VITA
– EDWIN J. KAY
A.
Biographical Information
Name: Edwin J.
Kay
Address: Home: 1104 Prospect Ave
Bethlehem, PA 18018
(610) 867‑3136
Cell:(484)725-9043
ejk0@lehigh.edu
Degrees
B.S., Mathematics, Rensselaer
Polytechnic Institute, 1964
M.S., Mathematics, Lehigh
University, 1966
Ph.D., Mathematics, Lehigh
University, 1968
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology,
Lehigh University, 1971
Academic
Appointments
Professor Emeritus, Lehigh
University, Bethlehem, PA. January, 2013 – present.
Adjunct Professor of Mathematics,
Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. January, 2013 – May, 2013.
Associate Professor to Professor,
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem,
PA. September, 1983 – Dec, 2012. Associate Chair, July, 2001-2012. Co-Director,
Computer Science and Business Program, July 1, 2002 - present. Interim Chair,
November, 2001 ‑ December 2002. Director, Cognitive Science Program,
September, 1987 ‑ July, 1992. Courses taught: Introduction to Structured
Programming (Pascal, Java, C++),
Advanced Programming, Object Oriented Programming (Smalltalk), Automata
and Formal Grammars, Artificial Intelligence Programming, Design and Analysis
of Algorithms, Programming Languages, LISP, Introduction to Engineering.
Professor, Department of
Mathematics, Ashesi Unversity College, Accra Ghana (Fulbright Fellow),
September 2010 – June 2011. Courses taught: Java programming, Programming
Languages.
Professor, Department of
Mathematics, University of Buea, Buea, Cameroon (Peace Corps assignment). September, 1995 - June, 1997. Courses taught:
Calculus, Abstract Algebra.
Instructor to Associate
Professor, Department of
Psychology, Lehigh University,
Bethlehem, Pa. February, 1971 ‑ September, 1983. Courses taught:
Introductory Psychology, Statistics and Design of Analysis, Advanced Topics in
Statistics, Mathematical Psychology, Quantitative Psychology, Experimental
Psychology.
Research Scientist, Tektronix
Laboratories, Tektronix, Inc. August, 1985 ‑ June, 1986.
Instructor, Mathematics
Department, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA. September, 1968 ‑ August,
1969. Courses taught: Calculus, Probability and Statistics.
Teaching Assistant, Department of
Mathematics, Rice University,
Houston, Texas. February, 1967 ‑ June, 1967. Course taught: Finite Mathematics.
Teaching Assistant, Department of
Mathematics, Lehigh University,Bethlehem, Pa. September, 1964 ‑ June,
1966, and September, 1967‑ June, 1968.
Courses taught: Calculus, Linear
Algebra, Differential Equations, Complex Analysis.
B. Publications and
Creative Activities
Book
Blank, G. D., Barnes, R. F.,
& Kay, E. J. (2003) The universal Computer: Introducing Computer Science
with Multimedia (Mcgraw-Hill/Primis)
Refereed
Publications
1. Frees, S., Kessler, G. D., & Kay, E. J. (2007) The PRISM Interaction Suite for
Precision Manipulation in Immersive Virtual Environments, ACM Transactions
on Computer-Human Interaction, 14,
1-31.
2. Krawiec, S., Slater, D., & Kay, E. J.
(2005) A ‘hybrid’ bacteriology course: the professor’s design and expectations;
the students’ performance and assessment, Microbiology Education, 6,
8-13.
4.. Ndibi, P. B. & Kay, E. J.
(1999) Measuring the local community=s participation in the management of
community forests in Cameroon. Biodiversity
and Conservation,8, 255-272.
5. Ndibi, P. B. & Kay, E.
J. (1997) The regulatory framework for
the exploitation of medicinal plants in Cameroon: the case of Prunus
africana on Mount Cameroon. Biodiversity
and Conservation, 6, 1409-1412.
6.. Blank, G. D., Kogut, P. A.,
Mousley, K., & Kay, E. J. (1995) Semantic interpretation in linear time in
the ATIS domain. Applied Intelligence,
5(4), 319-350.
7.. Vihman, M. M., Kay, E. J., de Boysson‑Bardies, D., Durand, C.,
& Sundberg,
U. (1994) External sources of individual differences? A cross‑linguistic
analysis of the phonetics of mothers' speech to one‑year‑old
children. Development Psychology, 30(5), 651-662.
8. Kay, E. & Nyby, J.
(1992) LiCl Aversive Conditioning has
Transitory Effects on Pheromonal Responsiveness in Male House Mice (Mus
Domesticus), Physiology and Behavior, 52, 105‑113.
9. Avitzur, B., Eto, M., &
Kay, E. (1992) Treating Rolling vs. Sliding Friction by the Wave Model, Wear,
156, 211‑237.
10. Kay, E. J. (1992) Appendix A: Analysis of Variance. In
C. A. Ferguson, L. Menn, & C. Stoel‑Gammon (Eds.), Phonological
Development (pp. 418‑420).
Timonium, Maryland: York Press, Inc.
11. Avitzur, B, Eto, M., and Kay,
E. (1991) Rolling vs. Sliding
Friction. ASME Proc. Eng.‑Tribology,
Vol 2., Tribological Aspects in Manufacturing (pp. 165‑175) Atlanta
Georgia.
12. Avitzur, B & Kay, E.
(1990) Surface‑Layer Modeling of
Friction Using Rotational Motion of Rigid Bodies. Proceedings of the Third International
Conference on Technology of Plasticity (pp. 981-987). Kyoto, Japan.
13. Bailey, W. A., & Kay, E.
J. (1987) Structural Analysis of Verbal
Data . Conference Proceedings: Human Factors in Computing Systems
and Graphics
Interface, ACM/SIGCHI
(pp. 297‑301). Ottowa, Ontario.
14. Bailey, W. A., & Kay, E.
J.(1986) Toward the standard analysis of
verbal data. Proceedings of the 1986
IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (pp. 582‑587).
Atlanta, Georgia.
15. Nyby, J., Kay, E. J., Bean,
N. J., Dahinden, Z., & Kerchner, M.(1985). Male mouse (Mus musculus)
attraction to airborne urinary odors of conspecifics and to food orders:
effects of food deprivation. Journal of Comparative Psychology, 99(4),
479‑490.
16. Seay, M. B., & Kay, E.
J.(1983) Three factor analysis of dyadic
interactions. Developmental
Psychology, 19(6), 868‑872.
17. Kay, E. J., Jensen‑Osinski,
B. J., Beidler, P. G., & Aronson, J. L.(1983). The graying of the college
classroom. The Gerontologist, 23(2),
196‑199.
18. Goett, J. A. & Kay, E.
J.(1981) Lithium chloride and THC lead
to
conditioned taste aversions in
the pigeon. Psychopharmacology, 72,
215‑216.
19. Richter, M. L., Vatza, E. J.,
Seay, M. B., Kerchner, M. T., Kay, E. J., & Byatt, S. E.(1981) Combining
results of independent studies: Distributional tails and directional
hypotheses. The Journal of
Psychology, 108, 119‑122.
.
20. Altenor, A. & Kay, E.
J.(1980) The effects of postweaning
rearing conditions on the response to stressful tasks in the rat. Physiological Psychology, 8, 88‑92.
21. Vatza, E. J., Byatt, S. E., Kay, E. J., Kerchner, M., Richter, M. L., &
Seay, M. B.(1980) Comment on
"Combining Results of Independent Studies." Psychological
Bulletin, 88(2), 494‑495.
22. Richter, M. L. & Kay, E.
J.(1980) The role of expectancy and
aftereffects in alternation. Learning
and Motivation, 11, 503‑532.
23. Kay, E. J., Lyons, A.,
Newman, W., Mankin, D., & Loeb, R.(1978) A
longitudinal study of the
personality correlates of marijuana use. Journal of Consulting and Clinical
Psychology, 46, 470‑477.
24. Kay, E. J., Lyons, A.,
Newman, W., & Mankin, D.(1977) A
test‑retest study of the Personal Orientation Inventory. Journal of Humanistic Psychology, 2,
87‑89.
25. Altenor, A., Kay, E. J.,
& Richter, M.(1977) The generality
of learned helplessness in the rat. Learning
and Motivation, 8, 54‑61.
26. Kay, E. J., & Trutt,
D.(1977) Newton spaces of analytic
functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 60, 325‑328.
27. Kay, E. J. & Richter, M.
L.(1977) The category confound: a design error. Journal of Social
Psychology, 103, 57‑63.
28. Kay, E. J., Soul, H. &
Trutt, D.(1976) Some subnormal operators
and hypergeometric kernel functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and
Applications, 53, 237‑242.
29. Kay, E. J., & Weber,
J.(1975) Detection in a four‑observation
two‑channel task. Perception
and Psychophysics, 17, 425‑428.
30. Kay, E. J.(1975) Aversive
effects of repeated injections of THC in rats.
Psychological Reports, 37, 1051‑1054.
31. Rubenstein, H., Richter, M.,
& Kay, E.(1975) Pronounceability and
the visual recognition of nonsense words.
Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 14, 651‑657.
32. Kay, E. J., Rohatgi, K.,
& Krawiec, S.(1974) Morphometric
modelling of mitochondria in Tetrahymena Pyriformis ST exposed to chloramphenical
and lithium bromide. Journal of
Protozoology, 21, 608‑612.
33. Kay, E. J.(1974) ‑Fem‑ale
or ‑Mal‑e authorship. American Psychologist, 29,
639-640.
Unrefereed
Publications
1. Blank, G. D., Kay, E. J.,
Pottenger, W. M., Heigl, J. J., Roy, S., & Sahasrabudhe (2002) Teaching
abstract data type semantics with multimedia, Euorpean conference on object
oriented programming. Workshop on
teaching object-oriented programming, June 2002.
2. Hyland, D. T., Kay, E. J.,
Deimler, J. D., & Gurman, E. B. (1992)
Airline Pilot Age and Performance: A Review of the Scientific
Literature, Technical Report 8025‑1A, FAA Contract No. DTFA‑02‑90‑90125. Cherry Hill, NJ: Hilton Systems, Inc. (This
later appeared as "Age 60 study, part II: Airline pilot age and performance
- a review of the scientific literature, 1994, DOT/FFA/AM-94/21)
3. Kay, E. J., Harris, R. M.,
Voros, R. S., Hillman, D. J., Hyland, D. T., & Deimler, J. D. (1993) Age
60 Project: Consolidated Database Experiments, Final Report (Technical
Report 8025‑3C, FAA Contract No. DTFA‑02‑90‑90125).
(This later appeared as "Age 60 study, part III: consolidated database
experiments, 1994, DOT/FAA/AM-94/22.
4. Hyland, D. T., Kay, E. J.,
& Deimler, J. D. (1993) Age 60
Project: Experimental Evaluation of Pilot Performance (Technical Report
8025‑4B, FAA Contract No. DTFA‑02‑90‑90125). (This
later appeared as "Age 60 study, part IV: experimental evaluation of pilot
performance, 1994, DOT/FAA/AM-94-23)
5. Krawiec, S. & Kay, E. J.
(1988). Regions in the Escherichia coli
Genome Devoid of Loci Preclude a
Meaningful Assessment of Gene
Distribution. American Society
for Microbiology Conference on
Organization of the Bacterial
Chromosome. Pine Mountain, Georgia.
6. Krawiec, S. & Kay, E. J.
(1988). "Log Normal" Distribution of Loci on the E. coli Chromosome
Does Not Arise From "Log Normal" Distribution of Gene Sizes. XVIth
International Congress of Genetics. Toronto, Canada.
7. Nyby, J., Kay, E. J., &
Jubilian, B. (1988). Male responsiveness
to female pheromones in house mice: Effect of lithium chloride aversive
conditioning. Conference on Reproductive Behavior. Omaha, Nebraska.
8. Jensen‑Osinski, B. J.,
Beidler, P. G., Kay, E. J. &
Aronson, J. L.(1982). The graying of the classroom: impact of older people as
peers in the classroom on the attitudes and on performance of
undergraduates. Lifelong Learning
Research Conference Proceedings, University of Maryland (pp. 116-120).
College Park Maryland).
9. Kay, E. J.(1980) Conditioned
aversions in rats and pigeons. Lehigh
Research Review, 11, 1‑3.
10. Dissertation
(Psychology):(1972) The application of Signal Detectability Theory to a
Multiple Look Task. Dissertation
Abstracts International, 32, 543B (University Microfilms No. 72‑9298).
11. Dissertation (Mathematics):(1969)
Characterizations and Applications of Sequential Norms. Dissertation Abstracts International, 29,
4271B (University Microfilms No. 69‑7343).
12. Kay, E. J. (1969). A
characterization of sequential norms.
Mathematics Association of
America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.
Software
Developed
Stefan Fedyschyn and I have
developed an extensive software package for simulating the Intel 8085
microprocessor. The software, ENVI85, produces an integrated environment which
includes an editor, an assembler, a simulator, and a debugger.
C. Honors and
Awards
Honor Societies
Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics
Honorary)
Sigma Xi
Phi Beta Delta
Awards
NDEA Predoctoral Fellow, 1966‑1967
NIGMS Postdoctoral Fellow, 1969‑1971
Rotary Fellow, 2003
Fulbright Fellow 2010-2011
D. Research Funding
THC effects: Determination of
effective, non‑aversive dosages. National Institute of Drug Abuse. $5000. June, 1974 ‑ May, 1975
Using Protocol Analysis to
Investigate Methods of Improving the Teaching of Smalltalk. Tektronix,
Inc. $48,000.
September, 1987 ‑ August,
1988.
Evaluation of Simulator
Performance Measures. Federal Aviation Administration,
$25,000. July 1, 1993 ‑ June 30,
1994.
Development of a Conveyor
Friction Scale. Accu-sort Systems.
$31,889. September 15, 1994 - June 30,
1995.