Dino A. Edmonds
Contact Information
Department of Physics
St. Louis Community College at Florissant
Valley
3400 Pershall Road
Saint Louis, MO 63135
E-mail: dedmonds@stlcc.edu
Web: http://users.stlcc.edu/dedmonds/
Education
1997 University of
Missouri – St. Louis: Physics B.S.
1999 Washington University: Physics
M.S.
Professional
Experience
1999-present
Instructor of Physics
and Astronomy.
Saint Louis Community College at Florissant Valley
Teaching Introductory Astronomy. Teaching Physics levels up to and
including
Introductory courses in Calculus based Physics for Scientists and
Engineers.
Responsible for Development of new laboratory procedures.
Developed and
Administered Departmental Webpage. Served upon numerous
college
committees.
1997-1999
Research/Teaching
Assistant
Washington University
Gamma Ray Astronomy Research
included development of a new high speed data
acquisition system and a
phototube calibration system. Responsible for teaching
laboratories and
grading. See publications.
1995-1997
Research
Assistant
University of Missouri – St. Louis
Atomic Physics
Research included recording and analyzing data for various
experiments (See
publications). Special equipment used included dye lasers and
the
Spectra-Physics NdYag and MOPO lasers. Also lectured a physics E&M
recitation section and an electronics class for local high school
students.
Publications
High
Speed Electronics for Atmospheric Cherenkov Detectors,
Buckley,
J. H.; Dowkontt, P.; Driscoll, J.; Edmonds, D.; Eguchi, H.; Jordan, M.;
Kieda, D.; Swordy, S. P., 26th International Cosmic Ray Conference, Salt
Lake
City, Utah, 17-25 August, 1999, eds. D. B. Kieda,M. H. Salamon and B.
L. Dingus,
ICRC XXVI 5, 267 (2000)
Atomic
Polarizabilities: Quantal and Classical Perspectives, J. F.
Baugh, D. A. Edmonds, P. T. Nellesen, C. E. Burkhardt and J. J. Leventhal,
Am. J.
Phys. 65, 602-605 (1997).
Coherent States
Composed of Stark Eigenfunctions of the Hydrogen
Atom, J. F.
Baugh,
D. A. Edmonds, P. T. Nellesen, C. E. Burkhardt and J. J. Leventhal,
Am. J. Phys.
65, 1097-1102 (1997).
Polarizability of
a Hydrogenic State, J. F. Baugh, M. Ciocca, D. A.
Edmonds, P. T.
Nellesen, C. E. Burkhardt and J. J. Leventhal, , Phys. Rev. A 54,
R4641-R4644 (1996).
Awards and
Fellowships
University of Missouri – St.
Louis
Outstanding senior in physics
Outstanding
junior in physics
Washington
University
GAAN Fellowship
recipient
Other Experience and Special
Skills
Mechanic in the United States Air Force
for 4 ½ years.
Proficient with use of all windows computers and common office
software.
HTML programming