduate and graduate) environmental chemistry program (lecture and laboratory), 1972-93
1. Assisted in developing the integrated curriculum for the College of Engineering's Foundation Coalition Program, 1994-98
2. Completed curriculum reform in the general chemistry offering, 1995
3. Assisted in developing the M.S. degree proposal in Environmental Engineering, 1988-90
4. Developed junior-level course in Environmental Chemistry
5. Developed interdisciplinary minor program in Environmental Science
1. Developed an integrated curriculum with Engineering/Mathematics utilizing multimedia and collaborative learning, 1994 – present
2. Developed several software programs for lecture demonstrations
3. Included computer simulations in Environmental Chemistry
4. Increased the emphasis on improved laboratory techniques and the incorporation of computer usage in the general chemistry program
1. Presented FE/EIT Review Session fo prepare engineering students for Fundamentals of Engineering Exam for State of Texas Certification, 1998 to present (once per semester).
2. Presented faculty workshop, "The Role of Supplemental Instruction in the General Chemistry Program," Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 1996
3. Presented "Experiences in Authoring a General Chemistry Textbook," Student Affiliate Chapter of the American Chemical Society, University of California, San Diego, 1992
4. Invited lecturer of the Honors Achievement Workshop, University of California, San Diego, 1992
5. Presented a "Bonding" paper at the Advanced Placement Conference, Dallas, Tx, 1989
6. Made presentation at the National Chemistry Week Kick-off Rally, Corpus Christi, Tx, 1989.
7. Presented "Thermodynamics" paper at the Advanced Placement Chemistry Conference, Houston, Tx, 1989
8. Invited lecturer to the NSF Institute for Elementary Science Teachers (5 presentations) at Texas A&I University, 1988, 1989
9. Seminar speaker on "Chemical Education at State Universities" at the University of Kansas, 1986
10. Seminar speaker on "Chemistry at ‘Small’ Colleges and Universities", Joint Institute of Laboratory Astrophysics, the University of Colorado at Boulder, 1986
11. Lecturer to in-service day for high school chemistry teachers, 1979, 1983
12. Panelist on "Ways to Motivate Students in General Chemistry," University of Texas at Arlington, 1977
1. Sponsor, Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, Sponsor, 1998 to 2005
2. Sponsor, Mexican American Engineers and Scientists, Sponsor, 1998 to 2005
3. Student affiliate chapter of the American Chemical Society, 1977 to present
4. College of Engineering Foundation Coalition Student Chapter
1. University SACS Leadership Committee, 2001-2004
2. Chair, Arts and Sciences Tenure Committee, 2001
3. Member of Dean's Committee of the Arts and Sciences Promotion Appeals Committee, 2000
4. Search Committees, Head Football Coach, 1999; Chair Kinesiology Department, 2005
5. Member of Presidential Advisory Committee for marketing university athletic events, 1999
6. Member of the Palo Alto initiative committee for the establishment of the Texas A&M University-Kingsville center in San Antonio, 1999
7. Member of the Dean's Committee of the Arts and Sciences Promotion Committee, 1999
8. Author/editor of Javelinium News, the annual chemistry alumni newsletter
9. Chairman, Arts and Sciences Tenure Committee, 1998
10. Search Committees:
Dean, College of Arts and Sciences (1995)
Chairman, Department of Chemistry (1995)
Dean, College of Business (1997-98)
11. Intercollegiate Athletics Committee, 1982-90, 1994-96
12. Chairman, Faculty Awards Committee, 1985, 1987
13. Arts and Sciences Promotion Committee, 1983, 1985, 1991
14. Chairman, University Promotion Committee, 1982, 1984
15. Chairman, Department of Chemistry, 1975-81
16. Chairman, Texas A&I Faculty Senate, 1974-75
17. Senator, Texas A&I Faculty Senate, 1972-76, 1977-80, 1983-86, 1987-88, 1990-91
18. Graduate Council, 1972-78
19. University Research Committee, 1986-88
20. University Health-Professions Committee
1. American Chemical Society (ACS)
2. Texas Association of College Teachers (TACT)
1. Councilor, South Texas Section of American Chemical Society (ACS), 1995-1998, re-elected, 1998-2001, re-elected, 2001-2004, re-elected, 2004-2007
2. Member, National American Chemical Society, Meetings and Exposition Committee, 2001-present
3. Associate Member, National American Chemical Society Membership Affairs Committee, 1998-2000
4. Associate Member, National American Chemical Society Committee on Local Section Activities, 1996-97
5. Chairman, Executive Committee, ACS Southwest Region, 1979
6. Co-chairman of the 34th Southwest Regional Meeting of the ACS, 1978
7. Executive Committee, ACS Southwest Region, 1978-81
8. Past Chairman, Vice-Chairman, and Chairman-Elect, South Texas Section of ACS
1. National Meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS),
1970, ’73, ’74, ’80, ’81, ’84, ’86, ’87, ’89, ’90(2), ’91, ’92, ’94, ’95, ’96, ’97(2), ’98, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02, ’03, ’04, ’05,
2. Southwest Regional Meeting of ACS, 1971-73, 1975-80, 1982, 1986-88, 1993, 2001
3. Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, 1982
4. Monthly meetings of the South Texas Section of ACS
5. National Meeting of the National Science Teachers Association, 1986, 2005
1. Laboratory Manual for Principles of General Chemistry, Seventh Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 2004.
2. Instructor's Resource Manual for Laboratory Manual for Principles of General Chemistry, Seventh Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 2004.
3. Laboratory Manual for Principles of General Chemistry, Sixth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 2000.
4. Instructor's Resource Manual for Laboratory Manual for Principles of General Chemistry, Sixth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 2000.
5. Chemistry in the Laboratory, A Study of Chemical and Physical Changes, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1996
6. Instructor’s Manual for Chemistry in the Laboratory, A Study of Chemical and Physical Changes, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1996
7. Laboratory Manual for Principles of General Chemistry, Fifth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1994.
8. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for Principles of General Chemistry, Fifth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1994.
9. Chemistry in the Laboratory, A Study of Chemical and Physical Changes, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1993
10. Instructor’s Manual for Chemistry in the Laboratory, A Study of Chemical and Physical Changes, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1993
11. Atkins and Beran, General Chemistry, Second Edition, Scientific American Books, New York, 1992 (Updated version, 1993)
12. Atkins and Beran, General Chemistry, Second Edition, Annotated Instructor's Version, Scientific American Books, New York, 1992
13. Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1990
14. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, Fourth Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1990
15. Lecture Outline for Atkins’ General Chemistry, Scientific American Books, New York, 1990
16. Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of Chemistry, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1988
17. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of Chemistry, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1988
18. Student's Guide to Fundamentals of Chemistry, Fifth Edition, Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich, San Diego, CA, 1988
19. Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1986
20. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1986
21. Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of Chemistry, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1984
22. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of Chemistry, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1984
23. Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1982
24. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, Second Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1982
25. Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1981
26. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for Fundamentals of Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1981
27. Student's Guide to Fundamentals of Chemistry, Fourth Edition, Academic Press, New York, 1980
28. Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1978
29. Teacher's Manual for Laboratory Manual for General Chemistry, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Publishers, New York, 1978
30. Experimental Chemistry: Applied Principles and Techniques, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co., Dubuque, IA, 1975
1. "Meet SAT Biology, Chemistry, Physics Committee Members-Assessment," National Science Teachers Association National Convention, 2005
2. Science in the Modern Curriculum, " Southern Utah University, 1999
3. "A First Year Integrated Engineering Curriculum at Texas A&M University-Kingsville," Proceedings of the ASEE Gulf-Southwest Section Meeting, The University of Texas at San Antonio, 1996
4. "An Advanced Introductory Environmental Chemistry Course," 207th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society, San Diego, CA, 1994
5. "Chemistry is Bad," University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1991
6. "Descriptive Chemistry in General Chemistry: Where Is It?" 44th ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX, 1988
7. "Laboratory Experiments in General Chemistry," invited paper for the Oklahoma Coordinating Committee on Chemical Education (OCCCE) annual meeting, Ada, OK, 1988
8. "The Status of Qualitative Analysis, A Possible Alternative Separation Procedure," invited paper for the Oklahoma Coordinating Committee on Chemical Education (OCCCE) annual meeting, Ada, OK, 1988
9. "What Are We Trying to do in the General Chemistry Laboratory?" invited paper for symposium at 43rd ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Little Rock, AK, 1987
10. "Is Thioacetamide a Carcinogen?" 43rd ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Little Rock, AK, 1987
11. "Chemistry in the Small Colleges and Universities," invited paper for symposium at 42nd ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Houston, TX, 1986
12. "Comprehensive General Chemistry Laboratory Program," Seventh Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Stillwater, OK, 1982. A summary of the paper appeared in J. Chem. Ed. 1983, 60, 2
13. "NonCookbook/Cookbook Approach to Qualitative Analysis," 38th ACS Southwest-6th Rocky Mountain Combined Regional Meeting, El Paso, TX, 1982
1. "Environmental Effects on the Short Term Bond of CFRP Composites," Journal of Composites for Construction, Vol. 7, No. 1, pp. 58-63, Feb. 2003
2. "Correlation of Surface Chloride Concentration of a Pile Exposed to the Marine Environment to the Adhesiveness of a Commercially Available Epoxy," Contract Report CR-98,19-SHR, Naval Facilities Engineering Service Center, Port Hueneme, CA, 1998
3. "Photoionization Cross Sections at 11.6-11.8 eV," Can. J. Chem., 1975, 53, 1616
4. "An Improved Chemistry Program," TAIUS, 1973, 6, 113
5. "Semi-empirical Calculation of Molecular Polarizabilities and Diamagnetic Susceptibilities of Fluorocarbons, Ethers, Esters, Ketones, and Aldehydes," J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 73, 3860
6. "Molecular Electron Ionization Cross Sections at 70 eV," J. Phys. Chem., 1969, 73, 3860
1. Chairman, Educational Testing Service (ETS): SAT II Chemistry Development Committee, 2001-05
2. Educational Testing Service (ETS): SAT II Chemistry Development Committee, 1998, ’99, ’00, ’01, ’02
3. Faculty Consultant (1977-78, 1980-88), Senior Reader (1983), and Table Leader (1984-88, ’91, ’92, ’99, ’00, ’01), Alternate Leader (’01), and Question Leader (’02, ’03, ’04, ’05) for the Advanced Placement Examinations in Chemistry, Educational Testing Service, Princeton, NJ
4. Assistant Examiner and Team Leader in Chemistry for the International Baccalaureate Program, University of Bath, Bath, UK, 1984-present
5. Member of Texas International Education Consortium Curriculum Reform Project for the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Monterrey, Mexico, 1996
6. "The Life of a Professional Chemist" presented to Memorial Middle School, Kingsville, Texas, Fall, 1993
7. Symposium coordinator of, "Microscale Laboratories for General and Inorganic Chemistry," ACS National Meeting, Washington, D.C., Fall, 1990
8. Symposium director of, "Descriptive Chemistry in General Chemistry (Laboratory)," 44th ACS Southwest Regional Meeting, Corpus Christi, TX, 1988
9. Appointed member of the Applied Chemistry Working Party, International Baccalaureate Organization, U.K., 1989-
10. Curriculum Advisory Committee on Applied Chemistry for the International Baccalaureate Program, University of Bath, Bath, U.K., 1988
11. Initiated and directed the Fred M. Garland Memorial Lecture, 1979 to present
12. Director of Texas A&I’s Annual Chemistry Day, 1983, 1987, 1988
13. Director of undergraduate research, 1982 to present
14. Submitted question for the U.S. students competing in the International Olympiad in Chemistry, sponsored by the American Chemical Society, 2000
15. Refereed numerous manuscripts for publication in the Journal of Chemical Education
1. American Men and Women of Science
2. Personalities of the South
1. Regents Professor of the Texas A&M University System, 2002
2. Nominee for "Regents Professor" of the Texas A&M University System, 2000, 2001
3. Outstanding Professor, Services for Students with Disabilities, 2001
4. Distinguished Research Award, Alumni Association of Texas A&M University-Kingsville, 1998
5. Olan Kruse Science Faculty Award, Texas A&I University, 1993
6. Distinguished Teaching Award, Alumni Association of Texas A&I University, 1984
1. Javelina Booster Club, member
2. Kingsville Chamber of Commerce, member
3. Kiwanis International: Lt. Governor, 1979-80; President, Vice-President, Membership Chairman, and Program Chairman of local club, 1974-79
4. PTA: President and Parliamentarian at local school, 1974-81
