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Curriculum Vitae -- ROBERT LEE ZIMMERMAN

ACADEMIC DEGREES:

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

UNITED STATES, FULL TIME:

1947-48 South Dakota School of Mines, Engineering School,
                Laboratory Assistant
1949 Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Military Laboratory,
                Research Assistant
1952-54 Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Synchrotron Laboratory,
                Research Assistant
1954-59 Brookhaven National Laboratory,
                Research Reactor Research Assistant
1960-64 Case Institute of Technology, Physics Department
                Assistant Professor
1970-71 Jackson State College, Physics Department
                Associate Professor
1991-2000 Alabama A&M University, Physics Department
                        Research Professor (leave of absence from USP)

BRAZIL, FULL TIME:

1961-63 Institute of Atomic Energy,
                Research Reactor United Nations Expert
1964-67 Institute of Aeronautical Tecnology, Engineering School, Univer. of Michigan
                Visiting Professor
1967-70 Engineering School of Sao Carlos, Physics Department Fulbright Fellow,
                Ford Foundation Consultant
1971-84 Institute of Physics and Chemistry, University of São Paulo, Physics
                Department,
                Collaborating Professor
1985-00 Science Faculty, University of São Paulo,
                Full Professor (retired volunteer since September 1998)

VISITING PROFESSOR, FULL TIME:

1958-59 CANADA, 14 months, Atomic Energy of Canada Research Reactor
1966 BRAZIL, 8 weeks, Visiting Professor at the Federal Universities at Recife  and João Pessoa
1970 USA, 6 weeks, Naval Research Laboratory Non-Linear Optics Division
1975 USA, 6 weeks, Havard Medical Center Boston Children's Hospital
1977 JAPAN, 6 weeks, Institute of Physics and Chemistry Medical Research
                Center
1982 USA, 6 weeks, Rennsaelar Polytechnical Institute Medical Center
1985 USA, 2 weeks, University of Wisconsin Institute of Medical Physics

ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE:

THESES ORIENTED:

• 1963 Robert Steiglitz, Case Institute of Technology, "Program for Calculating Nuclear Interactions"
• 1963 Michael Moe, Case Institute of Technology, "Level Spacing in the Reaction K³⁹(p,?)Ca⁴⁰"
• 1964 Yoshyuti Hukai, Institute of Aeronautical Technology,"Stopping Power for N¹⁴ and C¹² Ions"
• 1966 Ottilia Rallon, Institute of Aeronautical Technology,"Diffusion of Cobalt in Quartz"
• 1967 Manoel R. Lima Verde L., Institute of Aeronautical Technology, "Heat Transfer from Fine Wires in Rarified Gases"
• 1968 Julio Leser, Institute of Aeronautical Technology, "Slow Neutron Scattering in Lead"
• 1969 Artemio Scalabrin, IFQSC-USP,"Electro-optical Birrefringence"
• 1971 Hiroko Masaki, Institute of Physics and Chemistry USP, "Electro-optic Effect in CaF₂:Ce³⁺"
• 1973 Thomas Ghilardi, Institute of Physics and Chemistry USP "Interferometric Piezoelectric Coefficients in Biomaterial"
• 1978 João M. Povoa, Institute of Physics and Chemistry USP, "Electric Properties of Collagen"
• 1978 Maria L. Rizzi Starr, Institute of Physics and Chemistry "Piezoelectric Coefficients of Collagen"
• 1978 Carlos A. T. Suchicital, IFQSC-USP, "Piezoelectric Effects in Synthetic Polymers"
• 1983 Walter Sakamoto, Institute of Physics and Chemistry USP "Ion-Flux Induced Piezoelectricity"
• 1984 Joao Sinézio C. Campos, IFQSC-USP, "Compton Current Radiation Detector"
• 1984 Rolando F. Fernandes, Institute of Physics and Chemistry  "Electron Dosimetry in Nonhomogeneous Media"
• 1988 Jose Renato Rocha, Institute of Physics and Chemistry "X-Ray Dosimetry in Nonhomogeneous Media"
• 1988 Claudio Carvalho, Institute of Physics and Chemistry "Measurements of the Visoelasticity of the Human Eye"
• 1990 Paulo Pilz, Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters, "Non-Linear Dynamics of the Heart"
• 1990 Carmen M. Canevaci, FFCLRP-USP, "Angular Displacement Transducer for the Human Knee"
• 1990 Luiz Goncalves Filho, IFQSC-USP, "Electronic Analogs for Non-Linear Systems"
• 1996 Maria Nuria Pujoi Andrea Ricarte, FFCLRP-USP Análise de X-Radiação Espalhada em Baixas Energias por Simulação de Monte Carlo" Monte Carlo Simulation of Low Energy X-Ray Scattering
• 1999 Fransisco de Assis Brandão (in progress) "Physical Characteristics of Polymeric Carbon surfaces"

• 1974 Thomas Ghilardi Neto, Institute of Physics and Chemistry USP, "Piezoelectricity and Absorption of Water in Biomaterials"
• 1986 Gerson Santarine, Institute of Physics and Chemistry USP, "Chemical Reaction Dynamics with a Pulsed Laser"
• 1989 Jose Antonio Pio Ghilardi, IFQSC-USP, "Slow Neutron Dosimetry with an Electret Detector"
• 1993 Rolando Fonseca, IFQSC-USP, "Characterization of Hospital Linear Electron Accelerators"
• 1999 Marcello Goncalves Rodriguez (in progress) "Applications of Polymeric Carbon in Medicine"