Kenneth I. Golden
207 Mansfield House, University of Vermont
tel. (802) 656-2908; fax (802) 656-2552
E-mail: golden@cems.uvm.edu
Azarias Williams Professor of Mathematics
Professor of Physics and Electrical
Engineering
College of Engineering and Mathematical
Sciences Distinguished Professor
Areas of expertise: Electrodynamics,
statistical mechanics and kinetic theory of charged-particle systems, strongly
coupled plasma physics/condensed matter plasmas, applied mathematics.
Honors/Memberships
in Learned Societies:
Fellow: American Physical
Society
Fellow: Institute of Physics (UK)
Fellow: Australian Institute of Physics
Senior Fulbright Scholar to Australia (1984-85)
University Scholar in the Basic and Applied Sciences (1992-93)
College of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences Distinguished Professor
Member, Society of Sigma Xi (Scientific Research Society of North America)
Senior Member, I.E.E.E.
Education
Northwestern University: B. S.,
Mechanical Engineering, 1955.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: S. M., Mechanical Engineering, 1956
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: Professional Degree, Mechanical
Engineering, 1957.
Institut Henri Poincaré: Dr. Univ. Paris (mention très
honorable), Mécanique Théorique, 1964.
Brandeis University: Post Doctoral appointment in Physics, 1965 –
67.
Professional
Record
Azaraias Williams
Professor of Mathematics, Univ. Vermont (Effective 30 November 2007)
Professor of Physics (secondary appointment), Univ. Vermont (1/99 – present).
Professor of Mathematics (primary appointment) and
Electrical Engineering (secondary appointments), Univ. Vermont (9/94– )
Professor of Mathematics (secondary appointment), University of Vermont (9/89 – 8/94).
Chairperson
and Professor, Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering,
University of Vermont (9/86 – 6/94).
George A. Snell Professor of Engineering,
Northeastern University, Boston MA 02115 (9/82 – 9/86)
William L. Smith Professor of
Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University (9/80 – 9/82).
Professor of Electrical Engineering, Northeastern
University (1976 – 1980).
Associate Professor of
Electrical Engineering, Northeastern University (1969 –
1976).
Visiting Assistant
Professor of Physics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA 02154 (1967 – 1969)
Research Associate in Physics, Brandeis University (1965 – 1967).
Fulbright Scholar, Institut
Henri Poincare, Universite de Paris (1962 – 1964)
Acting Senior
Scientist, Thermal Radiation Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Bedford, MA (1961 – 1962)
Physicist, Thermal
Radiation Laboratory, Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (1959
– 1961).
Visiting
appointments
Visiting Fellow, Department of Theoretical Physics, Research School of Physical Sciences and
Engineering (RSPhySE), Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. (2/00 – 4/00)
Departmental
Visitor, Department of Theoretical Physics, RSPhySE, Institute of Advanced
Studies The Australian National University Institute for Advanced Studies,
Canberrra, A.C.T. (June 1996)
Visiting Fellow,
Department of Theoretical Physics, RSPhySE, Institute of Advanced Studies, The Australian National University, Canberra A.C.T. (9/92 – 2/93)
Guest, Department
of Theoretical Chemistry, University of Oxford, U.K (7/92 – 9/92).
Gordon Godfrey Professor of Theoretical
Physics, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW Australia (9/84 – 9/85).
Research Leader, International Centre for Theoretical
Physics, Trieste, Italy (Aug 1981, July 1983).
Visiting Professor, Department of Theoretical Physics, School
of Physics, University of New South Wales, Australia (one month summer, 1982).
Guest Lecturer, Nanjing
University and the Hofei Institute of
Plasma Physics, Peoples' Republic of China (one month summer, 1982).
Invited Lecturer, NATO Advanced
Summer Institute on Strongly Coupled Plasmas, Orléans-la-Source, France (July 1977).
Collaborateur
Scientifique, Centre de Recherches en Physique des Plasmas, Ecole Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (6/76 – 9/76).
Professeur
associé au Laboratoire de Physique Théorique et Hautes
Enérgies, Centre d'Orsay, Université de Paris XI, Orsay, France (1975 – 76).
Consultant, AVCO-Everett Research
Laboratory, Everett, MA (1972 – 1975).
Visiting scientist and Consultant, M.I.T. Lincoln
Laboratory, Lexington, MA (1969 – 1972).
M.I.T. Overseas Summer Fellow, Cranfield College of Aeronautics, England (6/56 – 9/56).
Recent Professional Service
Chair, International Advisory Board (IAB) of conference series on Strongly
Coupled Coulomb Systems (SCCS)
Chair, Program Committee, SCCS-2005 Moscow, Russia (June
20-25, 2005)
Special Issue (SCCS-2005) Guest Editor, Journal of Physics A:
Mathematical and General
Member, SCCS IAB (September 2001-September 2010).
NSF/DOE Panelist (March, 2004)
Publications
Department of
Mathematics & Statistics Homepage
Announcement
SCCS-2005