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Past and Current Activities
Visiting, Advisory Committees
- Physics Department, Southern Methodist University, 1965-1968
- Foundation for Science and Engineering, Southern Methodist University, 1965-1974
- Radio Commission, City of Dallas, 1967-1971
- Committee for Science Education, NSF, 1971-1973
- Physics Department, M.I.T., 1971-1974
- Electrical Engineering Department, University of Texas at Austin, 1973-1974
- Executive Committee, Materials Research Center, University of North Carolina, 1974-1979
- Engineering Experiment Station, Ga. Tech., 1976-1979
- Physical Sciences, University Council, Yale, 1979-1981
- Weber Research Institute, 1986-1990
Gordon Research Conferences
- Vice Chairman, Physical Electrochemistry, 1986; Chairman, 1988
American Institute of Physics
- Member, Corporate Associates Advisory Committee, 1969-1974
- Member (APS repr.), Governing Board, 1975-1978
- Chairman, Committee on Professional Concerns, 1976-1978
- Member, Editorial Board, Journal of Applied Physics, Applied Phy. Lett., and Applied Phy. Rev., 1983-1986
American Physical Society
- Member, Committee on Education, 1973-1975
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee on Applied Physics, 1974
- Member, Committee on Application of Physics, 1975-1978
- Member, Committee on APS-AIP Relations, 1976-1978
National Academy of Engineering
- Member, Council, 1971-1974
- Member, Chairman, NAS-NAE Committee on Motor Vehicle Emissions, 1971-1974
- Member, Executive Committee, Assembly of Engineering, 1975-1978
National Academy of Sciences
- Member, Solid State Sciences Panel, 1965-1973
- Chairman, Numerical Data Advisory Board, NAS-NAE, 1970-1974
- Member, Coordinating Committee for Air Quality Studies, 1973-1974
- Member, Report Review Committee, 1975-1979
- Member, Committee on Bylaws, 1977-1978, 1980-1981
- Member, Class III Membership Committee, 1978
- Member, Committee on Satellite Power Systems, 1979-1981
- Secretary, Class III, 1980-1983
- Member, Committee on Science, Engineering, and Public Policy, 1981-1983
- Member, Nominating Committee, 1983
- Member, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Resources, 1985-1988
- Chairman, Committee for the 1986 NAS Award for Scientific Reviewing
- Member, Nominating Committee, 1988
- Member, NRC Committee on an Assessment of the Possible Health Effects of the Ground Wave Emergency Network (GWEN), 1990-1991
- Member, NRC Report Review Committee, 1990-1997
- Member, Panel to evaluate applications for the Ford Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships for Minorities Program, 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000