1. Personal Data

married (Claude), three children (Caroline, Denis, Pascal), seven grand children (Michael, Christian, Zoe, Haley, Ian, Dylan, Samuel).

1973 Ph. D., Harvard University (Thesis Advisor: Julian Schwinger)

1971 Docteur ès-Sciences, Université de Paris VII (Thesis Advisor: J-L. Destouches)

1968 Docteur Troisième Cycle, Université de Paris Sud-Orsay (Advisor: François Bertin)

1966 Radio-Electronics Engineering Diploma, Ecole Supérieure d'Electricité (Supelec), Paris

1964 Civil Engineering Diploma, Ecole Supérieure d'Ingénieur de Beyrouth, Lebanon

1960 French Baccalaureate in Elementary Mathematics (Mathelem), Lebanon.

1959 French and Lebanese Baccalaureate in Classical and Scientific Studies, Lebanon.

1948-1960 College Notre Dame de Jamhour, Lebanon (Elementary, Middle and High School).

1976-77 Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics at the University of Montana.

1975-76 Research Fellow at Harvard University.

1974 Research Fellow at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste, Italy.

1973-1975 Associate Professor of Physics, Lebanese University, Faculty of Sciences, Hadeth, Lebanon, and Lebanese Council for Scientific Research.

1982-Present Professor of Physics

1981-1994 Director of the Secondary School Science Program

1981-1991 Chairperson of the Department of Physics

1979-1982 Associate Professor of Physics

1977-1979 Assistant Professor of Physics

• PHY 1010 and 1011 - Conservation Laws and Their Modern Applications + Physics Lab I: Every Fall 1995 - 2002.

• PHY 1012 and 1013 - Energy and Modern Technologies + Physics Lab II: Every Spring 1995 - 2002.

• PHY 1050 - Nature's Laws I: Fall 2003 and 2004.

• PHY 1052 - Nature's Laws II: Spring 2004.

• PHY 1100 - General Physics I: Summer 1996 and 1997.

• PHY 1101 - General Physics Lab I: Summer 2008.

• PHY 1102 and 1103 - General Physics II and General Physics II Lab : Summer 1995.

• PHY 2403 - Engineering Physics Lab: Fall 2000, 2002.

• PHY 2402 - Electricity and Magnetism for Engineering majors: Spring 1999.

• PHY 2410 - Mechanics: Summer 2000, 2001, 2003, 2004.

• PHY 2411 - Lab: Mechanics: Fall 1996, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008.

• PHY 2412 - Electricity and Magnetism for Science majors: Summer 1999

• PHY 2413 - Lab: Electricity & Magnetism: Spring 1996, 1997, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009.

• PHY 4100 - Mechanics I: Fall 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2006.

• PHY 4102 - Mechanics II: Spring 1996, 2000, 2002 (picture), 2004.

• PHY 6400 - Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Fall 1998, 2007.

• PHY 6400 - General Theory of Relativity: Spring 1995, Fall 1998, Spring 2007, 2008.

• PHY 6600 - Surface Chemistry and Lattice Modeling: Fall 1996 and Fall 2002.

• EDU 7141 - Two-day workshop on Integrated Teaching of Science, Mathematics and Technology: Spring 1996 and every Fall 1999-2009.

• Physics Laboratory Manual for the Science and Engineering I and II (1983).

• Physics Laboratory Manual for the Life Sciences I and II  (1983).

• Physics Laboratory Manual for Non-Science Majors (1983).

• Calculus-based Introductory Physics Laboratory Manual: Mechanics and Electromagnetism (1992).

• Core Physics Laboratory Manual (1995).

• Secondary school science program funded by NSF/CRCM (2 semesters + 1 summer session) for inner city minority high school students, grades 9-12 (1991-1994).

• Two-semester physics course for liberal arts majors (1995): Physics 1010-1011-1012-1013.

• Two-semester physics course for liberal arts majors (2003): Physics 1050-1052.

• Provided support to minority high school students (ABC in Wayne, PA).

• Developed and taught a non-credit pre-college science/mathematics program for inner city high school minority students.

• Invited talks at local colleges and high schools.

• Currently serving a three-year term on the Committee on Education of the American Physical Society (2007-2009).

• On the 20-member Advisory Editorial Board of the International Journal for Theoretical Physics, Group Theory, and Nonlinear Optics since 2000.

• On the 6-member Organizational Committee of the Annual Greater Philadelphia Physics Colloquium from 1990 to 1995. Invited Profs. T. D. Lee in 1991, Steven Chu in 1992, and S. Chandrasekhar and Norman Ramsey in 1993, R. Taylor in 1995.

• Permanent Member of the APS; permanent member of Sigma Xi; non-active member of IMACS, Sigma Pi Sigma, Phi Beta Kappa, and Phi Kappa Phi.

• Two-day Workshop on the Integrated Teaching of Science, Mathematics & Technology funded by Path-Prism and CRCM for Science and Math teachers of the Philadelphia School District (Fall 1994).

• Review of research papers for several international physics, chemistry, and mathematics journals.

• Textbook review on Tensor Calculus and the General Theory of Relativity; and Partial Difference Equations (2006).

• Review of research proposals for NSF and DOE.

• A 5-day summer refresher course in mathematics and physics for incoming Astronomy and Physics freshmen, open to sophomore students majoring in Chemistry and Comprehensive Science. This course was offered at no cost to the students every summer from 1985 to 1995 included.

• Departmental committees: physics curriculum,  rank and tenure, and faculty evaluation since 1995.

• NSF/Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Research Grant:

• NSF/Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center Coursework Grant:

• San Diego Supercomputing Center Grant:

        2002-03: 10,000 SU on the Blue Horizon                 

• National Science Foundation's Comprehensive Regional Center for Minorities

• PATHS/PRISM, The Philadelphia Partnership for Education

• NSF and DOE equipment grants co-PI with Tar-pin Chen 1988-1991:  $ 482,151

• Faculty Summer Research grant, Villanova University, 1978 ($ 3,000), 2002, 2006 and 2009 ($ 10,000).

• Summer Teaching and Learning Minigrant, VITAL, Villanova University, 2003 ($ 3,000).

53.  Energy Phase Diagrams of Hollow Adsorption on Zigzag Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes With Repulsive First-Neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, to be submitted for publication.

52.  Low Temperature Energy Phase Diagram for Adsorption on fcc (112) Stepped Surfaces with Attractive First Neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir accepted for publication July 17, 2009 (link).

51.  A Phenomenological Study of Monomer Adsorption on fcc (335) Surfaces and its Application to CO, O, and N₂ Adsorption on Pt(335), A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir, Vol. 25, pp. 944-951 (2009) (link).

50.  Adsorption on Nanotubes Having Equilateral Triangular Geometry with First- and Second-Neighbor Interactions: Attractive First-Neighbors, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir, Vol. 24, pp. 11722-11727 (2008). (Article.pdf)

49.  Adsorption on Equilateral Triangular Lattices with Attractive First-neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir, Vol. 24, pp. 124-134 (2008). (Article.pdf)

48.  High Temperature Adsorption Isotherms on Equilateral Triangular Terraces, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Letters A, Vol. 366, pp. 497-502  (2007).

47. Adsorption on Equilateral Triangular Lattices with Repulsive First-neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir, Vol. 23, pp. 1928-1936 (2007). (Article.pdf)

46. Monomer Adsorption on Terraces and Nanotubes, A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir, Vol. 23, pp. 558-573 (2007). (Article.pdf)

45. Adsorption on an Equilateral Triangular Terrace Three Atomic Sites in Width: Application to Chemisorption of CO on Pt(112), A. J. Phares, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and F. J. Wunderlich, Langmuir, Vol. 22, pp. 7646-7651 (2006). (Article.pdf)

44. PIVOTS: Service Learning at the Science, Theater & Magic Boundary, M. A. Papalaskari, K. Hess, D. Kossman, S. Metzger, A. Phares, R. Styer, C. Titone, T. Way, R. Weinstein, F. Wunderlich, ASEE/IEEE Frontier in Education (October 2006) (Article.pdf).

43. On Numerical Computation of Derivatives to Arbitrary Precision, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Group Theory, and Nonlinear Optics Vol. 10, pp. 415-424 (2004).

42. Edge Effects on Low Temperature Surface Adsorption and Phase Transitions on Finite-width Square Terraces, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 219/1-2 pp 174-190 (2003). (Article.pdf)

41. Particle Adsorption on Finite-Width Square Terraces in Stepped Surfaces, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich and A. M. S. Kumar, Surface Science Vol. 495/1-2 pp. 140-152 (2001). (Article .pdf)

40. Effect of Adsorbate-adsorbate Interactions on Low Temperature Surface Adsorption Patterns, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, International Journal of Modern Physics B Vol. 15, Nos. 24 & 25, pp. 3323-3330 (2001).

39. Adsorption Patterns and Adsorbate-adsorbate Interactions up to Third Neighbors on fcc(110) Surfaces, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Surface Science Vol. 479 pp.43-68 (2001). (Article .pdf)

38. Overview of the Combinatorics Function Technique, A. J. Phares and H. F. Arnoldus, International Journal of Theoretical Physics, Group Theory, and Nonlinear Optics Vol. 7, pp. 1-13 (2000). This article has been selected for inclusion and appeared in Horizons in World Physics, Vol. 243, pp 229-244 (2002), Nova Science Publishers, Inc.

37. Adsorption on bcc (110) Surfaces with First, Second and Third Neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares and  F. J. Wunderlich, Surface Science Vol. 452, pp. 108-116 (2000). (Article .pdf)

36. Monomer Adsorption on bcc (110) Surfaces with First and Second Neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Surface Science Vol. 425, pp. 112-130 (1999). (Article .pdf)

35. Coadsorption of Two Monomer Species on a Square Lattice With First- and Second-neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares, F. J. Wunderlich, J. Martin, P. Burns and G. Duda, Physical Review E, Vol. 56, pp. 2447-2456 (1997). (Article .pdf)

34. Coadsorption of Monomers and Dimers With First Neighbour Interactions on Square Lattices, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Letters A, Vol. 226, pp.336-343 (1997). (Article .pdf)

33. Monomer Adsorption on a Square Lattice With First and Second Neighbor Interactions, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Review E, Vol. 55, pp. 2403-2408 (1997). (Article .pdf)

32. Crystallization Patterns of Monomers With Nearest-Neighbour Interaction on a Multilayered Semi-infinite Square Lattice, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physical Review E, Vol. 52, pp. 2236-2246 (1995). (Article .pdf)

31. Structural Ordering of Interacting Dimers on a Square Lattice, A. J. Phares, F. J. Wunderlich, J. D. Curley and D. W. Grumbine, Jr., Journal of Physics A, Vol. 26, pp. 6847-6877 (1993). (Article .pdf)

30. The Entropy of Interacting Dimers on a Square Lattice, A. J. Phares, F. J. Wunderlich, D. W. Grumbine, Jr. and J. D. Curley, Physics Letters A, Vol 173, pp. 365-368 (1993). (Article.pdf)

29. Computer Controlled Collision and the Force versus Time Curve, A. V. Krupitsch, F. J. Wunderlich and A. J. Phares, Physics Education Vol. 28, pp. 26-32 (1993). (Article .pdf)

28. Occupational Degeneracy of Dimers With Nearest Neighbors on Square Lattices, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Letters A, Vol. 132, pp. 63-69 (31 Oct. 1988). (Article.pdf)

27. Thermodynamics and Molecular Freedom of Dimers on Plane Honeycomb and Kagome Lattices, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Il Nuovo Cimento, Vol. 101B, pp. 653-686 (1988).

26. Dimers on Two- and Three-dimensional Lattices: Shift Operator Matrix Solution, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Letters A, Vol. 130, pp. 385-389 (1988). (Article.pdf)

25. Dimers on Square Lattices: Orientation Dependent Activities, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Letters A, Vol. 127, pp. 275-280 (1988). (Article.pdf)

24. Mixture of Polymers on Square Lattices, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Physics Letters A, Vol. 121, pp. 347-351 (1987). (Article.pdf)

23. Thermodynamics and Molecular Freedom of Dimers on Plane Triangular Lattices, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 27, pp. 1099-1109 (April 1986). (Article .pdf)

22. Thermodynamics of Dimers on a Rectangular LxMxN Lattice, A. J. Phares and F. J. Wunderlich, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 26, pp.2491-2499 (October 1985). (Article .pdf)

21. An Approximate Solution of the Monomer-Dimer Problem on a Square Lattice. II, A. J. Phares, D. E. Shaw and F. J. Wunderlich, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 26, pp. 1762-1768 (July 1985). (Article .pdf)

20. Decoupling of a System of Partial Difference Equations with Constant Coefficients and Application, A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 25, pp. 2169-2173 (July 1984). (Article.pdf)

19. The Occupation Statistics for Indistinguishable Dumbbells on a Rectangular Lattice Space. I, A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 25, pp. 1756-1770 (June 1984). (Article.pdf)

18. Decoupling of a System of Linearly Coupled Multivariable Partial Difference Equations with Constant Coefficients, A. J. Phares, Advances in Computer Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Vol. V, p. 531 (1984), edited by R. Vitchnevetsky and R. S. Stepleman.

17. General Solution of a Fibonacci-like Recursion Relation and Applications, A. J. Phares, The Fibonacci Quarterly, Vol. 22, pp. 29-41 (1984).

16. A Multidimensional Extension of the Combinatorics Function Technique II: Linear and Inhomogeneous Partial Difference Equation, A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 22, pp. 1030-1033 (1981). (Article.pdf)

15. A Multidimensional Extension of the Combinatorics Function Technique I: Linear and Homogeneous Partial Difference Equation, A. J. Phares and R. J. Meier, Jr., Journal of Mathematics Physics, Vol. 22, pp. 1021-1029 (1981). (Article.pdf)

14. Solution of a System of Linearly Coupled Partial Difference Equations, A. J. Phares, Advances in Computer Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Vol. IV, p. 53 (1981), edited by R. Vitchnevetsky and R. S. Stepleman.

13. The Linear Potential Wavefunctions, P. A. Maurone and A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 21, pp. 830-833 (1980). (Article.pdf)

12. Fibonacci Numbers Revisited: A Combinatorics Function Point of View, A. J. Phares and K. H. Simmons, American Journal of Physics, Vol. 48, pp. 159-162 (1980).

11. On the Asymptotic Behavior of the Derivatives of Airy Functions P. A. Maurone and A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 20, p. 2191 (1979). (Article.pdf)

10. Formal Solutions of Linear Partial Difference Equations, A. J. Phares, Advances in Computer Methods for Partial Differential Equations, Vol. III, p. 47 (1979), edited by R. Vitchnevetsky and R. S. Stepleman.

9. The Energy Eigenvalue Equation for the Linear Potential, A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 19, pp. 2239-2244 (1978). (Article.pdf)

8. Families of Regge Trajectories in Hadronic Physics A. F. Antippa, A. E. Everett and A. J. Phares, Il Nuovo Cimento, Vol. 43A, pp. 347-364 (1978).

7. The Linear Potential: A Solution in Terms of Combinatorics Functions, A. F. Antippa and A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 19, pp. 308-319 (1978). (Article.pdf)

6. A General Theory of Linear Finite-Difference Equations with a Few Applications, A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 18, pp. 1838-1848 (1977). (Article.pdf)

5. General Formalism Solving Linear Recursion Relations, A. F. Antippa and A. J. Phares, Journal of Mathematical Physics, Vol. 18, pp. 173-181 (1977). (Article.pdf)

4. Electrodynamics and Source Models, A. J. Phares, Physical Review D, Vol. 12, pp. 2356-2362 (1975). (Article.pdf)

3. Photon Propagation Function and Charged Vector Mesons, A. J. Phares, Nuclear Physics B, Vol. 94, pp. 501-512 (1975). (Article.pdf)

2. The Spin-1 Electromagnetic Vertex Function, A. J. Phares, Acta Physica Polonica, Vol. B6, pp. 365-378 (1975).

1. Example of Schwinger's Modified Propagation Function, A. J. Phares, Physics Review D, Vol. 9, pp. 920-927 (1974). (Article.pdf)

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