Vitae: Dwight Richard Jennison

 

Sandia National Laboratories                                        Phones: 505.845.7737(o); 505.270.6423(c)
Surface and Interface Sciences Department 1133          FAX: 505.844.5470
Albuquerque, NM 87185-1415                                    E-mail: drjenni@sandia.gov

Born: 11 June 1943; Teaneck, NJ

Education:
Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1974   (GPA 4.0/4.0)
(Thesis: Using the CNDO Method to Study Point Defects in Ionic Solids, J. L. Katz, Advisor)
M. S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
B. S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1965

Employment:

2005-present, Retired; Consultant, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
1992-2005, Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
1980-92, Supervisor, Condensed Matter Theory Division, Sandia National Laboratories,   

                Albuquerque
1977-80, Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque
1976-77, Research Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana
1974-76, Research Associate in Physics, University of Illinois, Urbana
1967-71, Officer, Strategic Air Command, United States Air Force

By invitation:
Thesis Opponent, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden, 1999
Visiting scientist, Fritz-Haber Institute, Berlin, Germany, 1998
Lecturer, The 51st Okazaki Conference on Dynamics of Photo-Induced Processes at Surfaces,
               Institute of Molecular Science, Okazaki, Japan, 1994
Visiting scientist, IRC Surface Science, University of Liverpool, UK, 9/1993, 9/1991
Visiting scientist, Dept. Physics, T. U. Munich, Garching bei München, Germany, 6-8/1985
Visiting scientist, Dept. Physics, University of Liverpool, UK, 5-8/1983

Previous Memberships in Professional Societies:
American Physical Society (Division of Condensed Matter Physics)
American Vacuum Society (Division of Surface Science)

Publications: http://www.sandia.gov/surface_science/drj/

(through 2007)

 

Patents:

6,964,936  Method of making maximally dispersed heterogeneous catalysts, 15 Nov 2005

6,790,476  Method of adhesion between an oxide layer and a metal layer, 14 Sep 2004

 


Educator:

**Excellence in Teaching Award, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Dept. of Physics, 1973

Basic Physics with calculus, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1971-1972;

          University of Illinois, 1975

 

Other Professional Activities:
Co-organizer, 61st Conference on Physical Electronics, Taos, NM; June 2001
Co-organizer, 2nd International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces, IWOX2, Taos, NM; January 2001
Co-organizer, 5th International Workshop on Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions, 

                       DIET5, Taos, NM; April 1992
Organizing Committee, Physical Electronics Conference, two 3-year terms
Advisory Committee, International Workshop on Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions 

                       (1992-2000)
Advisory Committee, International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces (1999-2005)

 

 

Selected Recent Invitations/Recognition:

Spring Meeting of the ACS, 3/2005

3rd San Luis Symposium on Surfaces, Interfaces and Catalysis, Mérida, Venezuela, 3/2004

3rd Int'l Workshop on Oxide Surfaces IWOX-3, Sapporo, Japan, 1/2003; Univ. of Tokyo, 2/2003

**Meritorious Achievement Award, Sandia National Laboratories, 1/2003

**Surface Science paper (AEM and DRJ) on surface energies and oxide/metal adhesion chosen by C&E News as one of nine top accomplishments in materials research for 2002

Spring Meeting of the ACS, 3/2002

CECAM-PSIK Workshop on Oxide-Metal Interfaces, Lyon, France, 10/2001

ASEVA WS-8: Growth and Behaviour of Metal-Oxide Interfaces, Avila, Spain, 7/2001

2nd International Workshop on Oxide Surfaces IWOX-2, Taos, New Mexico, 1/2001

47th International Symposium of the AVS, 10/2000

Research Interests: Theory of surfaces and interfaces, including:
Atomic-scale Structure and Binding                   Chemisorption and Interfacial Adhesion
Electronic Structure                                                      Island Nucleation
Stimulated Desorption and Dissociation                         Interpretation of Surface Spectroscopies
Point Defects in Solids                                                  Hydrogen and Helium in Metals and Oxides

Point of contact:

Dwight Jennison, drjenni@sandia.gov