Jack Norman

Natural and Applied Sciences (Chemistry)
University of Wisconsin-Green Bay
Green Bay, WI 54311-7001
Office: LS 469
normanj@uwgb.edu
920-465-2276

Education:

• BS (Chemistry) University of New Hampshire-Durham (1960)
• Ph.D. (Physical Chemistry) University of Wisconsin-Madison (1965)
• Post-Doctoral Study at the University of Washington-Seattle, Nuclear Physics Laboratory

Employment:

• University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, 1968-Present
• University of Kentucky-Lexington, 1966-1968
• University of Washington-Seattle, 1965-1966

Professional Society Memberships:

• American Chemical Society (Nuclear Chemistry and Technology and Chemical Education Divisions)
• American Physical Society
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• Sigma Xi
• National Science Teachers Association

Recent Teaching:

• 225-211 Principles of Chemistry I (Lecture, Discussion, Laboratory)
• 225/754-320-322 Thermodynamics and Kinetics (Lecture and Laboratory)
• 225/754-323 Structure of Matter (Lecture and Laboratory)
• 225/754-417/418 Nuclear Physics and Radiochemistry (Lecture and Laboratory)

Independent Study; Internships; Research in Chemistry

• More than three dozen, several lead to presentations at the Wisconsin Undergraduate Research Symposium or were directly connected to masters thesis projects.

Graduate Committees:

MP = Major Professor
MI = Major Involvement (e.g. training and assistance with nuclear counting).

B. Denny (MP) C. Foster-Strickler (MI) B. Green J. Kirk (MI) F. Koebl B. Rubio W. Lund (MI) J. Bredael-Bosse (MI) G. Guenther (MI) D. Weyenberg

J. Baker (MI) K. Hawks (MI) T. Strum (MI) D. Lange (MI) E. Carey J. Salkowski P. Wozniak (MI) D. Jayaprakash (MI) M. Haderer (MP) R. Levenduske (MP)

Recent Graduate Teaching Assistants:

• Kevin Palmer, James Williams, Larry Gabka, Lisa Bauer, Edith Wagoner, Polly Hanson, Kiersten Rattray.

Refereed (R), Editorial Review (E) or Invited (I)

• R "Isomer Ratios for Y-87, 87m and the Spin Dependence of the Nuclear Level Density,"
  R. Vandenbosh, L. Haskin, and J. C. Norman, Phys. Rev., 137, B1134-B1144 (1965).
• R "Si-28(He-4,0-16)0-16 Reaction," R. Vandenbosch, J. C. Norman, and C. J. Bishop, Phys. Rev., 158, 887-892 (1967).
• R "The Geochemistry of Sc: A Comparison to the Rare Earths and Fe," Jack C. Norman and Larry A. Haskin, Geochem. et Cosmochim. Acta. 32, 93-108 (1968).
• R "Energy and Angular Dependence of Differential Cross Sections for the 0-16(0-16, He-4) Si-28 Reaction," R. W. Shaw, J. C. Norman, R. Vandenbosch, and C. J. Bishop, Phys. Rev., 184, 1040-1041 (1969).
• R "Threshold Effects in the Ar-40(d,p)Ar-41 Reaction," M. Cosack, M. K. Leung, M.T. McEllistrem, R. L. Schulte, M. M. Stautbert, and J. L. Weil and J. C. Norman, Nucl. Phys. A136, 532-544 (1969).
• R "The Chemistry-Physics Program at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay," Am. J. Phys., 42, 1108-1111 (1974).
• E "Scintillation Counting - Cut the Static," Jack C. Norman, Summary Reports of the American Society of Clinical Pathologists, XIV, No. 6, (1977).
• R "Phosphorus Cycling and Algae in Green Bay, Lake Michigan," Jack C. Norman and Paul E. Sager, Vern. Internal. Verein. Limnol., 20, 329-333 (1978)
• R "Modelling Phosphorus Transfer Rates in Lake Water," Jack C. Norman and Paul E. Sager, J. Theor. Biol., 71, 381-385 (1978).
• I "Preliminary Report on the Silver Content of Soils in Northeastern Wisconsin - July- August 1977," Jack C. Norman, J. Weather Modification, 10, 62-66 (1978).
• I "On the Concentration of Silver in Precipitation from Storms Seeded with Silver Iodide," Jack C. Norman. J. Weather Modification, 10, 67-68 (1978).
• I "On the Environmental Impact of Dry Ice (Solid Carbon Dioxide) Used as a Seeding Agent in Weather Modification," Jack C. Norman, J. Weather Modification 10, 69-70 (1978).
• R "Thermal and Economic Evaluation of Passive Solar Heating Using the f-Chart Method," Jack C. Norman, Solar Energy: Bringing It Down to Earth, Solar Energy Society of Canada, National Conference Proceedings, p. 1-13 (1979).
• R "Guided Problem-Solving in Introductory Chemistry-Physics," Jack C. Norman. Proceedings of a National Conference on Teaching Decision-Making, Morgantown, WV, p. 17.1-17.6 (1980).
• R "The Energy-Efficient Rumford Fireplace," Jack C. Norman, Wood for Home Heating Factsheet G3168. UWEX (1981).
• R "A Plymer-Solution Thermometer Revisited," Jack C. Norman, J. Chem. Ed., 61, 1094 (1984).
• R "Potassium in Apricots - A Nuclear Chemistry Experiment," Jack C. Norman, J. Chem. Ed., 62, 439 (1985).
• R "Who Knows the Ka Values of Water and the Hydronium Ion?" R. Starkey, J. Norman, and M. Hintze, J. Chem. Ed., 63, 473-474 (1986).
• R "Phosphorus Cycling - An Ecology Experiment," J. Norman and H. Cedergren, J. Col. Sci. Teaching, 16, 529-531 (1987).
• R "Activation Analysis of Nickels," J. Norman and D. Blinstrub, J. Chem. Ed., 64, 254 (1987).
• R "Radon Concentrations and Infiltration in Homes," J. Norman, Proceedings of the BTECC Symposium on Air Infiltration, Ventilation, and Moisture Transfer, Fort Worth, TX, 2-4 Dec. 1986.
• R Norman; Sell; Ciriacks: "pH and Conductivity of Concentrated Aqueous Sodium Sulfide/Sodium Carbonate Solutions Undergoing Carbonation," Can. J. Chem. Eng., 68, 346-348 (1990).
• R Norman; Sell; Ciriacks: "Avoiding Total Reduced Sulfur (TRS) Emissions from Sodium Sulfite Pulping Recovery Processes," TAPPI J., 73, 229-231 (1990).
• I Norman: (Book Review) "Robert Robinson: Chemist Extraordinary," J. Chem. Ed., 68, p. 214 (1991).
• R Sell: Norman, "Method for Recycling Sulfur Dioxide from Spent Pulping Liquors," U.S. Patent No. 5096540 (1992).
• R Norman: Sell, "Recovery of Sulfur from Spent Semichemical Pulping Liquors," TAPPI J., 75, 133-136 (July 1992).
• R Sell; Norman, "Reductive Burning of High Yield Spent Pulping Liquors by Addition of Pulverized Coal," TAPPI J., 75, 152-156, (October 1992).
• R Hawk, K., R. Stieglitz, J. Norman, Radon Concentrations in an Area of Dolomite Bedrock: Door County, Wisconsin; Environment International; 19; 241-252 (1993).
• R Sell, N. J.; Norman, J.C.; Ciriacks, J. A., Chemical and Physical Properties of High Yield Alkaline Sulfite Green Liquor; Ind. and Eng. Chem. Res.; 32; 2794-2799 (1993).
• R Sell, N. J.; Norman, J.C.; Vandenbush, M.D.; Removing Color and Chlorinated Organics from Pulp Mill Bleach Plant Effluents by Use of Flyash; Resources, Conservation and Recycling; 10, 279-299 (1994).
• R Norman, J. C.; Sell, N. J.; Danelski, M.; Deinking Laser-Print Paper Using Ultrasound; TAPPI J.; 77; 151-158 (1994).
• R Sell; Norman, "Flue Gas Desulfurization Scheme to Recover Elemental Sulfur," Ind. Chem. Res., 34, 1428-1433 (1995).
• R Sell; Norman; Jayaprakash, "Deinking Secondary Fiber Using Ultrasound; Progress in Paper Recycling, August 1995, 28-34 (1995).
• R Jayaprakash; Sell; Norman; Massay; Nelson; Doshi, "Use of Secondary-Fiber Rejects as Fuel for a Coal-Fired Stoker Boiler," TAPPI J., 78(7), 199-204 (1996).
• R Bredael; Sell; Norman, "The Use of Membrane Technology to Clean Deinking Effluent," Progress in Paper Recycling, November 1996, 1-8 (1996).
• R Martinson; Wozniak; Norman, "Power Lines and Ionizing Radiation," Health Physics 71, 944-947 (1996).

Presentations at Meetings:

• "Phosphorus Turnover Rates in Lower Green Bay," J. C. Norman and P. E. Sager, Seventeenth Conference on Great Lakes Research, August 12-14, 1974, Hamilton, Ontario.
• "Phosphorus Cycling and Luxury Phosphorus Storage by Algae in the Waters of Green Bay," Jack C. Norman and Paul E. Sager. Technical Report WISWRC 76-04, Office of Water Research and Technology, (1976).
• J. C. Norman and C. R. Rhyner, "Integration of Chemistry and Physics," Wisconsin Society of Science Teachers, Green Bay (1977).
• C. R. Rhyner and J. C. Norman, "A Modular Approach to Interdisciplinary College Science Courses," National Science Teachers Association, Milwaukee (1978).
• "Analysis of Pyranometer Data for the February, 1979 Eclipse," J. Delaune, A. Mehra, J. C. Norman, and L. Wallace. Annual Meeting of the Midwest Astronomers Society, Ames, Iowa (1979).
• "Rumford Fireplaces," Jack C. Norman, Presentation to the Wisconsin Section of the American Association of Physics Teachers, Green Bay, WI (1982).
• "Low-Level Radioactive Waste," Jack C. Norman. Presentation to WPSC Low Level Waste Seminar, Green Bay, WI (1982).
• "The Decline and Fall of Integrated Chemistry-Physics at UWGB," J. Norman, presented to the International Society for Individualized Instruction Annual Conference, Atlanta, GA (1986).
• Norman, "Radon Concentrations and Infiltration in Homes," Building Thermal Envelope Coordinating Council Symposium on Air Infiltration, Ventilation and Moisture Transfer, Fort Worth, TX (1986).
• Norman, "The Role of Women in Nuclear Science," Tenth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education, Purdue U., Lafayette, IN, 31 July-2 August (1988).
• Norman; Bentley, "Radon and Lung Cancer in Wisconsin," 32nd Congress of the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC), Stockholm, 2-4 August (1989).
• Hawk; Steiglitz; Norman, "Radon Concentrations in Homes in Door County, Wisconsin," Wisconsin Academy of Science, 29 April (1989).
• Norman; Sell, "Recovery of Sulfur from Spent Sulfite-Based Semichemical Pulping Liquors," TAPPI Engineering Conference, Nashville, TN, 30 September-3 October (1991).
  
  Hawk; Stieglitz; Norman, "Radon Concentrations in Homes in Door County, Wisconsin," Radon Symposium, Worth Central Section of the Geological Society of America, 18-19 April (1991).
• Norman; Sell, "Removing Color and Trace Organics from Pulp Mill Bleach Plant Effluents by Use of Fly Ash," Symposium on Utilization of Industrial Sludge and Ashes, Appleton, WI 14-15 October (1991).
• Sell, N. J.; Norman, J. C.; Vandenbusch, M.B.; Removing Color and Chlorinated Organics from Pulp Mill Bleach Plant Effluents by Use of Flyash; 26th Great Lakes Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society, Marquette, MI, 17 May 1993.
• Norman, J. C.; Sell, N. J.; Danielske, M.; Deinking Laser Print Paper Using Ultrasound; 1993 TAPPI Engineering Conference, Orlando, FL, 22 September 1993.
• Massey, G.; Nelson, K.; Norman, J.; Sell, N.; Doshi, M.; Use of Secondary Fiber Rejects as a Fuel for a Coal-Fired Stoker Boiler; Symposium on the Utilization of Industrial Sludges and Ashes II; Green Bay, WI, 12 October 1993.

Grants:

• UWGB National Science Foundation Institutional Grant to study Lead in Air, with C. Rhyner (1971, $300)
• Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation to study Radiolead in Air (1972, $2,555)
• UW Teaching Improvement for Chem-Phys, with C. Rhyner (1976, $8,750)
• Office Water Resources Research to study Phosphorus cycling in Green Bay, with P. Sager (1974, $12,000)
• Shower Power to study Silver in Soils (1977, $1,000)
• Exxon Education Foundation for Guided Design (a method of teaching problem solving) (1977, $6,000)
• United States Department of Energy Small Grants Program for Rumford Fireplace Simulation (1979, $6,000)
• Wisconsin Public Service Corporation to study Radon in Buildings (1981, $3,565)
• WPSC to study Radon and Moisture in Homes (1984, $18,000)
• MEI Systems, Inc., of Appleton to study the development of a sulfite recovery system, with N. Sell (1986, $45,000)
  
  UW System to study reductive burning of high yield pulping liquor, with N. Sell (1987, $20,000)
• WPSC to study Radon from Wolf River Rocks (1987, $10,000)
• Norman; Sell; ESI, Sulfur from Flue Gas, Wisconsin Department of Development, $25,100.
• Sell; Norman, Sulfur from Spent Pulping Liquors, UW-System Applied Research $20,000.
• Norman, A Radon Hot Spot in West De Pere, UWGB Research Council ($500).
• Norman; Sell, Flyash as a Sorbent, UW-System Applied Research, $27,600.
• Sell; Norman, Ultrasound Deinking, UW-System Applied research, $25,700.
• Norman; Sell, Konz, Waste Wood for Energy, Wisconsin Energy Bureau, $8,000.
• Pulping Sludge Characterization, with N. J. Sell, from Marathon Engineering ($3,000).
• Sorbent Product Characterization, with N. J. Sell, from International Environment ($1,000).
• Deinking Waste Water Clarification, with N. J. Sell and James River Corporation, from UW-System Applied Research ($34,273).
• Combustion of Pulping Liquors, with N. J. Sell, from NSF ($40,540).
• Recycling Plastics and Glass as Roofing Material, with N. J. Sell, P. W. Smith, and Industrial Recycling of Wisconsin from Wisconsin Solid Waste Research Council ($35,000).
• Norman; Ultrasound and Pulp Quality, Wisconsin Solid Waste Program ($14,300).

Reviewer

• (Referee) for the Journal of Chemical Education--about two dozen articles reviewed.

Service

• Chair of Chemistry-Physics Option, 1971-1974
• Chair of Chemistry Program, 1989-1992

Committees:

• ROTC Committee
• Tenure Committee
• Radiation Safety Committee (Chair)
• Parking Lot Committee
• Academic Action (Chair 1974-1975)
• Library Committee
• Sabbatical Leave
• Committee on Committees and Nominations
• Academic Appeals Council (Chair 1988)
• Rights and Responsibilities
• Prior learning Evaluation Group
• General Education Council
• Senate
• NAS Merit Review
• NAS Math Lecturer Search and Screen
• UWGB Radiation Safety (Chair, NRC License Renewal, NRC License for Exemption, License Amendment)
• UWGB Six Full Professors (Chair)
• UWGB Academic Actions
• UW-System Competency Based Admissions

Recent Outreach:

• Academic Competition (Question Writer and Judge).
• Young Women Exploring Careers in Science (Fund Raising, Planning, Participation).
• Analysis of Machine cooling Oil for Viking Machine Company.
• Testing Print Roll Covers for Covers Unlimited.
• Testing a Cranberry Sorter for a local patent lawyer.
• Liquid scintillation counting for Russ Feere of St. Norbert College.
• Teaching precalculus math, calculus I & II, and physics I for UW-Center System for students at Kewaunee Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP).
• Teaching Nuclear Technology Laboratory for University of Maryland for Students at KNPP.
• Teaching Thermodynamics Review for UW-Extension for Engineering Refresher course.