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George Tuthill

George Tuthill

Interim Associate Vice President for the College of Graduate Studies
College of Graduate Studies

Office phone number: (603) 535-3107
e-mail: gftuthill@plymouth.edu

Profile

George Tuthill most recently served as Special Academic Affairs Assistant in PSU's College of Graduate Studies. Prior to coming to PSU, he was a member of the faculty of Montana State University, where he taught physics and conducted research in statistical mechanics for over 30 years. From 2004 to 2006 he served as Associate Dean of MSU's College of Letters and Science and, for 2006 to 2007, as Interim Dean of the College. He earned a PhD in theoretical physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1976.

Degrees and Education

  • PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • BA, Williams College

Research Interests

  • Theoretical and computational studies of statistical mechanical systems, with emphasis on phase transitions and cooperative phenomena.
  • Close collaboration with experimentalists working on ferroelectric, piezoelectric, magnetic, polymer, and liquid crystalline systems.
  • Development of new opportunities for K-12 teachers of science to engage in content-focused professional development. Served as Principal Investigator for the National Teachers Enhancement Network, a program of online teacher professional development courses.

Representative Publications

  • C.-S. Tu, F.-T. Wang, R.R. Chien, V.H. Schmidt and G.F. Tuthill, "Electric Field Effects of Dielectric and Optical Properties in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)0.65Ti0.35O3 Crystal", Journal of Applied Physics 97, 064112 (2005)
  • A.M. Vinogradov, V.H. Schmidt, G.F. Tuthill and G.W. Bohannan, "Damping and electromechanical energy losses in the piezoelectric polymer PVDF", Mechanics of Materials 36, 1007 (2004)
  • T.F. Slater, B. Beaudrie, D.M. Caditz, D. Governor, E.R. Roettger, S. Stevenson, G.F. Tuthill "A Systemic Approach to Improving K-12 Astronomy Education Using NASA's Internet Resources", Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching 20, 161 (2001)
  • S.G. Lushnikov, S.N. Gvasaliya, A.I. Fedoseev, V.H. Schmidt, G.F. Tuthill, and L.A. Shuvalov, "Evidence for a Quasi-Two-Dimensional Proton Glass State in Cs5H3(SO4)4.xH2O Crystals", Phys. Rev. Lett. 86, 2838 (2001)
  • R.A. Stern and G.F. Tuthill, "Phase Transitions in the Sixteen-Vertex Model", Int'l. J. Mod. Phys. B15, 3331 (2001)
  • R.-M. Chien and G.F. Tuthill, "Director Configurations of a Nematic Microdroplet in a Ferroelectric Medium", Ferroelectrics, 156, 215 (1994)
  • Wei Huang and G.F. Tuthill, "Structure and Shape of Nematic Liquid Crystal Microdroplets", Phys. Rev. E49, 570-574 (1994)
  • G.F. Tuthill and W.A. Schwalm, "Biased, Interacting Self-Avoiding Walks on the Four-Simplex Lattice", Phys. Rev. B46, 13722-13734 (1992)
  • G.F. Tuthill, "Endpoint Distributions for Dense-Phase Chains in Two Dimensions", J. Chem. Phys. 92, 3179-3183 (1990)
  • G.F. Tuthill, "Computer Simulations of Two-Dimensional Flexible Polymers in the Dense Phase", J. Chem. Phys. 90, 5869-5872 (1989)
  • Marko Jaric and G.F. Tuthill, "Thermodynamic Polydispersity and the Flory Exponent", Phys. Rev. Lett., 55, 2891 (1985)

Associations, Boards and Committees

Academic Distinctions

  • Phi Beta Kappa
  • Danforth Graduate Fellow
  • Phi Kappa Phi Distinguished Teaching Award, 1985
  • NASA Faculty Fellow, Lewis (now Glenn) Research Center, 1995
  • Chamber of Commerce Teaching Excellence Awards, 1991, 1999

Professional Experience

  • Interim Associate Vice President for the College of Graduate Studies, Plymouth State University (PSU), 2009 - present
  • Special Academic Affairs Assistant, PSU, 2007 – 2009
  • Emeritus Professor of Physics, Montana State University (MSU), 2007 - present
  • Interim Dean, College of Letters and Science, MSU, 2006-2007
  • Associate Dean, College of Letters and Science, MSU, 2004-2006
  • Visiting Associate Professor, Université Joseph Fourier, Grenoble, France, 1987-1988
  • Professor (Assistant/Associate/Full) of Physics, MSU, 1976-2007
  • Postdoctoral Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1975-1976


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