Eric Jerome Lingerfelt
IT Specialist II
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Physics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Bldg. 6025, MS 6354, P.O. Box 2008
Oak Ridge, TN 37831
Office: (865) 576-6618
Cell: (865) 661-5135
Fax: (865) 576-8746
Email: elingerf@utk.edu
Website: http://web.utk.edu/~elingerf
Education
M.S. in Physics, University of Tennessee, 2002
B.S. in Math and Physics, East Tennessee State University, 1998
Work Experience
IT Specialist II at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of TN, Knoxville subcontracted
by the ORNL Physics Division (August 2003 to present): Lead software designer, sole
Java, PHP, Perl, and MySQL developer for the Experimental Astrophysics Research
Group.
Independent Subcontractor for Hecate Software, Inc. (October 2007 to present): Software
designer and Microsoft Visual C# with .NET, PHP, and MySQL developer.
Software Developer for T N & Associates, Inc. (May 2007 to September 2007): Software designer
and Adobe Flash CS3 with ActionScript 3/Adobe ColdFusion 8 developer.
Independent Subcontractor for the Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program,
Environmental Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Lab (December 2005 to October
2006): Software designer and sole Java developer for interface and visualization
programming.
IT Specialist I at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of TN, Knoxville subcontracted
by Lightcone Interactive, LLC (January 2003 to July 2003): Lead Macromedia Flash MX
developer and project manager.
Graduate Research Assistant at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of TN, Knoxville
(August 2001 to December 2002): Explored current and past technologies for data
analysis and visualization for the sciences while learning to develop Java applications to
solve data analysis needs for nuclear astrophysics.
Independent Subcontractor for Lightcone Interactive, LLC (May 2001 to August 2001):
Macromedia Flash 5 developer and educational writer.
Graduate Teaching Assistant at the Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of TN, Knoxville
(August 1998 to May 2001): Instructor for astronomy and general physics laboratories
and Macromedia Flash 5 developer for a set of 10 virtual astronomy laboratories.
Undergraduate researcher for the Southeastern Association for Research in Astronomy (SARA)
(June 1997 to August 1997): Conducted spectroscopy and photometry measurements of
the Mira variables R Leo, R CVn, and V CVn on the 0.9m SARA telescope at Kitt Peak
National Observatory, Tucson, AZ.
Projects
Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics (August 2003 to present)
(http://www.nucastrodata.org/): The world’s first web-launched, platform-independent,
user-friendly Java software application that, in conjunction with a remote database and
FORTRAN scientific codes, enables users to evaluate, manage, share, calculate and
visualize experimental nuclear data, thermonuclear reaction rates, and element synthesis
simulations for explosive astrophysical phenomena including novae and x-ray bursts.
Nuclear Masses Toolkit (March 2008 to present) (http://www.nuclearmasses.org/): The world’s
first web-launched, platform-independent, user-friendly Java software application that, in
conjunction with a remote MySQL database via PHP, enables users to upload, modify,
share, analyze and visualize nuclear mass datasets.
Big Bang Online (March 2006 to present) (http://www.bigbangonline.org/): The world’s first weblaunched, platform-independent, user-friendly Java software application that, in
conjunction with a remote MySQL database and FORTRAN scientific codes via Perl,
enables users to evaluate, manage, share, calculate and visualize thermonuclear
reaction rates, primordial abundance observations, “Big Bang” cosmological simulations,
and cosmological constraints on these simulations.
Conjunct (October 2007 to present): Conjunct is a set of software tools used to explore an
integrated reliability test database for casing and tubing connections that addresses
design engineering, purchasing, quality, operations, installation and management needs
for the oil drilling industry. Conjunct is a client-server application using a web-delivered
Microsoft Visual C# with .NET graphical user interface connected to a remote MySQL
database via PHP.
Advanced Probabilistic Tubular Design Toolkit (October 2007 to present): The Advanced
Probabilistic Tubular Toolkit is a set of software tools used to explore a large database of
oil drilling pipe casing properties and simulate pipe collapse and burst scenarios. The
software suite is a client-server application using a web-delivered Microsoft Visual C#
with .NET graphical user interface connected to a remote MySQL database via PHP.
Secretary (February 2009): Secretary is a software system used to transmit simulation results
from offshore oil drilling installations and store these results on a remote web server.
Secretary notifies designated personnel automatically of file uploads or software errors by
email and text message. The software suite is a client/server application using a
Microsoft Visual C# with .NET graphical user interface connected to a remote flat file
database via PHP.
Interactive Conceptual Model (May 2007 to September 2007)
(http://cfpub.epa.gov/caddis/icm/ICM.htm): The Interactive Conceptual Model (ICM) is an
interactive web tool that facilitates literature retrieval based on conceptual models for the
EPA/NCEA Causal Analysis/Diagnosis Decision Information System (CADDIS). The ICM
was developed using Adobe’s Flash CS3 with ActionScript 3 and Adobe ColdFusion 8 in
conjunction with an XML database.
RSim: A Regional Simulation to Explore Impacts of Resource Use and Constraints (December
2005 to October 2006) (http://www.esd.ornl.gov/programs/SERDP/RSim/): An
environmental decision support system designed specifically for military installations,
which have a unique set of ecological issues. It explores the impacts and constraints of
resource use by projecting future land cover changes and their impacts on environmental
conditions by allowing users to calculate and visualize these projections through a
platform-independent, user-friendly Java software package.
Interactive Worked Examples (January 2003 to November 2003)
(http://www.brookscole.com/physics_d/special_features/physicsnow/physicsnow.html): A
set of 93 general physics modules developed in Macromedia Flash MX. This media was
included with the following publications: Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 6th ed. and
later, by Serway and Jewitt, Principle of Physics, 3rd ed. and later, by Serway and
Faughn, and College Physics, 6th ed. and later, by Serway and Jewitt for BrooksCole/Thomson Publishing.
Virtual Astronomy Laboratories (May 2003 to June 2003) (http://val.brookscole.com/): A set of 20
virtual astronomy laboratories developed in Macromedia Flash MX. This media was
included with the following publications: An Online Journey Through Astronomy, 2nd ed.
and later, by Guidry and Riedinger, Foundations of Astronomy, 8th ed. and later, by
Seeds, and The Cosmos – Astronomy in the New Millennium, 2nd ed. and later, by
Pasachoff and Filippenko for Brooks-Cole/Thomson Publishing.
Developing Reusable Components in Flash MX (January 2003 to May 2003)
(http://edtech.tennessee.edu/set/2003/lingerfelt.shtml): An interactive Macromedia Flash
MX module developed for educators funded by a Project SET grant provided by the
Educational Technology Collaborative at the University of TN, Knoxville.
REACLIB aLIVe!:REACLIB Rate Library Interactive Viewer (January 2002 to November 2002)
(http://etd.utk.edu/2002/LingerfeltEric.pdf): Master’s Thesis work consisting of a Java
software package for nuclear astrophysics which greatly facilitates the analysis of the
REACLIB thermonuclear reaction rate library that is utilized in solar, Big Bang, nova, xray burst, and supernova computational simulations.
The multimedia version of Biology: A Guide to the Natural World, 2nd ed., by David Krogh, for
Prentice-Hall Publishing (May 2001 to August 2001): Fully interactive, web-based content
for the general biology textbook using Macromedia Flash 5.
Computer Skills
Languages: Sun Microsystems Java 6 SE, Microsoft Visual C# 2008, Adobe ActionScript 3, PHP
5, Perl 5, Adobe ColdFusion 8
Software Components: Java 6 SE SDK, Microsoft .NET 3.5, Adobe Flex 3 SDK, Java Database
Connectivity 5.1, MySQL Connector for .NET 6.0, ComponentOne Studio Enterprise 2007 for
.NET, Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office 3.0
Databases: MySQL 5, Microsoft Access 2003, XML 2.0
Development Environments: Eclipse 3.3, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Adobe Flash CS4
Professional, NetBeans 6.5, Adobe Flex Builder 3, FlashDevelop 3.0, Xinox JCreator 3.5, Navicat
for MySQL 7.2, ZEUS for Windows 3.96, Adobe Dreamweaver CS4
Operating Systems: Windows XP Pro/2000 Pro/Vista, Mac OS 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
Awards and Honors
Promoted to IT Specialist II from IT Specialist I, December 2004.
Research Assistantship from the Tennessee Center of Excellence for Educational Technology,
2001 to 2002.
Robert C. Lide Citation for Outstanding Laboratory Development, May 2001.
UT-ORNL Science Alliance Fellow, 1998 to 2001.
Outstanding Graduating Senior in Physics, May 1998.
Publications
Thermonuclear Reaction Rate Libraries and Software Tools for Nuclear Astrophysics
Research, M. S. Smith, R. Cyburt, H. Schatz, M. Wiescher, K. Smith, S. Warren, R.
Ferguson, E. J. Lingerfelt, K. Buckner, C. D. Nesaraja. Proc. 10th Int. Symp. on Origin of
Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, Dec. 4 - 7, 2007, AIP Conf. Proc., 2008 (submitted).
Big Bang Nucleosynthesis: Impact of Nuclear Physics Uncertainties on Baryonic Matter
Density Constraints, M. S. Smith, B. D. Bruner, R. L. Kozub, L. F. Roberts, D. Tytler, G.
M. Fuller, E. J. Lingerfelt, W. R. Hix, C. D. Nesaraja. Proc. 10th Int. Symp. on Origin of
Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, Dec. 4 - 7, 2007, AIP Conf. Proc., 2008 (submitted).
Waiting Points in Nova and X-ray burst Nucleosynthesis, T. Sunayama, M. S. Smith, E. J.
Lingerfelt, K. Buckner, W. R. Hix, C. D. Nesaraja. Proc. 10th Int. Symp. on Origin of
Matter and Evolution of Galaxies, Dec. 4 - 7, 2007, AIP Conf. Proc., 2008 (submitted).
Measurement of the 183 keV resonance in 17O(p,α)14N using a novel technique, B. H.
Moazen, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Y. Chae, K. Chipps, C. P. Domizioli, R.
Fitzgerald, U. Greife, W. R. Hix, K. L. Jones, R. L. Kozub, E. J. Lingerfelt, R. J. Livesay,
C. D. Nesaraja, S. D. Pain, L. F. Roberts, J. F. Shriner Jr., M. S. Smith and J. S. Thomas.
Phys. Rev. C 75, 2007.
Modeling the Effects of Land Use on the Quality of Water, Air, Noise, and Habitat for a
Five-County Region in Georgia, V.H. Dale, F. Akhtar, M. Aldridge, L. Baskaran, M.
Berry, M. Browne, M. Chang, R. Efroymson, C. Garten, E. Lingerfelt, C. Stewart. Ecology
and Society, Ecology and Society 13 (1): 10.
Estimating land-cover change in RSim: Problems and Constraints, Baskaran, L., V. Dale, C.
Garten, D. Vogt, C. Rizy, R. Efroymson, M. Aldridge, M. Berry, M. Browne, E. Lingerfelt,
F. Akhtar, M. Chang and C. Stewart. 2006. Proceedings for the American Society for
Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing 2006 Conference, Reno, NV, May 1-5 2006.
New Features in the Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, M. Smith, E. J.
Lingerfelt, J. P. Scott, C. D. Nesaraja, K. Chae, H. Koura, L. F. Roberts, W. R. Hix, D. W.
Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon Proceedings, International Symposium on Nuclear
Astrophysics - Nuclei in the Cosmos IX, Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-30, 2006,
Proceedings of Science, Pos(NiC-IX) 180, 2006.
The 25Al(p,g)26Si Reaction Rate in Novae, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, W. R. Hix, J. F.
Liang, M. S. Smith, J. A. Howard, R. L. Kozub, C. R. Brune, K. Y. Chae, E. J. Lingerfelt,
J. P. Scott, M. S. Johnson, K. L. Jones, S. D. Pain, J. S. Thomas, R. J. Livesay, D. W.
Visser Proceedings, International Symposium on Nuclear Astrophysics - Nuclei in the
Cosmos IX, Geneva, Switzerland, June 25-30, 2006, Proceedings of Science, PoS(NICIX) 217, 2006.
Spin of the 5.914-MeV 26Si Level and Galactic 26Al Production, D. W. Bardayan, J. A. Howard,
J. C. Blackmon, C. R. Brune, K. Y. Chae, W. R. Hix, M. S. Johnson, K. L. Jones, R. L.
Kozub, J.F. Liang, E. J. Lingerfelt, R. J. Livesay, S. D. Pain, J. P. Scott, M. S. Smith, J. S.
Thomas, D. W. Visser Phys. Rev. C 2006.
Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, M. S. Smith, E. J. Lingerfelt, J. P.
Scott, C. D. Nesaraja, W. R. Hix, K. Chae, H. Koura, R. A. Meyer, D. W. Bardayan, J. C.
Blackmon, M. W. Guidry pp. 470-472 in Proceedings, Origin of Matter and Evolution of
Galaxies 2005 (OMEG05), Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 8-11, 2005, AIP Conference Proceedings
847, Woodbury, NY, 2006.
A New Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, C.D. Nesaraja, E. J.
Lingerfelt, J.P. Scott, M.S. Smith, W.R. Hix, D. W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, Kyungyuk
Chae, M.W. Guidry, R. A. Meyer Proceeding, Eighth International Symposium on Nuclei
in the Cosmos, Vancouver, Canada, July 19-23, 2004, Nucl. Phys. A 758, p. 174-177
2005.
Visualization Tools for Nuclear Astrophysics Research, E. J. Lingerfelt, J. P. Scott, C. D.
Nesaraja, M. S. Smith, W. R. Hix, D. W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K. Chae, M. W.
Guidry, J. E. Sharp, C. C. Hard, R. A. Meyer, 71st Annual Meeting of the Southeastern
Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS), Oak Ridge, Tenn., Nov. 11-13,
2004, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc., Vol 49, No 7 (2004) 47.
Thermonuclear Reaction Rate Parameterization for Nuclear Astrophysics, J. Sharp, R.L.
Kozub, M.S. Smith, J. Scott, E. Lingerfelt, Division of Nuclear Physics 2004 (DNP04)
Meeting of the American Physical Society, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 28-30, 2004, Bull. Am. Phys.
Soc. Vol. 49, No. 6 (2004) 63.
Recent Nuclear Astrophysics Data Activities at ORNL, M. S. Smith, D. W. Bardayan, J. C.
Blackmon, R. A. Meyer, K. Chae, M. W. Guidry, W. R. Hix, E. J. Lingerfelt, Z. Ma, J. P.
Scott, R. L. Kozub pp. 525-528 in Proceedings, Origins of Matter and Evolution of
Galaxies 2003 (OMEG03), Tokyo, Japan, Nov. 17-19, 2003, World Scientific, 2004.
Reaction Rate Parameterization for Nuclear Astrophysics Research, J. P. Scott, E. J.
Lingerfelt, M. S. Smith, W. R. Hix, D. W. Bardayan, J. E. Sharp, R. L. Kozub, R. A.
Meyer, The 71st Annual Southeastern Section Meeting of the American Physical Society
(SESAPS), Oak Ridge, TN, Nov 11-13, 2004, BAPS Vol 49, No 7 (2004) 47.
Nuclear Data on Unstable Nuclei for Astrophysics, M. S. Smith, R. A. Meyer, D. W. Bardayan,
J. C. Blackmon, K. Chae, M. W. Guidry, W. R. Hix, R. L. Kozub, E. J. Lingerfelt, Z. Ma, J.
P. Scott Proceedings, Sixth International Conference on Radioactive Nuclear Beams
(RNB6), Argonne, Ill., Sept. 22-26, 2003, Nucl. Phys. A 746, p. 569-572, 2004.
Nuclear Data on Unstable Nuclei for Astrophysics, M. S. Smith, D. W. Bardayan, J. C.
Blackmon, K. Chae, M. W. Guidry, W. R. Hix, R. L. Kozub, E. J. Lingerfelt, Z. Ma, R. A.
Meyer, C. D. Nesaraja, J. P. Scott, J. E. Sharp, Division of Nuclear Physics 2004
(DNP04) Meeting of the American Physical Society, Chicago, Ill., Oct. 28-30, 2004, Bull.
Am. Phys. Soc. Vol. 49, No. 6 (2004) 43.
Nuclear Data Evaluations of Structure & Reactions of Exotic Nuclei for Nuclear
Astrophysics, M.S. Smith, D.W. Bardayan, J.C. Blackmon, K. Chae, M.W. Guidry, R.L.
Kozub, E. J. Lingerfelt, Z. Ma, C.D. Nesaraja, J.P. Scott, J.S. Thomas, Fourth
International Conference on Exotic Nuclei and Atomic Masses, Calloway Gardens, Pine
Mountain, Ga., Sept. 12-16, 2004, European Physical Journal A Direct (2004) submitted.
Nuclear Data Activities for Astrophysics at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, C.D. Nesaraja,
E.J. Lingerfelt, J.P. Scott, M.S. Smith, W.R. Hix, D.W. Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, K.
Chae, M.W. Guidry, J.E. Sharp, C.C. Hard, R.L. Kozub, R.A. Meyer, The 71st Annual
Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society (SESAPS), Oak
Ridge, Tennessee, Nov. 11-13, 2004, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. Vol. 49 No. 7 (2004) 47.
Nuclear Astrophysics Data: A New Computational Infrastructure and Other Strategies, M.
S. Smith, R. A. Meyer, E. J. Lingerfelt, J. P. Scott, K. Chae, W. R. Hix, C. Nesaraja, D. W.
Bardayan, J. C. Blackmon, M. W. Guidry, International Nuclear Physics Conference
(INPC2004), Goteborg, Sweden, June 27-July 2 (2004) .
New Evaluations and Computational Infrastructure for Management and Visualization of
Nuclear Astrophysics Data, C. D. Nesaraja, M. S. Smith, D. W. Bardayan, J. C.
Blackmon, K. Chae, M. W. Guidry, W. R. Hix, R. L. Kozub, E. J. Lingerfelt, Z. Ma, R. A.
Meyer, J. P. Scott, J. S. Thomas pp. 1378-1381 in Proceedings, International Conference
on Nuclear Data for Science and Technology, Santa Fe, N.M., Sept. 26-Oct. 1, 2004, AIP
Conference Proceedings 769, Woodbury, NY, 2005.
Java and Vector Graphics Tools for Element Production Calculations in Computational
Astrophysics, E. Lingerfelt, E. McMahon, R. Hix, M. Guidry, M.S. Smith, American
Physical Society, Division of Computational Physics Annual Meeting: Conference on
Computation Physics 2002, San Diego, CA, Aug 25-28, 2002, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 47
(2002) 36.
Java Analysis Tools for Element Production Calculations in Computational
Astrophysics, E. Lingerfelt, W. R. Hix, M. W. Guidry, M. S. Smith 201st Meeting of the
American Astronomical Society, Seattle, Wash., Jan. 1-9, 2003.
Computational Infrastructure for Nuclear Astrophysics, E. Lingerfelt, Center of Excellence
Site Review, Nov 1, 2004.
Analysis of Element Production Calculations in Computational Astrophysics, E. J.
Lingerfelt, M.W. Guidry, 202nd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Nashville,
TN, American Astronomical Society, May 25-29, 2003, AAS Press Release, May 2003.
REACLIB aLIVe! (REACLIB Rate Library Interactive Viewer): A Software Package for
Graphical Analysis of Nuclear Reaction Rates for Astrophysics, E. Lingerfelt,
Masters Thesis, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville, 2002.
Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Mira Variables R Leo, R CVn, and V CVn, E. Lingerfelt,
C. J. Clark, M. W. Castelaz (East Tennessee State University), IAPPP Communications,
June 1998.
Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Mira Variables R Leo, R CVn, and V CVn, E. Lingerfelt,
C. J. Clark, M. W. Castelaz (East Tennessee State University), 191st Meeting of the
American Astronomical Society, Washington, DC USA, American Astronomical Society,
AAS Press Release, Jan. 1998.
References and letters of recommendation are available upon request.