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Arthur G. Schmidt

Vita

3324 Lyons Street                                                                                                                                                      Department of Physics and Astronomy
Evanston, Illinois 60203                                                                                                                                              Northwestern University
(847) 673-2621                                                                                                                                                         2145 Sheridan Road
                                                                                                                                                                                  Evanston, Illinois 60201
                                                                                                                                                                                  (847) 491-7477

Education

B.S. 1966 DePaul University, Chicago, Illinois
       Major, Physics; Minor, Mathematics

Ph.D. l974  University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
   Major, Nuclear Spectroscopy
   (Dr. E.G. Funk and Dr. J.W. Mihelich)

Thesis Topics:  "Gamma-Gamma Directional Correlations and
                  Determination of Multipole Mixtures in
                    174Yb and 182W"

Areas of Specialization

Microcomputers Z-80, 8080 based, Apple, Pet, North Star, CP/M, Macintosh, PC
Minicomputers LSI-11
Computer interfacing lab instruments.
Use of microcomputers as lab instrument in undergraduate physics lab.
Operation of FN Tandem Accelerator
Nuclear detectors: scintillation and solid state type.
Pulse electronics: fast timing and multichannel analyzer
Vacuum tube and solid state circuitry
Digital electronics
Computer programming BASIC (BASIC PLUS), FORTRAN IV, Machine Language,
 Assembly Language (Z-80 and 8080), Tenecomp FOCAL, LOGO

Experience

Lecture Demonstrator, Director of Undergraduate Laboratories (1984 - )
Senior Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1987- )
Lecturer, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois (1984-1987)
Courses taught:
  Weinberg College of Arts and Science, Introductory College Physics, General Physics,
         Physics of Music, Using Computers in Science
  University College, Introductory College Physics (1987-  )
  Summer School, Introductory College Physics, General Physics

Summer Research, Notre Dame Accelerator Lab, Notre Dame, Indiana (1983-84)
 Received William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Grant of Research Corporation.

Assistant Professor of Physics, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois
 (1978-1984)
Courses taught: General Physics, Atomic and Nuclear Physics, Electronics, Microcomputer, Organization and Interfacing Using Computers in Science; Computer Science (programming BASIC); and Continuing Education (Computers in Society).

Director of Laboratory Computing, Lake Forest College, Lake Forest, Illinois (1978-79)

Instructor of Physics, Indiana University, South Bend, Indiana (Summer 1977)

Guest Staff Faculty Fellow, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana (1976-78)

Postdoctoral Research, UNISOR (University Isotope Separator at Oak Ridge)
 Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee (September 1974-76)

High School Instructor, LaLumiere School, LaPorte, Indiana (1972-74, 1976-78)
 Physics, four years; Chemistry and Biology, three years.

Teaching Assistant, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana (1969-72)
 Laboratory assistant, Modern Physics
 Substitute teacher, Mechanics

Professional Organizations

American Physical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Society of the Sigma Xi, Lake Forest College Club President (1982-83)
                                                                          Activities Coordinator (1981-82)
                                     Northwestern (1985 - )
Illinois Section of Project Physics
Illinois Section of American Association of Physics Teachers
National Geographic Society
Sigma Pi Sigma

Activities and Awards

Mayor Daley Scholarship (1962-63)
Illinois State Scholarship (1963-66)
Undergraduate Research Participant - Research on graduate level in Liquid State
 (1964-66)
Penned weekly cartoon strip "Collegiate" and editorial cartoon for college newspaper
 (1962-66)
National Defense Education Act Fellowship (1966-69)
AAAP Exhibits Committee for Museum of Science and Industry (1983-84)
School Board, St. Mary's School, Lake Forest, Illinois (1981-84)
Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts of America
Pack #12          Advancement Committee (1985-86)
                        Committee Chairman (1986-88)
                        Webelo Den Leader (1987-88)

Pack #31         Webelo Den Leader (1987-88)
Parish Pastoral Council, St. Athanasius Church, Evanston  (1987-93)
Contemporary Choir, St. Athanasius Church (1986- )
Troop #31, Boy Scouts of America
                      Committee Chairman (1988-96)
                      Advancement Chairman (1996- )

John Rush Award from ISPP (1990-91)
Advisor:  Society of Physics Students (1985- )
                Sigma Pi Sigma
St. Athanasius Messenger  quarterly newspaper (1995- )
                     writer, photographer, cartoonist "Deacon Ray"
Outstanding Teacher of the Year Award
                    University College (1998)

Interests

Drawing; pen and ink, charcoal
Teaching methods:  their improvement by more effective application of audio-
 visual equipment, and computer-aided instruction and laboratory assistance
Computer technology as applied to use in private sector

Personal

Born: January 15, 1944       5'11", 147 pounds
Married, five children

Hobbies

Sailing
Guitar and Banjo playing
Powered model airplane flying, free flight, control line, radio control

Abstracts

(with R.N. Oehlberg, L.L. Riedinger, A.E. Rainis, E.G. Funk, and J.W. Mihelich)
"Coulomb Excitation of 160Dy, 162Du. and 164 Dy".
A.P.S. Meeting, April 1972.

(with E.G. Funk and J.W. Mihelich)
"E1-M2-E3 Mixing in the Day of the Ip, K =  2-, 2 State at 1318 keV in 174 Yb".
A.P.S. Meeting, April 1973.

(with J.W. Mihelich, E.G. Funk, M.C. Madden, and L.L. Riedinger)
 E1-M2-E3 Admixtures and B (E3) Values for Transitions from Kp=2- Octupole
States in  174Yb and  182W", in Proceedings of the Intenational Conference on
Nuclear Physics, Munich, Germany, 1972, p. 302.

(with L.L. Collins, L.L. Riedinger, C.R. Bingham, G.D. O'Kelley, J.W. Wood,
R.W. Fink, E.E. Zganjar, E.H. Spejewski, H.K. Carter, R.L. Mlekodaj, and
J.H. Hamilton)
"Decay of 195Pb''.
A.P.S. Meeting, June 1975.

(with R.L. Mledkodaj, E.H. Spejwski, H.K. Carter)
"Target-Ion Source Techniques for heavy-Ion Beams at UNISOR",
Conference on Target Techniques for On-line Isotope Separators,
Aarhus, Denmark, September 1975.

(with G.M. Gowdy, R.W. Fink, and C.R. Bingham)
"The Decay of Mass Separated   3T1",
A.P.S. Meeting, April 1976.

(with R.L. Mlekodaj, E.H. Spejewski, H.K. Carter)
"Target-Ion Sources for Mass Separators On-line with Heavy-Ion Beams",
A.P.S. Meeting, April 1976.

(with G.M. Gowdy, J.T. Wood, R.W. Fink, E.F. Zganjar)
"Systematics of the Levels in the Neutron-Deficient Odd-Mass Mercuries",
A.P.S. Meeting, April 1976.

(with A.C. Kahler, C.R. Bingham, L.L. Riedinger, R.L. MlekodaJ, J.L. Wood,
R.W. Fink, J.H. Hamilton)~
"DecaY of 193Pb',
A.P.S. Meeting, April 1976.

(with J. L. Wood, G.M. Gowdy, et al.)
"Recent Work at UNISOR on Neutron-Deficient Au, Hg and T1 Nuclei in the Mass
Range 184 ³ A³ 197", Corsica Meeting, May 1976.

Short Reports:

"CHANCE:  ~ Computer Program to Correct Coincidence Data,
                Specifically for Short-Lived Sources", Notre Dame Internal
                Report.

Guest Seminars:

"Measurement of Multiple Multipole Mixtures in 182W'', University of Tennessee, Department of Physics, April 1975.

"Decay of 187, 185 Thallium", UNISOR Information Meeting, September 29, 1985.

"Making a Hologram"
Society of Physics Students at Northwestern University, October 29, 1985.
Illinois Satae University, September 29, 1998

"My Favorite Demonstrations" Northern Illinois University  March 4, 1988.

"How to make a Hologram"

Publications:

R.N. Oehlberg, L.L. Riedinger, A.E. Rainis, A.G. Schmidt, E.G. Funk, and
J.W. Mihelich
"Coulomb Excitation Studies of 160Dy, 162Dy and 164Dy"
Nuclear Physics A219 (1974), p. 54.

A.G. Schmidt, J.W. Mihelich, and E.G. Funk
"Multipole Mixtures of Gamma-ray Transitions Depopulating the 1318 keV(2-) and
1518 keV (6+ or 7-) States in 174Yb",
Physical Review C 9 (1974), p. 2346.

H.K. Carter, E.H. Spejewski, R.L. Mlekdoaj, A.G. Schmidt, F.T. Avignone,
C.R. Bingham, R.A. Braga, J. D. Cole, A.V. Ramayya, J. H. Hamilton,
E. L. Robinson, K.S.R. Sastry and E.F. Zganjar
"The UNISOR ISOL Data Acquisition System",
Nuclear Instruments and Methods 139 (1976), p. 349-353.

Publications (Continued)

R.L. Mlekodaj, E.H. SpeJewski, H.K. Carter, and A.G. Schmidt
"The UNISOR Integrated Target-ion Source",
Nuclear Instruments and Methods 139 (1976), p. 299.

A.G. Schmidt, R.L. Mlekodaj, E.L. Robinson, F.T. Avignone, III, J. Lin,
G.M. Gowdy and R.W. Fink.
"New Isomers of 183, 187 Tl and the Departure of the h9/2 Intruder State",
Physics Letters 66B (1977), p. 133.

F.T. Avignone, III, and A.G. Schmidt
"Gamma-ray and Internal Studies of Transition in the Decay of 228Th",
Physical Review C 17 (1978), p. 380.

"Perpetual ? Spinning, Doing Physics-Physics Activities for Groups"
Ed. Earl Zwicker, The Physics Teacher, December 1984, p. 594.

"Easy Low Resolution Graphics on a Terminal", ACCESS 4 N. 9.

"Coriolis Acceleration and Conservation of Angular Momentum",
Am. J. Phys., Vol. 54, No. 8, August 1986.

"Magnetic Forces, Doing Physics - Physics Activities for Groups" ed.
Earl Zwicker, The Physics Teacher, September 1985, Vol. 23 No. 6 p. 375.

Aysha Chowdrhy, Elaine Tsao,Arthur Schmidt, “Transverse Vibrating Modes of Resonance Wire Loop”, Northwestern Undergraduate Research Journal, Vol 2 May 2005, p. 33

Grants

William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation Grant of Research
Incorporated

"Study of the Internal Conversion Coefficients for Transitions in 149Gd and
other N=85 Nuclei"

1983    $15,900
1984    $ 4,000