Edmund L. Tisko

HOME ADDRESS SCHOOL ADDRESS

1850 S. 56th St. 333 Durham Science Center

Omaha, NE 68106 University of Nebraska at Omaha

(402) 558-6994 Omaha, NE 68182

(402) 554-3640

etisko@unomaha.edu

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

University of Nebraska at Omaha 8/00 – present

Assistant Professor

Fundamentals of College Chemistry

Fundamentals of College Chemistry Laboratory

General Chemistry I and II

General Chemistry I and II Laboratory

Physical Chemistry II

Physical Chemistry II Laboratory

Service on Computer and ad hoc Space Reallocation and Chemical Education Center Planning committees

Introduced symbolic algebra and computational chemistry software into physical chemistry curriculum

Constructed web pages for dissemination of course materials: www.unomaha.edu/~etisko/

Co-advisor: ACS Student Affiliate Chemistry Club

Present Research Projects

• ab initio study of the effect of intramolecular perturbations such as nuclear motion or functional group

induction on the electron density of strained ring hydrocarbons.

• ab initio study of bent bonds in substituted boranes.

• Classical vibrational analysis of AB2 and planar, symmetric A2B3 molecules using ab initio force constants.

• Method optimization of modeling of solid state structure of M2+X2- compounds.

University of Nebraska at Omaha 8/98 – 8/00

Visiting Assistant Professor

Lansing Community College 1/98 – 5/98

Adjunct Assistant Professor

General Chemistry Laboratory

Davenport College 1/98 – 5/98

Adjunct Professor

College Algebra

Michigan State University 9/92 – 5/98

Graduate Teaching Assistant

General Chemistry

General Chemistry Lab

Physical Chemistry

Quantum Mechanics/Statistical Mechanics (graduate courses)

Chemical Kinetics and Spectroscopy (graduate course)

Promoted to Merit Teaching Assistant for excellence in teaching

Solely taught non-traditional chemistry student first semester Physical Chemistry

Facilitator: International Teaching Assistant Orientation

Graduate Teaching Assistant Orientation

PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Publications

Tisko, E. L., Li, X. and K. C. Hunt, J. Chem. Phys. 103, 6873 (1995), Relation of vibrational hyper-Raman intensities

to g-hyperpolarizability densities

Tisko, E. L. and K. C. Hunt, to be submitted to J. Chem. Phys., Derivatives of the polariza tion propagator

including orbital relaxation effects

Tisko, E. L., to be submitted to J. Chem. Ed., Visualizations of particle -in-a-box wavefunctions using Mathcad.

Edmund L. Tisko

Presentations

17th Biennial Conference on Chemical Education – Bellingham WA JUL 30, 2002

Building a Working Model of a Water Barometer (w/ Dan Sullivan, UNO)

36th Midwest Regional ACS Meeting – Lincoln, NE. OCT 11, 2001

Using Flash to Create Simple Animations for Physical Chemistry

35th Midwest Regional A CS Meeting – St. Louis, Mo. OCT 25, 2000

Visualization of particle -in-a-box wavefunctions using Mathcad – Poster

XXVIII Midwest Theoretical Chemistry Conference – Evanston, IL MAY 13, 1995

Changes in hyperpolarizabilities due to nuclear displacements - Poster

210th American Chemical Society National Meeting – Chicago, IL AUG 23, 1995

Changes in nonlinear optical response tensors due to nuclear displacements – Poster

EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

Michigan State University 8/92 to 7/98

Ph. D. in Chemical Physics 7/98

Dissertation Title Derivatives of Molecular Electromagnetic Properties Using Nonlocal Susceptibility Densities

Research Advisor Dr. Katharine L. C. Hunt

Research Projects

• Relation of vibrational hyper-Raman intensitie s to g-hyperpolarizability densities

• Construction of a nonlocal magnetizability density: relationships between nuclear momentum derivatives of the

electronic magnetic moment and nonlocal chemical shift densities

• Analytic relationships between second-quantized polarization propagators, higher order polarization

propagators and nonlocal polarizabilities densities

Michigan Technological University 7/82 - 5/85, 8/86 - 11/88

B. S. in Chemistry 8/88

B. S. in Applied Physics 11/88

B. S. in Mathematics 11/88

• concentrated studies in biology and engineering mechanics

United States Air Force Academy 6/81 - 6/82

• Dean’s List - fall and spring semesters

• Junior Varsity Football - starting defensive tackle

INDUSTRIAL EXPERIENCE

Gelman Sciences 9/89 - 3/90

Product Development Chemist

• Developed microfiltration membranes for molecular biology applications.

PPG Industries 6/90 - 8/92

Product Development Chemist / Technical Service Representative

• Developed water treatment and maintenance products for automotive spray paint booth applications

• Patent No. 5,223,141 Method for Removing and Recovering Paint Overspray in a Water

Wash Spray Booth

MISCELLANEOUS

Professional Organizations

American Chemical Society

American Physical Society

American Association of Physics Teachers