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Name: Edwin J. Kay

 

Address:  Home: 1104 Prospect Ave   

                Bethlehem, PA 18018

                (610) 867‑3136                                                      

         

School: CSE Department

              Lehigh University

              19 Memorial Drive West

              Bethlehem, PA 18015

              (610)758-3623

              FAX: (610)758-4096

              ejk0@lehigh.edu

 

Personal Data:  Married to Janice Lee Kay

                         Father of Gwen, William, and Natalia

 

                                      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

 

Associate Professor to Professor, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA. September, 1983 ‑ present. Associate Chair, July, 2001-present. 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, 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.

 

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.

               


Industrial Experience

 

Research Scientist, Tektronix Laboratories, Tektronix, Inc. August, 1985 ‑ June, 1986.

                   

Honor Societies

 

Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honorary)

Sigma Xi

Phi Beta Delta

 

Professional Societies

 

Association for Computing Machinery

Awards

 

NDEA Predoctoral Fellow, 1966‑1967

NIGMS Postdoctoral Fellow, 1969‑1971

 

Grants

 

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.

 

Papers

 

Dissertation (Mathematics):(1969) Characterizations and Applications of Sequential Norms.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 29, 4271B (University Microfilms No. 69‑7343).

 

Dissertation (Psychology):(1972) The application of Signal Detectability Theory to a Multiple Look Task.  Dissertation Abstracts International, 32, 543B (University Microfilms No. 72‑9298).

 

Kay, E. J. (1969). A characterization of sequential norms.

Mathematics Association of America Annual Meeting, New Orleans, Louisiana.

 

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.

 

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.

 


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.

 

Consulting

 

Spring of 1979:  Design and analysis of experiments to assess the

palatability of foods for dogs.  The Alpo Corporation.

 

Spring of 1980:  Political poll for Jeanette Reibman, Democratic   candidate for U. S. Congress.

 

September, 1986 to 1989. Analysis of verbal protocols. Tektronix,

Inc.

 

September, 1990 to Nov, 1993.  Statistical study of the Age‑60 Rule. Federal Aviation Administration.

 

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.

 

Publications

 

1. 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.

 

2. Kay, E. J.(1974) ‑Fem‑ale or ‑Mal‑e authorship. American Psychologist, 29, 639-640.

 

3. Kay, E. J., & Weber, J.(1975)  Detection in a four‑observation two‑channel task.  Perception and Psychophysics, 17, 425‑428.

 

4. Kay, E. J.(1975) Aversive effects of repeated injections of THC in rats.  Psychological Reports, 37, 1051‑1054.

 

5. 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.

 

6. Kay, E. J., Soul, H. & Trutt, D.(1976)  Some subnormal operators and hypergeometric kernel functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 53, 237‑242.

 

7. 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.

 

8. Altenor, A., Kay, E. J., & Richter, M.(1977)  The generality of learned helplessness in the rat.  Learning and Motivation, 8, 54‑61.

 

9. Kay, E. J., & Trutt, D.(1977)  Newton spaces of analytic functions. Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications, 60, 325‑328.

 

10. Kay, E. J. & Richter, M. L.(1977)  The category confound:  a design error. Journal of Social Psychology, 103, 57‑63.

 

11. 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.

 

12. 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.

 

13. 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.

 

14. Richter, M. L. & Kay, E. J.(1980)  The role of expectancy and aftereffects in alternation.  Learning and Motivation, 11, 503‑532.

 

15. Kay, E. J.(1980) Conditioned aversions in rats and pigeons.  Lehigh Research Review, 11, 1‑3.

 

16. Goett, J. A. & Kay, E. J.(1981)  Lithium chloride and THC lead to

conditioned taste aversions in the pigeon.  Psychopharmacology, 72, 215‑216.

 

17. 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.

 

18. 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).

 

19. Seay, M. B., & Kay, E. J.(1983) Three factor analysis of dyadic   interactions.  Developmental Psychology, 19(6), 868‑872.

 

20. 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.

 

21. 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.

 

22. 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.

 

23. 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.

 

24. 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.

 

25. 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.

 

26. 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.

 

27. Avitzur, B., Eto, M., & Kay, E. (1992) Treating Rolling vs. Sliding Friction by the Wave Model, Wear, 156, 211‑237.


 

28. 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.

 

29. 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)

 

30. 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)

 

31. 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)

 

32. 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.

 

33. 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.

 

34. 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.

 

35. 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.

 

36. 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.

 

37. Blank, G. D., Barnes, R. F., & Kay, E. J. (2003) The universal Computer: Introducing Computer Science with Multimedia (Mcgraw-Hill/Primis)

 

38.  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.

 

39.  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 Interaction14, 1-31.