Dr. Alok Kumar Department of Physics State University of New York Oswego, New York 13126. Office: 227 Snygg Hall Phone: (315) 312-2695 E-Mail: kumar@oswego.edu Web Site: www.oswego.edu/~kumar

Curriculum Vitae of Alok Kumar

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, 1999-Present; Associate Professor, 1993-99; Assistant Professor, 1992-93.
• Lecturer, California State University, Long Beach, 1980-1992.
  
• Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, Institut für Kernphysik, Darmstadt, FRG, 1985-86.
  
• Scientific Officer, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, 1984-85
  
  

Grants and Awards

• NOVA/NASA Faculty Research 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.
• Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, The State University of New York (SUNY), Oswego, 1996-97. This SUNY award is intended to recognize superior teaching.
• 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 America. This Chapter is recognized by the American Physical Society. The American Chapter of the Indian Physics Association hold sessions during various national meetings of the American Physical society.
• 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 caree rs 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 wome n 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 für Kernphysik, Technische Hochschule, Darmstadt, Federal Republic of Germany. 1985-86.
  
  

List of Some Selected Publications

• The Physics of X-Rays, S. I. Salem and A. Kumar. A chapter in the book, Horizons of Physics, Ed. A. W. Joshi, Wiley Eastern Ltd., India, 1989.
  
• Science in the Medieval World, S. I. Salem and A. Kumar, University of Texas Press, Austin, 1991 and 1996.
  
• 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)
• Sharing a Cake is No Monkey Business: Mathematics as an Instrument of Conflict Resolution, Regional Peace Studies Conference, Clinton, New York, September 29, 2001. (with Marcel Kitissou)

Author of some 50 scientific publications in atomic physics, chemical physics, history of science, and science education.