Richard D. Piccard

Education

• Ph.D.,1979, Physics, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ. Experimental biophysics (protein X-ray crystallography) with Professor George T. Reynolds .
• M.A., 1976, Physics, Princeton University , Princeton, NJ.
• M.S. in Education, 1972, University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia, PA. Pennsylvania permanent Teacher Certificate (Secondary Physics, Physical Science, Mathematics).
• B.S., Physics, With Honor, 1970, California Institute of Technology , Pasadena, CA.
• Graduate, 1966, Swarthmore High School, Swarthmore, PA.

Employment

Ohio University

Athens, OH, 1990 - present

• Adjunct Associate Professor of Physics, since 1991.
• Policy Publication Manager, Office of Legal Affairs, 2016.
• Central IT (under various names), 1990-2016.
  • Web Resources Manager, 2007-2016.
  • Academic Technology Manager, 1995-2007.
  • Instruction and Research Center Manager, 1990-1995.
• Lecturer in Management Information Systems, 1996-1998.
  

Kalamazoo College

Kalamazoo, MI. 1978 - 1990

• Part-time Director of Educational Computing, part-time member of Physics faculty, 1983-90.
• Member of the Resident Faculty of the Oak Ridge Science Semester, Fall, 1989.
• Promoted to Associate Professor of Physics, 1989.
• Full-time member of Physics faculty, 1978-83. Promoted from Instructor to Assistant Professor upon completion of Ph.D., 1979.
  

Upper Merion Area Senior High School

King of Prussia, PA. 1970 - 1974

• Physics teacher.
• Served as faculty advisor to Key Club, the Kiwanis-affiliated service club, 1971-74.

Publications and Presentations

Refereed Publications

• "A Multi-Optical-Fiber Array with CCD Image Detection for Parallel Processing of Light Signals and Spectra." Richard D. Piccard and Tuan VoDinh. Review of Scientific Instruments 62(3), 584-594, 1991.
• "Charge-Coupled Device Fluorescence Detection for Capillary Zone Electrophoresis (CCD-CZE)." Yung-Fong Cheng, Richard D. Piccard, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. Applied Spectroscopy 44(5), 755-765, 1990.
• "Using non-exponential absorption to demonstrate that anode x rays are polychromatic." Richard D. Piccard and Sue A. Carter. Am. J. Phys. 57, 931-936, 1989.
• "A finite difference technique for propagating uncertainty in calculations." Am. J. Phys. 57, 925-930, 1989.
• "Argand Diagrams, Harmonic Oscillators, and Record Playing Tonearms." Am. J. Phys. 54, 342-345, 1986.
• "An X-Ray Crystallographic Investigation of Radiation Damage to Alpha-Chymotrypsin." Doctoral dissertation, Princeton University, 1979.
• "An Intensifier Vidicon System for Recording X-Ray Diffraction Patterns from Weakly Diffracting Biological Structures." Sol M. Gruner, James R. Milch, George T. Reynolds, and Richard D. Piccard. A conference poster session; abstract in Biophysical J . 17, 95A, 1977.

Other Publications

• "Room Temperature Phosphorescence Spectrometry Using ChargeCoupled Device Detection (RTP-CCD)." Yung-Fong Cheng, Richard D. Piccard, and Tuan Vo-Dinh. Unpublished ORNL report, 1990.
• "Sharing Logical Name Tables in a VAX/VMS Environment." DECUS U.S. Chapter SIGs Newsletters , Vol. 4, No. 10 (June, 1989), pages VAX-8 through VAX-13, 1989.
• "VMS V5.0 Upgrade: 'Gotcha' for NON-cluster Systems." DECUS U.S. Chapter SIGs Newsletters , Vol. 4, No. 1 (October, 1988), pages VAX-8 and VAX-9, 1988.
• "Cleaning up the TPU EDT Emulator." DECUS U.S. Chapter SIGs Newsletters , Vol. 3, No. 6 (February, 1988), pages VAX-7 through VAX-14, 1988.
• "System Security and Student Operators DOMix." John D. Hoinville and Richard D. Piccard. DECUS U.S. Chapter SIGs Newsletters , Vol. 2, No. 12 (August, 1987), pages VAX-3 through VAX-18, 1987.
• "Enhancing the VAX TPU EDT Keypad Emulator." Michael L. Penix and Richard D. Piccard. DECUS U.S. Chapter SIGs Newsletters , Vol. 1, No. 6 (February, 1986), pages VAX-4 through VAX-17, 1986.

Presentations

• "Web Site Design and Construction: A Workshop for New Web Masters." Workshop presented at the 75nd Annual OACRAO Meeting, November 1, 2000. The on-line version is still available.
• "Why Limit Free Speech? Are there such things as 'dangerous ideas?'" Presented May 25, 1999, as part of a panel discussion "Just How Free Should Free Speech Be?" sponsored by the Institute of Applied and Professional Ethics, the Dean of Students office, and others.
• "Home Page Development Update." Talk given to the 73nd Annual OACRAO Meeting, November 4, 1998. The on-line version is still available.
• "Home Page Development Update." Talk given to the 72nd Annual OACRAO Meeting, November 13, 1997. The on-line version is still available.
• "Home Page Development and Demonstrations." Talk given to the 71st Annual OACRAO Meeting, November 14, 1996. The on-line version is still available.
• "Introduction to the Internet." Richard D. Piccard and Jean Lewis. Invited presentation to the Third Biennial Legislative Policy Conference, December 2, 1994. Included lecture to and guided hands-on use of Gopher and LYNX by two dozen members of the Ohio legislature.
• "Non-linear least-squares analysis for Bode plots of RC filter data." Michael S. DeVries and Richard D. Piccard. Presented at the joint winter meeting of the AIP and AAPT, January 23. Abstract in the AAPT Announcer , 19(4), 62, 1990.
• "Two Dimensional Optical Systems." Talk given at the Sixth Meeting of the Cancer Therapy Research Discussion Group, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, November 28, 1989.
• "Using non-exponential absorption to demonstrate that anode X-rays are polychromatic." Richard D. Piccard and Sue A. Carter. Presented to the Fall meeting of the MI-AAPT, 1987.
• "A finite difference technique for propagating uncertainty in calculations." Presented to the Fall meeting of the MI-AAPT, 1987.
• "The Examination of Nonlinear Systems: a Path for Introducing Computing into Sophomore Mechanics." Presented to the Fall meeting of the MI-AAPT, 1982.
• "Argand Diagrams, Harmonic Oscillators, and Record Playing Tonearms." Presented to the Fall meeting of the MI-AAPT, 1980.
• "A Descriptive Notation for Deriving the Fictitious Forces in NonInertial Reference Frames." Presented to the Fall meeting of the MIAAPT, 1979.

Professional Memberships

American Association of Physics Teachers (since 1970)

Michigan Section - AAPT (1979-90)
Appalachian Section - AAPT (1997 - )

Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society (1977-2018)

Ohio University Chapter President 1995-96
Ohio University Chapter Delegate to the 1995 National Meeting
Ohio University Chapter Vice President 1994-95
Full member since 1994
Associate member 1977-94

Encompass (formerly Digital Equipment Corporation Users Society -- 1979-2010)

Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE) (since 1980; now a Life Member)

Computer Society (since 1982)

Athens Area Macintosh User Group (1991-2010)

Revised October 16, 2021.