Joseph R. Gladden, III
Curriculum Vitae
Physics Dept. & NCPA |
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University of Mississippi |
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Education
Ph.D. Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, August 2003
Thesis title: Characterization of Thin Films and Novel
Materials by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy
Thesis
Committee: J.D. Maynard (adviser), P. Eklund, V. Crespi, A. Atcheley,
J. Banavar
M.S. Physics, University of Montana, January 1994
Thesis title: Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy Study of the
Initial Oxidation of Si(111)
B.S. Physics, University of the South, 1991
Research Experience
Postdoctoral Research, Penn State University, Mathematics Dept., University Park, PA (2003 - present)
Worked with Prof. Andrew Belmonte in the W.G. Pritchard Laboratory on various experiments and numerical computations in soft condensed matter physics related to elastic and structural instabilities.
Dynamic buckling of slender beams and statistical modeling of fragmentation.
Fracture and dynamic stress propagation in wormlike micelle gels.
Helped advise graduate and undergraduate students.
Doctoral Research, Penn State University, University Park, PA (1999-2003)
Worked with Prof. Julian Maynard to develop a new method of measuring the elastic tensor in crystalline thin films deposited on a crystalline substrate based on the resonant ultrasound spectroscopy technique.
Elastic properties of anisotropic films as thin as 200 nm have been obtained.
A new phase transition was discovered for colossal magnetoresistance films.
Novel mechanical quality factor enhancing effect of carbon nanotube films was discovered.
Masters Research, University of Montana and NEC, Tsukuba, Japan (1991-1993)
Research performed during a six month internship at the NEC Optoelectronics Lab in Tsukuba, Japan.
Thermal desorption spectroscopy study of initial surface oxidation mechanisms of silicon.
List of Publications
J. R. Gladden, A. Belmonte, Fracture and flow in a wormlike micellar gel, being prepared for submission to J. of Fluid Mechanics (Dec. 2004).
J. R. Gladden, A. Belmonte, N. Z. Handzy, and E. Villermaux, Dynamic buckling and fragmentation in brittle rods, Physical Review Letters (in press).
J. R. Gladden, Jin H. So, J. D. Maynard, Unique mechanical properties of carbon nanotube film-solid state interfaces, submitted to Physical Review Letters (Nov. 2004).
J. R. Gladden, Jin H. So, J. D. Maynard, P. W. Saxe, and Y. Le Page, Reconciliation of ab initio theory and experimental elastic properties of Al2O3, Applied Physics Letters 85, 392 (2004).
J. H. Kinney, J. R. Gladden, G. W. Marshall, S. J. Marshall, Jin H. So, and J. D. Maynard, Resonant ultrasound spectroscopy measurements of the second order elastic constants of human dentin, Journal of Biomechanics 37, 437-441 (2004).
J. So, J. R. Gladden, Yufeng Hu, J. D. Maynard, and Q. Li, Measurements of Elastic Constants in Thin Films of Colossal Magnetoresistance Material , Physical Review Letters 90, 036103 (2003).
G. D. Mahan, J. R. Gladden, J. D. Maynard, Elastic oscillations of cylindrical fuses, Journal of Applied Physics, 90, 4415 (2001).
Presentations
Invited: Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, annual
meeting July 2005,
Minisymposium on Gels: Flow and Fracture in Wormlike Micellar Gels
Invited: University of Pittsburgh, Condensed Matter Group
Seminar, December 2004
Breaking Things: Dynamic Buckling and Fracture of Thin Rods and
Elastic Gels
Materials Research Society Conference, Boston, MA, December
2003,
Unique mechanical properties of carbon nanotube film-solid state
interfaces
Computational and Applied Math Seminar Series, Penn State
University, October 2003,
Ultrasound Study of Thin Films
MRSEC Seminar Series, Penn State University, July 2003,
Thin Films of Carbon Nanotubes Studied by Resonant Ultrasound
Spectroscopy
First Pan-American/Iberian Meeting on Acoustics, Cancun, Mexico,
December 2002,
Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy Applied to Misoriented Crystals
of Low Symmetry: Corundum
143rd Meeting of the Acoustic Society of America,
Pittsburgh, PA, July 2002,
Thin Film Characterization Using Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy
Grants
American Chemical Society, Petroleum Research Fund, Type AC. $80,000 over two years to study the material properties and dynamics of wormlike micelle gels. (submitted Dec. 2004, PI: Andrew Belmonte, Penn State University)
Teaching Experience
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (2003)
Physics 212: Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism.
Responsibilities included preparing lectures, writing exams,
administering a laboratory component, and managing five teaching
assistants.
Armand Hammer United World College (AHUWC), Montezuma, NM (1996-1999)
Coordinated and taught standard and higher level International Baccalaureate (IB) Physics and Computer Science courses.
Designed a practical scheme of work for both levels.
Supervised research projects in Physics and Computer Science.
Virginia Episcopal School (VES), Lynchburg, VA (1994-1996)
Coordinated and taught honors and standard level physics and computer science courses for secondary school students.
Designed the curriculum for a new course: Introduction to Scientific Computing (1995-6). Topics covered: data acquisition, statistical analysis of data, numerical integration and differentiation methods, data visualization.
Honors and Awards
Best Student Paper Award in Physical Acoustics, 2nd place ~ Summer 2002 Acoustical Society of America meeting
Duncan Fellowship ~ support for promising doctoral students, Penn State University (1999-2001)
Bradock Fellowship ~ support for promising doctoral students, Penn State University (1999-2000)
Who's Who Among America's Teachers (1996)
Tandy Technology Scholars Award for Education in Science (1995)
Awarded a six month competitive research grant with NEC in Japan (1992)
President of Sigma Pi Sigma ~ Sewanee Chapter (1990-91)
William T. Allen Award in Physics ~ University of the South (1990)
Order of Gownsmen ~ University of the South, academic honor society (1990-91)
Continuing Education and Committee Work
Physical Acoustics Summer School (2000)
An intensive
week long summer school covering all major aspects of physical
acoustics taught by internationally recognized experts in each topic.
Educational Technology Committee (Technical
Chair,1996-1999, AHUWC)
Guiding decisions and allocating funds
for the implementation of academic technology.
Faculty Admissions Committee (Chair, 1996-1999, AHUWC)
Worked in conjunction with the Admissions Department to review
and rate prospective applicants to the AHUWC. As chair, I coordinated
and facilitated meetings between the Faculty Admissions Committee and
United World College US Selection Committee.
International Baccalaureate Summer Workshop (1996)
A
workshop for IB teachers which covered both subject specific topics
and general guidelines for the IB Organization.
Science Education Seminar (1994)
Attended a week long
workshop at the Ethyl Corporation retreat on problem based methods
for teaching science. Methods learned were incorporated into the
Virginia Episcopal School Physics curriculum.
Technology Skills and Experience
Network Administration: Academic LAN including Microsoft NT and Linux servers for the Armand Hammer United World College.
Software Skills: UNIX, Linux, FORTRAN, C/C++, Mathematica, MatLab, AutoCAD, Interactive Physics.
Josh Gladden 2005-01-13