Updated July 2002

 

·         Curriculum Vitae

·         Publications in Refereed Journals

·         Conference Proceedings

·         Invited Talks

·         Colloquia and Seminars

·         Books and Review Articles

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Curriculum Vitae

Degrees Awarded:

Diplom für Physik, Universität zu Köln, (1985)
Ph.D., Experimental Nuclear Physics, State University of New York at Stony Brook (1988)

Appointments:

Research Associate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Joint Institute for Heavy-ion Research, Oak Ridge (1988-1990)
Assistant Professor, Michigan State University (1990-1995)
Associate Professor, Michigan State University (1995-1998)
Professor, Michigan State University (1998-present)

Acting Head, Computer Department, NSCL, MSU (March 2001 - September 2001)

Associate Director for Nuclear Science, NSCL, MSU (June 2003 - present)

Honors:

1994    Outstanding Mentor Award, Developing Research Expertise at Michigan State
            (DREAMS), General Electric Foundation (GE) and The Graduate School, MSU.
1995    Dr. Thomas H. Osgood Memorial Award 
            for Excellence in Teaching (non-tenured), Department of Physics & Astronomy, MSU.
1995    Teacher Scholar Award, College of Natural Science, MSU.
1998    Outreach Award for the Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
            at Michigan State, Department of Physics, MSU.
1998    Benjamin J. Dasher Award
            Best paper at the 1997 Frontiers in Education Conference
            American Society for Engineering Education, Educational Research and Methods Division/IEEE
1999    William Elgin Wickenden Award
            Best paper in the Journal of Engineering Education 1998
            American Society for Engineering Education
2000    Best paper at the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference
            American Society for Engineering Education, Educational Research and Methods Division/IEEE

 

Publications in Refereed Scientific Journals
 

1987
 1.   Evidence for Prolate Deformation in Highly Excited Neutron-Deficient Pb Isotopes
       D. R. Chakrabarty, M. Thoennessen, N. Alamanos, P. Paul, and S. Sen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1092 (1987)
 2.   Giant Resonances in Excited Sn Isotopes
       D. R. Chakrabarty, S. Sen, M. Thoennessen, N. Alamanos, P. Paul, R. Schicker, J. Stachel, and J. J.
       Gaardhoje,
       Phys. Rev. C 36, 1886 (1987)
 3.   Giant Dipole Resonance in Highly Excited Thorium: Evidence for Strong Fission Hindrance
       M. Thoennessen, D. R. Chakrabarty, M. G. Herman, R. Butsch, and P. Paul,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 59, 2860 (1987)
1988
 4.   Pileup Rejection in Pulsed Beam Experiments
       S. Sen, D. R. Chakrabarty, P. Paul, J. Stachel, and M. Thoennessen,
       Nucl. Instr. Meth. A264, 407 (1988)
 5.   Giant Dipole Resonances in Excited Er Isotopes
       D. R. Chakrabarty, M. Thoennessen, S. Sen, P. Paul, R. Butsch, and M. G. Herman,
       Phys. Rev. C 37, 1437 (1988)
 6.   Onset of Deformation in Pb Isotopes at High Excitation Energies
       M. Thoennessen, D. R. Chakrabarty, R. Butsch, M. G. Herman, P. Paul, and S. Sen,
       Phys. Rev. C 37, 1762 (1988)
1989
 7.   High Energy Photon Production in Low Energy ¹²C + ^112,124Sn Collisions
       R. J. Vojtech, R. Butsch, V. M. Datar, M. G. Herman, R. L. McGrath, P. Paul, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 40, R2441 (1989)
1990
 8.   Nuclear Deformation in Excited Pb Isotopes from Giant Dipole g-ray-Fission Angular Correlations
       R. Butsch, M. Thoennessen, D. R. Chakrabarty, M. G. Herman, and P.Paul,
       Phys. Rev. C 41, 1530 (1990)
1991
 9.   High Energy Target Excitations in Heavy Ion Inelastic Scattering
       M. Thoennessen, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, D. J. Horen, M. L. Halbert, D. C. Hensley, J. E. Lissanti, W.
       Mittig, Y. Schutz, N. Alamanos, F. Auger, J. Barrette, B. Fernandez, A. Gillibert, B. Haas, J. P. Vivien, and
       A. M. Nathan,
       Phys. Rev. C 43, R12 (1991)
 10. Giant Dipole Resonance Widths at High Excitations in Statistical Model Calculations
       M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 66, 1640 (1991)
 11. Isospin Character of Transitions to Bound States in ^204,206,208Pb Using Inelastic Scattering of ¹⁷O Ions
       D. J. Horen, R. L. Auble, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, G. R. Satchler, M. Thoennessen, R. L.
       Varner, V. R. Brown, P. L. Anthony, and V. A. Madsen,
       Phys. Rev. C 44, 128 (1991).
 12. Time Scales for Fusion-Fission and Quasi-Fission from Giant Dipole Resonance Decay
       R. Butsch, D. J. Hofman, C. P. Montoya, P. Paul, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 44, 1515 (1991)
 13. A Study of the Particle Multiplicity Dependence of High Energy Photon Production in a Heavy-Ion Reaction
       L. G. Sobotka, L. Gallamore, A. Chibihi, D. G. Sarantites, D. W. Stracener, W. Bauer, D. Bowman, N.
       Carlin, R. DeSousa, C. K. Gelbke, W. G. Gong, S. Hannuschke, Y. D. Kim, W. G. Lynch, R. Ronningen, M.
       B. Tsang, F. Zhu, J. R. Beene, M. L. Halbert, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 44, R2257 (1991), Err.: Phys. Rev. C 46, 819 (1992).
1992
 14. Nuclear Dissipation and the Feeding of Superdeformed Bands
       M. Thoennessen and J. R. Beene,
       Phys. Rev. C 45, 873 (1992)
 15. Large Deformation in A ~ 170 Nuclei at High Excitation Energies
       M. Thoennessen, J. R. Beene, C. Baktash, F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, D. C. Hensley, D. J. Horen, W.
       Spang, D. G. Sarantites, and D. W. Stracener,
       Phys. Lett. B 282, 288 (1992)
 16. Momentum Distributions of ⁹Li Fragments Following the Break-up of ¹¹Li
       N. A. Orr, N. Anantaraman, Sam M. Austin, C. A. Bertulani, K. Hanold, J. H. Kelley, D. J. Morrissey, B.
       M. Sherrill, G. A. Souliotis, M. Thoennessen, J. S. Winfield, and J. A. Winger,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 69, 2050 (1992)
 17. Mechanism for the disassembly of excited ¹⁶O projectiles into four alpha particles
       R. J. Charity, J. Barreto, L. G. Sobotka, D. G. Sarantites, D. W. Stracener, A. Chibihi, N. G. Nicolis, R. L.
       Auble, C. Baktash, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, D. C. Hensley, D. J. Horen, C. Ludemann,
       M. Thoennessen, and R. Varner,
       Phys. Rev. C 46, 1951 (1992)
1993
 18. Halflife Measurements for the rp-process Nuclei ⁶¹Ga, ⁶³Ga, and ⁶⁵As
       J. A. Winger, D. P. Bazin, W. Benenson, G. M. Crawley, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill,
       M. Steiner, M. Thoennessen, S. J. Yennello, and B. M. Young,
       Phys. Lett. B 299, 214 (1993)
 19. Neutron Decay of ¹⁰Li Produced by Fragmentation
       R. A. Kryger, A. Azhari, A. Galonsky, J. H. Kelley, R. Pfaff, E. Ramakrishnan, D. Sackett, B. M. Sherrill, M.
       Thoennessen, J. A. Winger, and S. Yokoyama,
       Phys. Rev. C 47, R2439 (1993)
 20. Evidence for Long Formation Times of Near Barrier Fusion Reactions
       M. Thoennessen, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, C. Baktash, M. L. Halbert, D. J. Horen, D. G. Sarantites, W.
       Spang, and D. W. Stracener,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 70, 4055 (1993)
 21. Influence of Dissipation on the Population and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       M. Thoennessen and J. R. Beene,
       Nucl. Phys. A557, 247c, (1993)
 22. Strong Isomer Production in Fragmentation Reactions
       B. M. Young, D. Bazin, W. Benenson, J. H. Kelley, D. J. Morrisey, N. A. Orr, R. Ronningen, B. M. Sherrill,
       M. Steiner, M. Thoennessen, J. A. Winger, S. J. Yennello, I. Tanihata, X. X. Bai, N. Inabe, T. Kubo, C.-B.
       Moon, S. Shimoura, T. Suzuki, R. N. Boyd, and K. Subotic,
       Phys. Lett. B 311, 22 (1993)
 23. Search for Entrance Channel Effects in the Decay of the ¹⁶⁴Yb Compound Nucleus at E* = 54 MeV
       J. L. Barreto, N. G. Nicolis, D. G. Sarantites, R. J. Charity. L. G. Sobotka, D. W. Stracener, D. C.
       Hensley,  J.R. Beene, C. Baktash, M. Halbert, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 48, 2881 (1993)
 24. Halflife Measurements ⁶¹Ga, ⁶³Ga, and ⁶⁵As and their Importance for the rp-Process
       J. A. Winger, D. P. Bazin, W. Benenson, G. M. Crawley, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill,
       M. Thoennessen, S. J. Yennello, and B. M. Young,
       Phys. Rev. C 48, 3097 (1993)
 25. A Threshold for Dissipative Fission
       M. Thoennessen and G. F. Bertsch,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 71, 4303 (1993)
 26. Target Isotope Effect in High Energy Photon Production at E/A = 10 MeV
       R. Pfaff, B. Young, W. Benenson, J. Clayton, M. Thoennessen, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, T. Reposeur, and
       J. Winger,
       Z. Phys. A347, 67 (1993)
1994
 27. Low-lying Structure of  ¹⁰Li in the Reaction ¹¹B(⁷Li,⁸B)¹⁰Li
       B. M. Young, W. Benenson, J. H.. Kelley, N. A. Orr, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, M. Thoennessen,
       J.S. Winfield, J. A. Winger, S. J. Yennello, and A. Zeller,
       Phys. Rev. C 49, 279 (1994)
 28. Coulomb and Nuclear Dissociation of ⁶He and ⁶Li at E/A = 65 MeV
       D. P. Balamuth, K. A. Griffoen, J. E. Bush, K. R. Pohl, D. Handzy, A. Aguirre, B. M. Sherrill, J. S. Winfield,
       D.J. Morrissey, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 72, 2355 (1994)
 29. Heavy-Ion Coulomb Excitation and Gamma Decay Studies of The One- and Two Phonon Giant Dipole
       Resonances in ²⁰⁸Pb and ²⁰⁹Bi
       P. E. Mueller, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, D. H. Olive, R. L. Varner, B. Sherrill, M.
       Thoennessen, P. Chomaz, P. Lautridou, F. Lefévre, M. Marqués, T. Matulewicz, W. Mittig, R. Ostendorf, Y.
       Schutz, J. van Pol, H. W. Wilschut, J. Díaz, J. L. Ferrero, and A. Marín,
       Nucl. Phys. A569, 123c (1994)
 30. Neutron Efficiency of BaF₂ Detectors for energies between 15–150 MeV
       R. A. Kryger, A. Azhari, E. Ramakrishnan, M. Thoennessen, and S. Yokoyama,
       Nucl. Instr. Meth.  A346, 544 (1994)
1995
 31. Parallel Momentum Distributions as a Probe of Halo Wave Functions
       J. H. Kelley, Sam. M. Austin, R. A. Kryger, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, J.
       S. Winfield, J. A. Winger, and B. M. Young,
       Phys. Rev. Lett., 74, 30 (1995)
 32. Ground State Two Proton Decay of ¹²O
       R. A. Kryger, A. Azhari, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, T. Kubo, R. Pfaff, E. Ramakrishnan, B. M. Sherrill, M.
       Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, R. J. Charity, J. Dempsey, A. Kirov, N. Robertson, D. G. Sarantites, L. G.
       Sobotka, and J. A. Winger,
       Phys. Rev. Lett., 74, 860, (1995)
 33. The one-neutron halo of ¹⁹C
       D. Bazin, B. A. Brown, J. Brown, M. Fauerbach, M. Hellström, S. E. Hirzebruch, J. H. Kelley, R. A.
       Kryger, D. J. Morrissey, R. Pfaff, C. F. Powell, B. M. Sherrill, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 74, 3569 (1995)
 34. Decay of ¹⁶⁰Er* in ¹⁶O+¹⁴⁴Nd and ⁶⁴Ni+⁹⁶Zr fusion reactions
       J. L. Barreto, N. G. Nicolis, D. G. Sarantites, R. J. Charity. L. G. Sobotka, D. W. Stracener, D. C. Hensley,
       J.R. Beene, C. Baktash, M. Halbert, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 51, 2584 (1995).
 35. Momentum Distributions of ⁹Li Fragments from the Breakup of ¹¹Li and the Neutron Halo
       N. A. Orr, N. Anantaraman, Sam M. Austin, C. A. Bertulani, K. Hanold, J. H. Kelley, R. A. Kryger, D. J.
       Morrissey, B. M. Sherrill, G. A. Souliotis, M. Steiner, M. Thoennessen, J. S. Winfield, J. A. Winger, and B.
       M. Young,
       Phys. Rev. C 51, 3116 (1995)
 36. Dynamical Effects in Fusion Reactions Forming ¹¹⁰Sn
       M. Thoennessen, E. Ramakrishnan, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, D. J. Horen, P. E. Mueller,
       and R. L. Varner,
       Phys. Rev. C 51, 3148 (1995)
 37. Reply to “Comment on Threshold for Dissipative Fission”
       M. Thoennessen, and G. F. Bertsch,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 75, 971 (1995)
 38. Studies of Light Nuclei Beyond the Particle Driplines: The Two-Proton Emitter ¹²O
       R. A. Kryger, A. Azhari, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, T. Kubo, R. Pfaff, E. Ramakrishnan, B. M. Sherrill, M.
       Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, R. J. Charity, J. Dempsey, A. Kirov, N. Robertson, D. G. Sarantites, L. G.
       Sobotka, and J. A. Winger,
       Nucl. Instr. Meth.  B99, 312 (1995)
 39. Dynamical Effects in the Population of Compound Nuclei
       M. Thoennessen,
       Acta Physica Hungarica, Heavy Ion Physics, 2, 315 (1995)
 40. Multistep Scattering in the 160 MeV ²⁰⁸Pb(a,a') Reaction
       M. B. Chadwick, M. Hussein, E. Ramakrishnan, T. Baumann, A. Azhari, R. A. Kryger, R. Pfaff, M.
       Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, J. R. Beene, M. L. Halbert, P. E. Mueller, D. W. Stracener, R. L. Varner, G.
       van Buren, R. J. Charity, P.-F. Hua, D. G. Sarantites, and L. G. Sobotka,
       Acta Physica Hungarica, Heavy Ion Physics, 2, 347 (1995)
1996
 41. First Study of Heavy-Ion Mirror Charge Exchange
       M. Steiner, Sam. M. Austin, D. Bazin, W. Benenson, C. A. Bertulani, J. A. Brown, M. Fauerbach, M.
       Hellström,  E. Kashy, J. H. Kelley, R. A. Kryger, T. Kubo, N. A. Orr, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill, M.
       Thoennessen,  S. J. Yennello, B. M. Young, P. Zecher, D. J. Morrissey, and C. Powell,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 26 (1996)
 42. Giant Dipole Resonance Built on Highly Excited States of ¹²⁰Sn Nuclei Populated by Inelastic a Scattering
       E. Ramakrishnan, T. Baumann, A. Azhari, R. A. Kryger, R. Pfaff, M. Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, J. R.
       Beene,  M. L. Halbert, D. W. Stracener, P. E. Mueller, R. L. Varner, R. J. Charity, J. F. Dempsey, D. G.
       Sarantites, and L. G. Sobotka,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 76, 2025 (1996)
 43. Dynamical Timescales in Hot Rotating Nuclei
       M. Thoennessen,
       Nucl. Phys. A599, 1c (1996)
 44. Giant Dipole Resonance in Excited ²⁰⁸Pb and ¹²⁰Sn Nuclei Populated by Inelastic a Scattering
       E. Ramakrishnan, T. Baumann, A. Azhari, R. A. Kryger, R. Pfaff, M. Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, J. R.
       Beene,  M. L. Halbert, P. E. Mueller, D. W. Stracener, R. L. Varner, G. Van Buren, R. J. Charity, J. F.
       Dempsey, P.-F. Hua, D. G. Sarantites, and L. G. Sobotka,
       Nucl. Phys. A599, 49c (1996)
 45. Upper Limit of the Lifetime of ¹⁶B
       R. A. Kryger, A. Azhari, J. Brown, J. Caggiano, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, and
       M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 53, 1971 (1996)
 46. Temperature Dependence of the Giant Dipole Resonance Width in ²⁰⁸Pb
       E. Ramakrishnan, A. Azhari, J. R. Beene, R. J. Charity, M. L. Halbert, P.-F. Hua, R. A. Kryger, P. E.
       Mueller, R. Pfaff, D. G. Sarantites, L. G. Sobotka, M. Thoennessen, G. van Buren, R. L. Varner, and S.
       Yokoyama,
       Phys. Lett. B 383, 252 (1996)
 47. Computer-Assisted Assignments in a Large Physics Class
       M. Thoennessen and M. J. Harrison,
       Computers Educ., 27, 141 (1996)
 48. New Region of Strong Deformation: The Neutron-rich Sulfur Isotopes
       H. Scheit, T. Glasmacher, B. A. Brown, J. A. Brown, P. D. Cottle, R. Harkewicz, M. Hellström, R. Ibbotson,
       J.K. Jewell, K. W. Kemper, D.J. Morrissey, M. Steiner, P. Thirolf, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3967 (1996)
 49. Study of the Breakup Reaction 8B -> 7Be + p: Absorption Effects and E2 Strength
        J . H. Kelley, Sam. M. Austin, A. Azhari, D. Bazin, J. A. Brown, H. Esbensen, M. Fauerbach, M. Hellström,
       S. E. Hirzebruch, R. A. Kryger, D. J. Morrissey, R. Pfaff, C. F. Powell, E. Ramakrishnan, B. M. Sherrill,
       M. Steiner, T. Suomijarvi, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 5020 (1996)
 50. Entrance-Channel Mass-Asymmetry Dependence of Compound Nucleus Formation Time in Light
       Heavy-Ion Reactions
       Szanto de Toledo, B. C. Carlson, C. Beck, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 54, 3290 (1996)
1997
 51. Giant Dipole Resonance in Excited ¹²⁰Sn and ²⁰⁸Pb Nuclei Populated by Inelastic Alpha Scattering
       T. Baumann, E. Ramakrishnan, and M. Thoennessen,
       Acta Physica Polonica  B 28, 197 (1997)
 52. Excitation and Decay of the First Excited State of ¹⁷Ne
       M. J. Chromik, B. A. Brown, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, R. Ibbotson, H. Scheit, M. Thoennessen, and P.
       Thirolf
       Phys. Rev. C 55, 1676 (1997)
 53. Coulomb Excitation of the One-Neutron Halo Nucleus ¹¹Be
       M. Fauerbach, M. J. Chromik, T. Glasmacher, P. G. Hansen, R. W. Ibbotson, D. J. Morrissey, H. Scheit, P.
       Thirolf, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 56, R1 (1997)
 54. Reaction Cross Sections and Radii for f-p Shell Exotic Neutron Rich Nuclei
       Licot, N. Added, N. Carlin, G. M. Crawley, S. Danczyk, J. Finck, D. Hirata, H. Laurent, M. M. de Moura,
       H. R. Schelin, J. Stasko, A. A. P. Suaide, A. Szanto de Toledo, E. M. Szanto, M. Thoennessen, and J. Winger
       Phys. Rev. C 56, 250 (1997)
 55. Fission Dynamics Using the Decay of the Giant Dipole Resonance
       R. Morton, A. Buda, P. Paul, N. P. Shaw, J. R. Beene, N. Gan, M. L. Halbert, D. W. Stracener, R. L.
       Varner, M. Thoennessen, P. Thirolf, and I. Dioszegi,
       J. Phys. G: Nucl. Part. Phys. 23, 1383 (1997)
 56. Using Networked Tools to Enhance Student Success Rates in Large Classes
       E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, Y. Tsai, N. E. Davis, and S. L. Wolfe,
       IEEE Transactions on Education, p. 233, IEEE catalog number 97CH36099, ISBN 0-7803-4086-8 (1997)
1998
 57. Quadrupole Collectivity in ^32,34,36,38Si and the N=20 Shell Closure
       R. W. Ibbotson, T. Glasmacher, B. A. Brown, L. Chen, M. J. Chromik, P. D. Cottle, M. Fauerbach, K. W.
       Kemper, D. J. Morrissey, H. Scheit, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 80, 2081 (1998)
 58. Application of Technology and Asynchronous Learning Networks in Large Lecture Classes
       M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, Y. Tsai, and N. E. Davis,
       IEEE Computer Society Press,
       p. 231, IEEE catalog number 98TB100216, ISBN 0-8186-8233-7 (1998)
 59. Proton Decay of States in ¹¹N
       A. Azhari, T. Baumann, J. A. Brown, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, R. A. Kryger, D. J. Millener, H. Madani, E.
       Ramakrishnan, D. E. Russ, T. Suomijarvi, M. Thoennessen, and S. Yokoyama,
       Phys. Rev. C 57, 628 (1998)
 60. Using Networked Tools to Promote Student Success in Large Classes
       E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, Y. Tsai, N. E. Davis, and S. L. Wolfe,
       Journal of Engineering Education 87, 385 (1998)
 61. Evolution of the Giant Dipole Resonance in Excited ¹²⁰Sn and ²⁰⁸Pb Nuclei Populated by Inelastic Alpha
       Scattering
       T. Baumann, E. Ramakrishnan, A. Azhari, J. R. Beene, R. J. Charity, J. F. Dempsey, M. L. Halbert, P.-F.
       Hua, R. A. Kryger, P. E. Mueller, R. Pfaff, D. G. Sarantites, L. G. Sobotka, D. W. Stracener, M.
       Thoennessen, G. van Buren, R. L. Varner, and S. Yokoyama,
       Nucl. Phys. A635, 428, (1998)
 62. Breakup of  ¹¹Be : Prompt or Delayed?
       J. E. Bush, P. A. Hausladen, D. P. Balamuth, K. R. Pohl, D. Bazin, J. A. Brown, J. Caggiano, L. Chen, B. S.
       Davids, D. J. Morrissey, B. M. Sherrill, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. Lett. 81, 61 (1998)
 63. On the Temperature Dependence of the GDR in ¹²⁰Sn
       G. Gervais, M. Thoennessen and W. E. Ormand,
       Phys. Rev. C 58, R1377 (1998)
 64. Decay of the ¹²O Ground State
       A. Azhari, R. A. Kryger, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 58, 2568 (1998)
1999
 65. Population of ¹⁰Li by Fragmentation
       M. Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, A. Azhari, T. Baumann, J. Brown, A. Galonsky, P. G. Hansen, J. H. Kelley,
       R. A. Kryger, E. Ramakrishnan, and P. Thirolf
       Phys. Rev. C 59, 111 (1999)
 66. Excitation-Energy Dependent Strength-Function Analysis of Hot GDR Experiments
       G. Gervais, M. Thoennessen and W. E. Ormand,
       Nucl. Phys. A649, 173c (1999)
 67. Strong absorption radii from reaction cross section measurements for neutron-rich nuclei
       N. Aissaoui, N. Added, N. Carlin, G. M. Crawley, S. Danczyk, J. Finck, M. M. de Moura, D. Hirata,
       D. J. Morrissey, S. J. Sanders, J. Stasko, M. Steiner, A. A. P. Suaide, E. M. Szanto, A. Szanto de Toledo,
       M. Thoennessen, and J. A. Winger
       Phys. Rev. C 60, 034614  (1999)
 68. Impact of Asynchronous Learning Networks in Large Lecture Classes
       M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, Y. Tsai, and N. E. Davis,
       Jour. Group Decision and Negotiation 8, 371 (1999)
2000
69.  Statistical Analysis of the Hot GDR with the Phonon Damping Model
       N. Dinh Dang, K. Eisenman, J. Seitz, and M. Thoennessen,
       Phys. Rev. C 61, 027302 (2000)
70.  Nuclear Viscosity of hot Rotating ²⁴⁰Cf
       N. P. Shaw, I. Diószegi, I. Mazumdar, A. Buda, C. R. Morton, J. Velkovska, A. Broderick, V. Ziskin,
       J. R. Beene, N. Gan, D. W. Stracener, R. L. Varner, M. Thoennessen, and P. Paul,
       Phys. Rev. C 61, 044612 (2000)
71.  Crossing the dripline to ¹¹N using elastic resonance scattering
       L. Axelsson, S. Baxter, M. J. G. Borge, C. Donzaud, S. Fayans, H. O. U. Fynbo, V. Z. Goldberg, S. Grévy,
       D. Guillemaud-Mueller, B. Jonson, K.-M. Källman, S. Leenhardt, M. Lewitowicz, T. Lönnroth, P. Manngård,
       K. Markenroth, I. Martel, A. C. Mueller, I. Mukha, T. Nilsson, G. Nyman, N. A. Orr, K. Riisager,
       G. V. Rogatchev, M.-G. Saint-Laurent, I. N. Serikov, O. Sorlin, M. Steiner, O. Tengblad, M. Thoennessen,
       E. Tryggestad, W. H. Trzaska, F. Wenander, J. S. Winfield, R. Wolski,
       Phys. Rev. C 62, 034308 (2000)
72.  Spin and Excitation Energy Dependence of Fission Survival for the ¹⁹F + ¹⁷⁵Lu System
       S. K. Hui, C. R. Bhuinya, A. K. Ganguly, N. Madhavan, J. J. Das, P. Sugathan, D. O. Kataria, S. Murlithar,
       L. T. Baby, V. Tripathi, A. Jhingan, A. K. Sinha, P. V. Madhusudhana Rao, N. V. S. V. Prasad,
       A. M. VinodKumar, R. Singh, M. Thoennessen, and G. Gervais,
       Phys. Rev. C 62, 054604 (2000)
73.  Implementing a Large On-Campus ALN: Faculty Perspective
       E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, G. Albertelli and Y. Tsai
       Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 4, Issue 3, ISSN 1092-8235 (2000)

74. A Compact Sweeper Magnet for Nuclear Physics
      A. F. Zeller, J. C. DeKamp, M. Thoennessen, B. M. Sherrill, P. G. Hansen, M. Bird,
      Y. Eyassa, S. W. Van Sciver, and K. W. Kemper,
      Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 45, 643 (2000)
2001 
75. First Evidence for Low Lying s-Wave Strength in ¹³Be
       M. Thoennessen, S. Yokoyama, and P. G. Hansen,
       Phys. Rev. C63, 014308 (2001)

  76. Excitation of the Isovector Giant Quadrupole Resonance in ²⁰⁸Pb by Coulomb Inelastic Scattering
R. L. Varner, J. R. Beene, M. Chartier, J. F. Liang, D. Shapira, D. Bazin, B. Blank, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, P. A. DeYoung, and G. F. Peaslee,
Nucl. Phys. A687, 140c (2001)

  77. Temperature Dependence of the GDR Width in ¹²⁰Sn
P. Heckman, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, Y. Blumenfeld, M. L. Halbert, J. F. Liang, E. Mohrmann, T. Nakamura, B. M. Sherrill, K. A. Snover, M. Thoennessen, E. Tryggestad, and R. L. Varner
Nucl. Phys. A687, 225c (2001)

  78. Dipole Strength Function in ²⁰O
E. Tryggestad, T. Aumann, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, Y. Blumenfeld, M. Chartier, M. L. Halbert, J. F. Liang, D. C. Radford, D. Shapira, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, and R. L. Varner
Nucl. Phys. A687, 231c (2001)

  79. Evidence for an l=0 Ground State in ⁹He
L. Chen, B. Blank, B. A. Brown, M. Chartier, A. Galonsky, P. G. Hansen, and M. Thoennessen
Phys. Lett. B505, 21 (2001)  

 80. Reply to `Comment on “Spin and Excitation Energy Dependence of Fission Survival for the ¹⁹F + ¹⁷⁵Lu System” ‘
S. K. Hui, A. K. Sinha, M. Thoennessen, G. Gervais, A. K. Ganguly, N. Madhavan, S. Murlithar, D. O. Kataria, C. R. Bhuinya, Lagy T. Baby, Vandana Tripathi, P. V. Madhusudhana Rao, N. V. S. V. Prasad, A. M. Vinodkumar, Akhil Jhingan, P. Sugathan, J. J. Das, and R. Singh 

        Phys. Rev. C64, 019802 (2001)

 81. Identification of the ¹⁰Li Ground State
M. Chartier, J. R. Beene, B. Blank, L. Chen, A. Galonsky, N. Gan, P. G. Hansen, J. Kruse, V. Maddalena, M. Thoennessen, and R. L. Varner
Phys. Lett. B510, 24 (2001)

 82. Structral Design and Analysis of Compact Sweeper Magnet for Nuclear Physics
S. Prestemon, M. D. Bird, D. G. Crook, Y. M. Eyssa, J. C. DeKamp, L. Morris, M. Thoennessen, and A. F. Zeller,
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 11, 1721 (2001)

 83. Catching Energetic Heavy-Ion Beams in Gas
T. Baumann, M. J. Chromik, R. Clement, C. Freigang, P. Heckman, J. P. Seitz, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, and E. J. Tryggestad
Nucl. Instr. and Methods B184, 473 (2001)

 84. Physics Opportunities with Fast Fragmentation Beams from RIA
M. Thoennessen,

        Rev. Mex. Fís. 47, Suppl. 2, 110 (2001)

 85. Teaching with ALN Technology: Benefits and Costs
D. A. Kashy, G. Albertelli, E. Kashy and M. Thoennessen
Journal of Engineering Education, 89, 499 (2001)

2002 

86.  Physics with the Rare Isotope Accelerator
M. Thoennessen,
Advances in Cryogenic Engineering 47, 25 (2002)

87. Improving Neutron Detection Efficiency by Using Passive Converters
T. Baumann, H. Ikeda, M. Kurokawa, M. Miura, T. Nakamura, Y. Nishi, S. Nishimura, A. Ozawa, T. Sugimoto, I. Tanihata and M. Thoennessen
Nucl. Instr. And Methods B192, 339 (2002)

88. Stopping Energetic Beams in Gas
T. Baumann, M. J. Chromik, R. Clement, C. Freigang, P. Heckman, J. P. Seitz, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, and E. J. Tryggestad
Nucl. Phys. A701, 282c (2002)

89. Final Design of a Compact Sweeper Magnet for Nuclear Physics
J. Toth, M. D. Bird, J. R. Miller, S. Prestemon, J. C. DeKamp, L. Morris, M. Thoennessen, and A. Zeller,
IEEE Transactions on Applied Superconductivity 12, 341 (2002)

90. Low-lying Dipole Srength in ²⁰O
E. Tryggestad, T. Aumann, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, Y. Blumenfeld, B. A. Brown, M. Chartier, M. L. Halbert, P. Heckman, J. F. Liang, D. C. Radford, D. Shapira, M. Thoennessen, and R. L. Varner
Phys. Lett. B541, 52 (2002)

91. Two proton spectroscopy of low-lying states in ¹⁷Ne
M. J. Chromik, P. G. Thirolf, M. Thoennessen, B. A. Brown, T. Davinson, D. Gassmann, P. Heckman, J. Prisciandaro, P. Reiter, E. Tryggestad, and P. J. Woods
Phys. Rev. C 66, 024313 (2002)

2003 

92. Influence of Non-moderated and Moderated Discussion Sites on Student Success
D. Kashy, G. Albertelli, W. Bauer, E. Kashy, and M. Thoennessen,
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks 7, 31 (2003)

93. First Low Temperature Measurement of the GDR Width
P. Heckman, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, R. L. Varner, Y. Blumenfeld, M. J. Chromik, M. L. Halbert, J. F. Liang, E. Mohrmann, T. Nakamura, A. Navin, B. M. Sherrill, K. A. Snover, M. Thoennessen, and E. Tryggestad
Phys. Lett. B555, 43 (2003)

94. Radiative Fusion from Very Symmetric Reactions: The Giant Di0pole Resonance in the ¹⁹⁷Au Nucleus
F. Camera, A. Bracco, V. Nanal, M. Carpenter, F. Della Vedova, S. Leoni, B. Million, S. Mantovani, M. Pignanelli, O. Wieland, B. B. Back, A. M. Heinz, R. V .F. Janssen, D. Jenkins, T. L. Khoo, F. G. Kondev, T. Lauritsen, C. J. Lister, B. McClintock, S. Mitsuoka, E. F. Moore, D. Seweryniak, R. H. Siemssen, R. J. Van Swol, D. Hofman, M. Thoennessen, K. Eisenman, P. Heckman, J. Seitz, R. Varner, M. Halbert, I. Dioszegi, A. Lopez-Martens
Phys. Lett. B560, 155 (2003)

95. Using Passive Converters to Enhance Detection Efficiency of 100-MeV Neutrons
T. Baumann, H. Ikeda, M. Kurokawa, M. Miura, T. Nakamura, Y. Nishi, S. Nishimura, A. Ozawa, T. Sugimoto, I. Tanihata and M. Thoennessen
Nucl. Instr. And Methods A505, 25 (2003)

96. MONA: The Modular Neutron Detector
B. Luther, T. Baumann, M. Thoennessen, J. Brown, P. DeYoung, J. Finck, J. Hinnefeld, R. Howes, K. Kemper, P. Pancella, G. Peaslee, W. Rogers and S. Tabor
Nucl. Instr. And Methods A505, 33 (2003)

97. Spectroscopic Factors Measured in Inclusive Proton-Knockout Reactions on ⁸B and ⁹C at Intermediate Energies
J. Enders, T. Baumann, B. A. Brown, N. H. Frank, P. G. Hansen, P. R. Heckman, B. M. Sherrill, A. Stolz, M. Thoennessen, J. A. Tostevin, E. J. Tryggestad, S. Typel, and M. S. Wallace
Phys. Rev. C 67, 064301 (2003)

98. Search for ¹⁶Be
T. Baumann, N. Frank, B. Luther, D. J. Morrissey, J. Seitz, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, J. Stetson, A. Stolz, M. Thoennessen, I. Wiedenhöver
Phys. Rev. C 67, 061303(R) (2003)

99. Low-Lying E1 Strength in ²⁰O
E. Tryggestad, T. Aumann, T. Baumann, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, Y. Blumenfeld, M. Chartier, M. L. Halbert, P. Heckman, T. A. Lewis, J. F. Liang, D. C. Radford, D. Shapira, M. Thoennessen, and R. L. Varner
Phys. Rev. C 67, 064309 (2003)

100. Investigation of Neutron-Rich Oxygen and Fluorine Isotopes
M. Thoennessen, T. Baumann, J. Enders, N. H. Frank, P. Heckman, J. P. Seitz, A. Stolz and E. Tryggestad
Nucl. Phys. A, accepted for publication (2003)



 

 

Conference Proceedings
 

1991
 1.  Observation of Entrance Channel Effects in Compound Nucleus Formation with High Energy g-rays
      M. Thoennessen, J. R. Beene, R. L. Auble, F. E. Bertrand, C. Baktash, M. L. Halbert, D. J. Horen, C. A.
      Ludemann, D. Sarantites, D. Stracener and W. Spang,
      Nuclear Structure and Heavy Ion Dynamics, Edited by R. R. Betts and J. J. Kolata, Institute of Physics
      Conference Series 109, p. 135, Adam Hilger 1991.
 2.  Heavy-Ion Excitation and Photon Decay of Giant Resonances
      M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the Fourth Workshop on Radiative Capture 1990, Compiled by S. A. Wender, S. Gossett
      and  J. Feldman,
      LA-12111-C, Conference, p. 345, LANL, Los Alamos, New Mexico (1991).
 3.  The GDR as a Probe for Reaction Dynamical Effects
      M. Thoennessen and J. R. Beene,
      Slide Report of the Notre Dame Workshop on Giant Resonances and Related Phenomena, Oct. 21-23,
      1991, Notre Dame, Indiana, Edited by U. Garg.
1992
 4.  Dissipation and the Population of Compound Nuclei
      M. Thoennessen and J. R. Beene,
      Advances in Nuclear Dynamics, Proceedings of the 8th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, p. 1, Edited
      by W. Bauer and B. Back, World Scientific 1992.
 5.  The Mechanism for the Disassembly of Excited ¹⁶O Projectiles into Four Alpha Particles
      R. J. Charity, J. L. Barreto, L. G. Sobotka, D. G. Sarantites, D. W. Stracener, A. Chibihi, N. G. Nicolis, R.
      L. Auble, C. Baktash, J. R. Beene, F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, D. C. Hensley, D. H. Horen, C.
      Ludemann,  M. Thoennessen, and R. Varner,
      Advances in Nuclear Dynamics, Proceedings of the 8th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, p. 56,
      Edited by W. Bauer and B. Back, World Scientific 1992.
 6.  Studies of Nuclei far from Stability using Radioactive Beams at the NSCL
      B. M. Sherrill, Sam M. Austin, D. Bazzin, W. Benenson, Y. Chen, R. Harkewicz, E. Kashy, J. H. Kelley, R.
      A. Kryger, M. F. Mohar, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, G. A. Souliotis, M. Steiner, M. Thoennessen, J. S.
      Winfield, J. A. Winger, S. J. Yennello, and B. M. Young,
      6th Int. Conf. on Nucl. far from Stability and 9th Int. Conf. on Atomic Masses and Fundamental Constants, p.
      891, Institute of Physics Conference Series 132.
1993
 7.  Nuclear Dissipation and the Giant Dipole Resonance
      M. Thoennessen and J. R. Beene,
      Proceedings of the Symposium on Reflections and Directions in Low Energy Heavy-Ion Physics, p. 149,
      Edited by J. H. Hamilton, H. K. Carter, L. L. Riedinger, and R. L. Robinson, World Scientific (1993).
 8.  Mass of ¹⁰Li and ¹¹Li
      W. Benenson, B. M. Young, T. Kubo, J. H. Kelley, N. A. Orr, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, J.
      Stetson,  M. Thoennessen, J. S. Winfield, S. J. Yennello, and A. Zeller,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 307, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
 9.  The Parallel Momentum Distribution of ^-10Be Fragments from the Breakup of ¹¹Be
      J. H. Kelley, Sam M. Austin, R. A. Kryger, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, J. S.
      Winfield, J. A. Winger, and B. M. Young,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 345, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
10. Neutron Decay of ¹⁰Li Produced by Fragmentation
      R. A. Kryger, A. Azhari, A. Galonsky, J. H. Kelley, R. Pfaff, E. Ramakrishnan, D. Sackett, B. M. Sherrill, M.
      Thoennessen, J. A. Winger, and S. Yokoyama,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 371, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
11. Fragment Momentum Distributions from the Breakup of Halo Nuclei
      N. A. Orr, N. Anantaraman, Sam M. Austin, C. A. Bertulani, K. Hanold, J. H. Kelley, J. J. Kolata, R. A.
      Kryger, D. J. Morrissey, B. M. Sherrill, G. A. Souliotis, M. Thoennessen, J. S. Winfield, J. A. Winger, and B.
      M. Young,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 389, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
12. The Mirror Charge-Exchange Reaction ¹³C(¹³N,¹³C)¹³N at E = 57 MeV/Nucleon
      M. Steiner, W. Benenson, C. A. Bertulani, M. Fauerbach, M. Hellström, E. Kashy, J. H. Kelley, R. A.
      Kryger, T.  Kubo, N. A. Orr, C. Powell, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill, M. Thoennessen, S. J. Yennello, B. M.
      Young, and P. Zecher,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 419, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
13. Isomeric State Populations of Products from Intermediate Energy Fragmentation Reactions
      B. M. Young, W. Bauer, W. Benenson, M. Hellström, R. Pfaff, R. Ronningen, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner,
      and M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 437, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
14. The Search for the Termination Point of the rp-Process: Halflife Measurements for ⁶¹Ga, ⁶³Ge, and ⁶⁵As
      J. A. Winger, D. P. Bazin, W. Benenson, G. M. Crawley, D. J. Morrissey, N. A. Orr, R. Pfaff, B. M. Sherrill,
      M. Thoennessen, S. J. Yennello, and B. M. Young,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams, p. 507, Edited by D. J.
      Morrissey, Editions Frontieres (1993).
1994 
15. Study of the Giant Dipole Resonance Built on Highly Excited States via Inelastic a-Scattering
      M. Thoennessen, E. Ramakrishnan, T. Baumann, A. Azhari, R. A. Kryger, R. Pfaff, S. Yokoyama, J. R. Beene,
      F. E. Bertrand, M. L. Halbert, G. van Buren, R. J. Charity, J. F. Dempsey, P-F. Hua, D. G. Sarantites, and L.
      G. Sobotka,
      Proceedings of the IV. International Conference on Selected Topics in Nuclear Structure, Edited by V.G.
      Soloviev, Dubna Press E4-94-370, p. 224, Dubna (1994).
16. Isomer Production in Fragmentation Reactions
      W. Benenson, D. Bazin, J. H. Kelley, D. J. Morrisey, N. A. Orr, R. Ronningen, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, M.
      Thoennessen, J. A. Winger, S. J. Yennello, B. M. Young, I. Tanihata, X. X. Bai, N. Inabe, T. Kubo, C.-B.
      Moon, S. Shimoura, T. Suzuki, R. N. Boyd, and K. Subotic,
      Advances in Nuclear Dynamics, Proceedings of the 10th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, p. 175,
      Edited by J. Harris, A. Mignerey and W. Bauer, World Scientific 1994.
1995
17. High Resolution Peak Sensing Analog-to-Digital Converter
      A. McGilvra, A. Azhari, P. Bruder, M. Fiasky, R. Fox, T. Glasmacher, T. Jamison, C. Montoya, M.
      Thoennessen, A. VanderMolen, A. Mignerey, and E. Norbeck,
      Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Conference on Real-Time Computer Applications in Nuclear Particle and
      Plasma  Physics, p. 70, Michigan State University, East Lansing (1995).
1996
18. Mass Measurements Beyond the Driplines
      M. Thoennessen, A. Azhari, T. Baumann, J. A. Brown, A. Galonsky, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, R. A.
      Kryger, H. Madani, E. Ramakrishnan, D. Russ, T. Suomijarvi, P. Thirolf, and S. Yokoyama,
      Proceedings of the International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses,
      p.237, Edited by M. de Saint Simon and O. Sorlin, Editions Frontieres (1996).
19. Nuclear Structure of Particle Unstable Nuclei
      M. Thoennessen, A. Azhari, T. Baumann, J. A. Brown, J. Caggiano, M. Hellström, J. H. Kelley, R. A.
      Kryger, H. Madani, E. Ramakrishnan, D. Russ, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, T. Suomijarvi, P. Thirolf, and S.
      Yokoyama,
      Proceedings of the International Workshop XXIV on Gross Properties of Nuclei and Nuclear Excitations,
      p. 314,  Edited by H. Feldmeier, J. Knoll, and W. Nörenberg, Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung,
      Darmstadt,  ISSN 0720-8715, (1996).
20. The Nucleus ⁸B Studied by Fragmentation Reactions at 41 A MeV
      J. H. Kelley, Sam. M. Austin, A. Azhari, D. Bazin, J. A. Brown, H. Esbensen, M. Fauerbach, M. Hellström,
      S. E. Hirzebruch, R. A. Kryger, D. J. Morrissey, R. Pfaff, C. F. Powell, E. Ramakrishnan, B. M. Sherrill, M.
      Steiner, T. Suomijarvi, and M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the XXXIV International Winter Meeting on Nuclear Physics, p. 355, Edited by I. Iori,
      Ricerca Scientifica ed Educazione Permanente Supplemento N. 106, Bormio, Italy (1996).
1997
21. Deformation in the Neutron-Rich Sulfur Isotopes ⁴⁰S and ⁴²S
      T. Glasmacher, H. Scheit, B. A. Brown, J. A. Brown, P. D. Cottle, R. Harkewicz, M. Hellström, R. Ibbotson,
      J. K. Jewell, K. W. Kemper, D.J. Morrissey, M. Steiner, P. Thirolf, and M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the Conference on Nuclear Structure at the Limits, p. 306, Argonne National Laboratory,
      ANL/PHY-97/1 Argonne (1997).
22. Dynamical Fission Timescales in Hot Rotating Nuclei
      M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Dynamical Aspects of Nuclear Fission,
      Edited by J. Kliman  and Boris I. Pustylnik, Dubna Press (1997).
23. Coulomb Excitation of Neutron Rich Light Nuclei
      T. Glasmacher, H. Scheit, B. A. Brown, J. A. Brown, P. D. Cottle, P. G. Hansen, R. Harkewicz, M.
      Hellström, R. Ibbotson, J. K. Jewell, K. W. Kemper, D. J. Morrissey, M. Steiner, P. Thirolf, and M.
      Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry,
      Edited by J. L. Duggan and I. L. Morgan, AIP Conference Proceedings  392, 349 (1997).
24. ALN Use for Individual Student Contact in a Large Class
      M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, Y. Tsai, N. E. Davis, and S. L. Wolfe,
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks,
      http://www.aln.org/conf97/proceedings.htm
1998
25. Halo States and Exotic Decay Modes in Light Nuclei
      M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of the International School on Heavy Ion Physics, 4^th Course: Exotic Nuclei, (1998).
26. Giant Resonances
      M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of the Workshop on GRETA Physics, A Slide Report, LBNL-41700, CONF-980228,
      p.319,  edited by P. Fallon (1998).
27. New Evidence for Parity Inversion in ¹⁰Li from ⁹Li and g-Ray Coincidences
      M. Chartier, B. Blank, L. Chen, A. Galonsky, K. Govaert, P. G. Hansen, J. Kruse, V. Maddalena, M.
      Thoennessen, J. Beene, N. Gan, R. Varner,
      Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, edited by B. M.
      Sherrill, D. J. Morrissey, and C. N. Davids, AIP Conference Proceedings 455, p. 221 (1998)
28. Measurement of the E1 Strength Function of ¹¹Be
      R. L. Varner, N. Gan, J. R. Beene, M. L. Halbert, D. W. Stracener, A. Azhari, E. Ramakrishnan, P. Thirolf,
      M. Thoennessen, and S. Yokoyama,
      Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, edited by B. M.
      Sherrill,  D. J. Morrissey, and C. N. Davids, AIP Conference Proceedings 455, p. 245 (1998)
29. Evidence for Two-Proton Decay of the First Excited State of  ¹⁷Ne
      M. J. Chromik, P. G. Thirolf, M. Thoennessen, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, R. Ibbotson, R. A. Kryger, H.
      Scheit, and P. J. Woods,
      Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, edited by B. M.
      Sherrill,  D. J. Morrissey, and C. N. Davids, AIP Conference Proceedings 455, p. 286 (1998)
30. Final-State Interactions in ⁹He
      L. Chen, K. Govaert, B. Blank, M. Chartier, A. Galonsky, P. G. Hansen, J. Kruse, V. Maddalena, M.
      Thoennessen, K. Ieki, Y. Iwata, Y. Higurashi, S. Takeuchi, F. Deak, A. Horvath, A. Kiss, and Z. Seres,
      Proceedings of the 2^nd International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, edited by B. M.
      Sherrill,  D. J. Morrissey, and C. N. Davids, AIP Conference Proceedings 455, p. 323 (1998)
31. Evidence of Enhanced Productivity in a 500-Student Lecture Course
      E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, Y. Tsai, N. E. Davis, and G. Albertelli,
      Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks,
      http://www.aln.org/conf98/proceedings.htm
1999
32. Two-Proton Decay of the First Excited State of ¹⁷Ne
      M. J. Chromik, P. G. Thirolf, M. Thoennessen, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, R. Ibbotson, R. A. Kryger, H.
      Scheit, and P. J. Woods,
      Proceedings of the International Conference on Nuclear Structure '98,
      edited by C. Baktash, American Institute of Physics Series 481, p. 187 (1999).
33. Giant Dipole Resonance in Exotic Nuclei: ¹¹Be
      R. L. Varner, N. Gan, J. R. Beene, M. L. Halbert, D. W. Stracener, A. Azhari, E. Ramakrishnan, P. Thirolf,
      M. Thoennessen, and S. Yokoyama,
      Proceedings of the International Workshop on Collective Excitations in Fermi and Bose Systems,
      edited by C. Bertulani, p. 264, World Scientific (1999).
34. Experimental Developments of Hot GDR Experiments
      M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of the RIKEN Symposium on Selected Topics in Nuclear Collective Excitations
      edited by N. Dinh Dang, U. Garg and S. Yamaji,
      RIKEN Review 23, 132 (1999)
35. Summary of the Hot GDR Workshop
      A. L. Goodman and M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of the RIKEN Symposium on Selected Topics in Nuclear Collective Excitations
      edited by N. Dinh Dang, U. Garg and S. Yamaji,
      RIKEN Review 23, 172 (1999)
36. Response to Student Attacks on On-Campus ALNs
      M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, G. Albertelli II, and Y. Tsai
      Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks,  (1999)
      http://www.aln.org/alnconf99/proceedings/

2000
37. Particle-Unbound Clusters Far-Off Stability
      P. G. Thirolf, M. J. Chromik, M. Thoennessen, M. Fauerbach, T. Glasmacher, R. Ibbotson,
      R. A. Kryger, H. Scheit, and P. J. Woods,
      Proceedings of the 7^th International Conference on Clustering Aspects of Nuclear Structure
      and Dynamics,
      edited by M. Korolija, Z. Basrak, and R. Caplar, World Scientific, p.221 (2000)
38. Two-Proton Decay Experiments at MSU
      M. Thoennessen, M. J. Chromik, and P. G. Thirolf
      Proceedings of the International Symposium on Proton Emitting Nuclei, edited by J. Batchelder,
      AIP Conference Proceedings 518, p. 105 (2000)
39. Implementing a Large On-Campus ALN: Faculty Perspective
      E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, G. Albertelli and Y. Tsai
      On-Line Education: Learning Effectiveness and Faculty Satisfaction, Proceedings of the 1999
      Sloan Summer Workshop on Asynchronous Learning Networks, edited by John Bourne,
      The Sloan Consortium, ALN Center, p.225 (2000).
40. ALN Technology on Campus: Successes and Problems
      E. Kashy, G. Albertelli, M. Thoennessen, Y. Tsai, and D. A. Kashy
      Proceedings of the 2000 Frontiers in Education Conference, IEEE Catalog Number: 00CH37135, 
      ISBN: 0-7803-6424-4, Session S1D (2000)
41. Dissemination of On-Campus ALN: Successes and Misconceptions
      Michael Thoennessen, Ed Kashy, Guy Albertelli, Felicia Berryman,
      Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, 
      http://www.aln.org/alnconf2000/ (2000)

 42.  Network Technology in Teaching: Assessing Costs and Educational Effectiveness
      E. Kashy, M. Thoennessen, G. Albertelli, D. Kashy, L. Gaetner, S. Yennello, and L. Brown
      Presentations of the CEUTT Workshop of the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,
      http://www.ceutt.org/l2meetings.htm
2001
43. Individualized Interactive Exercises: A Promising Role for Network Technology
      D. A. Kashy, G. Albertelli, G. Ashkenazy, E. Kashy H.-K. Ng, and M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the 2001 Frontiers in Education Conference  

      ISBN: 0-7803-6669-7, Session F1C, p. 8 (2001)

44. Physics Beyond the Drip Lines with Fast Exotic Beams
      M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the International Conference on the Structure of the Nucleus at the Dawn of the Century, 
      "Nuclear Structure", edited by G. C. Bonsignori, M. Bruno, A. Ventura and D. Vretenar,

      World Scientific (2001), p.59 (2000).
45. Nuclear Structure at the Dripline
      M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of the RIKEN Symposium and Nuclear Physics at the Drip Lines, 

      edited by H. Sagawa, T. Suzuki, and A. Ozawa, 

      RIKEN Review No. 39, 68 (2001)
46. Nuclear Structure at the Dripline
      M. Thoennessen,
      Proceedings of NP2001, International Conference on Nuclear Structure Physics, 
      edited by R. CastenJ. Jolie, U. Kneissel, and K.-P. Lieb, World Scientific (2001), p.267

2002

47.  Transition Strength of Neutron Unbound States in ¹¹Be
      A. Shrivastava, T. Zerguerras, Y. Blumenfeld, T. Aumann, D. Bazin, M. Chromik, G. Crawley,

      T. Glasmacher, K. W. Kemper, F.   Marechal, D. J. Morrissey, T. Nakamura, A. Navin, E. C. Pollacco,

      D. Santonocito, B. Sherrill, T. Suomijarvi, M. Thoennessen, and R. L. Varner,
      Proceedings of ENAM 2001, p. 173, Edited by J. \”Ayst\”o, P. Dendooven, A. Jokinen and M. Leino,

      (Springer 2002)
48. A Decade of Information Technology in On-Campus Education
      M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, G. Albertelli, and D. A. Kashy,
      InSITE 2002 Education and Information Technology, “Proceedings of the International Symposium on

      Information Technology and Education”, edited by T. Nishimoto, KUT PRESS (2002), p. 63.
      Translation in:
      M. Thoennessen, E. Kashy, G. Albertelli, and D. A. Kashy, InSITE 2002,

      , ,

       (2002), p. 59.
2003
49. High Energy Photons from Very Symmetric Reactions: The Giant Dipole Resonance in the

      Highly Rotating ¹⁷⁹Au Nucleus
      F. Camera, A. Bracco, F. Della Vedova, S. Leoni, B. Million, S. Mantovani, M. Pignanelli, O. Wieland,

      M. Carpenter, D. Hoffman, B. B. Back, F. G. Kondev, T. L. Khoo, C. J. Lister, A. M. Heinz,

      R. V .F. Janssen, D. Jenkins, T. Lauritsen, B. Mcclintock, S. Mitsuoka, E. F. Moore, D. Seweryniak,

      R. Siemssen, R. J. Van Swol, V. Nanal, M. Thoennessen, K. Eisenman, P. Heckman, J. Seitz, R. Varner,

      M. Halbert, I. Dioszegi, A. Lopez-Martens
      Proceedings of the Conference on Frontiers of Nuclear Structure, edited by P. Fallon,

      AIP Conference Proceedings 656 121 (2003).
50. First Low Temperature Measurement of the GDR Width
      P. Heckman, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, R. L. Varner, Y. Blumenfeld, M. J. Chromik, M. L. Halbert,

      J. F. Liang, E. Mohrmann, T. Nakamura, A. Navin, B. M. Sherrill, K. A. Snover, M. Thoennessen,

      and E. Tryggestad
      Proceedings of the Conference on Frontiers of Nuclear Structure, edited by P. Fallon,

      AIP Conference Proceedings 656 113 (2003).
51. Low-Lying Dipole Strength in ²⁰O
      E. Tryggestad, T. Aumann, D. Bazin, J. R. Beene, Y. Blumenfeld, M. Chartier, M. L. Halbert,

      P. Heckman, J. F. Liang, D. C. Radford, D. Shapira, M. Thoennessen, R. L. Varner
      Proceedings of the Conference on Frontiers of Nuclear Structure, edited by P. Fallon,

      AIP Conference Proceedings 656 295 (2003).
52. Search for Limits of Stability: ¹⁶Be
      T. Baumann, N. Frank, B. Luther, D. J. Morrissey, J. Seitz, B. M. Sherrill, M. Steiner, J. Stetson,

      A. Stolz, I. Wiedenhöver, M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei,

      World Scientific (2003).
53. MONA: The Modular Neutron Array at the NSCL
      T. Baumann, J. A. Brown, P. DeYoung, J. E. Finck, J. D. Hinnefeld, R. Howes, K. W. Kemper,

      B. A. Luther, P. V. Pancella, G. F. Peaslee, W. F. Rogers, S. L. Tabor, and M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of CAARI 2002, 17^th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research

      and Industry, AIP Conference Proceedings (2003).
54. Particle Unstable Light Nuclei
      M. Thoennessen
      Proceedings of CAARI 2002, 17^th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research

      and Industry, AIP Conference Proceedings (2003).
55. Battle on the Internet: Should We Continue or Not?
      Proceedings of the Eighth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks,

      http://www.aln.org/conference/proceedings/2002/track5.asp (2003)
56. Explorations Along the Neutron Dripline
      Proceedings of the Third International Balkan School on Nuclear Physics,

      September 17-24, 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece (2003)

 

Invited Talks
 

1990
1.    Observation of Entrance Channel Effects in Compound Nucleus Formation with High Energy g -rays
       Workshop on the Interface between Nuclear Structure and Heavy-Ion Reaction Dynamics, May, 24-26
       1990, Notre Dame University, Notre Dame, Indiana.
2.    Heavy-Ion Excitation and Photon Decay of Giant Resonances
       Workshop on Radiative Capture 1990, Oct. 19-21, 1990, Berkeley Conference Center, Berkeley, California.
1991
3.    Nuclear Dissipation and the Giant Dipole Resonance
       Symposium on Reflections and Directions in Low Energy Heavy Ion Physics, Oct. 14-15, 1991, Oak Ridge,
       Tennessee.
4.    The GDR as a Probe for Reaction Dynamical Effects
       Notre Dame Workshop on Giant Resonances and Related Phenomena, Oct. 21-23, 1991, Notre Dame, Indiana.
1992
5.    Dissipation and the Population of Compound Nuclei
       Eighth Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, Jan. 18-25, 1992, Jackson Hole, Wyoming.
6.    Influence of Dissipation on the Population and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       Rapidly Rotating Nuclei 1992, 21st INS International Symposium, Oct. 26-30, 1992, Tokyo, Japan.
7.    The Hot Giant Dipole Resonance Program at Oak Ridge
       Workshop on Resonant States, Nov. 19-20, 1992, GANIL, Caen, France.
1993
8.    Dynamical Effects in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       Peter Paul Symposium, Mar. 6, 1993, Stony Brook, New York.
9.    High-Energy Target Excitations in Inelastic Alpha Scattering
       Symposium on "Nuclear Structure Research with the New Arrays and Detectors", Meeting of the American
       Chemical Society, Aug. 25, 1993, Chicago, Illinois.
10.  Fission of Hot Nuclei
       Workshop on "Large Amplitude Collective Motion", Institute for Nuclear Theory Program 12, Oct. 1 - Dec
       15, 1993, Seattle, Washington.
11.  Production of Particle Unstable Nuclei
       Workshop on "Reaction Mechanism", Nov. 12-13, 1993, East Lansing, Michigan.
1994
12.  Excitation of the GDR Built on Highly Excited States with Inelastic a-Scattering
      1994 Nuclear Chemistry Gordon Research Conference, June 19-24, 1994, Colby-Sawyer College, New
       Hampshire.
13.  Study of the Giant Dipole Resonance Built on Highly-Excited States via Inelastic a-Scattering
       IV. International Conference on Selected Topics in Nuclear Structure, July 5-9, 1994, Dubna, Russia.
14.  High Energy Gamma Rays as a Probe for Dynamical Effects in Fusion Reactions
       Symposium on "Nuclear Structure and Reactions: The Interface", Meeting of the American Chemical
       Society, Aug. 21-25, 1994, Washington, DC.
15.  Dynamical Effects in Fission of Hot Nuclei
       1994 Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics, Oct. 26-29, 1994,
       Williamsburg, VA.
1995
16.  Giant Resonances Built on Excited States
       Nuclear Physics Town Meeting on Nuclear Structure, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, and Radioactive
       Beams,  Jan. 19-21, 1995, Durham, NC.
17.  Nuclei Beyond the Dripline
       Nuclear Physics Town Meeting on Nuclear Structure, Low Energy Nuclear Reactions, and Radioactive
       Beams,  Jan. 19-21, 1995, Durham, NC.
18.  Excitation Energy Dependence of the GDR Width
       International Workshop on Nuclear Structure at High Temperature, European Centre for Theoretical Studies
       in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Feb. 20 - Mar. 1, 1995, Trento, Italy.
19.  Dynamical Effects in Fission of Hot Nuclei
       International Workshop on Nuclear Structure at High Temperature, European Centre for Theoretical
       Studies in Nuclear Physics and Related Areas, Feb. 20 - Mar. 1, 1995, Trento, Italy.
20.  Physics with Radioactive Beams at MSU and the Coupled Cyclotron Project
       Holifield Radioactive Ion Beam Facility Users Workshop, Joint Institute for Heavy Ion Research, Oak Ridge
       National Laboratory, June 2-3, 1995, Oak Ridge, TN.
21.  Mass Measurements Beyond the Driplines
       ENAM 95, International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, June 19-23, 1995, Arles, France.
22.  Dynamical Timescales in Hot Rotating Nuclei
       Groningen Conference on Giant Resonances, June 28 - July 1, 1995, Groningen, The Netherlands.
23.  Reconstruction of Projectile Excitation in Exotic Beam Experiments
       Gull Lake 95 Workshop on Reaction Dynamics, August 28-30, 1995, Hickory Corners, Michigan.
24.  High Energy Gamma-Rays as a Probe for Dynamical Effects in Fusion Reactions
       First Latin-American Workshop on: On and Off Line Beam Gamma Spectroscopy for the Study of Heavy
       Ion Reactions and Pre-Equilibrium Processes, September 4-8, 1995, Universidad Simon Bolivar,
       Caracas, Venezuela.
1996
25.  Nuclear Structure of Particle Unstable Nuclei
       Hirschegg Workshop XXIV on "Extremes of Nuclear Structure", January 15-20, 1996, Hirschegg, Austria.
26.  Giant Dipole Resonances in Hot Nuclei with Inelastic Alpha Scattering
       XXXI Zakopane School of Physics "Trends in Nuclear Physics", September 3-11, 1996, Zakopane, Poland.
27.  Dynamical Fission Timescales in Hot Rotating Nuclei
       Third International Conference on Dynamical Aspects of Nuclear Fission, August 30 - September 4,
       1996, Castá-Papiernicka, Slovak Republic.
28.  Time Scale of Fission in Hot Nuclei
       Chaotic Phenomena in Nuclear Physics, September 28 - October 3, 1996, Aghia Pelaghia, Greece.
29.  Understanding the Unbound Subsystems of Halo Nuclei
       International Workshop on the Physics of Halo Nuclei, October 7 - 17, 1996, ECT*, Trento, Italy.
30.  First Experiments to Study the GDR in Exotic Nuclei - Initial Results and Future Possibilities
       International Workshop on Nuclear Giant Resonances, December 9 - 20, 1996, ECT*, Trento, Italy.
31.  Study of the GDR in Hot Nuclei With Inelastic Scattering
       International Workshop on Nuclear Giant Resonances, December 9 - 20, 1996, ECT*, Trento, Italy.
1997
32.  Halo States and Exotic Decay Modes in Light Nuclei
       International School on Heavy Ion Physics, 4^th Course: Exotic Nuclei, May 11 - 20, 1997, Ettore Majorana
       Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy.
33.  Halo States at the Proton Dripline
       International School on Heavy Ion Physics, 4th Course: Exotic Nuclei,
       May 11 - 20, 1997, Ettore Majorana Foundation and Centre for Scientific Culture, Erice, Italy.
34.  Beyond Retention and Towards Success
       5^th Annual Retention Conference, "Energizing the Collegiate Community: Advancing Student Personal and
       Academic Development", Michigan State University, September 29, 1997, East Lansing, Michigan.
35.  ALN Use for Individual Student Contact in a Large Class
       3^rd International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, October 3-5 1997, New York.
1998
36.  Application of Technology and Asynchronous Learning Networks in Large Lecture Classes
       31^st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 6-9, 1998, Big Island of Hawaii, Hawaii.
37.  High Resolution Studies of Giant Resonances?
       Workshop on GRETA Physics, February 5-7, 1998, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
38.  Fragmentation, Coulomb Excitation and Giant Resonances
       Report of the Working Group Workshop on GRETA Physics, February 5-7, 1998, Lawrence Berkeley
       National Laboratory, Berkeley, California.
39.  Physics at the Driplines
       Spring Meeting of the German Physical Society, March 16-20, 1998, Bochum, Germany.
40.  Excitation Energy Dependent Strength Function Analysis of Hot Giant Dipole Resonance Experiments
       Topical Conference on Giant Resonances, May 11-16, 1998, Varenna, Italy.
41.  Using Networked Tools to Enhance Student Learning in Large Classes
       1998 Summer Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, August 3-8, 1998, Lincoln, Nebraska.
42.  Two-Proton Decay of the First Excited State of ¹⁷Ne
       International Conference on Nuclear Structure 98, August 10-15, 1998, Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
43.  Giant Resonances in Exotic Nuclei
       International Workshop on Collective Excitations in Fermi and Bose Systems, September 14-17, 1998, Serra
       Negra, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
44.  Student Response to the Electronic Classroom: The Future Challenge
       6^th Annual Student Success Conference, "Working Together For Student Academic Success: What Role
       Do You Play!", Michigan State University, September 28, 1998, East Lansing, Michigan.
45.  Future of Nuclear Physics
       6^th US-Symposium of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes - "Spezialist oder Generalist, wen fordert und
       foerdert der Wissenschaftsbetrieb", October 9-11, 1998, Lansing, Michigan.
46.  Spectroscopy Beyond the Proton Drip-Line
       1998 Fall Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Nuclear Physics, October 28-31, 1998,
       Santa Fe, New Mexico.
47.  Fragmentation Experiments of the Next Generation and Relevant Developments
       NuPECC Working Group: Targets and Fragment Separators for Next Generation, Fragmentation Facilities,
       December 2-3 1998, GSI Darmstadt, Germany.
1999
48.  Utilizing Asynchronous Learning Networks to Enhance Large Traditional Lecture Classes.
       32^st Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, January 5-8 1999, Maui, Hawaii.
49.  New Developments in CAPA - A Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach
       1999 Winter Meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers, January 8-14, 1999, Anaheim,
       California.
50.  Issues with Student-Run ALN-Websites
       Workshop on CAPA as Asynchronous-Learning-Network Teaching Tool, February 27, 1999, Michigan State
       University, East Lansing, Michigan.
51.  Experimental Developments of Hot GDR Experiments
       Symposium on “Selected topics in Nuclear Collective Excitations", March 20-22, 1999, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.
52.  Summary of the Experimental Hot GDR Workshop
       Workshop on “Selected topics in Nuclear Collective Excitations", March 23-24, 1999, RIKEN, Saitama, Japan.
53.  Two-Proton Decay in 17Ne: Is it Correlated?
       Gordon Conference on Nuclear Chemistry, June 13-18, 1999, Colby Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire.
54.  Bridging the Waiting Points of the rp-Process with (2p,g) reactions
       Workshop on the Frontiers of Nuclear Astrophysics, July 22-23, 1999, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
55.  Implementing a Large On-campus ALN: Faculty Perspective
       Sloan ALN Summer Workshops: Learning Effectiveness and Faculty Satisfaction, August 16-18, 1999,
       University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois.
56.  Two-proton Emission Studies at MSU
       International Symposium on Proton-Emitting Nuclei, October 7-9, 1999, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
57.  Response to Student Attacks on On-Campus ALN's
       5^th  International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, October 8-10, 1999, University of Maryland,
       College Park, Maryland.

2000
58.  Open Questions in Hot GDR Studies
       Workshop on Studies of High Energy Gamma-rays at ATLAS, January 21-22, 2000, Argonne National Laboratory, Illinois.
59.  Experimental Evidence for Dissipation
       International Workshop on Transport in Finite Many-Body Systems, May 8-20, 2000, ECT*, Trento, Italy.
60.  Physics beyond the drip lines with fast exotic beams
       Bologna 2000 – Structure of the Nucleus at the Dawn of the Century, May 29-June 3, 2000, Bologna, Italy.
61.  Recent GDR Experiment at MSU
       International Conference on Giant Resonances GR2000, June 12-15, 2000, RCNP, Osaka University, Japan. 
62.  Detector Needs for Fast Beams at RIA
       RIA Workshop 2000, July 24-26, 2000, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
63.  Measurement of High energy Gamma-Rays with GRETA
       Workshop on the Physics Opportunities of Gamma-ray Tracking Detectors, August 17, 2000, 
       Kellogg Center, East Lansing, MI
64.  Physics of The Rare Isotope Accelerator
       Conference Experience for Undergraduates at the 2000 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, 
       October 4-7, 2000, Williamsburg, VA
65.  Dissemination of On-Campus ALNs: Successes and Misconseptions
       Sixth International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks, November 3-5, 2000, 
       University of Maryland University College, Adelphi, Maryland
66.  Network Technology in Teaching: Assessing Costs and Educational Effectiveness
       CEUTT Workshop, November 8, 2000, Columbia University, New York, New York
67.  Continous Quality Improvement at the Course Level
       Pew Symposia on Learning and Technology: "Innovations in Online Learning: Moving Beyond No Significant Difference", 
       December 11-12, 2000, The Phoenician, Scottsdale, Arizona
2001
68.  Physics Opportunities with Fast Fragmentation Beams from RIA
       XXIV Symposium on Nuclear Physics, January 3-6, 2001, Taxco, Guerrero, Mexico
69.  Structure of Nuclei Beyond the Dripline
       RIKEN Symposium on Physics at the Drip Lines, February 13-15, 2001, RIKEN, Japan
70.  Structure of Nuclei Beyond the Dripline
       NP2001 - International Symposium on Nuclear Structure Physics, March 5-8, 2001, Göttingen, Germany
71.  Physics with the Coupled Cyclotron Facility at MSU
       ISOL '01, March 11-14, 2001, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
72.  Reaction Dynamical Studies with Giant Resonances
       221th Am. Chem. Soc. Nat. Meeting, April 1-5, 2001, San Diego, California

73.   The Physics Program at RIA
       JLAB Users Group Annual Meeting, June 20-22, 2001, Newport News, Virginia

74.   The Rare Isotope Accelerator

      CEC/ICMC 2001, July 16-20, 2001, Madison, Wisconsin

75.   New Physics with the Rare Isotope Accelerator
      Conference Experience for Undergraduates at the 2001 Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics, 

      October 17-20, 2001, Maui, Hawaii

76.   Loosely Bound and Unbound Light Systems
      Fall Meeting of the Division of Nuclear Physics of the American Physical Society, Oct. 17-20, 2001, Maui, Hawaii.

2002

77.   A Decade of Information Technology in On-Campus Education
      InSITE 2002, Internatioanl Symposium on IT and Education, January 12-14, 2002, Kochi, Japan

78.   IT in Education – Keeping up the momentum
      LON-CAPA 2002 Winter Workshop: “Networking for a More Effective Use of Technology”,   

      Jan. 24-26, 2002, Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida

79.   The MSU Germanium Detector Array
      Gamma-Ray Tracking Coordinating Committee Meeting,
      March 29-30, 2002, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois

80.   Virtual Think Tanks – New Forms of Collaboration in the Scientific Community to

      Change and Direct Science Policy
      Annual Convention of the Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes: “Think Tanks as Incubators for Change”
      April 19-21, 2002, Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies, Washington D.C.

81.   Limits of Stability
      First RIA Summer School on Exotic Beam Physics, August 12-17, 2002, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
82. The Neutron Dripline
      First RIA Summer School on Exotic Beam Physics, August 12-17, 2002, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
83. The Proton Dripline
      First RIA Summer School on Exotic Beam Physics, August 12-17, 2002, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
84. Reaching the Limits of Stability
      Third International Balkan School on Nuclear Physics, September 17-24, 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece
85. Nuclear Structure at the Neutron Dripline
      Third International Balkan School on Nuclear Physics, September 17-24, 2002, Thessaloniki, Greece
86. Two-Proton Emitters and the (2p,γ) Rates
      APS/DNP Topical Workshop "Nuclear Astrophysics at the Limits of Stability"
      October 9, 2002, East Lansing, Michigan
87. Searches for the Limits of Stability
      Third International Conference on Fission and Properties of Neutron-Rich Nuclei,

      November 3-9, 2002, Sanibel Island, Florida
88. Battle on the Internet: Should We Continue or Not?
      Eighth Sloan-C International Conference on Asynchronous Learning Networks,

      November 8-10, 2002, Orlando, Florida
89. Study of Particle Unstable Light Nuclei
      CAARI 2002: 17th International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry,

      November 12-16, 2002, Denton, Texas
90. Loosely Bound and Unbound Light Systems
      International Symposium on Physics of Unstable Nuclei, November 20-25, 2002, Halong Bay, Vietnam
2003

91. Pushing the Limits of Nuclear Stability
      19^th Winter Workshop on Nuclear Dynamics, February 9-14, 2003, Breckenridge, ColoradO

92. Study of the Hot Giant Dipole Resonance: Present and Future
      International Conference on Collective Motion in Nuclei Under Extreme Conditions (COMEX 1),

      June 10-13, 2003, Paris, France

 

 

Colloquia and Seminars
 

 1985
 1.   Messung der Anregungsfunktion ¹⁸O(d,p)¹⁹O zur Simultanbestimmung von ¹⁸O/¹⁶O Isotopenverhältnissen
       May 23, 1985, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Ludwig Maximilians University, Munich, Germany.
1988
 2.   Giant Dipole g -Fission Angular Correlation in Excited Heavy Nuclei
       April 4, 1988, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
 3.   Giant Dipole g -Fission Angular Correlation in Excited Heavy Nuclei
       April 12, 1988, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington.
 4.   Giant Dipole g -Fission Angular Correlation in Excited Heavy Nuclei
       April 29, 1988, Physics Division Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
 5.   Giant Dipole g -Fission Angular Correlation in Excited Heavy Nuclei
       May 2, 1988, Cyclotron Institute Colloquium, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas.
 6.   Giant Dipole g -Fission Angular Correlation in Excited Heavy Nuclei
       May 13, 1988, 88-Inch Cyclotron Seminar, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, California.
1989
 7.   Giant Dipole Resonances in Highly Excited Pb and Th Nuclei
       April 3, 1989, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Kernforschungsanlage Jülich, Germany.
 8.   Giant Dipole Resonances in Highly Excited Pb and Th Nuclei
       April 4, 1989, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Cologne, Germany.
1990
 9.   New Experimental Approach to the Giant Dipole Resonance Built on Highly Excited States
       January 8, 1990, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
 10. Observation of Entrance Channel Effects in Compound Nucleus Formation with High Energy g-rays
       September 18, 1990, Nuclear Physics Seminar, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York.
1991
 11. Evidence for Hyperdeformation in A ~ 170 Nuclei?
       July 15, 1991, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1992
 12. Entrance Channel Effects Observed With High Energy g -Rays
       March 23, 1992, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
 13. Dissipation in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       July 21, 1992, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Kernfysisch Versneller Instituut, Groningen, The Netherlands.
 14. Dynamische Aspekte in Fusion und Zerfall von Compoundkernen
       July 22, 1992, Seminar im II. Physikalischen Institut, Universität Giessen, Germany.
 15. Dissipation in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       August 3, 1992, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Denmark.
 16. Dissipation in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       October 23, 1992, Cyclotron Laboratory Seminar, Institute of Physical and Chemical Research, RIKEN, Wako-shi, Japan.
 17. Nuclear Dissipation and the Giant Dipole Resonance
       November 2, 1992, Physics Department Colloquium, Sung Kyun Kwan University, Suwon, Korea.
 18. Dissipation in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       November 5, 1992, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Yukawa Institute for Theoretical Physics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.
 19. Dissipation in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       November 11, 1992, Nuclear Physics Seminar, National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory,
       Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
1993
 20. Nuclear Structure of Particle Unstable Nuclei
       February 16, 1993, Physics Division Seminar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
1994
 21. Fission of Hot Nuclei
       February 28, 1994, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
 22. Nuclear Structure of Particle Unstable Nuclei
       July 8, 1994, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Kurchatov Institute, Moscow, Russia.
 23. The Structure of Particle Unstable Nuclei
       November 8, 1994, Physics & Astronomy Department Colloquium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
1995
 24. Spectroskopie von Instabilen Kernen
       January 5, 1995, Nuclear Physics Colloquium, University of Cologne, Germany.
 25. Struktur von Teilchen Instabilen Kernen
       February 24, 1995, Joint Nuclear Physics Colloquium, Technical University and Ludwig Maximilians University,
       Munich, Germany.
 26. Dynamical Effects in the Formation and Decay of Compound Nuclei
       April 13, 1995, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York.
 27. Computer Aided Instruction: Some Successes and Plans in MSU Physics
       with E. Kashy, W. Benenson, W. Bauer, and P. Signell,
       September 26, 1995, Physics & Astronomy Department Colloquium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
1996
 28. The ALN as Keystone in a Multifaceted Computer-Assited Personalized Approach to Learning
       May 17, 1996, Lecture at the Informal Meeting on Possible Collaborative Efforts for the use of
       Asynchronous Learning Networks, College of  Natural Science, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
 29. Struktur Teilcheninstabiler Kerne
       June 28, 1996, Physikalisches Kolloquium, Technische Hochschule Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany.
1997
 30. Study of the Giant Dipole Resonance in Hot Nuclei with Inelastic Alpha Scattering
       January 30, 1997, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Wright Nuclear Structure Laboratory, Yale University, Connecticut.
 31. Nuclear Structure Beyond the Lines of Stability
       January 31, 1997, Physics Department Colloquium, Physics Club, Yale University, Connecticut.
 32. Physics with Radioactive Beams I: Production of Exotic Beams
       October 20, 1997, Graduate School in Physics Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Catania, Italy.
 33. Physics with Radioactive Beams II: Neutron Rich Nuclei
       October 21, 1997, Graduate School in Physics Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Catania, Italy.
 34. Physics with Radioactive Beams III: Proton Rich Nuclei
       October 22, 1997, Graduate School in Physics Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Catania, Italy.
 35. Physics with Radioactive Beams IV: Intermediate Energy Coulomb Excitation
       October 23, 1997, Graduate School in Physics Distinguished Lecture Series, University of Catania, Italy.
 36. Exploring the Neutron Dripline
       November 25, 1997, Physics & Astronomy Department Colloquium, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
 37. CAPA in Large Lecture Classes
       December 12, 1997, Colloquium, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York.
1998
 38. Search for Two-Proton Emitters
       October 15, 1998, Nuclear Physics Seminar, TUNL, Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory Seminars,
       Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
 39. CAPA: A New Computer-Assisted Personalized Approach
       October 16, 1998, Special Physics Seminar, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
 40. New Results of ¹⁰Li
       November 19, 1998, Radioactive Beam Discussions, NSCL, MSU, Michigan.
 41. New Results of Light Neutron-Rich Nuclei
       December 1, 1998, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany
1999
 42. Terra Incognita: Exploring the Unknown
       February 2, 1999, Frontiers of Physics Seminar, Department of Physics & Astronomy, MSU, Michigan.
 43. Search for Two-Proton Radioactivity
       April 20, 1999, Nuclear Physics Seminar, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
 44. Computers in Introductory Physics Classes: Experience at MSU
       April 21, 1999, Physics Department Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana.
 45. Zerfall von Protonenreichen Kernen
       May 27, 1999, Physikalisches Kolloquium, Universität zu Köln, Köln, Germany.
 46. Search for Two-Proton Radioactivity
       September 15, 1999, Nuclear and Heavy Ion Seminar, State University of New York at Stony Brook,
       Stony Brook, New York.
 47. Computer and Web-Based Physics Instruction: What Works and What Does Not
       September 22, 1999, Physics Department Colloquium, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan.
2000
 48. Structure of Particle-Unbound Neutron Rich Nuclei
       March 6, 2000, Physics Division Seminar, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, Illinois.
 49. Exploiting Technology to Enhance Student Achievement
       April 7, 2000, Research Initiative for Teaching Effectiveness, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida.
 50. Neutronenreiche Kerne: “Terra Incognita”
       April 14, 2000, Physikalisches Kolloquium, Johan Wolfgang Goethe Universität, Frankfurt, Germany.
 51. Scientific Opportunities with In-flight Separated Beams
       April 18, 2000, Presentation to the DOE, Department of Energy, Germantown, Maryland.
 52. Enhance Student Success with  Technology
       April 20, 2000, Physics Department Colloquium, Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana
 53. Faculty Satisfaction -Online ALN Seminar
       August 7-13, 2000, http://www.aln.org
 54. CAPA - Computer Assited Personalized Aproach
       November 17, 2000, Lilly Teaching Faculty Seminar, Kellogg Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI
2001
 55. Neutronenreiche Kerne: "Terra Incognita"
       February 19, 2001, Physikalisches Kolloquium, Technische Universität, Munich, Germany.

56.   The MSU/NSCL Coupled Cyclotron Facility
      April 26, 2001, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

57.   Terra Incognita: Exploring the Unknown with RIA
      April 26, 2001, Physics Department Colloquium, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA.

58.   The Rare Isotope Accelerator
      October 4, 2001, Nuclear Physics Seminar, Iowas State University, Ames, IA.

2002

59.   New Physics with the MSU/NSCL Couple Cyclotron Facility
      May 3, 2002, Undergraduate Physics Seminar, Bethel College, St. Paul, MN

60. Use of CAPA in Large Lecture Courses
      November 25, 2002, Colloquium, Faculty of Science and Technology,

      Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand

 

Books and Review Articles

1.  Lyman Briggs School Physics Laboratory Manual: LBS164L, LBS 267L
    Walter Benenson & Michael Thoennessen,
    Kenddall/Hunt Publishing Company (1993).
2. Giant Resonances
    Proceedings of the Gull Lake Nuclear Physics Conference on Giant Resonances,
    Edited by M. Thoennessen,
    North-Holland (1994).
3. Fission Timescales from Giant Dipole Resonances
    P. Paul and M. Thoennessen,
    Ann. Rev. Nuc. Part. Sci. 44, 65 (1994).
4. Nucleus Nucleus 97
    Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Nucleus Nucleus Collisions,
    Edited by M. Thoennessen, F. E. Bertrand, J. Garrett, and C. K. Gelbke,
    North-Holland (1998).
5. Melding Network Technology with Traditional Teaching: Enhanced Achievement in a 500-Student Course
    “Chapter in "Interactive Learning: Vignettes from America's Most Wired Campuses”, edited by David G. Brown, p. 51,
    ISBN 1-882982-29-0, Anker Publishing Company, Boston (2000).

6.  MSU Physics CAPA Problem Library
    CD developed by Faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Michigan State University, 

     http://msuvmall.msu.edu/imc/product.asp?sku=44207, Copyright 2000, MSU Board of Trustees (2000).

7.   Nuclear Structure 2000

     Proceedings of the International Conference Nuclear Structure 2000,

     Edited by T. Glasmacher, P. Mantica, and M. Thoennessen,

     North-Holland (2001).

8.   Michigan State University CAPA: Computer-assisted Personalized Assignment System

     M. Thoennessen,

     Case Study in “Innovations in Online Learning – Moving Beyond No Signifiacnt Difference”, by Carol A. Twigg, p. 29, 

     The Pew Learning and Technology Program, Center for Academic Transformation, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (2001).

9.  Network Technology as a Complementary Tool in Higher Education: An Examination of Educational and Cost Effectiveness

     D.A. Kashy, G. Albertelli, E. Kashy, and M. Thoennessen,

     Chapter in “Monograph on the Mellone CEUTT Program”, edited by Saul Fisher, Mellon Foundation (2002)

 

 

Grants

Title	PI's	Dates	Funding Agency	Grant#	Amount
Gull Lake Nuclear Physics Conference on Giant Resonances, Gull Lake, Michigan, August 17-21, 1993	Michael Thoennessen	6/1/1993 - 11/30/1993	NSF	9312816	$4,500
Research Experience for Undergraduates in Physics	Michael Thoennessen Wolfgang Bauer	6/1/1995 - 5/31/2000	NSF	9424140	$370,376
Acquisition of a High Efficiency Segmented Germanium Detector Array for Nuclear Structure Experiments with Exotic Beams	Thomas Glasmacher Paul Mantica   Gregers Hansen   David Morrissey   Michael Thoennessen	9/15/97 - 8/31/2001	NSF	9724299	$1,150,000
MSU/FSU Consortium Development of a Compact Sweeper Magnet for Neutron Coincidence Experiments at the NSCL	Michael Thoennessen Kirby Kemper    Gregers Hansen     Bradley Sherrill     Steven Van Sciver	9/15/1998 - 8/31/2003	NSF	9871462	$617,500
Nuclear Structure 2000 - Support for graduate students and postdoctoral associates	Thomas Glasmacher Paul Mantica     Michael Thoennessen	8/15/2000 - 1/31/2001	NSF	0085334	$2,000
ITR: Investigation of a Model for Online Resource Creation and Sharing in Educational Settings	Gerd Kortemeyer   Edwin Kashy     Cheri Speier  Deborah Kashy   Wolfgang Bauer  (senior personnel)	9/15/2000 -  8/31/2005	NSF	0085921	$2,055,000
MSU/FSU Consortium to Develop a Highly Efficient Neutron Detector Array to Study Neutron-Rich Rare Isotopes at the NSCL	Michael Thoennessen Kirby W. Kemper Samuel L. Tabor Gregers Hansen Thomas Baumann	9/1/2001 - 8/31/2003	NSF	0132434	$169,919
Participant Support for COMEX 1	Michael Thoennessen	5/1/2003 -  4/30/2004	NSF	0244445	$5,000

 

 

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