Emeritus Faculty
Ph.D. Harvard University, 1975
M.A. Harvard University, 1973
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1970-71
B.S. University of California – Riverside, 1970
Statics, Dynamics, and other foundational STEM courses.
Atomic and molecular physics and astrophysics, issues in STEM education, student development, and faculty success.
R.J. Bieniek, “Complex potential and electron spectrum in atomic collisions involving fast electronic transitions: Penning and associative ionization”, Phys. Rev. A 18, 392 (1978).
R.J. Bieniek, “Evolution of the Two-Cultures controversy”, Am. J. Phys. 49, 417 (1981).
R.J. Bieniek and S. Green, “Collisional rates for vibrational-rotational transitions in circumstellar SiO masers”, Astrophy. J. Lett. 265, L29 (19.83)
R.J. Bieniek, M.W. Müller and M. Movre, “Uniform stationary-phase methods for energy spectra resulting from collisions in a complex potential: Penning and associative ionization of He(23S)* + He(23S)*”, J. Phys. B 23, 4521 (1990)
R.J. Bieniek, P.S. Julienne and F. Rebentrost, “Collisional redistribution of polarized radiation for Sr + Ar(He) systems: a numerical comparison of semiclassical models to exact results”, J. Phys. B 24, 5103 (1991)
R.J. Bieniek and S.J. Lipson, “Semiquantal modeling of thermal vibrational relaxation of diatomic molecules”, Chem. Phys. Lett. 263, 276 (1996).
R.J. Bieniek, “Analytic Methods for Predicting Significant Multi-Quanta Effects in Collisional Molecular Energy Transfer”, NASA Document ID 19970010148 N (97N15365), Oct 1996.
M.W. Cohen, L. Kaptain, and R.J. Bieniek, “The Role and Nature of Faculty Development and Support at Carnegie Doctoral/Research Intensive Schools”, at Mission, Values and Identity: A National Conference for Carnegie Doctoral/Research Intensive Institutions (Normal, Illinois, 13-15 July 2002)
W.G. Fahrenholtz, R.J. Bieniek, S.W. Graham, “Multi-Campus New Faculty Development to Improve the Culture of Teaching”, ASEE Annual Conference (Nashville, TN), 22-25 June 2003, www.asee.org/acPapers/code/getPaper.cfm?paperID=6481&pdf=2003-1362_Final.pdf.
R.J. Bieniek, V.Y. Bieniek, and J.F. Farley, “Insuring Success of Collaborative Course-Based Learning Centers for Student Empowerment and Faculty Involvement”, 38th Annual Conference of the International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (Las Vegas, Nevada, 23-25 Oct 2008).
E. Mazur, D. Pedigo, P.A. Dourmashkin, and R.J. Bieniek, Practice Volume of Principles and Practice of Physics (Pearson Publishing, 2015)
Office of Naval Research N00014-75-C-0477, Kinetic processes in high pressure laser generated plasmas
National Science Foundation INT-9035694, Accurate semiclassical methods for redistribution of polarized radiation
National Science Foundation 0633299, Modernizing Undergraduate Power Engineering Curriculum with Real-Time Digital Simulation
Missouri Department Higher Education, Teacher Enhancement in a South Central Missouri Rural Science Coalition
Missouri Department Higher Education, Science Education and Quantitative Literacy: An Integrated, Inquiry-Based Approach
National Science Foundation Review Panels for the Instructional Scientific Equipment Program (1978,1981, 1985)
National Committee on Education, American Physical Society (1999, 2000)
NSF CAREER proposal writing workshops (2005-2011) at various institutions
Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) Physics Committee, Educational Testing Service (2007-09, Chair 2010-14)
College Board Science Content Review Committee (2012)
Major Scholarships Committee, National Collegiate Honors Council (2013-2018)