Frank B Hicks III
Education- Cornell University, 1993-1999
- Ph.D. Physics
- M. S. Physics
- Thesis: Driven Behavior of a Near-Equilibrium Binary Liquid
- Minor: Chemical Engineering
- M. S. Physics
- North Carolina State University, 1988-1993
- B.S. Physics
- B.S. English
- Minor: Materials Science and Engineering
- B.S. English
Positions held
California State University, Sacramento, Aug. 2004–
Assistant Professor, Physics
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, 2004
Education Specialist (QuarkNet), Physics Division
New York Academy of Sciences, 1999–2002
Project Director (SP³ARK), Education Department
Rapporteur, US-Japan Dialogue on the Role of Science and Technology in Society
Editor, Tri-State Trends
Policy Associate, Science & Technology Policy Program
Publications
Science education
- Science with spark! Tips, tools, and strategies for making scientific inquiry work in your middle school classroom, Frank B. Hicks and Lori Skopp (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2002).
- “Building a framework for middle school science inquiry in urban schools,” Frank B. Hicks and Lori Skopp, Sharing Our Success Summer Conference on Urban Science Teaching, article and oral presentation (New York University, May 2001).
Experimental physics
- “Driven Behavior of a Near-Equilibrium Binary Liquid,” Dissertation, Cornell University (January 1999).
- “Low-Power Laser Driving of a Binary Liquid,” F. B. Hicks and Carl Franck, Physical Review E 58, 4582 (1998).
- “Thermally Perturbed Barodiffusion in a Binary Liquid Mixture,” F. B. Hicks, Thomas C. VanVechten, and Carl Franck, Physical Review E 55, 4158 (1997).
- “Binary Liquids, Structures, and Equilibrium: A Friendly Competition between Convection and Diffusion,” Frank B. Hicks, Cornell Science & Engineering Review, July-Sept. 1995.
Science & Technology Policy
- US-Japan Dialogue on the Role of Science and Society Into the New Millennium, Frank B. Hicks, Hiroo Imura, Norman P. Neureiter, and Rodney W. Nichols, editors, (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2001).
- Tri-State Trends: Vital Signs of Technology Across the NY/NJ/CT Economy, Vol.1, Issue 5 – Vol.3, Issue 1, Frank B. Hicks and Susan U. Raymond, editors (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 1999-2001).
- “Today’s Kindergarten, Tomorrow’s Workplace,” Frank B. Hicks, in Early Childhood Science Education and the Workforce of Tomorrow, Merle Froschl, Rodney Nichols, Lori Skopp, and Barbara Sprung, editors (New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2000).
Presentations
Science education
- “Recommendations for Pre-Service Teacher Preparation Based on In-Service Teacher Needs,” Frank B. Hicks, 129th AAPT National Meeting: Sacramento, CA (August 2004).
- “Foundations and lessons of SP³ARK: A professional development project improving inquiry-based science instruction in New York City,” Frank B. Hicks, Joint Meeting of the APS California Section and AAPT N. California/Nevada Section (Lawrence Berkeley National Lab / University of California, Berkeley, November 2003).
- “Science Institute: Science with spark!” Frank B. Hicks and Jeanette Kim, invited one-day workshop, sponsored by the New York City Department of Education, Division of Instructional Support (New York Academy of Sciences, February 28, 2003).
Experimental physics
- “Double-diffusive Convection in a Binary Liquid Mixture: Thermally Perturbed Barodiffusion,” American Physical Society Division of Fluid Dynamics, oral presentation (Syracuse, NY, November 1996).
- “Measurement of Gravity-Induced Concentration Gradients in the Presence of Perturbing Thermal Gradients,” American Physical Society March Meeting, oral presentation (St. Louis, MO, March 1996).
Popular science
- “Quantum mechanics and modern thought, or... Uncertainty and that damn cat,” Frank B. Hicks, invited lecture for the Southern Connecticut State University Institute for Science Instruction and Study (New York Academy of Sciences, June 2000).
last updated 12/1/05