Patrick E. Cassidy

Positions                                                                                   

1971-present                

• Texas State University, San Marcos, Texas

• Vice Chairman and Director, ERSI

• Acting Vice President Academic Affairs March – July 2000
• Director, Institute for Environmental and Industrial Science, 1995-2001
• Associate Vice President, Academic Affairs, 1991-present           
• Professor, Department of Chemistry, 1980-present         
• Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, 1976-80
• Assistant Professor, Department of Chemistry, 1971-76

Concurrent Assignments:

1979                    Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York - Research
                             Collaborator

1976                    The University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona - Visiting Professor

1975 & 1986       University of Texas at Austin,  Austin, Texas - Visiting Professor

1966-71               TRACOR, Inc., Austin, Texas - Manager, Chemistry Section

1964-66               Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, New Mexico - Staff Member

1963-64               University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona - Postdoctoral Fellow
                              (with C. S. Marvel)

Education 

1959   B.S.  Chemistry, University of Illinois, with Honors

1962   M.S. Chemistry, University of Iowa

1963   Ph.D. Chemistry, University of Iowa

Corporate Board Memberships  

• American Absorbents Neutral Products, Austin, Texas  1999-2001

• Texas Research International, Inc., Austin, TX:  1975-90

• Actran Systems, Inc., Orlando, FL:  1987-90

• Astro Engineering, Inc., Orlando, FL:  1987-90

Professional Memberships

• American Chemical Society: 1960-Present

• Society of Plastics Engineers

• Sigma Xi

• Phi Lambda Upsilon

• Fellow, Texas Academy of Science

• Texas Association of College Teachers

• Fellow, American Institute of Chemists

Professional Activities

• Board Member of the University of Southern Mississippi External Advisory Board for the Department of Chemistry:  1984–1995

• Board Member of the Industrial Advisory  Board, Department of Polymer Science, the University of

Southern Mississippi: 1992–1995

            • American Chemical Society (ACS)

Local:  

            • Polymer Subgroup of the Southwest Texas and Brazosport Sections:

                                 - Director:  1972 & 1983              

                                 - Secretary:  1975

            • Central Texas Section:

                                 - Former Chairman

                                 - By-Laws Committee: 1975

                                 - Program Committee

National:

            • Division of Polymer Science:

- Co-Editor, Polymer Preprints: 2000 - 2003

- Assistant Editor, Polymer Preprints: 1976-81

                                 - Co-Chairman of Membership Committee

                                 - 1973 Program Committee

             • National Committee for Local Section Action

             • Council Committee on Local Section Activities:  1980

             • Councilor:  1976-80

             • Canvassing Committee for the James T. Grady Award:  1978-80

             • Council Committee on Membership Affairs

             • Council Committee on Public Relations:  1979

             • Subcommittee on Dues:  1977-79

 • Manuscript referee:

        - Journal of Polymer Science

        - Macromolecules

        - Journal of Chemical Education

        - Journal of the American Chemical Society

• Proposal referee:

        - National Science Foundation

        - Petroleum Research Fund

        - Army Research Office

• Proposal review panel member for National Science Foundation

                • International Advisory Board Member, Journal of Polymer Materials

Biographical Listings 

            • Who’s Who in America

• American Men and Women of Science

• Who's Who in the South and Southwest

• Who's Who in Frontiers of Science and Technology

• Who's Who in Technology Today

• Who's Who in Finance and Industry

• Who's Who in American Education

• Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

Publications & Presentations 

• Eleven patents

• One book

• Ten chapters in encyclopedias

• One hundred fifty-five journal publications

• Twenty-five book reviews and non-journal publications

• Two hundred twelve oral papers, invited lectures and short courses

Grant Activity

                Approximately $17,000,000 in grants and research related gifts obtained

Graduate Students and Post-doctoral Fellow

                Forty-one graduate theses supervised

                Eighteen post-doctoral fellows directed