CURRICULUM VITAE

Dr. Harold Alden Williams

Planetarium and Physics Lab Coordinator, and adjunct Professor

Montgomery College, MC

Takoma Avenue and Fenton Street

Takoma Park, Maryland 20912-4197

abqbf8@r.postjobfree.com Montgomery College email account

[301] 650-1463 (planetarium office at Montgomery College)

BIRTHPLACE: Gainesville, Florida, United States of America

EDUCATION

1988, May, Ph.D. (Physics) Louisiana State University, LSU

1979, August, MS (Physics) State University of New York at Stony Brook, SUNY

1973, June, BS (Physics and Mathematics) Florida State University

COURSES TAUGHT

Introductory Astronomy at MC, Astronomy and Astrophysics for Gifted and Talented, Overachieving, Driven, Intellectually Curious, Honors Students team taught with Dr. Nancy Grace Roman, Universe the Infinite Frontier (a telecourse) at MC, Astronomy at Bowie, General Physics at MC, Physical Geology at MC, Earth Science at SEU, Oceanus: The Marine Environment at MC, Intermediate Algebra and Trigonometry at MC, Elementary Algebra at MC, Pre algebra at MC, Survey of College Mathematics at MC, physics majors freshman lab at LSU, astronomy lab for general science students at LSU, physics lab for engineering students at LSU, physics lab for pre-med at SUNY, short course in astronomy for gifted high school students at LSU, and short course in astronomy for gifted elementary students at LSU.

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESAmerican Astronomical Society (AAS)Division on Dynamical Astronomy/AASDivision for Planetary Sciences/AASAmerican Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) International Planetarium SocietyGeological Society of WashingtonNational Science Teachers Association

OTHER SOCIETIES and ORGANIZATIONSNational Capital Astronomers web maintainer, formerly president August 1996 through August 1998, and vice-president (program chair) August 1994 through August 1996. Astronomical Society of the PacificInternational Dark Sky AssociationInternational Occultation Timing AssociationCurrently president of the Montgomery College Staff Union, AFSCME local 2380, a labor union.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Sept. 1992–Present: Physics Lab Coordinator at Montgomery College in Takoma Park.

Sept. 1996–Dec. 23, 1998: Associate in the Math Science Learning Center at Montgomery College in Takoma Park.

Sept. 1998–present: Adjunct Professor at Bowie State University, Bowie, Maryland

April 1992–1999: Adjunct Professor at Southeastern University in District of Columbia.

Sept. 1990–Present: Planetarium Coordinator and Adjunct Professor at Montgomery College in Takoma Park.

Jan. 1990–Aug. 1990: taught mathematics at Montgomery College as adjunct instructor.

Jan. 1988–Dec. 1989: Postdoctoral Fellow, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Department of Terrestrial Magnetism

RESEARCH INTERESTS

High Energy Solar Events which produce gamma rays and hard x-rays that can be studied by HESSI, High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, a NASA space mission; Star Formation; accretion disks; Multidimensional Hydrodynamics; Computational Physics; Astrolabes; Astronomy and Physics Education; Wigner Distributions; and Physics in General

GRANTS and PROPOSALS as PITotal of outside money in grants brought to Montgomery College $242,189. Four MHEC, Maryland Higher Education Commission, grants for summer teacher workshops and one small NSF grant to connect the college to the Internet.Total of outside money in grants brought to Southeastern University $63,003. One DHSDC, Department of Human Services District of Columbia, grant for summer teacher workshops. One NASA grant to get DTM/CIW connected to the Internet.

PUBLICATIONS

10 grant proposals (7 funded), 5 articles in archived referred journals, one article in referred conference proceeding, one article in non referred conference proceeding, one dissertation Star Formation, Using 3-D Explicit Eulerian Hydrodynamics, 8 video, 10 abstracts for meeting talks or posters, many brochures, three songs, 36 newsletter articles, very may web pages starting at montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/planet/, mcstaffunion.org, capitalastronomers.org, and astrolabes.org, the last three domains I am the registered owner.

Academic Autobiography http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/planet/planet/harold.htm

More Complete Resume http://www.mc.cc.md.us/Departments/planet/planet/hreusme.htm

STUDENTS MENTORED

Calbeb Fassett, a magnet student while at Takoma Middle and Montgomery Blair High School, now graduated from Williams College with a BS in astrophysics.

Michael Maire, a magnet student while at Takoma Middle and Montgomery Blair High School, now a student at California Institute of Technology.

Gilbert Provost, a student in the planetarium at Montgomery College, who developed an AS101, Introductory Astronomy, HESSI web sight http://montgomerycollege.edu/Departments/planet/hessi/ written by a successful AS101 student then did web design for GSFC’s HESSI project http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/.

Iya Massah, a Federal Work Study student in the planetarium at Montgomery College for two years, who has graduated in Aerodynamic Engineering from the University of Maryland and now works for Pratt and Whitney in Connecticut. He produced the HESSI, High Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager, paper model spacecraft, a NASA publication, thousand distributed to science teachers and students, also available at http://hesperia.gsfc.nasa.gov/hessi/hessi_model.pdf.

ONGOING PARTNERSHIPS

Educational Outreach for the Reuven Ramaty HESSI spacecraft through Dr. Carol Jo Crannell. The Montgomery College Planetarium is mentioned in the NASA proposal submitted in 1997, launched on February 5, 2002, fully operational and taking data on March 20, 2002. The college also invested in purchasing IDL, Interactive Data Language, so combined with the other free software form GSFC HESSI we can analyze HESSI data.

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