Resume
of George E. Keller
Objective: To pass on to the
next generation something of the art of thinking like a physicist.
Education: 1956 - 1965,
Georgia Institute of Technology, BS, MS, and PhD degrees in Physics.
Summary of Qualifications: 1967 - 1998
Ballistic Research Laboratory and Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen Proving
Ground, Maryland. Research Physicist, working in laboratory astrophysics,
in-situ stratospheric measurements of positive ions, chemical kinetics, and
(for 17 years) interior ballistics: gun muzzle flash, thermal management,
development of interior ballistic models and codes, and charge ignition
mechanisms.
Professional Experience:
Research projects in the final ten years of work for the US Army included a)
development of interior ballistic codes, b) serving on the Army/Navy panel of
experts who investigated the USS IOWA turret explosion, c) serving as the
principal investigator for modeling investigations of Unicharge/modular
artillery charge system (MACS) ignition processes, d) work with Benet and with
PM-Crusader on the thermal management of fast-firing 155-mm cannons, e)
assistance to ARDEC in modeling and understanding unusual ignition processes in
120-mm tank guns, and f) a continuing study of gun tube erosion mechanisms.
Professional Experience after
retiring from Federal service, a) short course in interior ballistics for
the firing crews at Yuma Proving Ground, AZ, 1999; b) membership on Picatinny Arsenal
(NJ) Red Team for solving problems with weapons system under development,
2000; c) study of charge
cook-off; d) study of
cannon-pressure-wave quantification using modern statistical techniques; and
e) Adjunct Professor at UNC-Asheville, teaching introductory physics in
Summers 2001-2010.
Publications: 40 government
reports, 60 other publications, details on request.
Presentations: Numerous
presentations to government, academic, national, international, military, and
non-military organizations
Professional Memberships:
American Physical Society, Sigma Xi. President of the University of North
Carolina at Asheville chapter of Sigma Xi from 2003-2005.
References:
Available upon request
Computer
capabilities: MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Word, HTML, Paint Shop Pro, Eudora,
MS Publisher, FORTRAN.
Activities since moving to
Asheville:
- Design and
implementation of the Buncombe County
GOP web site
- Design and
implementation of the 11th
North Carolina Congressional District GOP web site
- 2002-2006,
implementation and maintenance of the RiverLink
of Asheville web site. Winner of RiverLink's 2003 Critical Link Award.
Other Asheville activities
and experience:
- 2001-2003,
received small-group facilitator training, and facilitated one of the
Asheville-Buncombe VISION Community Dialogues small groups in the Autumn
of 2001 and in the Autumn of 2002. In 2003, vice-chair of the Community
Dialogues Steering Committee. In 2004, chair of the Community Dialogues
Steering Committee and VISION Board member.
- 2001,
completed Leadership Asheville Seniors. Since 2001, member in Leadership Asheville Forum.
- 2003-2005
and 2009-present, President of Buncombe County Republican
Men's Club.
- 2003-2005,
Vice Chair of the Buncombe County Republican Party.
- 2005-2007,
Chairman of Buncombe County
Republican Party.
- 2007-2009,
Secretary of the Buncombe County Republican Party
- 2005-present,
Member of the Asheville Civic Center Commission.
- 2005-present,
Member of Asheville Sister
Cities, Inc.
- Member of Asheville Art Museum.
- Member of Asheville Downtown Association.
- Member of
Downtown Asheville Residential Neighbors (DARN)
- Member of FreedomWorks
Details
of employment by the US Army are available at www.gakeller.com/FACTOR4.html.