BRIEF RESUME (for a more detailed resume, and a list of publications, click here)

HARVEY S. LEFF
Visiting Scholar 2010-2012
Physics Department
Reed College, Portland, Oregon

Professor Emeritus of Physics
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
3801 W. Temple Ave. Pomona, CA 91768
Phone: (909) 869-4013 Fax: (909) 869-5090
Email: hsleff@csupomona.edu

EDUCATION

Ph. D., Physics: University of Iowa, 1963
M. S., Physics: Northwestern University, 1960
B. S., Physics: Illinois Institute of Technology, 1959

PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Professor of Physics, 1983-present
Chair, Physics Department, 1983-95

Oak Ridge Associated Universities - Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Scientist and Energy Policy Analyst, Institute for Energy Analysis, 1979-83

Chicago State University - Chicago, Illinois
Professor of Physics, 1976-79
Associate Professor of Physics & Chair, Dept. of Physical Sciences, 1971-76

Harvey Mudd College of Science and Engineering - Claremont, California
Visiting Professor of Physics, (sabbatical leave from Chicago State University), 1977-78

Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, Ohio
Associate Professor of Physics, 1969-71
Assistant Professor of Physics, 1964-69
Postdoctoral Research Associate, 1963-64

RESEARCH/SCHOLARSHIP

Interests: Foundations of thermal physics; college and precollege science education

Published ~80 articles, essays, notes, reviews, and letters in professional journals

Books Published:

Maxwell's Demon 2: Entropy, Classical and Quantum Information, Computing
(2nd edition of Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing),
Institute of Physics, 2003.

Maxwell's Demon: Entropy, Information, Computing, Princeton University Press
[USA, Canada, Japan] and Adam Hilger/British Institute of Physics [other parts
of the world], 1990. Co-editor: Andrew F. Rex. Alternate Selection of the Library
of Science Book Club in September 1992

Industrial Energy Use Data Book, Garland STPM Press, New York, 1980
Co-authored chapters on: Agriculture, Mining, Textiles, Stone-Clay-Glass Products,
Primary Metals, and Fabricated Metal Products

PRECOLLEGE SCIENCE EDUCATION

Lead Scientist with Baldwin Academy in the Hacienda-La Puente Unified School
District, 1998-present; serve on Leadership Team and visit Baldwin regularly to
work with teachers in training workshops and students doing hands-on science activities

Received grants for the Physics High School-University Network, PHUN, from the
California Academic Partnership Program/American Association for Higher Education
and the American Physical Society/American Association of Physics Teachers

Developed and presented numerous science-teaching workshops for precollege teachers

PROFESSIONAL OFFICES, MEMBERSHIPS, HONORS

Distinguished Service Award, American Association of Physics Teachers, July 2010

President, American Association of Physics Teachers, 2007. Vice President, 2005; President-Elect, 2006, Past President, 2008; service on Awards, Finance, Review, and Governance Structure Committees