William Michael Davis
Curriculum Vitae
Academic Qualifications
Ph.D. (theoretical chemistry) 1996
The University of Guelph.
Advisor: Dr. J.D. Goddard
M.Sc. (theoretical chemistry) 1993
The University of Guelph
Advisor: Dr. J.D. Goddard
B.Sc. (honours chemistry) 1991
The University of Western Ontario
Advisor: Dr. R.J. Puddephatt
Membership in Professional Organizations
Member, Chemical Institute of Canada
Member, American Chemical Society
Scholarships and Awards
1997-1998 NSERC Visiting Fellowship, DREA
1993-1995 NSERC PGS B, The University of Guelph
1993 University of Guelph Graduate Scholarship
1993 University of Guelph Graduate Fellowship
1992 University of Guelph Graduate Scholarship
1991 Dean's Honours List, The University of Western Ontario
Work Experience
Sept. 1998-present
Assistant Professor of Chemistry. Dept. of Physical Sciences, University
of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, Texas.
January 1998-April 1998
Instructor, Chemistry 323.2 "Selected Topics in Inorganic Chemistry",
St. Mary's University, Halifax, NS. Responsible for the lecture and
laboratory instruction of a third-year chemistry course of approximately
20 students. Course outline available upon request.
Sept. 1997-August 1998
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC)
Visiting Fellow, Defence Research Establishment Atlantic, Halifax, NS.
Involved in research on the relationship between dynamic mechanical properties
of polymers and their chemical structure using Group Interaction Modelling
and other modelling methods. Reviewer for the Canadian Journal of
Chemistry.
May 1997-Sept. 1997
Course Director, Chemistry 1010, York University, North York, Ontario.
Duties included preparation and dissertation of lectures, preparation and
marking of tests and exams, and general tutorial and help sessions.
Course outline available upon request.
Sept. 1996-Sept. 1997
Post-Doctoral Fellow working with Dr. H.O. Pritchard at York University.
Involved in the
theoretical characterization of combustion initiators in diesel
fuel.
March 1995
Involved in beta testing of Hyperchem for Silicon Graphics Workstations.
May 1991-Dec. 1996
Teaching assistant at the University of Guelph. I have supervised
10 different first and second year laboratory courses in general, organic,
analytical, and environmental chemistry.
May 1991-Sept. 1996
Research Assistant in computational quantum chemistry at the University
of Guelph.
Areas of Interest
Theoretical and computational developments of density functional
theory. Applications of quantum chemistry to molecules of real chemical
interest.
Computational modelling of polymer properties.