TIMOTHY K. MINTON, Associate Professor
Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, 108 Gaines Hall
Montana
State University, Bozeman, MT 59717
Tel: (406)
994-5394, FAX: (406) 994-6011
E-mail:
tminton@montana.edu
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physical
Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, 1986
B.S., Chemistry,
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1980
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
Associate
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State
University-Bozeman, 2001-present
Assistant
Professor, Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State
University-Bozeman, 1995-2001
OTHER ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL POSITIONS
Member of
Technical Staff, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, 1989-95
Postdoctoral
Research Associate, Physical Chemistry Institute, University of Zürich,
Switzerland, 1988-9
Postdoctoral
Research Associate, Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois-UC,
1986-8
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Department of
Chemistry and Biochemistry, Montana State University-Bozeman,
undergraduate physical chemistry lab and lecture courses, graduate
kinetics and reaction dynamics course
ADMINISTRATIVE RESPONSIBILITIES AND SERVICE
Member,
Undergraduate Program Committee, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry,
Montana State University-Bozeman; assist in design of undergraduate
curriculum, 1998-present
Task Manager,
Jet Propulsion Laboratory; managed a subset of JPL Space Environments and
Effects Program concerned with atomic-oxygen-induced degradation of
materials in low Earth orbit, 1990-5
HONORS AND DISTINCTIONS
Charles and Nora
L. Wiley Faculty Award for Meritorious Research. 2002
MSU
Alumni/Bozeman Chamber of Commerce Excellence Award, 1996
NASA Monetary
Award for the creative development of a technological contribution, 1995
University of
Illinois Summer Research Fellowship, 1979
B.S. Degree with
“Distinction in the Curriculum,” 1980
Aurora
Foundation Scholarship, Aurora, Illinois, 1976-80
CURRENT RESEARCH
Gas-phase and
gas-surface reaction dynamics at hyperthermal collision energies; Degradation of materials on spacecraft in
low-Earth orbit; Rocket plume interactions with the low-Earth orbital
environment.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
"An investigation of the Resistance of POSS Polyimide to Atomic Oxygen
Attack," A.L. Brunsvold, T.K. Minton, I. Gouzman, E. Grossman, and
R.I. Gonzalez, submitted to High. Perform. Polym. (2003).
"Crossed-Beams and Theoretical Studies of the O(3P)
+ CH4 ® H + OCH3 Reaction
Excitation Function," D. Troya, D.J. Garton, T.K. Minton, and G.C. Schatz,
J. Chem. Phys., in press (2003).
"Measurements and Simulations of High Energy O(3P)
+ Ar(1S) Angular Scattering: Single- and
Multiple-Collision Regimes," M. Braunstein, A.L. Brunsvold, and T.K. Minton,
J. Chem. Phys., in press (2003).
"Theoretical Studies of the O(3P) + Ethane Reaction,"
D. Troya, R. Z. Pascual, D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, and G. C. Schatz, J.
Phys. Chem. A 107, 7161-7169 (2003).
"A Crossed Molecular Beams Study of the O(3P) + H2
Reaction: Comparison of Excitation Function with Accureate Quantum
Reactive Scattering Calculation," D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, B. Maiti, D.
Troya, and G. C. Schatz, J. Chem. Phys. 118, 1585-88 (2003).
"Hyperthermal Reactions of O(3P) with Alkanes:
Observation of Novel Reaction Pathways in Crossed-Beams and Theoretical
Studies," D.J. Garton, T.K. Minton, D. Troya, R. Pascual, and G.C. Schatz,
J. Phys. Chem. A 107, 4583-4587 (2003).
"Nucleation and Growth of Nanoscale to Microscale Cylindrical Pits in
Highly-Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite upon Hyperthermal Atomic Oxygen Exposure,"
K.T. Nicholson, T.K. Minton, and S.J. Sibener, High Perform. Polym.,
in press (2003).
"Temperature Dependent Morphology Evolution of HOPG upon Exposure to
Hyperthermal O(3P) Atoms," K. T. Nicholson, T. K. Minton, and S. J. Sibener,
submitted Progress in Organic
Coatings (2003).
“Energy
Accommodation in Hyperthermal Gas-Surface Collisions: Relevance to
Aerobraking in Planetary Atmospheres,” T. K. Minton, M. Tagawa, and G. M.
Nathanson, J. Spacecraft and Rockets, in press (2003).
“Temperature
Dependent Morphology Evolution of HOPG upon Exposure to Hyperthermal O(3P)
Atoms,” K. T. Nicholson, T. K. Minton, and S. J. Sibener, Progress in
Organic Coatings, in press (2002).
“Reactive and
Inelastic Scattering Dynamics of Hyperthermal Oxygen Atoms on a Saturated
Hydrocarbon Surface,” J. Zhang, D. J. Garton, and T. K. Minton, J.
Chem. Phys., in press (2002).
“Production of
Volatile CO and CO2 from Oxidized Polyethylene and Graphite
Surfaces by Hyperthermal Atom-Surface Collisions,” J. Zhang and T. K.
Minton, High Perform. Polym. 13, S467-S481 (2001).
“Dynamics of
Atomic-Oxygen-Induced Polymer Degradation in Low Earth Orbit,” T. K.
Minton and D. J. Garton, in Chemical Dynamics in Extreme Environments:
Advanced Series in Physical Chemistry, R. A. Dressler, ed. (World
Scientific, Singapore, 2001), pp. 420-489.
“Collision-Assisted Erosion of Hydrocarbon Polymers in Atomic Oxygen
Environments,” T. K. Minton, J. Zhang, D. J. Garton, and J. W. Seale,
High Perform. Polym. 12, 27-42 (2000).
“Comparative
Dynamics of Cl(2P) and O(3P)
Interactions with a Liquid Hydrocarbon Surface,” D. J. Garton, T. K.
Minton, M. Alagia, N. Balucani, P. Casavecchia, and G. G. Volpi, J.
Chem. Phys. 112, 5975-84 (2000).
“Reactive
Scattering of Ground-State and Electronically Excited Oxygen Atoms on a
Liquid Hydrocarbon Surface,” D. J. Garton, T. K. Minton, M. Alagia, N.
Balucani, P. Casavecchia, and G. G. Volpi, Faraday Discuss. 108,
387-99 (1997).
“Formation of Thin
Oxide Films on Room-Temperature Silicon (100) by Exposure to a Neutral Beam
of Hyperthermal Atomic and Molecular Oxygen,” M. Tagawa, T. Ema, H.
Kinoshita, M. Umeno, N. Ohmae, and T. K. Minton, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys.
37, L1455-57 (1998).
“Protocol for
Atomic Oxygen Testing of Materials in Ground-Based Facilities,” T. K.
Minton, JPL Publication 95-17, September 1995.
