J. Thomas Dickinson

Present Position
Professor of Physics

Education

• University of Frieburg, Germany (1962)
• Bachelor of Arts, Western Michigan University (1963)
• Master of Science, Physics, University of Michigan (1964)
• Doctor of Philosophy, Physics, University of Michigan (1968)

Professional Experience

• Assistant Professor, Physics, Washington State University (1968-74)
• Associate Professor, Physics & Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1974-79)
• Visiting Scientist, Chemical Engineering, Stanford University (1974)
• Visiting Scientist, Applied Physics, Oregon Graduate Center (1975)
• Visiting Scientist, NASA-Ames Research Center (Summers 1976- )
• Professor, Department of Physics and Chemical Physics, Washington State University (1979- )
• Coordinator, Center for Materials Research, Washington State University (1988- )
• Professor, Program in Materials Science (1990-present )

Honors and Awards

• NASA-ASEE Faculty Fellow (1976)
• Distinguished Faculty Address, Washington State University (1991)
• Chair, American Vacuum Society of the Pacific Northwest (1992-94)
• President's Faculty Excellence Award in Research and Creative Activity, Washington State University (1993)
• American Vacuum Society Fellow (1993)
• Distinguished Research Award, College of Sciences, Washington State University (1994)
• Distinguished Professor of Materials Science, Westinghouse (1994-95)

Specialities and Research Areas

• Fracture of materials and the interaction of laser light with material surfaces.
• Relating observed emission properties to chaos processes associated with dynamic crack growth and
fractal dimensions of fracture surfaces.

Recent Publications
S. D. Ibsen, N. Z. Hertelendy, S. C. Langford, and J. T. Dickinson, "Effect of humidity on the failure of ethylene vinyl acetate/soda lime glass interfaces under simple tension using small samples," J. Adhesion Sci. Technol. 15(5), 613-629 (2001).

Y. Kawaguchi, M. L. Dawes, S. C. Langford, and J. T. Dickinson, "Interaction of wide bandgap single crystals with 248 nm excimer laser irradiation. VII. Localized Plasma Formation on NaCl single surfaces," J. Appl. Phys. 89 2370-2378 (2001).

S. Kano, S. C. Langford, and J. T. Dickinson, "Interaction of wide bandgap single crystals with 248 nm excimer laser irradiation VIII. Laser desorption of molecular ions from MgO," J. Appl. Phys 89(5) 2950 (2001).