Manuel Gómez, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae
Manuel Gómez, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae
Manuel Gómez, Ph.D. Curriculum Vitae
Manuel Gómez
Professor of Physics
Founding Director of the
Resource Center for Science and Engineering
CV 2017
MANUEL GOMEZ-RODRIGUEZ
Professor of Physics and Founding Director RCSE
Tel (787) 564-2803
E-mail: [email protected]
Citizenship: USA
Undergraduate Studies:
University of Puerto Rico, 1958-1962
BS, Physics Major, Mathematics Minor
Graduate Studies:
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1967
Ph. D., Theoretical Physics
Postdoctoral Studies:
National Research Council, Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Naval Research
Laboratory (Washington, DC), 1967-1969.
Employment Experience:
7/97 to 6/03 Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs of the
University of
Puerto Rico
President of the Science Teachers Association of Puerto Rico (Local Chapter of the
National Science Teachers Association) - 1973
Member of the Advisory Committee to the National Science Foundation for Science
and Engineering Education - 1984
Member of the NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (NSF-EHR)
Advisory Committee - 2000-2003
Member, American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Think Tank
Group for MSP Programs - 2002
Recognition in the Natural Sciences, Puerto Rico Academy of Arts and Sciences -
2008
Societies:
Special Committees:
Committee for the Development of an Admission Formula for the Río Piedras
Campus (Chancellor Level) - 1975
UPR President's Energy Committee - 1975
Committee for the Negotiation of a UPR "Center for Energy and Environmental
Research" with the Energy Research and Development Administration, Washington,
DC (UPR President's Level) - 1976
President of the Multi Campus Committee for the Planning of a Graduate Center
Consortium involving the principal institutions of higher learning in Puerto Rico
(report submitted to NSF) – 1977
Committee for the Development of a Universal Admission Formula for the UPR
System (report submitted to the UPR President) - 1979
Member of the Advisory Committee to the National Science Foundation for Science
and Engineering Education - 1984
Member Advisory Committee on Industrial Water Pollution Control of the Puerto Rico
Water Resources Authority – 1985
President of Puerto Rico's EPSCoR State Committee - 1986 to 2013
President of the Science and Technology Committee of the Puerto Rican Commission
for the Celebration of the 5th Centennial Anniversary of the Discovery of America
and Puerto Rico - 1988
Convention Chairperson of the Planning Committee for the 38th National Science
Teachers Association (NSTA) Area Convention, San Juan, Puerto Rico - 1990
Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Industry University Research Center
(INDUNIV) – 1990-2003
Member of the Coordinating Council for Education (CCE), National Research Council
of the National Academy of Sciences - 1991
Member of the Science and Technology Board, advisory to the Executive Director of
the Economic Development Agency - 1992
Member of the Energy Advisory Committee of the Secretary of Energy and Natural
Resources, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico – 1994
Member of the National Institute for Science Education (NISE) National Advisory
Board – 1996
Member of the Advisory Board of the University of the Virgin Islands' National
Science Foundation Historically Black Colleges and Universities (UVI-NSF HBCU)
Undergraduate Program: Science and Mathematics-Research throughout the
Curriculum – 2000
Member of the National Science Foundation's Directorate for Education and Human
Resources (NSF-EHR) Advisory Board – 2000-2003
Member of the AAAS External Review Team of South Dakota EPSCoR Evaluation –
2003
Member of the AAAS Virgin Islands EPSCoR Strategic Planning Committee – 2004
Consultant of the AAAS Center for Advancing Science and Engineering Capacity –
2005
President, Science and Technology Committee of Puerto Rico’s Chamber of
Commerce - 2007
Publications:
Z.S. Weisz, Y. Goldstein, M. Gómez, J.A. Muir, O. Resto, R. Pérez, and B. Abeles.
Reactively Sputtered α-SixGe1-x:H Alloys with Compositional Gradient in Plane of
Film. Appl. Phys. Lett. Vol. 44, 634 (1984).
Z.S. Weisz, Y. Goldstein, M. Gómez, J.A. Muir, O. Resto, and R. Pérez. The
Compositional Dependence of the Optical and Electrical Properties of Hydrogenated
Amorphous Si-Ge Films Prepared by Co-Sputtering, Thin Solid Films. Vol. 119, 59-65
(1984).
Z.S. Weisz, M. Gómez, J.A. Muir, O. Resto, R. Pérez, and Y. Goldstein. Alloying Effect
on the Optical Absorbing Edge and H Absorption of Sputtered α-Six Ge1-x: H. App.
Phys. Comm., Vol. 4, 1 (1984).
M. Gómez, L. Fonseca, and L. Cruz. Effect of Metallic Clusters on the Local Electric
Field Using a T-Matrix Approach. Proceedings of the International Workshop on
Electrodynamics of Interfaces and Composite Systems, Taxco, México, Advanced
Series, Surface Science, Vol. 4, 447, Editors R. G. Barrera and W. L. Mochán, World
Scientific (1987).
Katiyar, R. S., O. Resto, R. Pérez, M. Gómez, and S.Z. Weisz. Infrared Spectroscopy
of a α-Si(1-x)Sn(x): H Films. J.Thin Solid Films, 164, 243 (1988).
M. Gómez, L. Fonseca, and L. Cruz. T-Matrix Approach for the Calculation of Local
Fields in a Neighborhood of Small Clusters in the Electrodynamic Regime. The
Physical Review, B40, 7491 (1989).
M. Gómez, L. Cruz, L. Fonseca, and W. Vargas. Local Fields for Clusters of Ellipsoids
Within the T-Matrix Approach. Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc., Vol. 195, 109 (1990).
M. Gómez, et al. Light Scattering from Metallic Colloids in KCl:O 2:K as a Function of
Annealing Temperature. Solid State Comm., Vol. 80, 549 (1991).
Z.S. Weisz, M. Gómez, O. Resto, A. Many, and Y. Goldstein. High Energy LMM Auger
Transitions. Journal of Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 19 (June/July, 1992).
W. Vargas, L. Cruz, L.F. Fonseca, and M. Gómez. T-Matrix Approach for Calculating
Local Fields Around Clusters of Rotated Spheroids. Applied Optics, Vol. 32, No. 12,
2164-2170 (1993).
S.Z. Weisz, M. Gómez, O. Resto, M.H. Farías, Y. Goldstein, and A. Many. Lineshapes
and Yields of High-Energy Auger Lines. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter (7th
Latin-American Symposium on Surface Science (SLAFS7-CIACSA1), Vol. 5, A169-
A170 (1993).
Y. Goldstein, A. Many, S.Z. Weisz, M. Gómez, O. Resto, and M.H. Farías. Yields,
Sensitivities, and Natural Lineshapes of High-Energy MNN Auger Lines: Ta, W, Pt,
Au, Pb, and Bi. Journal of Electron Spectroscopy, 67, 511 (1994).
Y. Lubianiker, I. Balberg, S.Z. Weisz, and M. Gómez. The Dependence of the Two
Carriers Mobility-Lifetime Products on the Position of the Fermi Level in α-Si:H. 15th
International Conference on Amorphous Semiconductors, Journal of Non-Crystalline
Solids, 164-166, 399 (1994).
S.Z. Weisz, J. Avalos, M. Gómez, A. Many, Y. Goldstein, and E. Savir. Space Charge
Layers at the Porous Silicon Surface. Materials Research Society Symp. Proc. Vol.
378, 899-904 (1995).
S.Z. Weisz, J. Avalos, M. Gómez, A. Many, Y. Goldstein, and E. Savir. Surface States
on Amorphous Silicon. Surface Science, 338, 117 (1995).
G. Bitton, I. Balberg, M. Gómez, and S.Z. Weisz, J. Bifurcation and Caos. The
International Workshop on Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos, Phogan, Korea, (July 26-
28, 1995).
Dávila, N., Gómez, M., and Vega, I.Y. Evaluating the Transformation of the
Teaching/Learning Culture of Schools Involved in Systemic Science and
Mathematics Educational Reform. ERIC Document 395 803 (1996).
S.Z. Weisz, J. Avalos, M. Gómez, A. Many, Y. Goldstein, and E. Savir. Surface States
on Amorphous and Crystalline Silicon. Proc. Eighth Latin American Congress on
Surface Science and Its Applications, Cancun, Mexico, American Institute of Physics
Conference Proceedings, 378, 334 (1996).
G. Bitton, I. Balberg, M. Gómez, and S.Z. Weisz. Numerical and Analytic Analysis of
Nonlinear Electronic Circuits. International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos, Vol. 7,
No. 5, 1065-1074 (1997).
M. Gómez. Information and Computing Technologies Converge with the Need for a
Paradigm Shift in the Teaching/Learning Process at the Crossroad of the 21 st
Century. Report of the NSF Tech Ed 99 Workshop (NISE): “Improving Education in
Mathematics and the Physical Sciences Through Use of Technology”, Arlington, VA,
July 1999.
L.F. Fonseca, O. Resto, R.K. Soni, M. Buzuianu, S.Z. Weisz, M. Gómez, and W. Jia.
Comparative Analysis of the 1.54Fm Emission of Er-doped Si/SiO2 Films and the Size
Distribution of the Nanostructure. Proceedings of IUMRS-ICAM'99, Beijing, China,
June 1999. Materials Science and Engineering B,72,109-112(2000).
Recent Presentations:
"A Model for the Development of a Science and Technological Base in Latin
American Countries", presented at the Annual Meeting of the AAAS in New Orleans,
Louisiana, February 1990.
"Puerto Rico Science and Mathematics Reform Center: General Strategies and
Sample of Blocks", NSTA Curricular Reform Committee, Washington, DC, December
1990.
"Inducting Students into the Scientific Culture: SSC - A Curriculum to Develop Self-
Learners", NSTA National Convention, Houston, Texas, 1991.
"Inducting Students into the Culture of Science, U.S. Soviet Conference of Science
Teachers", Moscow, U.S.S.R., August 1991.
"Puerto Rico Science and Mathematics Curricular Reform Center: Mathematics and
Science Connections", workshop at Phoenix Educational System, Phoenix, Arizona
1991.
"Seeking Connections: NCTM and SS&C Meet", presented at the NSTA National
Convention, Boston, Massachusetts, 1992.
“La Investigación y la Matemática en el Currículo", Tercera Conferencia Estatal
Sobre el Mejoramiento Profesional de los Maestros", Dwight D. Eisenhower Program,
San Juan, Puerto Rico 1992.
"El Maestro Ante los Nuevos Horizontes en la Ciencia", Convención Anual de los
Maestros de Ciencia de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico 1992.
Plan to Develop an R&D Base for Puerto Rico: Through an Alliance Between
University/Industry/Government", presented at the Puerto Rico's Manufacturers
Association Annual Meeting, Dorado, Puerto Rico, 1993.
"Study of the Density of States in α-Si:H Using the Si/Electrolyte System", 15th
International Conference on Amorphous Semiconductors, Cambridge, England,
1993.
"Council for the Establishment of Science and Technology Policy: Need for
Establishing Policy and Functions of the Committee", Science and Technology Board
Meeting, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1994.
"Science and Mathematics: Partners in the Quest for Excellence: How Do We Know
It Works?", workshop presented at the 51st Annual ASCD Conference, New Orleans,
Louisiana 1996.
"How to Achieve Synergy and Become Systemic: The Puerto Rican Experience",
presented at the NSF Systemic Reform Programs Meeting, Washington, DC, 1996.
"Systemic Reform in Science Education: What Did We Learn and What Do We Want
You to Know?", presented at the NSTA 45th Annual National Convention, New
Orleans, Louisiana, 1997.
"Vistas Sobre el Estudio del Posible Efecto Nocivo Sobre la Salud a los Ciudadanos
de Puerto Rico como Consecuencia de las Ondas Electromagnéticas del Radar
ROTHR", presented at Public Hearings Before the Health Commission of the
Legislature of Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico, 1997.
"The University of Puerto Rico Role in Research and Development and its
Contribution to Puerto Rico's Economy and Science and Technology Policy",
presentation made to the Consejo Superior de Investigación Científica de España
and Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain, 1997.
"The University of Puerto Rico Role in Research and Development and its
Contribution to Puerto Rico's Economy and Science and Technology Policy",
presentation made in DPC 97 on Puerto Rico as Site for the Conference in 1999,
Mittelberg, Germany, 1997.
"Systemic Reform in Science and Mathematics Education in Puerto Rico - PR-SSI
and USI", Presentation to Industry and Business Representatives, Bankers Club,
Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, 1997.
"A S&T Policy for Puerto Rico: Meeting the Challenge of the Knowledge Economy -
A Systemic Approach". Presented at the Winter 1998 Southern Technology Council
Meeting; New Orleans, Louisiana; January 1998.
"An S&T Policy for Puerto Rico - The University of Puerto Rico Meets the Challenge
of the Knowledge Economy: A Systemic Approach". Presented at the UPR-
Mayaguez Campus to the Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico; Mayaguez, PR;
January 1998.
“Alliance between BMS, NSRC/Smithsonian, and the PR-SSI to Reform K-6 Education
in Science: Preparing the Puerto Rican Students for the Challenge of the
Knowledge Economy". Presented at the Bristol-Myers Workshop; Hato Rey, Puerto
Rico; January 1998.
“Searching for the Unit of Change in Systemic Reform". Presented at the NSF 1998
Science and Mathematics Education Leadership Institute for Systemic Reform;
Washington, DC; February 1998.
"The Resource Center for Science and Engineering: A Key Element for
Harnessing Science and Technology to Achieve Economic Development in
Puerto Rico". Presented at INDUNIV Bridging Seminar; San Juan, PR; April 1998.
"An S&T Policy for Puerto Rico - The University of Puerto Rico Meets the Challenge
of the Knowledge Economy: a Systemic Approach". Presented to Rutgers/UPR
Task Force; San
Juan, PR; May 1998.
"Comparative Analysis of the 1.54mm Emission of Er-doped Si/SiO 2 Films and the
Size Distribution of the Nanostructure". Presented at the International Conference
on Advanced Materials UMRS-ICAM'99; Beijing, China; June 1999.
"Information and Computing Technologies Converge with the Need for a Paradigm
Shift in the Teaching/Learning Process at the Crossroad of the 21st Century".
Presented at the NSF Workshop: "Improving Education in Mathematics and the
Physical Sciences Through Use of Technology"; Arlington, VA; July 1999.
"University of Puerto Rico Plays a Key Role in Helping Puerto Rico Meet the
Challenge of the Knowledge Economy: Human Resources; R&D; and Technology
Transfer". Presented at the XVII International Conference of the International
Council for Innovation in Higher Education (Council for Higher Education); Isla
Verde, PR; November 1999.
"The Puerto Rico LSAMP Project: Increasing the Effectiveness and Efficiency of the
Undergraduate SMET Education". Presented at the NSF-LSAMP-MGE PI/PD Meeting;
Arlington, VA; December 1999.
"Testimony of Dr. Manuel Gómez, Vice President for Research and Academic Affairs,
University of Puerto Rico". Presented at U.S. Department of Education Field Hearing
(The Agenda Project: "A National Dialogue on Postsecondary Education"); Atlanta,
GA; May 2000.
“K-16+ Systemic Reform in Puerto Rico - Education and Research Challenges and
Successes". Presented at the 2000 SIAM (Society for Industrial and Applied
Mathematics) Annual Meeting; Río Grande, PR; July 2000.
“UPR Initiatives to Insert Puerto Rico in the e-Knowledge Economy: R&D; Advanced
Degrees; e-Connectivity Infrastructure”. Presented at the Silicon Reef: Puerto Rico
in the e-conomy Conference of the Center for the New Economy (CNE); San Juan,
PR; September 2000.
“UPR Initiatives to Insert Puerto Rico in the e-Knowledge Economy: R&D; T 2; Virtual
Learning Center; Advanced Degrees; e-Connectivity Infrastructure. Presented at
the e-Government Seminar: “Optimizing Services in a Digital Government”; Isla
Verde, PR; October 2000.
“En Línea o No en Línea: ‘To be or Not to Be’: A University for the 21 st Century”.
Presented to the UPR Board of Trustees, San Juan, PR, February 2001.
“A Hundred Years: The Twentieth Century Intertwining Histories of Puerto Rico and
its State University”. Presented at the NASULGC Council on Academic Affairs (CAA)
Summer Meeting, Río Grande, PR, July 2001.
“The Mission of the Resource Center for Science and Engineering to Provide Puerto
Rico with the Human Resources and Research Infrastructure for the Island’s
Economic Development and Global Competitiveness”. Presented to PROCOMP, San
Juan, PR, October 2001.
“Puerto Rico Science and Technology Alliance: Harnessing S&T for Economic
Development-Puerto Rico’s Policy on Science and Technology (Summary of Final
Version)”. Presented to the Chamber of Commerce, San Juan, PR, October 2001.
“Puerto Rico’s Science and Technology Policy: Setting the Technology Roadmap for
Economic Development”. Presented at Puerto Rico Techno-Economic Corridor’s (PR-
TEC) First Congress: Partnering for Innovation and Technology for Economic
Development, Mayagüez, PR, November 2001.
“UPR as Resource for Innovation: Assistance in Obtaining Funds and Services for
Start-Ups”. Presented at the Technology Entrepreneurs of PR (TEPR)’s INNOVACON
2001, Bayamón, PR, December 2001.
“Presentación de los Ofrecimientos Graduados de la UPR en Forma Sistémica al
Cuerpo de Rectores de las Universidades Públicas y Privadas de la República
Dominicana”. Presented to the Chancellors of the Dominican Republic Universities,
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, January 2002.
“The Mission of the Resource Center for Science and Engineering to Provide Puerto
Rico with the Human Resources and Research Infrastructure for the Island’s
Economic Development and Global Competitiveness”. Presented at the NSF
LSAMP/AGEP PI/PD Meeting, Arlington, VA, March 2002.
“EPSCoR and The Science and Technology Policy”. Presented at EPSCoR Annual
Conference, Dorado, PR, May 2002.
“La Misión del Centro de Recursos para Ciencias e Ingeniería: Proveerle a Puerto
Rico los Recursos Humanos y la Infraestructura de Investigación para el Desarrollo
Económico de la Isla y su Competitividad a Nivel Mundial”. Presented to the
Personnel of the Resource Center for Science and Engineering, San Juan, PR,
December 2002.
“PRMA & PROCOMP’s Puerto Rico Excellence Awards Conference: Resource Center
for Science and Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Winner – Innovation and
Entrepreneurial Culture”. Presented at the PROCOMP Open House Activity, San
Juan, PR, January 2003.
“Responding to External Challenges and Opportunities: The University of Puerto
Rico: From Research I to Entrepreneurial University”. Presented at the Academia,
Government, and Industry Forum in Responds to Dr. Henry Etzkowitz Presentation:
“The Rise of the Entrepreneurial University”, Carolina, PR, February 2003.
“Presentation of the Vice Presidency for Research and Technology to the EDUCAUSE
Site Visit”. Presented to the Campus Assessment Team (CAT) Members of
EDUCAUSE, San Juan, PR, May 2003.
“La Misión del Centro de Recursos para Ciencias e Ingeniería: Proveerle a Puerto
Rico los Recursos Humanos y la Infraestructura de Investigación para el Desarrollo
Económico de la Isla y su Competitividad a Nivel Mundial”. Presented to the UPR
Vice President of Research and Technology and the Offices that have Research
Programs, San Juan, PR, December 2003.
“La Misión del Centro de Recursos para Ciencias e Ingeniería: Proveerle a Puerto
Rico los Recursos Humanos y la Infraestructura de Investigación para el Desarrollo
Económico de la Isla y su Competitividad a Nivel Mundial”. Presented to the Puerto
Rico Louis Stokes Alliance for Minority Participation (PR-LSAMP) Advisory Board, San
Juan, PR, January 2004.
“The Resource Center for Science and Engineering Model”. Presented at the
National Science Foundation Alliance for Graduate Education and the Professoriate
(NSF-AGEP) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Evaluation Capacity Building Meeting, San Juan, PR, January 2004.
“A Hundred Years of Science & Technology in Puerto Rico”. Presented at the 15th
PFI Forum: “Do We Need a Public Policy to Stimulate Technology-Based Start-Ups in
Puerto Rico?”, San Juan, PR, March 2004.
“Human Resources in S&T and R&D in Puerto Rico to Promote Innovation – Myths
and Realities”. Presented at the 16th PFI Forum, San Juan, PR, April 2004.
“Charter of the RCSE and Full Implementation of the Pre- and Post-Award System–
The Core Competency of the RCSE”. Presented to the RCSE Staff of UPR Río
Piedras and Mayagüez Campuses, San Juan, PR, August 2004.
“EPSCoR Research Fellows and AGEP Program Fellows – UPR Río Piedras Campus”.
Presented to Awarded LSAMP, EPSCoR, and AGEP Post-Doc Fellows of UPR-Río
Piedras, San Juan, PR, August 2004.
“EPSCoR Research Fellows and AGEP Program Fellows – UPR Mayagüez Campus”.
Presented to Awarded LSAMP, EPSCoR, and AGEP Post-Doc Fellow of UPR-Mayagüez,
Mayagüez, PR, August 2004.
“EPSCoR State Committee Chair and EPSCoR Director Report to the State
Committee”; Presented at the EPSCoR State Committee Meeting, San Juan, PR,
September 2004.
“Alliances for Graduate Education and the Professoriate (AGEP) Phase II: “A
Strategic Alliance Between the Río Piedras and Mayaguez Campuses of the
University of Puerto Rico”. Presented at the AGEP Summer Training and Bridging
Seminar Welcome Activity, San Juan, PR, July 2005.
“The Nano Science and Technology Institute”. Presented at the NASA Technical
Review Committee (TRC) Site Visit to UPR-Río Piedras’ Center for Nanoscale
Materials, San Juan, PR, September 2005.
“How Would Puerto Rico and the World Look in 2005 If 20 th Century Physics and
Technology Would have Never been Conceived?”. Presented to the Inter American
Univeristy-Bayamón Students during the Scientific Research Congress, Bayamón,
PR, November 2005.
“The Nano Science and Technology Institute”. Presented at the Retreat for the
Nano Science and Technology Institute Team, Caguas, PR, November 2005.
“The IFN Innovation and Commercialization”. Presented at the Puerto Rico EPSCoR
Annual Meeting: “Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (IFN) – Strategic
Partnerships to Achieve International Competitiveness in R&D and Innovation”, Rio
Grande, PR, May 2007.
“Institute for Functional Nanomaterials (IFN)”. Presented at the 28th Latin American
Congress of Chemistry, San Juan , PR, July 2008.
“Institute for Functional Nanomaterials”. Presented at the NSF Reverse Site Visit,
Arlington, VA, September 2008.
“Puerto Rico, The University of Puerto Rico and Neuroscience in Puerto Rico”.
Presented at the Association of Medical School Neuroscience Department Chairs
(AMSNDC) 2009 Annual Meeting, San Juan, PR, February 2009.
“Strategic Plan for the Development of the Next Phase of the EPSCoR/RII Track-1
Proposal – The IFN Institute Matures and Develops Three New Research Clusters
and Competes for Two Major Center or Institutes Funded by NSF and DOE”.
Presented at the Puerto Rico NSF EPSCoR/RII IFN Annual Meeting, Mayaguez, PR,
April 2009.
“S&T, R&D, and Innovation in Puerto Rico, 1967-2009, 42 Years”. Presented at UPR
Bayamon’s Cuarta Mesa Elíptica: Estado y Perspectiva de la Investigación
Científica en Puerto Rico, Bayamon, PR, April 2009.
“The Resource Center for Science and Engineering – RCSE Budget Presented to UPR
Central Administration”. Presented to the UPR Central Administration’s Vice
President and Budget Director, San Juan, PR, June 2009.
“The Resource Center for Science and Engineering”. Presented to the UPR Interim
President and Vice President, San Juan, PR, December 2009.
“The Resource Center for Science and Engineering”, Presented to the Advisory
Board of the Council for Higher Education (for GK-12 program), San Juan, PR, March,
2010.
“The Good, the Bad and Ugly”, Presented at the NSF GK-12 Annual Meeting,
Washington, DC, March, 2010.
“PR-AGEP Phase II–Ten Years Feeding the Pipeline”, Presented at the AGEP External
Evaluation Meeting, San Juan, PR, April 2010.
“Centers and Institutes for R&D and Innovation: A Model”. Presented to the NASA
Glenn Research Center visitors, San Juan, PR, September, 2010.
“The Resource Center for Science and Engineering”. Presented to NSF’s NAIC
Proposal Review Panel at the NSF Reverse Site Visit regarding the NAIC Management
Proposal, Washington, DC, January 2011.
“The Resource Center for Science and Engineering”. Presentation to Tim Spuck,
NSF Albert Einstein Fellow, San Juan, PR April 2011.
Thesis Supervised:
"T-matrix Approach for the Calculation of Local Fields in the Neighborhood of Small
Clusters in the Electrodynamic Regime" - L. Cruz, Master Thesis, UPR, Río Piedras,
1989.
International Conferences:
Grants:
Grants received for the "International Conference on Low Lying Lattice Vibrational
Modes and Their Relationship to Superconductivity and Ferroelectricity" from the
following agencies:
Principal Investigator of the project "Study of the Optical and Aging Characteristics
of Various Selective Surfaces" (Center for Energy and Environment Research) DOE
1976-78 (Funds: $70,000).
Project Director - "Planning Grant for a Minority Center for Graduate Education in
Science and Engineering" - National Science Foundation - 1977 (Funds: $48,000).
Project Director - "Resource Center for Science and Engineering at the University of
Puerto Rico in Consortium with Catholic University, Inter American University, and
Ana G. Méndez Foundation - National Science Foundation - 1980 (Funds: $5M).
Project Director - "Puerto Rico Science and Mathematics Curricular Reform Center" -
NSF/NSTA Scope, Sequence, and Coordination (SSC) Curricular Reform Project, 1990
(Funds: $1.4M).
Project Director - "Alliances for Minority Participation" Planning Grant, NSF, 1990
(Funds: $40,000).