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Frederick A. Senese

Fred Senese Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry
324 Tawes Hall
Frostburg State University

Frostburg, MD 21532-1099

Office: (301) 687-4153
FAX: (301) 687-7966
Netmeeting (2+ only): Call
Email: senese@antoine.frostburg.edu

objective A full time or contract position in education-related IT and IA. Creation, development, and delivery of cutting edge Web courseware for technical training and science education. Freelance science writing, Web editing, and Web design.
experience

Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Frostburg State University, Frostburg MD, 1992-present. Taught courses at all levels of the curriculum, including general chemistry, environmental chemical analysis, physical chemistry, and computational chemistry. Started personal and undergraduate research programs focusing on development of Web-delivered media for chemical education, remote control and access of instrumentation, and environmental applications of molecular modeling. Administered an interdepartmental computer network and provided technical support for faculty in biology, chemistry, and physics.

FSU
Teaching philosophy

Courses taught

Undergrad. research

Web Developer/Consultant, Center for Technology in Teaching and Learning, Rice University, Houston, TX, 2000-2001. Developed and contributed Macromedia Flash materials, scripts, graphics, online experiments, and pedagogical approaches for MedMyst Medical Mysteries. MedMyst is an online, interactive comic book for K-12 biomedical and drug education, supported by the Science Education Drug Abuse Partnership Award, R25 DA 11785, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health. MedMyst
CTTL
Rice University
Visiting Scientist, NASA-Langley Research Center, Hampton VA, 1992. Under cooperative agreement from Old Dominion University Research Foundation, Norfolk, VA. Theoretical investigations of stratospheric nitrate and nitric acid hydration complexes.

Research Scientist, NASA-Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, 1989-1991. Employment under contract with Analytical Services and Materials, Inc., Hampton VA and under grant from Old Dominion University Research Foundation, Norfolk VA.

  • Developed, coded, and ported a new embedded cluster technique for computing the electronic properties of very large chemical systems from first principles. The technique is based on iteratively optimizing wavefunctions describing the bulk material surrounding an embedded site of interest. Potential applications of the method include biochemical systems, solvent-solute interactions, chemisorption and crystal defects.
Employer Websites: NASA-LaRC
ODU Research
AS & M
  • Migrated electronic structure codes including GAMESS to vector, parallel, and RISC UNIX environments. First GAMESS port to Hewlett-Packard workstations.
  • Systems administration on SPARC and HPUX workstations.
  • Software and hardware evaluation and benchmarking.
What is GAMESS?

Invited Scientist, Cornell Theory Center, 1986. Intensive programming experience in vector and parallel supercomputer environments.

Graduate Teaching/Research Assistant, Department of Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg VA, 1985-1989. Supervised junior and senior level physical chemistry laboratory; lectured large theory sections for freshman honors chemistry; designed laboratory experiments in computational chemistry. Developed a novel full configuration interaction method for modeling the electronic structure of small molecules.

Employer Web sites:
Cornell Theory Center
Va. Tech Chem. Dept.
education Ph. D., Physical Chemistry, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Va, 1989. Emphasis: Computational Chemistry. GPA: 3.92/4.00.

B. S., Chemistry, The Pennsylvania State University, State College PA. 1984.

Dissertation abstract
selected
web sites
General Chemistry Online!, an internationally recognized resource for students and teachers of introductory chemistry. Interactive tutorials, quizzes, databases, and tools on the site use CGI and Javascripts written from scratch. Includes Chime interactive molecular models and searchable databases of glossary terms, frequently asked questions, and Web site reviews.Reviews and recognition
selected awards & scholarships Career Profile in the Spring 2001 issue of Chemistry, a quarterly magazine published by the American Chemical Society.

Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education "Best Paper" selection for "The Internet Chemistry Set", presented at ED-MEDIA 2000.

Best of the Web 2000 selection by the San Francisco Chronicle, Education category, for General Chemistry Online!.

American Library Association CHOICE listing for General Chemistry Online.

Rated Outstanding in peer-reviewed teaching evaluations every semester since Spring 1992.

Granted Tenure, November 1996, 4 years after appointment as assistant professor; promoted to associate professor, April 1999.

Virginia Commonwealth Fellowship, $5000 award; multidisciplinary statewide competition with 25 finalists

special skills

Web authoring and programming. Developed original interactive courseware and course content for Web delivery. My courseware uses database-driven information architectures and cleanly separates content from format. I use authoring tools when expedient, but I prefer the flexibility and control that hand coding allows. Extensive experience with:
CGI/Perl programming- from scratch.
HTML, Javascript and DHTML- hand coded.
Labview and associated toolkits.
Adobe Photoshop and 3rd party plugins.
Mathematical Typesetting with TEX and LaTEX
Macromedia Flash
Corel Draw
Strata3D, Bryce3D
Corel, Microsoft, and Lotus Office Suites

Webmastering and Network Administration. Experience in maintaining, upgrading, troubleshooting, and networking Sun, Hewlett-Packard, and Digital Alpha workstations. Installation and administration of mail, file, Web, and streaming media services. Extensive experience with the Apache Web server. Proficient in Web programming (CGI/C++, CGI/Perl, Flash Actionscript, Javascript) and Web graphics.

Scientific Programming. Software development including quantum chemical calculations, simulations, instrument interfaces, data acquisition, and data analysis codes for a variety of compilers, operating systems, and architectures, including:
Labview (Win98, w/ Internet Toolkit)
Perl (w/ Apache mod_perl, DBI)
Unix environments (Solaris, Tru64/Digital Unix/OSF, HPUX, Unicos)
C++ (GNU, SunWS, Visual C++)
Dusty decks (FORTRAN, APL)

recent presentations "The Internet Chemistry Set: Remote Laboratory Experiences for Chemical Education", Chemistry and the Internet 2000 - Best Practices in Education, Georgetown University, Washington DC, Sept. 23-27, 2000. Abstract
Slides
"Determination of capsaicinoids in red peppers", (poster with Jennifer L. Kile), American Chemical Society National Meeting, Baltimore MD, August 23, 2000.
"The Internet Chemistry Set", EDMEDIA 2000 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Educational Telecommunications, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Montreal, Canada, June 26-July 1, 2000
(selected as one of six best-of-conference)
Short Paper
"General Chemistry Online", "Transitions and Technology", American College Testing (ACT) Fall Conference, Largo, MD, Oct. 22, 1999
"Why Use the Web, When You Have A Blackboard?", F. Senese, RESA Technology and Teaching Conference, Frostburg, MD (1998).

Slides
recent workshops &
conferences
"Chemistry and the Internet", Georgetown University, Washington DC, Sept. 23-27, 2000.

EDMEDIA 2000 World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Educational Telecommunications, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education, Montreal, Canada, June 26-July 1, 2000.

Council on Undergraduate Research, 8th National Meeting, Wooster OH, June 23-25, 2000.

"Studio General Chemistry: Merging Laboratory, Team Problem Solving, and Discussion", NSF Chautauqua Short Course, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, May 19-20, 2000.

"NSF-CCLI Grantwriting Workshop", National Science Foundation, Baltimore MD, March 2000.

"Transitions and Technology", ACT Fall Conference, Largo, MD, Oct. 22, 1999

"Chemistry and the Internet", Georgetown University, Washington DC, Sept. 25-27, 1999.

"Web Course Design and Teaching", University System of Maryland's Institute for Distance Education, College Park MD, May 27, 1999.

"The Effects of Technology, Distance Learning, and Cyberspace on the Quality of Maryland Higher Education in the 21st Century", Maryland Association for Higher Education, May 7, 1999.

"Strategies for Promoting Active Learning", The New Traditions Project, Towson University, March 12, 1999.
professional
affiliations
Member, American Chemical Society
Member, Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
Member, Council on Undergraduate Research
ACS
AACE
CUR

Comments & questions to senese@antoine.fsu.umd.edu.
Copyright © 1999-2001 by F. Senese
Last Revised 02/23/18.