DIOLA BAGAYOKO, Ph.D.
Bagayoko@aol.com or Bagayoko@phys.subr.edu
Department of Physics, Southern University at Baton Rouge (SUBR)
P. O. Box 11776; Baton Rouge, LA. 70813
(225) 771-2495 (Fax); (225) 771-2730 (Voice)


Selected Presentations

A1. EDUCATION AND EMPLOYMENT

Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, 1983, Theoretical Solid State Physics

Master?s degree (MS), Solid State Physics, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Penn., 1978

BS, Physics and Chemistry, Ecole Normale Superieure de Bamako, Bamako, Mali, 1973

Formal training in the theory and practice of Teaching and Learning, 1969-1973

Professor of Physics and Chancellor's Fellow, SUBR, 1994-Present. Associate Professor of Physics, SUBR, 1989-1994. Assistant Professor of Physics, SUBR, 1984-89. Teaches or taught courses in Introductory Physics, Mathematical Physics, Classical, Relativistic, and Quantum Mechanics. Served as Academic/Research advisor to many students, ten (10) of whom are currently enrolled in Ph.D. programs. Revised course content (undergraduate and graduate) and syllabi to explicitly take into account the taxonomy of the cognitive domain, recent research findings on cognition, and standards of graduate schools and high technology industries. Continues to integrate new knowledge and technologies (i.e., computers, the web, etc.) into the teaching, mentoring, and learning (TML).


A2. TEACHING AND MENTORING ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Established and currently directs the Timbuktu Academy, a national model program for mentoring pre-college, undergraduate, and graduate students. A US Presidential Award for Excellence in Mentoring in 1996 and a National Exemplary Undergraduate Program Award from Quality Education for Minority (QEM) Network in 1996. The Timbuktu Academy enrolls 170 middle to high school scholars in its intensive, summer, academic enrichment programs whose results are on the web (http://www.phys.subr.edu/timbuktu.htm). Timbuktu Academy counts fifty (50) to one hundred (100) high-achieving undergraduate scholars and a few graduate students. Please see publications below that show mentoring as the strong coupling between quality teaching and quality learning and as the tool for integrating research and education. Master?s of Science Theses "The Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Ruthenium Dioxide." Graduate Student: Mr. Troy. D. Williams. Date of graduation: July 31, 1998. Director: Diola Bagayoko, Ph.D.

"The Electronic, Magnetic, and Structural Properties of Al18Fe." Graduate Student: Ms. LaKindra P. Francis. Date of Graduation: July 31, 1998. Director: Diola Bagayoko, Ph.D.

Bachelor of Science -Honors Theses "Optimization and Spectrophotometric comparisons of Radiochromic Dye (2,3,5-Triphenyl-2H-Tetrazolium chloride) in Gelatin and Agar Models." Student: LaKindra P. Rancis. Date of graduation: May, 1997. Co-directors: Diola Bagayoko, Dr. Lisa Karam (NIST, Physics Laboratory, Gaithersburg, MD), and Dr. Ella L. Kelley.

"Electronic Properties of Al18Fe." Date of graduation: May, 1994. Director: Diola Bagayoko.

Thesis Committee Service (documentation of actual services is available) Served of the thesis committees of the following Master?s degree students whose graduation dates are given in parentheses: Anthony Cochran (May 1998); Lan Zhou (7/31/1998), Ke Yu (7/31/1998), Isiaka Akanbi (7/31/1998), Manford Chinkhota (7/31/1998), LaShondria Dixon (7/31/1998). Recruitment, Systemic Advisement and Mentoring: The Timbuktu Academy Personally supervised the research of an average of six (6) physics majors, per year, from 1989 to present. Sponsored four (4) national EPA fellows from 1988 to 1989. Provided financial support, through various grants, to thirty (30) students, and greatly assisted in the recruitment of selected students up to 1990. Served as academic advisor and mentor for two (2) student grand marshalls of SUBR (Ms. Zelda Gills, 1989 Grand Marshall, African-American and now holding a Ph.D. in physics from Georgia Tech and Mr. Billy Vegara, a Hispanic American, 1992 Grand Marshall, now serving in the US Navy).

Established the nationally recognized Timbuktu Academy with the financial support of the National Science Foundation (RCMS Program) and the Louisiana Board of Regents. A major funding from the Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research (ONR), has expanded the Academy in 1993 to "mentor one hundred (100) precollege students per Summer, fifty (50) high achieving college students majoring in physics, engineering, and chemistry, and to affect, positively, over 5000 precollege and college students and their parents per year." Recruited and mentored, thanks to additional funding from NASA, NIST, NSF, and SUBR, additional physics, engineering, and chemistry majors per year, including five (5) NASA-USRP scholars. About 93% of these scholars are African-Americans, the others are Hispanic, White, and Asian-Americans.

He initiated, through local, regional, and national publications and presentations, a wide replication of the Timbuktu Academy, including in the State of Louisiana via the Louisiana Alliance for Minority Participation (LAMP) for which he is one of the principal investigators. The paradigm, objectives, activities, diversified funding base, programs, and selected results of the Timbuktu Academy are available on the world wide web at http://www.phys.subr.edu.Based on the strength of the undergraduate program, the Louisiana Board of Regents approved the M.S. degree program in physics effective in the fall of 1996. The Graduate Component of the Timbuktu Academy has been established and already secured three (3) superior graduate fellowships, from a competitive state-funding program.A greater appreciation of what we refer to as mentoring is available in Education, Vol.115, No.1, November, 1994 in a series of three (3) articles co-authored by Bagayoko. These papers place the creation of educational value added on a scientific footing. The actual results, in terms of graduates and their pursuit of Ph.D. degrees, the production of new knowledge by the Scholars, and their scholastic accomplishments are available at the web site noted above.From 1989 to present, several (5-27) students attended, the national NCBPS and NSBP conferences every year. From 1993 to present, others (2-9) attended NSBE, NCUR, ASEE/GSW, APS, and ACS conferences. Per year, 30-50 scholars attend and 5-15 present at these conferences.


A3. NARRATIVE SUMMARY OF RESEARCH ACCOMPLISHMENTS

About 45 of the 70 relevant publications deal with condensed matter physics: electronic, cohesive, magnetic, optical, and other properties of metals, oxides, and polymers. Introduced applications of the power law of human performance and of the concept of cognitive condensation in teaching and learning [Education, Vol. 115, No. 1, 1994]. Introduced, with colleagues, the Bagayoko, Zhao, and Williams (BZW) procedure that opened the way, for the first time, to predictive calculations of electronic and related properties of semiconductors [Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc., Vol. 43, No. 1, p. 846 (1998) J. Phys.: Condensed Matter, Vol. 10, pp. 5645-5655 (1998); and Physical Review B60, pp. 1563-1572 (1999)]


A4. SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATIVE EXPERIENCE

Director, Office of Grants, Sponsored Research, and Faculty Development, 1987-1989. Measurably contributed to a quantum Leap in sponsored project and research performance at SUBR. Successfully managed, as project director, sponsored research and instructional grants and contracts over $1,000,000 per year from 1993 to 1998, and over $2,000,000 per year, from 1998 to present.


A5. RELATED SERVICES OR ACCOMPLISHMENTS (in reverse chronological order)           Developed a working paper on the dynamics of research stimulus in academia and co-authored "Prosperity through Academic Excellence," prepared for
          the Louisiana Board of Regents.

B1. SELECTED PUBLICATIONS (the most recent or illustrative ones out of 70)
(In reverse chronological order, beginning with title)

42. "Predictive, Ab-initio computations of Properties of Ferroelectric Materials," D. Bagayoko and G. L. Zhao. Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Modern Physics B (1999).

41. "A Problem Solving Paradigm," D. Bagayoko, Saleem Hasan, and Ella L. Kelley. Accepted for publication in College Teaching (1999).

40. "Ab-initio Calculations for the Superconducting Properties of Yba2Cu3O7,"  G. L. Zhao and D. Bagayoko. Accepted for publication in the International Journal of Modern Physics B (1999).

39. "Misconceptions and the Certainty of Response Index (CRI),"Saleem Hasan, D. Bagayoko, and Ella L. Kelley. Physics Education (UK) 34 (5), pp. 294-299, 1999.

38. "Electronic Structure and Charge Transfer in 3C- and 4H-SiC," G. L. Zhao and D. Bagayoko. Submitted to New Journal of Physics (2000).

37. "Predictive Calculations of Properties of Molecules, Clusters, and Semiconductors," D. Bagayoko, G. L. Zhao, and Troy D. Williams. Proceedings, 1999 Meeting of the National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP ?99), Atlanta, Georgia, March 21 (1999)-Accepted for Publication (1999).

36. "Local-Density-Functional Prediction of Electronic Properties of GaN, Si, C, and RuO2"G. L. Zhao, D. Bagayoko, and T. D. Williams. Physical Review B60, 1563, 1999.

35. "Ab-initio Calculations of the Electronic Structure and Optical Properties of Ferroelectric Tetragonal BaTiO3 "  D.Bagayoko, G. L. Zhao, J. D. Fan, and J. T. Wang, accepted for publication, Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, Vol. 10, No. 25, 5645 (June, 1998).

34. "Early Guidance Pays Off: Mentoring students in science, engineering and math promotes success." Diola Bagayoko, Resource Magazine, American Society of Agricultural Engineering , published by the National Congress for Community Economic Development (NCCED), Vol. 5, No. 4, page 29, April, (1998).

33. Co-author, with Professor Ora Plummer as the first author, of a 200 page writing book entitled "Writing for Success," Publisher: McGraw Hill, ISBN: 0-07-154196-9 (1998).

32. "The Ponderomotive Four-Momentum," Ju Gao, Diola Bagayoko, and Dong-Sheng Guo. Canadian Journal of Physics, Vol. 76, 87-94 (1998).

31. "Optical Properties of the Half-Metallic La3/4Ca1/4MnO3,"D. Bagayoko, G.L. Zhao, J.D. Fan and J.T. Wang. International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 12, Nos. 29-31, 3359-3364 (1998).

30. "The Gap Function in YBa2Cu3O7."G.L. Zhao and D. Bagayoko. International Journal of Modern Physics B, Vol. 12, Nos. 29-31, 3057-3062 (1998).

29. "Monte-Carlo Simulation of Coarsening in a Model of Submonolayer Epitaxial Growth" Pui-Man Lam, Diola Bagayoko and Isiaka Aknabi, submitted to Physical Review B (1998).

28. "Spin-dependence of the Electron Scattering Cross Section by a Magnetic Moment,"T. Wang, F. Tang, W. D. Brown, D. Bagayoko. Submitted for publication in the Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (JMMM), 1998.

27. "A Theoretical Model for Ferroelectric Polarization Controlled Superconductor Devices,"T. Wang, M. Chinkhota, R. Tashakkori, and D. Bagayoko. Accepted for publication in Nuclear Instruments and Methods for Physics Research (1998).

26. "First-Principle Study of the Electronic Structure and Polarization in Ferroelectric BaTiO3"Bagayoko, G. L. Zhao, J. D. Fan, and J. T. Wang. Proceedings, Louisiana Academy of Science(LAS), (1997).

25. "Renormalization Group Study of Mullins." Equation for Molecular Beam Epitaxy with Conserved Noise," P.M. Lam and D. Bagayoko, Physica A250, 495-505 (1998).

24.  "3d Impurities in Aluminum," D. Bagayoko and Pui-Man Lam at SUBR, Nathan Brener and Joseph Callaway at LSU; Physical Review B54, Vo. 17, pp. 12184-12193, Nov. 1996.

23.  "Colored Noise in the Dynamics of Aqueous Protein Solutions," P.M. Lam and D. Bagayoko, Physical Review E53, No.1, 1280 (1996).

22.  "Hidden Symmetry, Exact Relations, and a Small Parameter in Surface Growth Models  with Diffusion," P.M. Lam and D. Bagayoko, Physica A 223, 413-417, 1996.

21.  "Dynamics of Concentration Fluctuations in Polymer Solutions with Spatiotemporal correlated Noise," Pui-Man Lam and D. Bagayoko, Phys. Rev. E50, No.1, 437 (1994).

20.  "The Dynamics of Student Retention," D. Bagayoko and Ella L. Kelley, Education Vol. 115, No.1, 31-39 (Fall, 1994).

19. "Cognitive Condensation for Mastery Teaching and Learning," D. Bagayoko and E. L. Kelley, Education, Vol. 115, N0. 1, 19-25 (Fall 1994).

18.  "A Paradigm of Education: the Model of the Timbuktu Academy," W. E. Moore and D. Bagayoko, Education, Vol. 115, N0. 1, 11-18 (Fall, 1994).

17. "Ward Identities for Surface-Growth Models with Diffusion," Pui-Man Lam and D. Bagayoko, Physical Review E50, 2488 (October, 1994).

16."Spatiotemporal Correlation of Colored Noise," Pui-Man Lam and D. Bagayoko, Physical Review E48, No. 5, 3267 (November, 1993).

15. "Mechanics"  in Magill's Survey of Science: Physical Science,  Publisher: Salem Press, Pasadena, California (Jan. 1992). ISBN: 0-89356-618-7,
pp.1367-1373, (Invited Chapter).

14. "The Maxwell's Thermodynamics Equations - A Simplified Aide Memoire," Physics Education, Vol. 27, No. 3, 128-129, 1992. Publisher: Institute of
Physics, London.

13."Electronic Structure and Related Properties of Silver," G. Fuster, J. M. Tyler, N. Brener, and J. Callaway at LSU, D. Bagayoko at Southern University
and A&M College, Phys. Rev. B42, 7322, (1990).

12. "Electronic, Magnetic, and Bulk Properties of Nickel," D. Bagayoko and Zelda Y. Gills, Proceedings, Annual Meeting of National Society of Black
Physicists, Holmdell,  N.J. (1989).

11.  "Electronic and Magnetic Properties of Manganese Impurities in Aluminum," D. Bagayoko, N. Brener, D. Kanhere, and J. Callaway, Phys.  Rev. B36, 9263(1987).

10.  "Electronic Structure of Chromium and Manganese Impurities in Copper,"  D. Bagayoko, P. Blaha, and J. Callaway, Phys. Rev. B34, 3572 (1986).

09. "On Variational Solutions of the Dirac Equation," D. Bagayoko, C. Dorsey (student), and N. Brian (student), Proceedings, NSBP, Washington, D.C.  (1985).

08."Contraction of Gaussian Basis Sets and the Total Energy of FCC Copper,"  D. Bagayoko, Inter. Jour. Quant. Chem. 17, 527 (1983).

07.  "Lattice Parameter Dependence of Ferromagnetism in BCC and FCC Iron,"  D. Bagayoko and J.  Callaway, Phys. Rev. B28, 5419 (1983).

06. "Band Structure of BCC Cobalt,"" D. Bagayoko, A. Ziegler, and J.  Callaway,  Phys.  Rev. B27, 7046 (1983).

05. "Electronic Structure of Iron," 1983, Ph.D. Dissertation, available from University Microfilms International, Ann Arbor, Michigan.

04. "Total Energy of Metallic Lithium," J. Callaway, X. Zou, D.  Bagayoko, Phys. Rev. B27, 631 (1982).

03. "Calculation of the Total Energy of a Metal," J. Callaway, X. Zou, and  D. Bagayoko, Phys. Lett. A89, 86 (1982).

02. "Band Structure, Optical Properties, and Compton Profile of Copper,"  D. Bagayoko, D.G. Laurent, S.P. Singhal, and J. Callaway, Phys.  Lett.  A76, 187 (1980).

01. Total Energy Calculation Computer Program Package. An Extension of the electronic structure program BNDPKG (by C. S. Wang and J.  Callaway in    Computer Physics Communications, 1978), (1983, and extension to non-cubic symmetries in1994).

B2. PRESENTATIONS: Over 100 presentations, including 12 international, 58 national, 2 regional, 20 statewide, and tens of local ones (most of the local ones are not tracked).

B3. SPONSORED PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS (reverse chronological order)

Over $1,000,000 per year from 1993 to 1998. Over $2,000,000 per year from 1998 to present.

Details of Bagayoko's sponsored programs, activities,  and accomplishments are available in (Part 3) of his curriculum vitae given below.

B4. PARTNERSHIPS/COLLABORATIONS AND RELATED POTENTIALS
Extensive collaborations and partnerships with federal, industrial, and university laboratories around the country where Timbuktu Academy scholars summer conduct research.

B5. AWARDS AND HONORS (8 representatives out of the 30 major ones)

C. Associates, in the last 48 months (at SUBR): G. L. Zhao, J. T. Wang, J. D. Fan, D. S. Guo.

D. Graduate Students Advisees or Postdoctoral Associates: Troy D. Williams & LaKindra Francis MS degree holders whose theses were directed by
     Bagayoko--1996 to 1998). Current, African-American MS students: Mr. Tommy Dodson and Ms. LaShounda Torrence.

E. .Ph.D. Dissertation Advisor: the late Boyd Professor Joseph Callaway, LSU.

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Curriculum Vita of Dr. Diola Bagayoko: Table of Contents [Part 1] [Part 2] [Part 3]
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