KENNETH S. KRANE

Curriculum Vitae

Education:

1965 B.S., Physics, University of Arizona

1967 M.S., Physics, Purdue University

1970 Ph.D., Physics, Purdue University

Professional Employment:

1974-Present Oregon State University, Department of Physics

1974-78 Assistant Professor

1978-84 Associate Professor

1984-2003 Professor

2003-Present Professor Emeritus

1984-1998 Department Chair and Director of Engineering Physics Program

1993-94 Program Director for Physics, Division of Undergraduate Education, National Science Foundation

1980-81 Staff Member, Physics Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory (sabbatical)

1972-74 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory

1970-72 Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory

1965-70 Teaching and Research Assistant, Department of Physics, Purdue University

1962-65 Laboratory Assistant, Department of Physics, University of Arizona

Professional Societies:

American Physical Society, American Association of Physics Teachers, Sigma Xi

Honors and Awards:

Millikan Medal, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2004

D. Curtis Mumford Faculty Service Award, Oregon State University, 1996

Alumni Distinguished Faculty Award, Oregon State University, 1993

Distinguished Alumnus Award, Purdue University, 1992

Fellow, American Physical Society

ORAU Summer Faculty Research Participant, 1983

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship, 1976-1978

Senior Research Fellowship, Oxford University, 1978

NORCUS Summer Faculty Research Award, 1975

NASA Fellowship, 1966-1969

Other Professional Activities:

Associate Editor, Hyperfine Interactions (research journal in nuclear and solid-state physics),

1984-98

Consultant, Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, 1976-81

Science Advisory Panel, Corvallis School District, 1983-86

Awards and Finance Chairman, Corvallis Science-Math Expo, 1983-86

Panel participant, Symposium on Textbook Content, American Physical Society Annual Meeting,

San Francisco, January 1987

External thesis reviewer, Monash University (Australia), University of Leuven (Belgium), Oxford

University (England)

Chair, UNISOR Executive Committee, 1988-90; Vice Chair, 1987-88

Chair and Director, UNISOR Workshop on Nuclear Orientation, June 1989

Chair and Director, Second UNISOR Workshop on Nuclear Orientation, July 1990

Chair, Second International Conference on On-Line Nuclear Orientation and Related Topics, Oak

Ridge, October 16-19, 1991

Book review editor, Newsletter of the Forum on Physics and Society, 1992-95

Member, American Physical Society Committee on the Status of Women in Physics, 1992-95

Member, American Association of Physics Teachers Committee on Physics in Graduate

Education, 1994-97

Steering Committee, Conference on the Introductory Physics Course, May 1993

Associate Editor, School Science and Mathematics (journal for K-12 educators), 1995-

Member, American Physical Society Committee on Education, 1994-97, 2001-2004; Vice-chair,

1996; Chair, 1997

Steering Committee, American Physical Society Conference on Graduate Education, May 1995

Director, AAPT Workshop for New Faculty, 1995-

Member, APS Maria Goeppert Mayer Award Committee, 1995-96

Steering Committee, APS/AAPT Physics Department Chairs Conference, 1997

Member, AIP Advisory Committee on Physics Education, 1998-2004 (chair, 2002-2004)

Organizing Committee, APS Northwest Section, 1998

Member-at-Large, APS Forum on Education Executive Committee, 1998-01

Steering Committee, Preparing Future Faculty Project, Council on Graduate Schools, 1998-2002.

Users’ Executive Committee, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-inch Cyclotron, 1998-

2002

Member, National Task Force on Undergraduate Physics, 1999-2005

Associate Editor, American Journal of Physics, 2000-2003

APS Forum on Education Vice-Chair (2000-2001), Chair-Elect (2001-2002), Chair (2002-2003)

APS Northwest Section Vice-Chair (2003-2004), Chair-Elect (2004-2005), Chair (2005-2006)

External Visiting Committees: Southern Oregon University (1988); Purdue University (1998);

Colorado School of Mines (2001); Utah State University (2001); Eastern Washington

University (2001); Grand Valley State College (2001); Rutgers University (2001);

University of Arizona (2002); Reed College (2002); University of Central Florida (2003);

University of Texas – El Paso (2003); University of Northern Iowa (2004); Wabash College

(2004); Notre Dame University (2005); Central Washington University (2005); Kent State

University (2006).

APS Education Award Selection Committee (2006-2008); Vice-chair (2006-2007); Chair (2007-

2008)

AAPT Nominating Committee (2006-2007)

University Service:

Condon Lecture Committee, 1980

College of Science Long-Range Planning Committee, 1981-82

OSU Computer Literacy Committee, 1982-83

College of Science Computer Committee, 1983

Chairman, OSU Task Force on Personal Computers, 1983-84

Chairman, Ad Hoc Committee on Instruction in Computing, 1984-86

Acting Dean of Science Search Committee, 1985-86

College of Science representative, Majestic Theater fund-raising committee, 1987-88

Baccalaureate Core Committee, 1988-89

Committee on Scientific Misconduct, 1988-89

Curriculum Council, 1989-93 (chair, 1991-93)

Accreditation Committee, 1989

Forest Engineering Graduate Program Review, 1989

College of Science Library Committee (chair), 1990, 1993

College of Science Ad Hoc Committee on Science and Math Education (chair), 1991

Faculty Consultative Group, 1991-92

Director, SMILE Physics and Math Summer Camp, 1991-96

Leadership Implementation Team Subcommittee on Outsourcing and Elimination, 1992-93

Committee on Faculty Productivity and Workload, 1993

TQM Key Team, 1993

Faculty Senate: Member, 1991-1993; President-elect, 1995; President, 1996

HB3565 Articulation Group (statewide K-12 science education), 1992-93

Chair, Honors Council, 1994-1996

College of Science Promotion and Tenure Committee, 1995 (chair), 1996 (chair), 1998 (chair)

Board of Directors, Center for the Humanities, 1995-98

Presidential Search Screening Committee, 1995

Faculty Senate Membership Task Force, 1997

Chair, Faculty Senate Task Force on Post-Tenure Review, 1997-98

Chair, Faculty Senate Committee on Bylaws and Nominations, 1997-98

Honorary Doctorate Committee, 1998-99

College of Science Dean’s Advisory Council, 1998

Executive Board, OUS Oregon - Baden-Wuerttemberg Exchange Program, 1998-00

Search Committee, Provost and Executive Vice President, 1999-00

Graduate Student Union Negotiating Team, 2000

Advancement of Teaching Committee, 2000-2003

OSU Retirement Association Board of Directors 2004-2007; President-elect, 2005-2006; President,

2006-2007

OSU Chapter of Sigma Xi, President, 2006-2007

Research Grants and Contracts:

NORCUS Faculty Appointment, summer 1975, $3000

Cottrell Research Grant, Research Corporation, 1975-1977, $6400

Fellowship, U.K. Science Research Council, 1978, $1000

Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship for Basic Research, 1977-79, $18,000

Instructional Scientific Equipment Program, National Science Foundation, 1977-80, $6600

“Perturbed Angular Correlations” (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 1979-83, $232,000

“Medium Energy Nuclear Physics” (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 1983-86, $278,905; 1980-83, $211,522; 1977-1980, $200,281

Oak Ridge Associated Universities Summer Faculty Appointment, 1983, $5000

“g-factor data compilations,” Department of Energy, 1983-86, $35,000

“Nuclear Orientation at the Holifield Heavy-Ion Research Facility” (co-PI), 1983-86, $149,000

NATO grant for international research collaboration, 1984-85, $4000

U.S.-U.K. Cooperative Science Grant, National Science Foundation, 1984-85, $5270

U.S.-U.K. Cooperative Science Grant, National Science Foundation, 1986-88, $5650

“Nuclear Orientation and Nuclear Structure,” Department of Energy, 1997-2000, $365,000; 1993-96, $271,000; 1990-93, $207,000; 1987-90, $165,000

“Nuclear Physics Data Analysis System” (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 1988-89, $14,000

“Physics Graduate Fellowships,” U.S. Department of Education, 1990-93, $300,000

“Young Scholars Physics and Math Summer Camp,” National Science Foundation, 1995-97, $129,462; 1993-95, $111,063; 1991-93, $95,407

“Instructional Laboratories in Optics,” M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust, 1991-94, $326,000

“Symposium on Graduate Study in Science for Undergraduate Women,” National Science Foundation, 1993-96; $93,538; 1992, $21,293

“Workshops for Needs Assessment for Teacher Preparation in Oregon” (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 1995, $50,000

“Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Needs,” U.S. Department of Education, 1995-98, $501,753; 1998-2001, $378,330

“Research Experiences for Undergraduates,” National Science Foundation, 1996-98, $145,098

“Workshop for New Physics Faculty” (co-PI), National Science Foundation, 1996-1999, $240,000

“The OSU PhysTEC Project,” American Physical Society (subcontract), 2001-2003, $100,000

“Determination of Unknown Neutron Cross Sections for the Production of Medical Isotopes,” Department of Energy (co-PI), 2001-2003, $248,261

“Workshop for New Physics Faculty,” National Science Foundation, 2002-2007, $773,411

“Materials for Active Engagement in the Modern Physics Course,” National Science Foundation, 2004-2007, $198,088