Shelly F. Hynes, M.S.

 

shynes@lsmsa.edu

 

 

Education

 


August 2001

M.S., Applied Physics, Minor, Chemical Engineering, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.

 

December 1999

B.S. Physics, Minor in Chemistry and Mathematics, Northwestern State University of Louisiana, Natchitoches, LA.

 

Employment

 


Aug 2001- Present

Physics Instructor, Louisiana School for Math, Science, and the Arts

Natchitoches, LA.  Currently the coordinator of science competitions.

 

Summer 2002, 2005

Physics Instructor, ADVANCE Program for Young Scholars, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.

 

Summer 2003

Research Consultant, Louisiana Accelerator Center, Lafayette, LA.

 

Fall 2002, Fall 2003

Adjunct Laboratory Instructor, Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA.

 

Jan 2000 – Aug 2001

Louisiana Board of Regents Research Fellow, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA

 

Research Projects

 


Summer 2007

Pulsating White Dwarfs:  Determining the Mass Boundary.

PI:  Dr. Dwight Russell, Assistant Professor of Physics and Dick Campbell, Lecturer, Mechanical Engineering, Baylor University, Waco, TX

Work supported via NSF’s Research Experiences for Teachers Program

 

Summer 2006

High-Precision Calibration, Baselines and Nonlinearities with the GBT.

PI:  Dr. Ron Maddalena, Head of Scientific Operations, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Green Bank, WV.

Work Supported via NSF’s Research Experiences for Teachers Program

 

Jan 2000 – Aug 2001

Operational Characteristics of a Nuclear Microprobe

Advisors:  Dr. Gary Glass, Dr. W.A. Hollerman, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette, LA.

 

 

Summer 1999 – Summer 2000

Alignment of the Oxford Quadrupole Triplet system at the Louisiana Accelerator Center

Advisors:  Dr. Gary Glass, Dr. W.A. Hollerman, University of Louisiana at Lafayette and Dr. Gary White, American Institute of Physics, College Park, MD.

 

Summer 1998

Remote Sensing of Organic Materials in Martian Soil Analogs

Advisor:  Dr. Christopher McKay, Space Science Division, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

 

Mentored Research Projects:  The following were projects I collaborated on with research students from LSMSA.  All of these projects had outside support which is noted via the principle investigator (PI).

                                           

June 2006 – May 2007

Determining Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using Satellite Imagery

PI:  Dr. Hsu, Coastal Studies Institute, Louisiana State University

Student:  Robert Firth, undergraduate student, Louisiana State Univ.

 

June 2005 – May 2006

Gullies on Mars:  How much water was needed for Gully Formation?

PI:  Dr. Chris McKay, Dr. Jennifer Heldmann, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA.

Student:  Kate Lowry, undergraduate student, Stanford University

 

Jan. 2005 – May 2006

Determination of Limewash Characteristics on Modern and Historic Building Materials

PI:  Dr. Mary Streigel, National Center for Preservation Technology and Training, National Park Service, Natchitoches, LA

Student:  Lina Burina , undergraduate student, Univ. of Rochester

 

May 2003 – May 2004

Determination of Carbon Depletion Mechanisms in Martian Soil Analogs

PI:  Richard Quinn, SETI Institute, NASA Ames

Student:  Josh Fields, undergraduate student, Cornell University

Received funding for this work

                          

 

Aug 2002 – May 2003

Determining a correlation between Gulf of Mexico ocean tides and microseisms at the LIGO site in Livingston, LA.

PI:  Dr. Mark Coles, NSF

Collaborators:  Dr. John Shaw, Assistant Prof. of Physics, Louisiana Tech

Student:  Adam Bray, undergraduate student, Yale University

 

 

Awards and Offices Held

 


  • Physics Teacher Resource Agent, American Association of Physics Teachers, Summer 2007.
  • Louisiana Section Representative, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2007.
  • Intel International Science and Engineering Fair Committee Chairman, Louisiana Region IV Science and Engineering Fair, 2006-until.
  • Richard G. Brown Fund for Faculty Advancement Grant Recipient, 2006-2007
  • Research Experiences for Teachers summer research program, summer 2006
  • Louisiana Board of Regents' Graduate Fellow.
  • Louisiana Space Consortium LaSpace Scholar.
  • Former President of the Louisiana chapter of the Mars Society.
  • Former President of the UL Lafayette Chapter of the Society of Physics Students
  • Former President of the Northwestern St. Univ. Chapter of the American Chemical Society.

 

 

Professional Memberships

American Association of Physics Teachers

Society of Physics Students

Sigma Pi Sigma, The Physics Honor Society

The Mars Society (Founding Member)

References

·         Dr. Mark Ward, Department Head, Department of Biology, Chemistry and Physics, Louisiana School for Math, Science and the Arts, 715 College Avenue, Natchitoches, LA  71457  Phone:  318-357-3176 ext. 159.  Email:  mward@lsmsa.edu.

 

·         Dr. Gary White, Director, Society of Physics Students, American Institute of Physics, One Physics Ellipse College Park, MD 20740-3843.  Phone: 301-209-3013.  E-mail: gwhite@aip.org

 

·         Dr. Gary Glass, Associate Professor of Physics and Director of the Louisiana Accelerator Center, University of Louisiana @ Lafayette, Lafayette, LA  70504.  Phone:  (337)482-6184.  Email:  glass@louisiana.edu.

Publications, Conference Papers and Workshops

·        S.F. Hynes, R. Maddalena, C. Figura.  High-Precision Calibration, Baselines and Nonlinearities with the GBT.  American Astronomical Society Winter Meeting, January 6-10, 2007.  Seattle, WA.

 

 

·        Richard Quinn, Josh Fields, Shelly F. Hynes, Christopher J. Hynes, Gary A. Glass, Aaron Zent, Christopher P. McKay and Frank J. Grunthaner. Chemical Characterizations of Atacama Desert Soils: An Analog of Martian Surface Chemistry.  Proceedings of the Astrobiology Science Conference, Moffett Field, CA.  March 28 – April 1, 2004

 

·         Fields, J, Hynes, S.F., Quinn, R.  Determination of Carbon Depletion Mechanisms in Martian Soil Analogs.  Proceedings of the Louisiana Materials Research and Development Conference.  Lafayette, LA.  Nov. 4-5, 2003.

 

·         Hynes, S.F.  Prepare for Mars Travel  (Workshop).  National Consortium for Specialized Secondary Schools of Math, Science and Technology Student Meeting.  Brooklyn, NY.  Oct 25-27, 2003

 

·         A.M. Bailey, W.A. Hollerman, R. Gibbs, A.D. Cohen, S.F. Hynes, J. Fournet, R. Greco, and G.A. Glass, Nuclear Microprobe Analysis of Artificial Coal, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B189, 418-420, (2002).

 

·         G.A. Glass, W.A. Hollerman, S.F. Hynes, J. Fournet, and A.M. Bailey, Report on the Louisiana Accelerator Center Nuclear Microprobe System, Proceedings of the Sixteenth International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Edited by J.L. Duggan and I.L. Morgan, American Institute of Physics, 522-525 (2001).

 

·         Comparison of Measured and Calculated Beam Spot Sizes for the Acadiana Research Laboratory Nuclear Microprobe.  S.F. Hynes, Sixteenth International Conference on Applications of Accelerators in Research and Industry, Denton, TX.  November 3, 2000.

 

·         Alignment and Calibration of the Oxford Microbeam at the Acadiana Research Laboratory.  S. F. Hynes, Louisiana Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting, Centenary College of Louisiana, Shreveport, LA.  February 4, 2000.

 

·         Reflective Spectroscopy of Organic Materials in Martian Soil Analogs, S. F. Hynes, Proceedings of American Physical Society Centennial Meeting, Atlanta, GA.  March 2000.

 

·         Reflective Spectroscopy of Organic Materials in Martian Soil Analogs, S. F. Hynes, Proceedings of American Chemical Society National Meeting, Anaheim, CA.  March 2000.

 

·         Trull, C., Hynes, S.F.  Matrix Formulation of Ion Beam Trajectories in a Quadrupole Triplet.  119th AAPT (American Association of Physics Teachers) National Meeting, Trinity University, San Antonio, TX.  August 3 – 7, 1999.