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Name:
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Irvin Lee Davis |
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Department/Program:
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Physics
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Status:
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Adjunct |
Education
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Your highest degree earned, its concentration/emphasis,
institution, year earned:
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Degree
Concentration/emphasis
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Ph.D. Physics/Atomic
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Institution
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U.S.U
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Year
Earned
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1983 |
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Certifications/licenses you currently hold:
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Teaching Experience
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How
many years you have been teaching at Weber State
University:
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20 years
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Your
total years of teaching (including those at Weber State
University):
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25 years
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From 1997–2003, what are
examples of your most significant teaching developments,
innovations, etc.
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In introductory general ed classes, a generous blend of
historical perspective into the technical material being
presented. |
Research, Scholarship, Creative Activities
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From 1997–2003, what are examples of your most significant
research, scholarship, or creative activities?
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I’m an adjunct. My full-time work is for an aerospace
corporation. My accomplishments there have been in
theoretical materials science and have been substantial over
the past several years but are not directly applicable to
Weber State. Most significant research is the creation of a
micro-mechanical constitutive theory of a highly-filled
particulate composite with bonded or debondable particles in
a linearly elastic or rubbery polymeric matrix plus a
mechanical constitutive theory for highly imperfect rubbery
polymers. Both of these are recent successes in areas
involving over 40 years of work in industry/academia spent
trying to obtain such constitutive theories. The work is in
the process of being tested and prepared for publication in
open and export-restricted DoD literature. I have over 30
publications, including multi-volume book-sized technical
reports in open and DoD literature plus innumerable reports
(again of substantial size) to DoD customers. |
Public
Service
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From
1997-2003, what are examples of your most significant
professionally related service to the community
(member/officer in professional organizations, consultant,
presentations/speeches, etc)
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Member/American Physical Society.
Member/advisor to several JANNAF (Joint Army, Navy, NASA,
Air Force) subcommittees.
External Advisory Board Member for the Center for Simulation
of Advanced Rockets at University of
Illinois/Urbana-Champaign.
Young Astronauts representative from Thiokol (my company) to
local elementary schools wherein we give special
presentations on aerospace projects.
Thiokol Astronomy club member giving presentations and
sponsoring star parties at schools, Golden Spike
commemoration activities, etc.
Many presentations to private groups/clubs on
astronomy/aerospace.
Many invited papers and presentations to professional
meetings of relevant aerospace community. |
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