Curriculum Vitae of Alok Kumar
Personal
Married to Kiran Singh-Kumar
Daughter: Aarti Kumar
Office
Department of Physics
State University of New York
Oswego, New York 13126.
315-312-2695
alok.kumar@oswego.edu
Education
Ph.D., Kanpur University, India, 1980.
M.S., Meerut University, India, 1974.
B.S., Meerut University, India, 1972.
Appointments
Professor of Physics, State University of New York, Oswego (Professor, 2000; Associate Professor, 1993; Assistant Professor, 1992).
Chair, Department of Physics, SUNY Oswego, 2005 - 2011.
Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, 1980-1992.
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Institut fur Kernphysik, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany, 1985-86.
Scientist, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1984-85.
Grants and Awards
Director (with Diann Jackson), Energy & Sustainability Institute or Elementary Teachers: A Central New York Perspective on Energy and Sustainability. Amount: $15,000 plus in-kind support of experts and materials from the local energy industries. August 9 - 15, 2010.
Director (with Thomas Kubicki), Energy Institute: Energizing Education for a Better Future, a program for SMT high school teachers. This program was supported by a grant from the Department of Energy (Susan Coultrap-McQuin, Provost, Principal Investigator) and another grant from the New York Department of Labor(Nancy Bellow, Principal Investigator). Teachers from the local region, New York City region, and out of state have participated in the institute. $20,000 plus in kind support from the local energy industries for each year. Year 1: June 24 - July 3, 2009; Year 2: July 5 - 15, 2010.
President Award for Creative and Scholarly Activity or Research (life-time achievement award), SUNY Oswego. This award is to recognize lifetime accomplishments in scholarly and creative activity and research, 2001-2002.
NOVA/NASA Faculty Fellow, NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics (NOVA), a program for education, science, mathematics, engineering and technology university faculty involved in the content education of future K-12 teachers. 2001-2002. The purpose of this award is to determine the national impact of NOVA on institutions, programs, faculty, and students.Principal Investigator. Project: The Beginnings of Science: A World View, The Infinity Foundation, New Jersey, 2000-2002, $6300. Under the grant, a few teaching modules related to the ancient Indian sciences will be prepared for "The Beginnings of Science" (PHY 303) course.
Principal Investigator (with Jack Narayan and Carlton Salvagin), NASA Opportunities for Visionary Academics (Project NOVA), Sponsor: NASA, 1999-2000. Amount: $25,000. A project to design two preservice courses: Energy Technology and Mathematical Topics in the Secondary Curriculum.
Award of Excellence, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, SUNY Oswego, April 22, 1998. The award is to recognize faculty who acquire substantial grant money for various academic projects.
Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Teaching (life-time achievement award), The State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego, 1996 - 97. This SUNY award is intended to recognize superior teaching and scholarship.
National President of the American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association, 1995 - 97. India has the third largest community of scientists in the world, and Indians form the largest minority community of scientists in the U.S. The American Physical Society recognizes this chapter and allows sessions during its national meetings.
President, Sigma Xi (Oswego Chapter) 1995-96. Sigma Xi is an international honor society for scientists and engineers. Its goals are to foster interaction among science, technology and society; to encourage appreciation and support of original work in science and technology; and to honor scientific research accomplishments.
Who's Who in the World, Marquis Directory, 12th Edition, Reed Reference Publishing Company, New Jersey, 1994.
Co-Director, Explorations in Mathematics and Physics, Sponsor: The National Science Foundation, Washington D.C., 1996-1997. Director: Jack Narayan.Amount: $150,990. A residential program for eighth grade students to pursue careers in science and engineering.
Co-Director, Explorations in Mathematics and Physics, Sponsor: The National Science Foundation, Washington D.C., 1994-1995. Director: Jack Narayan. Amount: $139,548. A residential program for eighth grade students to pursue careers in science and engineering.
Contemporary Authors, a reference series on a wide range of literary figures. Gale Research Company, Detroit, 1993.
Co-Principal-Investigator, Structural, Organizational, and Narrative Coherence: Designing the introductory physics laboratory to increase retention of prospective science and engineering majors, with special attention to the needs of women and minorities, Sponsor: The National Science Foundation. Principal-Investigator: Patrick Kenealy. Year: 1991. Amount: $201,000.
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award for excellence in teaching and research, California State University, Long Beach, 1990.
Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Federal Republic of Germany.Project: Radiative-Decay of a Multi-Ionized Atom. Site of Work: Superconductor Accelerator Facility, Institut fur Kernphysik, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany. 1985-86.
List of Some Selected Publications
Science in the Medieval World, Sema`an I. Salem and Alok Kumar, University of Texas Press, Austin, TX, 1991 (ISBN: 0-292-78519-4) and 1996 (ISBN: 0-292-71185-9). The second edition is a revised paperback edition. The book is based on an eleventh-century manuscript from the Muslim Spain (Tabaqat al-`Umam by Said al-Andalusi). This is the first English translation of the manuscript.
Laboratory Manual for College Physics I, Alok Kumar, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2004, ISBN: 0-471-51805-0 (non-refereed).
Laboratory Manual for College Physics II, Alok Kumar, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2004, ISBN: 0-471-66643-2 (non-refereed)..
The Physics of X-Rays, S. I. Salem and A. Kumar. A chapter in the book, Horizons of Physics, Editor: A. W. Joshi, Wiley Eastern Ltd., India, 1989.
Splitting of the two-electron, one-photon transitions in Fe and Co, Physical Review Letters (USA), 49A, 1240 (1982) (with S. I. Salem, B. L. Scott, and R.D. Ayers).
Teaching Science from a World-Cultural Point of View, Science as Culture (UK) 8(3) 357-371 (1999) (with Ronald A. Brown)
Some Thoughts on Sharing Science, Science Education (USA) 84, 507-523 (2000) (With Ivan Brady)
Telling Stories: Some Remarks on Orality in Science, Science as Culture (UK) 9(3) 391-404 (2000) (with Scott Montgomery).
Global Warming, an article in the Cultural Encyclopedia of Vegetarianism, Editor: Margaret Puskar-Pasewicz, Greenwood Press, 2010.
Author of some 60 scientific publications in atomic physics, chemical physics, history of science, and science education.