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- Chair of the Department of Physics (2006-present).
- Write letters of recommendation for more than 20 students
each year (1998-present).
- Managed the relocation of the department to expanded
facilities with approx. 80% more space (2008).
- Co-Director for Graduate Program (2000-2008) –
Processed all applications and graduation forms for the M.S. in Physics
program.
- Medical Physics Graduate Admissions Committee
(2004-2006).
- Faculty Laboratory Coordinator (1998-2006) –
Scheduled instructors for 40 to 50 lab sections and updated six
laboratory manuals annually.
- Undergraduate Advisor (1998-2006) – Advised
approximately 40 upper-level majors annually and processed all
graduation forms for the B.S. in Physics program.
- Undergraduate Curriculum Committee (1997-2004) –
Designed a double-major program with the School of Engineering (1998)
which increased the number of B.S. graduates by a factor of three from
1997 to 2004.
- Faculty Search Committees (1996-97, 2000-02,
2004-2005).
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| College of
Humanities & Sciences: |
- Advisory Committee for Liberal Studies in Elementary
Education program (2005-present) – Helped initiate this new major,
developed a required interdisciplinary science course (INSC310), and
currently advise on curriculum matters at monthly meetings.
- Physics representative at VCU Open House events
(2003-present) – Meet prospective students and parents at three to four
events each year.
- General Education Committee (2006-2007) – Formulated
new course requirements for general education and developed a new
course for the Science & Technology requirement.
- Graduate Academic Committee (Chair, 2005-2006) –
Reviewed all proposed graduate course and curriculum changes in College.
- Faculty Council (2003-2006).
- Faculty Awards Committee (2006).
- Technology Committee (2000-2005; Chair in
2002-2004).
- Undergraduate Academic Committee (1997-2001) –
Reviewed all proposed undergraduate course and curriculum changes in
College.
- Distinguished Service Award Committee (1999-2003).
- STAR advisor for incoming transfer and freshmen students
(1999-2001).
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| University: |
- Professional Education Coordinating Council
(2004-present) – Meet each semester to help advise the School of
Education on curriculum coordination with the College.
- VCU Toastmasters Club (2000-present) – Faculty advisor to
undergraduate and graduate students who join to improve their public
presentation skills.
- Search Committee for Chair of Biomedical Engineering
(Chair, 2008-2009).
- Search Committee for Associate Dean in School of
Engineering (2007-2008).
- Promotion and Tenure committees (2003-2008) – Outside
member for P&T peer committees in Departments of Radiation
Oncology, Electrical Engineering, and Chemistry.
- Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE) Faculty Mentor
(2005, 2007).
- CTE Faculty Learning group (2007-2008) – Implemented use of
Tablet PCs in classrooms.
- P&T Task Force for Community Engagement (2008).
- VCU Grace E. Harris Leadership Institute (2006-2007).
- University Graduate Council (2003-2006) – Reviewed
all proposed course and curriculum changes in graduate programs at VCU.
- University P&T Policy and Review Committee
(2005-2006).
- Academic Success Program (1999-2003, 2005-06) – Spoke
at student seminars to promote effective study skills.
- University Taskforce for General Education (2001-2002).
- Taskforce on Graduate Education in the School of
Engineering (1999) – Provided a recommendation for initiating a
graduate program in the School of Engineering.
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Professional
Societies:
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- Elected Board member of AVS Science & Technology
Society (2008-2010); AVS Surface Science Division Executive committee
(2003-08); Division Chair (2006-07); Program Chair (2005-06).
- Editorial Board, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology
(2007-2010).
- Elected member of AIP Media and Government Relations
Advisory Committee (2009-2011).
- Member of conference organizing committee for: SPIE
Integrated Optoelectronic Devices Symp. (2006-2009), Intl. Conf. on
Theory of Atomic and Molecular Clusters (2007), ISCANA conference
in Richmond (2003), III-nitride Workshop in Richmond (2002).
- Served on NSF review panels for CAREER (2001, 2008), NIRT
(2005), and CCLI (2004); Reviewer for funding agencies (NSF, Research
Corporation, PRF); Review for journals (Phys. Rev. B, Phys. Rev. Lett.,
Surf. Sci., J. Vac. Sci. and Tech., Nanotechnology, Thin Solid Films).
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Community:
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- Sponsored a nanotechnology workshop at VCU with the
Richmond area
Mathematics & Science Innovation Center (MSiC) where fifteen
students from area high schools attended (Nov. 2008).
- Participated in a VCU Council for Community Engagement
grant entitled
“Science Connection: A VCU/ St. Andrew’s School Partnership” with the
School of Education. Trained VCU students to deliver physical science
lessons to St. Andrew’s elementary students participating in an
after-school program (Fall 2007).
- Managed a professional development program to improve the
delivery of
physical science in the Richmond City elementary schools. From 2002 to
2007, taught over 80 teachers in graduate courses and arranged the
delivery of over 300 model lessons based on hands-on activities to
their classrooms (170 visits led by Baski).
- Presented a science lesson to Richmond City students
participating in VCU Kid’s First program (Feb. 2006).
- Taught science lessons to more than 200 children each
summer
participating in VCU's National Youth Sports Program (2001, 2003-2005).
- Judged local science fairs each spring (1998, 2002-2006).
- Organized physics demonstrations for Destination
Imagination (or Odyssey of the Mind) held annually at VCU (1998-2005).
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