Dr Wolfgang W Bauer Michigan State University University Distinguished Professor Department of Physics and Astronomy Michigan State University East Lansing, MI 48824 Phone: (517) 353 8662 Fax: (517) 353 4500 Email: bauerw@msu.edu http://www.pa.msu.edu/~bauer/ Education Aug 1987 Sept 1987 Ph.D., University of Giessen, Germany Post-doctoral Research Fellow, Calif Inst of Technology, Pasadena, CA Academic Positions Oct 1988 June 1993 Oct 1994 July 1996 June 2007 Assistant Professor of Physics, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Associate Professor of Physics, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Visiting Professor, Institute for Nuclear Theory, Seattle, WA Professor of Physics, Michigan State U., East Lansing, MI, and National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory University Distinguished Professor, Michigan State University Administrative Positions July 1997 Aug 1998 Feb 2001 Mar 2009 May 2013 Aug 2018 Head, Theory Group, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory Associate Chairperson & Undergraduate Program Director, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University Chairperson, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University Founding Director, Institute for Cyber-Enabled Research Senior Consultant, Office of the Executive Vice President for Administrative Services Associate Vice President for Administrative Services, Michigan State University Awards and Honors 1992 1999 2003 2003 2012 National Science Foundation Presidential Faculty Fellow Award Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation Distinguished Senior U.S Scientist Award (Humboldt-Forschungspreis für Naturwissenschafler aus den USA) ComputerWorld 21st Century Achievement Award for Education and Academia Fellow, American Physical Society APS Outstanding Referee Research Interests Global warming, renewable energy, energy from biomass; autonomous vehicles; nuclear collisions; theoretical physics; many body physics; theory of phase transitions; non-linear dynamics, chaos, and selforganized criticality; bio-medical physics; information technology research on learning and teaching systems; astrophysics Publications       Articles in peer-reviewed journals: Chapters in conference proceedings: Books edited: Textbook: cliXX Physik (cd-rom, Harri Deutsch, Frankfurt, 1998, 2nd ed.) Textbook: Physics for Engineers and Scientists (2 vol., McGraw-Hill, 2007, 3rd ed.) Textbook: University Physics (McGraw-Hill, 2013, 2nd ed.) 132 84 19 Invited Talks    Invited talks at international conferences and workshops: Seminars and colloquia: Presentations for general audiences: 199 209 112