Research
Specialty: Extreme ultraviolet optics and thin films
Supervised Theses and Dissertations
Professional Bio
BS, BYU, 1978
PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1984
Senior Research Staff Physicist at Hughes Aircraft Company Research Labs, 1976-1995
Associate Professor, BYU, 1995-2001
Professor, BYU, 2001-2021
Emeritus, BYU, 2021-present
Physics Dept. Chair, BYU, 2000-2003
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Education, BYU, 2003-2008
Program Director, National Science Foundation, 2018-2019
President, Utah Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, 2007-2009 (Fellow)
Associate Affiliate Director, Rocky Mountain Space Grant Consortium, 2005-2021
Member, American Physical Society (Committee on Education: 2012-2013)
Member, American Association of Physics Teachers (Treasurer: 2014-2017, Fellow)
Director, NSF-sponsored Research Experiences for Undergraduates in Physics, 1997-2017