A pdf copy of my CV can be found here phys-cv-donnelly-david-w.
I. Academic/Professional Background
A. Name: David W. Donnelly Title: Professor
B. Educational Background
Degree Year University Major
Ph.D 1990 U. C. Santa Barbara Physics
B.A. 1984 U. C. Berkeley Physics
C. University Experience
Position University Dates
Professor Texas State University Sept. 2013 – present
Professor and Chair Texas State University Feb. 2007 – Aug. 2013
Professor Texas State University Sept, 2002 – Jan. 2007
Associate Professor Southwest Texas State University Aug. 2000–Aug. 2002
Associate Professor Sam Houston State University Sept. 1998-July, 2000
Assistant Professor Sam Houston State University Jan. 1992-Sept. 1998
Staff Researcher QUEST, U. C. Santa Barbara Apr. ‘91-Nov. ‘91
Research Assistant Dept. of Physics, U. C. Santa Barbara Jan. ’87-Dec. ’90
Teaching Assistant Dept. of Physics, U. C. Santa Barbara Sept. ’85-Dec. ’86
II. TEACHING
A. Teaching Honors and Awards:
Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2004
B. Courses Taught:
PHYS 1110, PHYS 1320, PHYS 1410, PHYS 1420, PHYS 1430, PHYS 2435, PHYS3312, PHYS3320, PHYS 3414, PHYS4310, PHYS 4311, PHYS 4312, PHYS4315, PHYS 5313, PHYS 5314, PHYS 5331
C. Graduate Theses/Dissertations or Exit Committees (if supervisor, please indicate):
Maclyn Compton, “The Electric, Magnetic, and Optical Characterization of Permalloy Oxide Grown By Dual Ion Beam Sputtering”, Texas State University, 2014
Jonathan Anderson, “Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition and Investigation of AlGaInN Microstructure”, Texas State University, 2014
Theiss Cunningham, “Quantitative Mobility Spectrum Analysis”, Texas State University, 2012
Dominic Chiroro, “FTIR Analysis of Laser Shocked Silicon”, Texas State University, 2012, Supervisor
Amanda Gregory, “Effect of Plastic Deformation on a Series of Thin Magnetic Films”, Texas State University, 2010
Peter Heinz, “First Principles Study of Thermoelectric Properties of Zinc Oxide Nanowires”, Texas State University, 2010
Patrick Ferguson, “Attenuated Total Reflectance – Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy Analysis of Pulsed Electron Deposited Silicon Dioxide Film on Silicon Substrate”, Texas State University, 2010, Supervisor
Eric Osei-Yiadom, “Investigating the Pyro-Optic Properties of Animony Sulfo-Iodide (SbSI)”, Texas State University, November, 2006, Supervisor
Heather Cain, “Optical Properties of Thermally and Athermally Annealed Hafnium Oxide Thin Films on Silicon”, Texas State University, May, 2004, Supervisor
Anita Acevedo, “Raman and Infrared Spectroscopy of Silicate Films”, Southwest Texas State University, December, 2003, Supervisor
Yan Bai, “Effect of Thermal Annealing on Arsenic Ion-implanted Boron-doped Czochralski Silicon”, Sam Houston State University, May, 1997, Supervisor
Jingwei Miao, “Thermal Annealing of Laser-shocked Silicon:Boron Doped by Ion Implantation with Arsenic”, Sam Houston State University, December, 1996, Supervisor
Zhengchong Yang, “Infrared and Electronic Spectral Studies of Electronically Excited C60 and Ag3C60 Films”, Sam Houston State University, December, 1995, Supervisor
Andrew Gannon, “Investigation of the Effects of Secondary Illumination on the Optical Absorption in Heavily-Doped N-Type GaAs/Al.3Ga.7As Multiple Quantum Wells”, Sam Houston State University, May, 1995, Supervisor
Xiqi Tang, “Investigation of Intersubband Optical Absorption in Heavily-Doped N-Type GaAs/Al0.3Ga0.7As Multiple Quantum Wells”, Sam Houston State University, May, 1994, Supervisor
Jun Wu, “Vibrational and Electronic Absorption Spectra of C60 and C60-“, Sam Houston State University, May, 1994, Supervisor
D. Courses Prepared and Curriculum Development:
Integrated computer modeling into PHYS3414 (2002-2010)
Developed inquiry-based curriculum for physics 1110 (2004)
Re-wrote PHYS1430 lab manual to utilize new data acquisition hardware (2005)
Integrated reformed instruction methods into PHYS4310 and PHYS4315 (2011-2013) [Course taught fall 2011, spring 2012, fall 2012, spring 2013, first time course preparation]
Worked with other faculty to implement Learning Assistant program in introductory calculus based physics [spring 2010-fall 2013].
E. Funded External Teaching Grants and Contracts:
Communities and Pathways: Cultivating Science Educator Identity for Undergraduates through an Inclusive Physics Learning Assistant Program and Alignment of STEM Degrees with Teacher Certifications (NSF DUE – 1240036) $350K. Jan 2013 – Dec 2014, H. Close PI, D. Donnelly Co-PI, E. Close Co-PI.
F. Submitted, but not Funded, External Teaching Grants and Contracts:
“Building Our Baccalaureates through Community, Academics, and Technology”, National Science Foundation, September, 2008, Dana Garcia, PI, Debra Feakes, Bahram Asiabanpour, Moonis Ali, and David Donnelly Co-PI’s
“An Advanced Optics Course for Juniors”, National Science Foundation, May 2007, Wilhelmus Geerts, PI, David Donnelly and Karl Stephan Co-PI’s
“An Advanced Optics Laboratory Course for Juniors”, National Science Foundation, May 2006, Wilhelmus Geerts, PI, David Donnelly, Co-PI
“An Applied Optics Laboratory Course”, National Science Foundation, December 2003, Wilhelmus Geerts, PI, James Crawford and David Donnelly, Co-PI’s
“An Applied Optics Laboratory Course”, National Science Foundation, December 2002, Wilhelmus Geerts, PI, James Crawford and David Donnelly, Co-PI’s
G. Funded Internal Teaching Grants and Contracts:
“Upgrading the Physics 1430 Laboratory”, Student Computing Resources Grant, $10108.24, 2002
“Upgrade of the Physics 1430 Teaching Laboratory”, Student Computing Resources Grant, $7872.00, 2010
III. Scholarly/Creative
A. Works in Print
2. Articles
a. Refereed Journal Articles:
“Laser-Plasma Simulations of Astrophysical Phenomena and Novel Applications to Semiconductor Annealing”, J. Grun, M. Laming, C. Manka, D.W. Donnelly, B.C. Covington, R.P. Fischer, A. Velikovich, and A. Khokhlov, Laser and Particle Beams 21, (2003).
“Athermal Annealing of Low-Energy Boron Implants in Silicon”, D. W. Donnelly, B. C. Covington, J. Grun, R. P. Fischer, M. Peckerar, and C. L. Felix, Appl. Phys. Lett., 78, 2000 (2001)
“Athermal Annealing of Phosphorus-Ion Implanted Silicon”, J. Grun, R. Fischer, M. Peckerar, C. Felix, B.C. Covington, M. Fatemi, B. Desisto, O. J. Glembocki, D. W. Donnelly, T. Ting, and C. K. Manka, Appl. Phys. Lett., 77, 1997 (2000)
“Far-Infrared Spectroscopic, Magneto-Transport, and X-ray Study of Athermal Annealing in Neutron Transmutation Doped Silicon”, D. W. Donnelly, B. C. Covington, J. Grun, C. A. Hoffman, J. R. Meyer, C. K. Manka, O. Glembocki, S. B. Qadri, and E. F. Skelton, Appl. Phys. Lett., 71, 680(1997)
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon”, J. Grun, C. K. Manka, C. A. Hoffman, J. R. Meyer, O. Glembocki, R. Kaplan, S. B. Qadri, E. F. Skelton, D. Donnelly, and B. Covington, Phys. Rev. Lett., 78, 1584(1997)
“Trapping Mechanism for Persistent Photo-effects in Heavily Doped GaAs/AlGaAs Quantum Wells”, A. Gannon, D. Donnelly, and B. Covington, Journ. App. Phys., 79, 7169(1996)
“Mode Assignment for Magnetic Excitations Associated With Co2+ Impurities in Antiferromagnetic FeF2”, D. Donnelly, Phys. Rev. B, 52, 1042(1995)
“Crystal Growth and Properties of a New Member of Pb-K-Niobate Series”, P. Jana, R. K. Pandey, and D. W. Donnelly, Ferroelectrics, 151, 299(1994)
“Properties of InAs/(Ga,In)Sb Strained Layer Superlattices Grown on the {111} Orientations”, J. A. Dura, J. T. Zborowski, T. D. Golding, D. Donnelly, and B. C. Covington, Journal of Electronic Materials, 22, 1087(1993)
“FIR Measurements of CsFeCl3 in Magnetic Fields”, H. Ohta, D. Donnelly, and M. Motokawa, Journ. of Magn. and Mag. Mat., 104-107, 777(1992)
“Indirect Impurity and Host Mode Excitation via FIR Level Crossing Spectroscopy in Antiferromagnets”, D. Donnelly, D. Hone, and V. Jaccarino, Phys. Rev. Lett., 65, 2286(Oct., 1990)
“Graded Potential Wells With Quasi-Uniform Charge Distribution”, A. Wixforth, M. Sundaram, D. Donnelly, J. H. English, and A. C. Gossard, Surface Science, 228, 489(Apr. 1990)
3. Conference Proceedings
a. Refereed Conference Proceedings:
“Student use of a material anchor for quantum wave functions”, C. C. Schiber, H. G. Close, E. W. Close, and D. Donnelly, , 2013 PERC Proceedings [Portland, OR, July 17-18, 2013], edited by P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones, 325 (2014)
“Students’ dynamic geometric reasoning about quantum spin-1/2 states”, H. G. Close, C. C. Schiber, E. W. Close, and D. Donnelly, , 2013 PERC Proceedings [Portland, OR, July 17-18, 2013], edited by P. V. Engelhardt, A. D. Churukian, and D. L. Jones, 97 (2014)
“Nesting in Graphical Representations in Physics”, H. G. Close, E. Close, and D. Donnelly, AIP Conf. Proc., 1513, 110 (2013)
“Understanding the Learning Assistant Experience with Physics Identity”,E. Close, H. G. Close, and D. Donnelly, AIP Conf. Proc., 1513, 106 (2013)
“Infrared Spectroscopy of Epitaxial Antimony Sulfo Iodide Thin Films”S. Kotru, S. Surthi, R. K. Pandey, and D. Donnelly, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, vol. 688, 2002 (Materials Research Society).
“Athermal Annealing of Ion Implanted Silicon”, D. W. Donnelly, B. C. Covington, J. Grun, R. P. Fischer, M. Peckerar, C. L. Felix, B. Boro Djordjevic, R. Mignona, J. R. Meyer, A. Ting, and C. K. Manka, Proceedings of the IEEE 9th Conference on Rapid Thermal Processing (RTP Conference, 2001).
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon Implanted with Phosphorus and Arsenic”, J. Grun, R. P. Fischer, M. Peckerar, C. L. Felix, B. C. Covington, D. W. Donnelly, B. Boro Djordjevic, R. Mignogna, J.R. Meyer, A. Ting, and C. K. Manka, Rapid Thermal and Other Short Time Processing Technologies I, Volume 2000-9,pg. 107, F. Roozeboom, J.C. Gelpey, M.C. Ozturk, K. Reid, and D.L. Kwong editors
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon”, J. Grun, C. K. Manka, C. A. Hoffman, J. R. Meyer, O. J. Glembocki, S. B. Qadri, E. F. Skelton, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Proceedings of the Materials Research Society, Symposium D, Volume 510, p. 395
B. Works not in Print
1. Papers Presented at Professional Meetings:
“Transformative Experience as a Construct for Understanding Attitudinal Changes in Introductory Physics Classes”, D. Donnelly, E. Close, and H. G. Close, Contributed talk at Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers and American Physical Society, and Zone 13 of Society of Physics Students, Baytown, TX, March 2015
“Impressions of a Faculty Member Teaching Undergraduate Mathematical Methods for the First Time”, D. Donnelly, Contributed talk at Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers and American Physical Society, and Zone 13 of Society of Physics Students, Abilene, TX, March 2014
“Winter Break Effect in General Education CLASS Results”, D. Donnelly, E. Close, and H. G. Close, Contributed talk at Winter 2013 meeting of American Association of Physics Teachers, New Orleans, LA, January 2013
“Factors Contributing to CLASS Shifts in a General Education Physics Course”, D. Donnelly, E. Close, and H. G. Close, Contributed talk at Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers and American Physical Society, and Zone 13 of Society of Physics Students, Lubbock, TX, October 2012
“Factors Contributing to CLASS Shifts in a General Education Physics Course”, D. Donnelly, E. Close, and H. G. Close, Contributed talk at Summer 2012 meeting of American Association of Physics Teachers, Philadelphia, PA, August 2012
“Student Understanding and Application of the Dirac Delta Function”, D. Donnelly and H. G. Close, Contributed talk at Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of the American Association of Physics Teachers and American Physical Society, and Zone 13 of Society of Physics Students, San Angelo, TX, March 2012
“Student Understanding and Application of the Dirac Delta Function”, D. Donnelly and H. G. Close, Contributed talk at Winter 2012 meeting of American Association of Physics Teachers, Ontario CA, Jan. 2012
“Growth and Characterization of Thin Films by Pulsed Electron Deposition”, Bianca Kuczynski , Veronica Rincon, Harshan Vasudevan and Sushma Kotru Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, David Donnelly, Department of Physics, Texas State University, San Marcos , TX, University of Alabama Undergraduate Research Conference, Fall, 2009
“Overview of the ComPADRE Digital Library”, David Donnelly, Contributed Talk at Joint Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS, March 2006
“Etching of SiC and SiCN with Tetrafluoroethane/Oxygen Reactive Plasma”, Heather C. Galloway, Kevin P. Radican, James McDonald, Casey Martinez, David Donnelly, Deborah C. Koeck, AVS National Symposium, Anaheim, CA, October 2004
“Reactive Ion Etching of SiC and SiCN using Tetrafluoroethane and Oxygen”, J. McDonald, C. Martinez, K. Radican, E. Botello, D. Koeck, D. Donnelly, W. Geerts, G. Spencer, and H. Galloway, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Baylor University, October, 2004
“Non Preferential Surfaces for Self-Assembly of Patterned Copolymers”, W. Gibson, J. Jarl, E. Botello, E. Covington, D. Donnelly, H. Galloway, P. Hartnett, D. Koeck, D. Moore, G. Beall, C. Booth, P. Cassidy, S. Murugesan, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Baylor University, October, 2004
“Microwave Characterization of Microstrip Transmission Lines”, Eric Botello, Kevin Radican, James McDonald, David Donnelly, Wilhelmus Geerts, Greg Spencer, and Heather C. Galloway, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Texas Tech University, October, 2003
“Characterization of Planarized Low-k Dielectrics by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Elizabeth Covington, James McDonald, Daniel White, Christine Williams, Michael Arthur, Deborah C. Koeck, David Donnelly, and Heather C. Galloway, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Texas Tech University, October, 2003
“Diblock Copolymer Patterning on Silicon Substrates”, Francine Abrego, Ben Stotts, Deborah C. Koeck, David Donnelly, Heather C. Galloway, Gary Beall, and Chad Booth, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Texas Tech University, October, 2003
“FTIR and Raman Spectroscopy of Optical Fibers”, Jeff Mestayer and David Donnelly, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“Raman Spectroscopy Measurement of Lattice Damage to B-Doped Silicon for Athermal Laser Annealing”, Anita Acevedo and David Donnelly, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“Spectroscopic Measurement of the Dielectric Constant of Pre- and Post-Annealed Hafnium Silicate Films”, Roman Gomez, Heather Cain, and David Donnelly, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“FTIR of Athermally Annealed Samples”, Heather Cain, Roman Gomez, and David Donnelly, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“FTIR Analysis of Planarized Low-k Dielectric Films”, Chris Pileggi, Elizabeth Covington, Heather C. Galloway, and David Donnelly, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“Preparation and Planarization of Low-k Dielectrics”, Elizabeth Covington, Christine Williams, Daniel White, James McDonald, Deborah Koeck, David Donnelly, and Heather C. Galloway, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“Analysis of Planarized Low-k Dielectrics by Atomic Force Microscopy”, Christine Williams, Elizabeth Covington, Michael Arthur, Daniel White, James McDonald, Deborah Koeck, David Donnelly, and Heather C. Galloway, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“Photolithography to Prepare Waveguides on Low-k Dielectrics in SiC Underlayers”, James McDonald, Kevin Radican, Wilhelmus Geerts, Greg Spencer, David Donnelly, Heather C. Galloway, Joint Meeting of Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, Southwest Texas State University, March, 2003
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon”, J. Grun, C. K. Manka, C. A. Hoffman, J. R. Meyer, O. J. Glembocki, S. B. Qadri, E. F. Skelton, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Sematech Source-Drain Engineering Working Group Meeting, August 17-18, 1999, University of North Carolina
“Dopant and Defect Metrology Using Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy”, Sematech Source-Drain Engineering Working Group Meeting, August 17-18, 1999, University of North Carolina
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon”, J. Grun, C. K. Manka, C. A. Hoffman, J. R. Meyer, O. J. Glembocki, S. B. Qadri, E. F. Skelton, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society, 19-21 March1998, San Antonio
“Athermal Annealing of Semiconductor Wafers”, J. Grun, C. Manka, C. Hoffman, J. Meyer, M. Kaplan, O. Glembocki, M. Bell, S. Qadri, E. Skelton, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Presented at the APS Shock 97 meeting, July 27-Aug. 1, 1997, Amherst, MA
“Mechanical Energy Annealing of Semiconductor Wafers”, J. Grun, C. Manka, C. Hoffman, J. Meyer, M. Kaplan, O. Glembocki, M. Bell, S. Qadri, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Presented at the Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November, 1996
“Shock Annealing of Semiconductor Wafers”, J. Grun, C. Manka, C. Hoffman, J. Meyer, M. Kaplan, O. Glembocki, M. Bell, S. Qadri, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Presented at the 1996 Government Microcircuit Applications Conference. Kissimmee, FL
“Shock Annealing of Semiconductor Wafers”, J. Grun, C. Manka, C. Hoffman, J. Meyer, M. Kaplan, O. Glembocki, M. Bell, S. Qadri, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Presented at the Meeting of the APS Division of Plasma Physics, November, 1995
“Infrared and Electronic Spectral Studies of Electronically Excited C60 and Ag3C60 Films”, Z. Yang, and D. Donnelly, Presented at the Fall, 1995 Meeting of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society
“Persistent Photo-Induced Changes in the Absorbance of GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Well Structures”, A. Gannon, D. Donnelly, Presented at the Fall, 1994 Meeting of the Texas Section of the American Physical Society
“Ilmenite-A Wide Bandgap Semiconductor for Novel Electronic Applications”, S. Sunkara, S. Nigli, R. K. Pandey, A. A. Kumar, and D. W. Donnelly, Presented at the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, April, 1994, San Francisco, CA
“Crystal Growth and Properties of a New Member of Pb-K-Niobate Series” P. Jana, R. K. Pandey, and D. W. Donnelly, Presented at the Eighth International Meeting on Ferroelectricity, Aug. 1993, Gaithersburg, MD
“Bleaching of the Intersubband Transition in GaAs/AlGaAs Multiple Quantum Well Structures” D. W. Donnelly, J. M. Schauer, B. C. Covington, and M. O. Manasreh, Presented at the March, 1993 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Seattle, WA
“InAs/(In,Ga)Sb Superlattices for Infrared Detector Applications” T. D. Golding, J. A. Dura, A. Chi, J. T. Zborowski, H. C. Chen, A. Vigliante, D. Donnelly, and B. C. Covington, Invited Talk at the Conference on Growth and Characterization of Materials for Infrared Detectors, Feb., 1993, San Diego, CA
“Molecular Beam Epitaxial Growth of Sb/InSb Multilayers”, T. D. Golding, J. A. Dura, J. T. Zborowski, H. C. Chen, A. Vigliante, D. Donnelly, and B. C. Covington, Presented at the 7th International MBE Conference, Aug., 1992, Swabisch Gmund, W. Germany
“Investigation of InAs/InGaSb Superlattices Grown by Molecular Beam Epitaxy on the [100] and [111] Orientations”, T. D. Golding, J. A. Dura, J. T. Zborowski, A. Vigliante, D. Donnelly, B. C. Covington, and E. MacDonald, Presented at the International Conference on Narrow Bandgap Semiconductors, July, 1992, Southampton, UK
“FIR Magnetic Modes Associated With Co Impurities in FeF2”, D. Donnelly and V. Jaccarino, Presented at March, 1990 Meeting of the American Physical Society, Anaheim, CA
“FTIR Study of V2+ Impurity Modes in Antiferromagnetic FeF2” D. Donnelly and V. Jaccarino, Presented at March, 1989 Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, LA
2. Invited Talks, Lectures, and Presentations:
“Overview of The Nucleus – The Student Collection of ComPADRE”, David Donnelly, Invited Talk and National Meeting of American Associate of Physics Teachers, Jacksonville, FL, January 2011
“The Nucleus: The Student Collection of the ComPADRE Digital Library”, David Donnelly, Invited Talk at Joint Meeting of the Texas Sections of APS and AAPT, and Zone 13 of SPS, March 2006
“Athermal Annealing of Ion Implanted Silicon”, D. W. Donnelly, B. C. Covington, J. Grun, R. P. Fischer, M. Peckerar, C. L. Felix, B. Boro Djordjevic, R. Mignona, J. R. Meyer, A. Ting, and C. K. Manka, Invited Talk at IEEE Conference on Rapid Thermal Processing, Anchorage, Alaska, September, 2001
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon Implanted with Phosphorus and Arsenic”, J. Grun, R. P. Fischer, M. Peckerar, C. L. Felix, B. C. Covington, D. W. Donnelly, B. Boro Djordjevic, R. Mignogna, J.R. Meyer, A. Ting, and C. K. Manka, Invited talk at Meeting of Electrochemical Society, Toronto, Canada, May, 2000
“Athermal Annealing of Silicon”, J. Grun, C. K. Manka, C. A. Hoffman, J. R. Meyer, O. J. Glembocki, S. B. Qadri, E. F. Skelton, D. Donnelly, B. Covington, Invited Talk at Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, 13-17 April, 1998, San Francisco
“InAs/(In,Ga)Sb Superlattices for Infrared Detector Applications” T. D. Golding, J. A. Dura, A. Chi, J. T. Zborowski, H. C. Chen, A. Vigliante, D. Donnelly, and B. C. Covington, Invited Talk at the Conference on Growth and Characterization of Materials for Infrared Detectors, Feb., 1993, San Diego, CA
C. Grants and Contracts
1. Funded External Grants and Contracts:
“Effects of Athermal Annealing on High-k Gate stacked MOSCAPs and MOSFETs”, 100,000.00 from Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January, 2005
“Acquisition of FTIR and AFM for Materials Characterization”, $190,705.00 from National Science Foundation, June, 2004 (Co-PI with Dr. Heather Galloway)
“Effects of Chemical Mechanical Planarization on Electrical Properties of Low-k Materials”, $130,000.00 from Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, January, 2002 (Co-PI with Dr. Heather Galloway)
“Athermal Annealing of Ion-Implanted Silicon”, $143,770.00 from National Science Foundation, September, 2001
“Dissemination of Proven Reforms”, $100,000.00 with Texas A&M University, Sept, 1998, Department of Education
“A Non-Thermal Annealing Technique applied to Neutron Transmutation Doped Silicon”, $125,603 From National Science Foundation, July, 1998
“3d Transition Metal Impurities in Antiferromagnetic Ferrous Fluoride”, $107,508.00, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, 1998
“Shock Annealing: A New Non-thermal Annealing Process Using Laser Generated Shocks”, $636,200.00 between Naval Research Labs and Sam Houston State University from Advanced Research Projects Administration, 1995
“Investigation of Multi-Platform Local Area and Wide Area Networks”, Contract from LORAL, $50,000.00, 1994
“Impurity Associated Magnetic Modes in Antiferromagnets”, $25,500.00, Research Corporation, 1993
2. Submitted, but not Funded, External Grants and Contracts:
“EXP: Enhancing Physical Science Instruction and Concepts with Ubiquitous Presenter, PCs, POGIL, PBI, and Probes (EPIC- UP5)”, $549,972, National Science Foundation (Co-PI), Ozcan Gulacar, PI, Gail Dickinson, Co-PI
“Effects of Athermal Annealing on High-k Gate stacked MOSCAPs and MOSFETs”, National Science Foundation, October 2006, David Donnelly, PI, Wilhelmus Geerts, Jack Lee (UT), and Jacob Grun (NRL) Co-PI’s
“MRI/RUI: Acquisition of FTIR and AFM for Materials Characterization”, National Science Foundation, January 2003, Heather Galloway, PI, David Donnelly Co-PI
“Acquisition of a Novel Biased Target Ion Beam Deposition System for Multi-component Materials Research and Education Activities at SWT”, National Science Foundation, January, 2003, Carlos Gutierrez, PI, David Donnelly, Wilhelmus Geerts, and Greg Spencer, Co-PI’s
“Athermal Annealing of Ion Implanted Silicon”, THECB-ARP, May, 2001, David Donnelly, PI, Bill Covington, Co-PI
“Terahertz Lasers and Detectors Engineered from InAs/GaSb/AlSb Heterostructures”, THECB-ARP, May, 2001, Donna Stokes (UH) PI, David Donnelly, Co-PI
“3d Transition Metal Impurities in Antiferromagnetic Ferrous Fluoride”, National Science Foundation, October, 2000, David Donnelly, PI
3. Funded Internal Grants and Contracts:
“Spectroscopic Investigation of Boron Interstitial Clusters in Silicon”, $8000.00 from Southwest Texas State University Research Enhancement Program, January, 2001
“Experimental Determination of the Lifetime of Magnetic Excitations Associated With a Single Vanadium Impurity in the Insulating antiferromagnet Ferrous Fluoride”, $5000.00 From Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Council, 1998
“Mechanical Energy Annealing of Silicon”, $5,000.00 from Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Council, 1997
“Optical Study of Ilmenite, FeTiO3, to Determine its Potential as a New Semiconductor”, $7,500.00 From Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Council, 1994
“Characterization and Optimization of InAs/InGaSb Strained Layer Superlattices”, $7,500.00 From Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Council, 1993
“Study of Decay Mechanisms of Impurity Associated Magnetic Modes in Antiferromagnets”, $6,000.00, From Sam Houston State University Faculty Research Council, 1992
D. Fellowships, Awards, Honors:
Research Fellowship, Naval Research Laboratory, Summer, 2006
IV. SERVICE
A. Institutional:
1. University
Member, Suspension Appeals Committee, 2014-present
Member, Registrar’s Academic Calendar Coordinating Committee, 2009-2013
Member, Selection Committee, Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2005, 2006
2. College
College of Science and Engineering Council representative to University Council, 2012-2013
Chair, Search Committee for Director of Materials Science Program, 2007-2008
Chair, Search Committee for Materials Science Faculty, 2007-2008
Member, STEM task force, 2007
Chair, College of Science Review Committee, Research Enhancement Program, 2004, 2005
College of Science representative, University Research Council, 2004 – 2006
Faculty Advisor, MAES, 2012 – present
3. Department
Associate Chair, 2013 – present
Chair, Personnel Committee, 2013 – present
Chair, Scholarship Committee, 2013 – present
Department Library Liaison, 2006 – present
Department outcomes and assessments coordinator, 2006 – present
Department space committee chair, 2006
Physics Department Undergraduate Advisor, 2012 – present
Physics Department Graduate Advisor, 2006 – 2013
Physics Department Liaison to Faculty Senate, 2004 – 2006
Physics Department representative, College of Science Materials Science and Engineering development committee, 2006
Physics department representative, College of Science Tenure and Promotion Review Committee, 2005 – 2006, 2013 – present
Faculty Advisor, Texas State chapter, Society of Physics Students, 2000 – present
Faculty Advisor, Texas State chapter, Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics Honor Society), 2000 – present
B. Professional
Member, Planning Committee, 2016 Sigma Pi Sigma Quadrennial Congress, 2013 – present
Chair, National Nominating Committee, Society of Physics Students, 2013
President, Society of Physics Students, July 2012 – July 2013
Member, Scholarship Committee, Society of Physics Students, April 2012
Secretary-Treasurer, Texas Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, 2006-present
Associate editor, electronic publications, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2004 – present
Editor, The Nucleus (Digital Library/Community for undergraduates majoring in physics and astronomy), 2004 – present
Texas Section Representative, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2001 – 2006
Councilor, Zone 13 (Texas), Society of Physics Students, 1999 – 2005
Past President, Texas Section, American Association of Physics Teacher, 2002
President, Texas Section, American Association of Physics Teacher, 2001
President-Elect, Texas Section, American Association of Physics Teacher, 2000
Vice-President, Texas Section, American Association of Physics Teacher, 1999
Reviewer, American Journal of Physics
Reviewer, Journal of Applied Physics
Reviewer, Applied Physics Letters
Reviewer, Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing
Reviewer, Electronics, Photonics, and Device Technology program, Engineering Directorate, National Science Foundation
C. Community:
Volunteer, Prevent-a-Litter Spay and Neuter, 2012 – present
Board Member, Prevent-a-Litter Spay and Neuter, 2013
Elder, First Presbyterian Church, 2008 – 2011
Youth Sunday school teacher, First Presbyterian Church, 2005 – 2011
Choir Member, First Presbyterian Church, San Marcos, 2003 – 2011
Computer Maintenance, First Presbyterian Church, San Marcos, 2004 – 2008
Coach, San Marcos Area Youth Soccer Organization, 2002 – 2005
Cubmaster, Cub Scout Pack 116, San Marcos, 2004 – 2005
Den Leader, Cub Scout Pack 116, San Marcos, 2003 – 2006
D. Service Honors and Awards
Robert N. Little Award, Texas Section, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2014
Outstanding Citizen Medal, Veterans of Foreign Wars, 2006
Outstanding Chapter Advisor, Society of Physics Students, 1995
E. Organizations
Honorary:
Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics honor society)
Professional:
American Physical Society
American Association of Physics Teachers
Society of Physics Students