Curriculum Vitae
Gary J. Weisel, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Penn State Altoona
3000 Ivyside Park
Altoona, PA 16601 March, 2008
Education
Ph.D., Department of History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, August, 2001.
Dissertation title: "Containing Plasma Physics: A Disciplinary History, 1950-1980."
Ph.D., Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, May, 1992.
Dissertation title: "Analyzing-Power Measurements for Neutron Scattering from 1H and 209Bi."
M.A., Department of Physics, Duke University, Durham, NC, December, 1987
B.S., Department of Physics, Lafayette College, Easton, PA, May, 1978
Professional Experience
2000-2007: Assistant Professor of Physics, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA
1999-2000: Assistant Professor of Physics and History, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA
1997-1999: Adjunct Faculty, Penn State Altoona, Altoona, PA
1994-1996: Teaching Assistant, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Adjunct Faculty, Santa Fe Community College, Gainesville, FL
1986-1993: Research Assistant, Duke University, Durham, NC
1985-1986: Teaching Assistant, Duke University, Durham, NC
Previous Employment
1981-1985: Electrical Engineer, General Electric Microelectronics Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
1979-1981: Electrical Engineer, Solid State Scientific, Montgomeryville, PA
1978-1979: Electrical Engineer, National Semiconductor, Danbury, CT
Membership in Professional Societies
American Physical Society
History of Science Society
Grants and Fellowships
1993-1994, Proctor Fellowship, University of Florida
1996-1997, Grant In Aid, American Institute of Physics
2000-2001, Research Development Grant, Penn State Altoona
2001-2002, Research Development Grant, Penn State Altoona
2003-2004, Research Development Grant, Penn State Altoona
2004-2005, Research Development Grant, Penn State Altoona
2003-2007, National Nuclear Security Agency, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory, Duke University (W. Tornow, PI)
2004-2007, National Science Foundation, Penn State Altoona (D.T. Zimmerman, PI)
Research Projects
Nuclear Physics
Few body nuclear physics
n-d analyzing power at 19 MeV (G.J. Weisel, PI)
n-d analyzing power at 22 MeV (G.J. Weisel, PI)
n-p analyzing power (R.T. Braun, PI)
n-3He analyzing power (J.H. Esterline, PI)
g -d photodisintegration (W. Tornow, PI)
g -3He photodisintegration (J.H. Esterline, PI)
Nuclear optical model
28Si(n,n) and 32S(n,n) (M. AlOhali, PI)
Microwave Heating of Powdered Metals (D.T. Zimmerman, PI)
Undergraduate Research
Jeromy Tompkins, summer 2006 (Gordon College), “Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing
Power at 21.0 MeV.” Research Experience for Undergraduates at Duke University.
Co-supervised with W. Tornow.
Patrick D. O’Malley, summer 2005 (Tennessee Tech University), “Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power at 22.5 MeV.” Research Experience for Undergraduates at Duke University. Co-supervised with W. Tornow.
Bradley D. Buck, 2004-2005 (Penn State Altoona), "Analysis of Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power Data at 19 MeV." Funded by Research Development Grant from Altoona College.
Cara A. Campbell, summer 2004 (University of Mary Washington), "3He Gas Scintillator Construction and Characterization." Research Experience for Undergraduates at Duke University. Co-supervised with W. Tornow.
Bradley D. Buck, 2003-2004 (Penn State Altoona), "Analysis of Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power Data at 19 MeV." Funded by Research Development Grant from Altoona College
Patrick D. Ulrich, summer 2003 (Penn State University Park), “Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power at 19 MeV.” Research Experience for Undergraduates at Duke University. Co-supervised with W. Tornow.
James H. Esterline, 2002-2003 (Guilford College), “Data Analysis of Spin-Polarized Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power at 19 MeV.” G.J. Weisel was off-campus advisor for senior thesis at Guilford College.
James H. Esterline, summer 2002 (Guilford College), " Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power at 1.2 MeV." Research Experience for Undergraduates at Duke University. Co-supervised with W. Tornow.
Isaac D. Gerg, 2001-2002 (Penn State Altoona), “Analysis and Correction of Neutron-Proton Scattering Data.” funded by Research Development Grant from Altoona College.
Ross Rager and Brandon Kline, 2001-2002 (Penn State Altoona), “Microwave Heating and Sintering of Powdered Metals.” Co-supervised with D.T. Zimmerman and N.M. Miskovsky.
Articles in Preparation (drafted by G.J. Weisel)
Weisel, G.J. "Properties and Phenomena: Basic Plasma Physics and Fusion Research in Postwar America." Accepted for publication in Physics in Perspective.
Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, A.S. Crowell, J.H. Esterline, J.H. Kelley, R.A. Macri, R.S. Pedroni, B.J. Crowe III, R.L. Walter, and B.D. Buck. "Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power Measurements at En = 19 MeV."
AlOhali, M., G.J. Weisel, M.M. Nagadi, W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, and R.L. Walter, “Measurements of Differential Cross Section and Analyzing Power Measurements for 28Si(n,n) and 32S(n,n) and Dispersive Optical Model Analysis.”
Articles Published in Refereed Journals
19. Braun, R.T., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, C.D. Roper, F. Salinas, R. Setze, R.L. Walter, and G.J. Weisel. "Neutron-Proton Analyzing Power Measurements at En = 12 MeV." Physics Letters B 660 (2008) 161-166.
18. J. Ma,
J.F. Diehl, E.J. Johnson, K.R. Martin, N.M. Miskovsky, C.T. Smith, G.J. Weisel,
B.L. Weiss, and D.T. Zimmerman, “Systematic Study of Microwave Absorption,
Heating, and Microstructure Evolution of Porous Copper Powder Metal Compacts,”
Journal of Applied Physics 101 (2007) 074906.
17. Nagadi, M. M., G. J. Weisel, R. L. Walter, J. P. Delaroche, and P. Romain. “Spin-Spin Interaction Between Polarized Neutrons and Polarized 27Al, 59Co, and 93Nb.” Physical Review C 70 (2004) 064604.
16. Chen, Zemin, R.L. Walter, W. Tornow, G.J. Weisel, C.R. Howell, and X. Zhang. "A Dispersive Optical Model for 120Sn(n,n) from -20 to
+80 MeV and Properties of Valence Neutron Single-Particle States for 120Sn." Journal of Physics G 30 (2004) 1847-1859.
15. Nagadi, M. M., C. R. Howell, W. Tornow, G. J. Weisel, M. A. AlOhali, R. T. Braun, H. R. Setze, Z. Chen, R. L. Walter, J. P. Delaroche, and P. Romain. “Dispersive Optical-Model and Coupled Channels Descriptions of Neutron Scattering from 27Al and 59Co up to 80 MeV.” Physical Review C 68 (2003) 044610.
14. Tornow, W., N. G. Czakon, C. R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, J. H. Kelley, V. N. Litvinenko, S. F. Mikhailov, I. V. Pinayev, G. J. Weisel, and H. Witała. “Low-Energy Photodisintegration of the Deuteron and Big-Bang Nucleosynthesis.” Physics Letters B 574: 8-13 (2003).
13. Neidel, E.M., W. Tornow, D.E. Gonzalez-Trotter, C.R. Howell, A.S. Crowell, R.A. Macri, R.L. Walter, G.J. Weisel, B.J. Crowe III,
R.S. Pedroni, D.M. Markoff, and H. Witala, "A New Twist to the Long-Standing Three-Nucleon Analyzing Power Puzzle." Physics
Letters B 552 (2003) 29-34.
12. VanderKam, J.M., G.J. Weisel, and W. Tornow. "Analytical Solution of Dispersion Relations for the Nuclear Optical Model." Journal of
Physics G 26 (2000) 1787-1794.
11. Weisel, G.J. and R.L. Walter. "Sensitivity Tests on Parameters of the Nucleon-Nucleon Dispersive Optical Model." Physical Review C 59
(1999) 1189-1192.
10. Felsher, P.D., C.R. Howell, M.L. Roberts, J.M. Hanly, G.J. Weisel, M. Al Ohali, R.L. Walter, I. Slaus, J.M. Lambert, P.A. Treado, G.
Mertens, and A.C. Fonseca. "Analyzing Power Measurements for the d + d --> d + p + n Breakup Reaction at 12 MeV." Physical
Review C 56 (1997) 38-49.
9. Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, P.D. Felsher, M. AlOhali, M.L. Roberts, R.K. Das, and R.L. Walter. "Analyzing Power
Measurements for 209Bi(n,n) at 6 and 9 MeV and Consistent Dispersive Optical-model Analyses for n+209Bi and n+208Pb from -20
to +80 MeV." Physical Review C 54 (1996) 2410-2428.
8. Howell, C.R., P.D. Felsher, W. Tornow, M.L. Roberts, J.M. Hanly, G.J. Weisel, M. AlOhali, R.L. Walter, I. Slaus, J.M. Lambert, P.A.
Treado and G. Mertens. "Novel Probe of Charge Symmetry Breaking: Deuteron-Induced Deuteron Breakup." Physical Review C 48
(1993) 2855-2863.
7. Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, P.D. Felsher, M. AlOhali, Z.P. Chen, J.M. Lambert, R.L. Walter, P.A. Treado and I. Slaus.
"Neutron-Proton Analyzing Power Data Between 7.6 and 18.5 MeV." Physical Review C 46 (1992) 1599-1606.
6. Roberts, M.L., P.D. Felsher, G.J. Weisel, Zemin Chen, C.R. Howell, W. Tornow, R.L. Walter, and D.J. Horen. "Measurements of Ay(q)
for n+ 208Pb from 6 to 10 MeV and the Neutron-Nucleus Interaction Over the Energy Range from Bound States at -17 MeV up to
Scattering at 40 MeV." Physical Review C 44 (1991) 2006-2024.
5. Howell, C.R., W. Tornow, H.G. Pfützner, M.L. Roberts, K. Murphy, P.D. Felsher, G.J. Weisel, R.L. Walter, J.M. Lambert, P.A. Treado,
and I. Slaus. "Neutron- Deuteron Elastic Scattering and Breakup Reactions Below 20 MeV." Nuclear Instruments and Methods B
56 (1991) 459-463.
4. Tornow, W., C.R. Howell, M. AlOhali, Z.P. Chen, P.D. Felsher, J.M. Hanly, R.L. Walter, G. J. Weisel, G. Mertens, I. Slaus, H. Witala,
and W. Glöckle. "The Low- Energy Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power and the 3P0,1,2 Interactions of Nucleon-Nucleon Potentials."
Physics Letters B 257 (1991) 273-277.
3. Howell, C.R., W. Tornow, H.G. Pfützner, Anli Li, M.L. Roberts, K. Murphy, P.D. Felsher, G.J. Weisel, R.L. Walter, J.M. Lambert, P.A.
Treado and I. Slaus. "Techniques for Vector Analyzing Power Measurements of the 2H(npol,np)n Breakup Reaction at Low Energies."
Nuclear Instruments and Methods A 290 (1990) 424-436.
2. Tornow, W., C.R. Howell, H.G. Pfützner, M.L. Roberts, P.D. Felsher, Z.M. Chen, M. AlOhali, G.J. Weisel, R.L. Walter and A.A. Naqvi.
"Analyzing Power for 12C(npol,n0,1)12C and Evaluation of n+12C Scattering at 18.2 MeV." Journal of Physics G 14 (1988), 49-64.
1. Cohen, S.S., J.F. Norton, E.F. Koch, and G.J. Weisel. "Shallow Boron-Doped Junctions in Silicon." Journal of Applied Physics 57 (1985)
1200-1213.
Meeting Proceedings (in books or special journal issues)
Hutcheson, A., C.T. Angell, J.A. Becker, M. Boswell, A.S. Crowell, D. Dashdorj, B. Fallin, N. Fotiades, C.R. Howell, H.J. Karwowski, J.H. Kelley, M. Kiser, R.A. Macri, R.O. Nelson, R.S. Pedroni, A.P. Tonchev, W. Tornow, D.J. Vieira, G.J. Weisel and J.B. Wilhelmy, "Pulsed and monoenergetic beams for neutron cross-section measurements using activation and scattering techniques at Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory." Nuclear Instruments and Methods B 261, Issues 1-2: 369-372 (2007).
Tornow, W., J.H. Esterline, and G.J. Weisel, "Some Recent Few-Body Activities at TUNL." 18th International IUPAP Conference on Few-Body Problems in Physics, Sāo Paulo, Brazil, August 21-26, 2006. Nuclear Physics A790, 64c (2007).
Tornow, W., J.H. Esterline, C.R. Howell, H.J. Karwowski, J.H. Kelley, A.P. Tonchev, J. Li, S.F. Mikhailov, I.V. Pinayev, Y.K. Wu, G.J. Weisel, and H. Witala. “Photon Analyzing Power for the Three-Body Breakup of 3He at Eg = 15.0 MeV.” Few-Body Problems in Physics: The 19th European Conference on Few-Body Problems 138-141 (2005).
Tornow, W., N.G. Czakon, C.R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, J.H. Kelley, V.N. Litvinenko, S. Mikhailov, I.V. Pinayev, G.J. Weisel, and H. Witala. “Photodisintegration of the Deuteron between Eg = 2.4 and 4.0 MeV.” Few-Body Systems Supplement 14: 347-348 (2003).
Tornow, W., N.G. Czakon, C.R. Howell, A. Hutcheson, J.H. Kelley, V.N. Litvinenko, S. Mikhailov, I.V. Pinayev, G.J. Weisel, and H. Witala. “Analyzing Power for the Photodisintegration of the Deuteron between Eg = 2.4 and 4.0 MeV.” Modern Physics Letters A18: 282-285 (2003).
Tornow, W., E.M. Neidel, D.E. Gonzalez Trotter, C.R. Howell, A.S. Crowell, R.A. Macri, R.L. Walter, G.J. Weisel, J. Esterline, H. Witala, B.J. Crowe III, R.S. Pedroni, D.M. Markoff. “Electromagnetic Effects and the Long-Standing Three-Nucleon Analyzing Power Puzzle.” Modern Physics Letters A18: 258-261 (2003).
Walter, R. L., G. J. Weisel, R. K. Das, W. Tornow, and C. R. Howell. “The Dispersive Optical Model for n + 208Pb and n + 209Bi.” Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B79: 282-285 (1993).
Weisel, G. J., W. Tornow, C. R. Howell, P. D. Felsher, M. AlOhali, Z. P. Chen, R. L. Walter, J. M. Lambert, and P. A. Treado. “Neutron-Proton Analyzing Power Data at 7.6, 12.0, 14.1, 16.0, 18.5 MeV.” Colloque De Physique Colloque C6, supplément au no 22, Tome 51: 515-518 (1990).
Encyclopedia Articles
Weisel, G.J. Nuclear Physics. Scientific Thought: In Context. (Gale, 2008). Forthcoming
Weisel, G.J. Semiconductors. Scientific Thought: In Context. (Gale, 2008). Forthcoming
Weisel, G.J. Physics. New Dictionary of the History of Ideas. (Charles Schribner’s Sons, 2004).
Book Reviews
Weisel, G. J. Einstein: The Passions of a Scientist by Barry Parker. ISIS 94 (8): (2003) 758.
Weisel, G.J. Boltzmann's Atom: The Great Debate that Launched a Revolution in Physics, by David Lindley. Today's Chemist at Work,
11 (8): (2002) 25.
Weisel, G.J. The Atom in the History of Human Thought, by Bernard Pullman. Today's Chemist at Work, 8 (9): (1999) 31.
Talks at Professional Meetings, Physics (selected)
D.T. Zimmerman, E.J. Johnson, J. Ma, K.R. Martin, N.M. Miskovsky, C.T. Smith, G.J. Weisel, and B.L. Weiss, “Microwave Heating and
Pre-sintering of Copper Powder Metal Compacts in Separated Electric and Magnetic Fields,” talk given at PM2006: World Congress
on Powder Metallurgy, September 24–28, 2006 Busan, South Korea.
Weisel, G.J., A.S. Crowell, J.H. Esterline, C.R. Howell, J.H. Kelley, R.A. Macri, W. Tornow, R.L. Walter, B. Crowe, R. Pedroni, and H.
Witala. “Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power Data at 19.0 MeV." Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the APS,
Chicago, IL, October 2004. BAPS 49, no. 6 (2004) 107.
Esterline, J.H., C.R. Howell, R.A. Macri, S. Tajima, W. Tornow, B. Crowe, R.S. Pedroni, and G.J. Weisel, “Nuetron-Helium-3 Analyzing
Power at 4.05 and 5.54 MeV.” Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the APS, Chicago, IL, October 2004.
BAPS 49, no. 6 (2004) 107.
Tonchev, A., S. Churchwell, A. Crowell, B. Fallin, C. Howell, M. Kiser, R. Macri, W. Tornow, R.L. Walter, R. Pedroni, G.J. Weisel, J.
Becker, R. Cooper, D. Dashdor, N. Fotiades, R. Nelson, and I. Lantuejoul, “Gamma-Ray Cross-Section Measurements on Actinides
Using a Monoenergetic and Pulse Beam at TUNL.” Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the APS, Chicago, IL,
October 2004. BAPS 49, no. 6 (2004) 90.
Weisel, G.J., J.H. Esterline, S. Churchwell, B. Crowe, A.S. Crowell, C.R. Howell, J.H. Kelley, R.A. Macri, R. Pedroni, W. Tornow, R.L.
Walter, and H. Witala. “Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power at En = 19.0 MeV." Annual Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of
the APS, Philadelphia, PA, April 2003. BAPS 48, no. 2 (2003) 180.
Weisel, G.J., R.T. Braun, and W. Tornow. "Neutron-Proton Analyzing Power Data at 12.0 MeV," 2001 Annual Meeting of the Division of
Nuclear Physics of the APS, Washington, D.C. BAPS 46 (2001) 129.
Walter, R.L. and G.J. Weisel. “Sensitivity Tests on Parameters of the Nucleon-Nucleus Dispersive Optical Model.” Annual Meeting of the
Division of Nuclear Physics, Santa Fe, NM, October 1998. BAPS 43 (1998) 1591.
Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, J.M. Vanderkam and R.L. Walter, "Modeling the 209Bi(n,n) 209Pb(n,n) Systems in Both the Bound
and Continuum Regime," 1991 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS, Durham, NC. BAPS 36 (1991) 2730.
Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, M.L. Roberts, P.D. Felsher, M. AlOhali, J.M. Hanly, R.L. Walter, "Analyzing Power Data for
209Bi(n,n) at 6 and 9 MeV," 1990 Spring Meeting of the APS, Washington, DC. BAPS 35 (1990) 1039.
Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, P.D. Felsher, Z.P. Chen, M. AlOhali, J.M. Hanly, R.L. Walter, "Analyzing Power Data for Neutron
Scattering from Protons Between 7.6 and 18.5 MeV, 1989 Spring Meeting of the APS, Baltimore, Maryland. BAPS 34 (1989) 1140.
Weisel, G.J., W. Tornow, C.R. Howell, M.L. Roberts, P.D. Felsher, M. AlOhali, J.M. Hanly, and R.L. Walter, "Analyzing Power Data for
Neutron Scattering from 209Bi at 6 and 9 MeV," 1988 Annual Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the APS, Raleigh, NC. BAPS
33 (1988) 2195.
Talks at Professional Meetings, History of Science
Weisel, G.J. "Identity and Unity: The Plasma Physics Community of the 1960s," 2002 Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society,
Milwaukee, WI.
Weisel, G.J. "Three Visions of Plasma Physics," 1998 Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, Kansas City, MO.
Weisel, G.J. "The Foundation of Plasma Physics as a Scientific Discipline," 1996 Annual Meeting of the History of Science Society, Atlanta,
Georgia.
Weisel, G.J., "Between the History and Philosophy of Science, Science and Technology Studies, and the New Contextualism," The New
Contextualism Workshop: Science as Discourse and Culture, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, March, 1994.
Student Posters
Tompkins, Jeromy, M.W. Ahmed, A.S. Crowell, J.H. Esterline, C.R. Howell, W. Tornow, B.J. Crowe III, R.S. Pedroni, G.J. Weisel, I Slaus, n-d
Analyzing Power at En = 21.0 and 22.7 MeV, Conference Experience for Undergraduate Students, Nashville, TN, October 25-28, 2006.
Buck, B.D., G.J. Weisel, “Data Analysis for Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power Data at 19.0 MeV,” Penn State Undergraduate
Research Fair, Altoona, PA, April 5, 2005.
Campbell, C.A., J. Esterline, W. Tornow, G.J. Weisel, “Construction and Characterization of a 3He Gas Scintillator,” Conference
Experience for Undergraduate Students, Chicago, IL, October 29-30, 2004.
Ulrich, P.D., G.J. Weisel, “Neutron-Deuteron Analyzing Power Data at 19.0 MeV,” Conference Experience for Undergraduate Students,
Tucson, AZ, October 29 – November 1, 2003.
Service
Honors Program Coordinator 2005-present
Academic Advisor, Penn State Altoona Science Club, 2001-2005
Regional Planning Committee for Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science, 2002-2005
Task Force on Staff Assistant Reporting Lines, 2004-2005
Search Committee for Physics Department Tenure Track, 2004-2005
Search Committee for Physics Department Postdoctoral Position, 2004-2005
Senator, Faculty Senate, 2001-2003 (serving on the Budget, Information Technology, and New Classroom Building Committees)
History Degree Committee, 2003-2004
Applied Science Degree Committee, 2003-2004
Webmaster, Penn State Altoona Physics Department
Webmaster, Penn State Altoona Honors Program
Teaching experience
Course Title Course Number
General Physics: Mechanics Phys 211
General Physics: Electricity and Magnetism Phys 212
General Physics: Fluids, Waves, and Thermal Phys 213
General Physics: Optics and Modern Physics Phys 214
Modern Physics Phys 237
Intermediate Electricity and Magnetism Phys 400
Theoretical Mechanics Phys 419
Physics in Historical Perspective Phys 001H
History of Science: Origins to Newton Hist 122
History of Science: Renaissance to the Present Hist 123
The Darwinian Revolution Hist 428
Consequences of Science SC 400