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