STEPHEN PADALINO 

Academic Vitae

Medium size version

September 2007

 

Academic Degrees

(1985)                 Ph.D.      Nuclear Physics, Florida State University

(1983)                 M.S         Physics, Florida State University

(1977)                 B.S.         Applied Physics, Stockton State College, New Jersey

(1975)                 A.A.        Chemistry, County College of Morris, New Jersey

 

Teaching Experience

(2007 -       )         Distinguished Teaching Professor

(1995- 2007)        Professor of Physics SUNY/Geneseo

(1995-1998)         Endowed Alumni Professor

(1990-1995)         Associate Professor of Physics SUNY/Geneseo  (EIT 1992)    

(1985-1990)         Assistant Professor of Physics SUNY/Geneseo   (tenured 1990)

(1979-1980)         Laboratory Instructor, Florida State University

(1978-1979)         Lecturer and Laboratory Instructor, Ohio State University

(1977-1978)         Staff Instructor, Stockton State College

 

Awards

(Sept 2007)        Awarded - Distinguished Teaching Professor

(Fall 2006)         Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Research and Scholarship

(Spring 2006)     SUNY Research Foundation Research  & Scholarship Award

(2001)                 Council for Advancement and Support of Education- CASE Professor of the year for New York State

(2000)                 Harter Award for Faculty Mentoring of Undergraduate Research Students

(1995-1998)       Alumni Professor - A partially endowed professorship

(1992)                 Chancellor’s Excellence in Teaching Award

 

Administration Experience

(2000- 2005)        Associate Provost for Budget, Technology, and Research, the division of academic affairs

(2004-2005)        Associate Provost & acting Chair of the Art Department

(2002-2003)         Associate Provost & acting Chair of the Political Science Department

(2001 -2002)        Associate Provost with oversight and budget control for the Anthropology Department

(1996- 2000)        Chair of the Physics & Astronomy Department

(1995-1996)        Associate Chair of the Physics Department

(1987-         )        Project Director for multiple grants

(1987-1996)         Director of the Nuclear Structure Laboratory

 

Current Professional Memberships

APS-DNP - American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics

APS-DPP - American Physical Society Division of Plasma Physics

CUR – Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR National Councilor) (Elected for a third 3 year term)

 

Courses taught

PHY 311              Advanced Mechanics I (Newtonian Mechanics) (15-27 students)

PHY 321              Atomic and Nuclear Physics (10-15 students)

PHY 121              Analytical Physics I laboratory  (14-16 students)

PHY 122              Analytical Physics II laboratory(14-16 students)

PHY 123              Analytical Physics 1 Lecture (55-90 students)

PHY 388              Advanced Quantum Mechanics (7 - 10 students)

PHY 381              Astrophysics lecture (15 students)

CSC 230              Digital Electronics lecture (40-60 students)

CSC 230              Digital Electronics Laboratory (20 -30 students)

PHY 399              Directed Study (research) (1-8 students)

PHY 364              Experimental Physics (3-9 students)

PHY 188              Freshman Physics Experience (23 students)

PHY 389              Honors Research (1 student)

HON 302             The roots of scientific change in the 20th century       (20 - 24 students)

PHY 394              Independent Research (1-7 students)

PHY 362              Intermediate Laboratory I (13-16 students)

PHY 363              Intermediate Laboratory II (12 -14 students)

PHY 134              From the Bomb to the Big Bang (~24 students)

PHY 134              The Making of the Atomic Bomb (~24 students)

PHY 134              Moon Shot: The Mercury, Gemini and Apollo NASA programs (~24 students)

PHY 108              The Way Things Work (~16 students)

 

Research (summary)

                       

Current Collaborations

 

Laboratory for Laser Energetics, University of Rochester

Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Livermore California

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

                             Rotating Target Neutron Source Lab, UC Berkeley

 

Types of External Grants

 

2 National Science Foundation

4 United States Department of Energy

4 National Laser User Facility

14 Laboratory for Laser Energetics

1 Los Alamos National Laboratory (equipment)

4 Lawrence Livermore National Lab

5 Super Conducting Linear Accelerator Lab at Florida State University

 

Funding

Funding for research                                                    > $2,400,000

Funding for equipment on permanent loan > $100,000

US Congressional member item (Federal earmark)     Along with Charlie Freeman and Kurt Fletcher, I played an instrumental role, as associate provost and physics professor, in obtaining a new Tandem Van DeGraaff Accelerator for Geneseo's nuclear physics Lab. ~ $780,000

Total funding to date                                                   > $3,280,000

 

Proposal Pending             

LLE DOE Sub-contract FY 2007-2008                      $435,000

Co-PI on the HHMI  proposal FY 2008 – 2012          $1,345,000

  

 

Research  Projects with students (mentoring students in the research lab totals for the past 20 years)

 

Number of full time funded Undergraduate students during the last 21 summers      >200

Number of students funded during the academic year >30
Number of unfunded undergraduate students > 50 most likely more I have lost track
Research projects undertaken during the last 21 years          >85

 

 

Current Research Interests

 

Physics Projects

  • Particle jets from High Energy-Density Physics
  • Irradiation of Melanoma using proton radiation
  • Inertial Confined Fusion Reactions
  • Neutron detection via nuclear activation
  • The tensile strength measurements of Spider silk
  • Monte Carlo calculations of neutron and gamma ray scattering
  • Gamma ray spectroscopy or nuclear activated samples

 

Current Technical projects

  • Rapid Pneumatic Transport of Radioactive Samples
  • Robotic manipulation of Radioactive samples
  • Multi-parameter data acquisition system for charge particle and gamma ray coincidence measurements
  • Gamma-gamma and gamma particle detection systems
  • Particle scattering vacuum chamber development

 

Grants   

(Please note that actual expended budget may differ from the granted amount. The amounts have been rounded to the nearest $1.000. Final funded budgets may be obtained from the director of the research at the State University of New York at Geneseo)

 

2006-2007             $397,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 7 faculty and 25 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year) Inertial confinement fusion nuclear diagnostics

 

2005-2006           $340,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 8 faculty and 24 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year) Inertial confinement fusion nuclear diagnostics

 

2004–2005             $265,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 8 faculty and 21 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year) Inertial confinement fusion nuclear diagnostics

 

2005-2007             $241,000 Federal Ear Mark for new Accelerator (Freeman-project director, Fletcher & Padalino)

 

2004-2005             $61,000 Lawrence Livermore National Lab U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director the grant supported 4 students for the summer at the LLNL)

 

2003-2004             $259,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 7 faculty and 19 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year)

 

2003-2004             $60,000 Lawrence Livermore National Lab U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director the grant supported 4 students for the summer at the LLNL)

 

2002-2003             $232,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 7 faculty and 18 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year)

 

2001-2002             $17,900 Lawrence Livermore National Lab U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 1 faculty and 4 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year)

 

2001-2002             $140,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 4 faculty and 14 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year)

 

2000-2001             $99,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Director, the grant supported 4 faculty and 12 students full time during the summer and partially during the academic year)

 

1999-2000             $122,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Directory) Funding for two faculty and 5 students for 1 summer to develop an electronic detection system for the charged particle spectrometer at LLE.

 

1998-1999             $18,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Directory) Funded three faculty and 2 students for 1 summer. Performed neutron yield measurements at LLE.

 

1998-1999             $12,000 U.S. Department of Energy National Laser User Facility (DOE-NLUF-National Laser Users Facility) (Project Directory) Funded two faculty and 2 students for 1 summer. Detector development project in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

1998-1999             $53,200 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Directory) Funded three faculty and 2 students for 1 summer. Performed neutron yield measurements at LLE.

 

1997-1998             $25,908  U.S. Department of Energy National Laser User Facility (DOE-NLUF) (Project Directory) funded two students for 1 summer

 

1997-1998             $12,000 U.S. Department of Energy National Laser User Facility (DOE-NLUF) (Project Directory) Funded two faculty and 2 students for 1 summer. Detector development project in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 

1996-1999             $282,674 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) (Project Directory) Funded three faculty and 12 students for 4 summers. Performed neutron detector calibration experiments for the MEDUSA detector array at LLE.

 

1996-1999             $40,000 U.S. Department of Energy National Laser User Facility (DOE-NLUF) (Project Directory) Funded two faculty and 2 students for 1 summers. Detector development project in collaboration with the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester.

 

1995-1996             $41,000 Laboratory for Laser Energetics U.S. Department of Energy (Project Directory) Funded two faculty and 4 students for 1 summers. Performed neutron detector calibration experiments for the MEDUSA detector array at LLE.

 

1995-1996             $18,000  Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Project Directory) Funding 3 students for 1 summer. Performed neutron detector calibration experiments for the LANSA detector array at LLNL NOVA.

 

Feb 1995               $1,531 Lawrence Livermore National Lab Travel grant to present an invited paper at the first national meeting for the National Ignition Facility at Santa Fe, New Mexico.

 

1993-1995             $87,230   Laboratory for Laser Energetics permanent equipment loan (project director) equipment to be used with subcontract grant with LLE

 

Jan 1995                $1,341 Laboratory for Laser Energetics Travel grant to present an invited paper at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore CA.

 

1991-1995             $82,867 National Science Foundation Grant (NSF) (Project Director). This grant provides funds for 4 undergraduate students and me during the summers to continue research at the University of Rochester Nuclear Structure Lab.

 

1992                       $31,450  Equipment Grant from Los Alamos National Lab (DOE) (New and used Van De Graaff parts for an AN2000 VanDeGraaff accelerator)

 

1987-1991             $72,150 National Science Foundation  Grant (NSF) (Project Director). This grant provided funds for me and 4 undergraduate students per summer for the three summers to perform research at the Florida State University Super Conducting Accelerator Laboratory.

 

1989                       $20,000 SUNY Research Foundation Grant (Project Director) Funded four undergraduate students and four faculty during the 1989 summer at Geneseo's Nuclear Structure Laboratory.

 

1989                       $4,000  Super Conducting Accelerator Laboratory Grant from Florida State University to fund  2 Geneseo undergraduate students at FSU during the summer.

 

1989                       $2,800  Matching Equipment Funds Grant SUNY Grant was used to purchase a further upgrade to our data acquisition system for Geneseo's Nuclear Structure Laboratory.

 

1988                       $4,500  Super Conducting Accelerator Laboratory Grant from Florida State University to fund 3 Geneseo undergraduate students for the summer.

 

1988                       $980   Matching Equipment Funds Grant SUNY Research Foundation. Grant was used to purchase a data acquisition system for Geneseo's Nuclear Structure Laboratory.

 

1987-1988             $6,700  Cognitive Science Research Grant (Principal Investigator), SUNY Research Foundation. This was a collaborative project with a Speech Pathologist involving digitizing voice patterns. It included funding support for an undergraduate student for six months.

 

1987                       $5,400   Visiting Summer Research Scientist (Principal Investigator) Florida State University funded by the Super Conducting Accelerator Laboratory. To perform nuclear research a FSU during the summer.

 

1986                       $5,100   Visiting Summer Research Scientist (Principal Investigator), Florida State University Funded by the Super Conducting Accelerator Laboratory. To perform nuclear research a FSU during the summer.

 

1985                       $1,200  The Geneseo Foundation and The Physics Alumni Fund to defray travel expenses for 5 undergraduate research students.

 

 

Published Work

 

LLE=     The Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester

LLNL= The Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

MIT=     Massachusetts Institute of Technology

SNL =    Sandia National Laboratory

LANL=  Los Alamos National Laboratory

 

“Thin Foil Calorimeter Calibration Measurements using a 2 MV Van De Graaff accelerator”

C.G. Freeman, D.R. Burke, R.J. Erhardt, J. L. DeCiantis and Padalino SUNY Geneseo

J.P Knauer LLE at Rochester

Review of Scientific Instruments Vol 74 Number 3 March 2003

 

“Spectrometry of charged particles form inertial-confinement-fusion plasmas”

Frenje, Hicks, Kurebayashi, Rygg, Schwartz and Petrasso (MIT)

Roberts, Soures, Meyerhofer, Sangster, Knauer, Sorce, Glebov and Stoeckl (LLE)

Philips (LLNL)

Leeper (SNL)

Fletcher and Padalino (SUNY, Geneseo)

Review of Scientific Instruments Vol 74 Number 2 Feb 2003

 

“Charged Particle Spectroscopy on the Omega Laser Facility” Seguin, Frenje, Kurebayashi, Rygg, Schwartz, Petrasso (MIT) Roberts, Soures, Myerhofer, Sangster, Sorce, Glebov, Stoeckl (LLE) Phillips (LLNL) Leeper (SNL) Fletcher, Padalino (SUNY Geneseo) 14th Topical Conference on High-temperature Plasma Diagnostics, Madison Wi July 2002

 

“Using secondary-proton spectra to study the compression and symmetry of deuterium-filled capsules at OMEGA” Seguin, Li, Frenje, Hicks (MIT) Soures, Meyerhofer, Glebov, Radha, Stoechi, Roberts (LLE) Sangster, Cable (LLNL) Fletcher, Padalino (SUNY, Geneseo) June 2002

Physics of Plasmas volume 9, number 6

 

“Inference of mix in direct-drive implosions on OMEGA” Radha, Delettez, Epstein, Glebov, Keck, McCrory, McKenty, Meyerhofer, Marshall, Regan, Roberts, Sangster, Seka, Skupsky, Smalyuk, Sorce, Stoeckl, Soures, Town, and Yaakobi (LLE) Frenje, Petrasso, and Seuin (MIT) Fletcher and Padalino (SUNY Geneseo) Izumi, Lerhe and Phillips (LLNL) Physics of Plasmas, May 2002, Volume 9, number 5

 

“Inferences of mix in direct-drive spherical implosions with high uniformity” Meyerhofer, Dalettrez, Epstein, Glebov, Gonchaarov, Keck, McCrory, McKenty, Marshall, Radha, Regan, Roberts, Seka, Skupsky, Smalyuk, Sorce, Stoeckl, Source, Town, Yaabobi (LLE) Frenje, Li, Petrasso, Seguin (MIT) Fletcher, Padalino, Freeman (SUNY Geneseo) Izumi, Lerche, Phillips, Sangster (LLNL) Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion, 43 (November 2001) Page A277

 

“Core Performance and Mix in Direct-Drive Spherical implosions with High Uniformity” Meyerhofer, Delettrez, Epstein, Glebov, Goncharov, Keck, McCrory, McKenty, Marshall, Seka, Skupsky, Smalyuk, Sorce, Stoeckl, Source, Town, Yaakobi, Zuegel (LLE) Frenje, Petrasso, Seguin (MIT) Fletcher, Padalino Freeman (SUNY Geneseo) Izumi, Lerche, Phillips, Sangster (LLNL) Physics of Plasmas May 2001, Volume 8, Number 5

 

"Energy dependence of fusion evaporation-residue cross section in the 28Si+12C reaction"

M.F. Vineyard from University of Richman, J.F. Mateja from, C. Beck Argonne National Lab, S.E. Atencio Centre de Recherché Nuclearies, Univerite Louis Pasteur, France, L.C. Dennis, A.D. Frawley Florida State University, D.J. Henderson RVF Janssens, D.J. Kovar, Argonne National Lab, C.F. Maguire Vanderbilt University, S.J. Padalino SUNY Geneseo, F.W. Prosser University of Kansas, G.S.F. Stephens Massachusetts Institute of Technology, M.A. Tiede~, B.D. Wilkins~ and R.A. Zingarelli~ , Florida State Uni