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Portrait of Dr. Edwin L Piner

Dr. Edwin L Piner

  • Chair - Professor at Physics, College of Science & Engineering
  • Associate Professor at Materials Application Research Cntr MARC

Service Activities

Ongoing

  • Member, STEM Workforce Advisory Council. January 2022 - Present.
  • Chair, Materials with Intelligence. August 2019 - Present.
  • Member, CIEDAR Working Group. July 2019 - Present.
  • Member, COSE Tenure & Promotion Review Group. 2015 - Present.
  • Chair, Advanced Functional Materials-RSC Steering Committee. 2014 - Present.
  • Member, Physics Personnel Committee. August 2013 - Present.
  • Member, WOCSDICE – Workshop on Compound Semiconductor Devices and Integrated Circuits – Europe. 2012 - Present.
  • Member, EMC Electronic Materials Conference. 2012 - Present.
  • Founding Member, Texas Nitride Network – Founding Member (organization consisting of Texas A&M, Texas Tech, SEMATECH-Austin, and UT-Dallas for coordinating research and funding pursuits). 2012 - Present.
  • Member, IP Committee. May 2010 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Journal Reviewer: Physica E. 2009 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Journal Reviewer, IEEE Electron Device Letters. 2008 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Journal Reviewer: IEEE Electronics Letters. 2008 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Journal Reviewer: IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. 2008 - Present.
  • Reviewer / Referee, Scientific Journal Reviewer: Solid State Electronics. 2006 - Present.

2024

  • Chair, Chemistry and Biochemistry Chair Search Committee. December 2023 - May 2024.

2023

  • Member, Physics Faculty Search Committee. November 2021 - August 2023.
  • Member, MSEC Curriculum Committee. September 2021 - August 2023.

2022

  • Member, University Leadership Assembly. 2015 - June 2022.
  • Member, Curriculum Committee. June 2017 - May 2022.
  • Physics Graduate Advisor. January 2017 - May 2022.
  • Chair, Physics Personnel Committee. August 2016 - May 2022.
  • Member, COSE - Curriculum Committee. 2013 - May 2022.
  • Member, MSEC Committee of Committees. August 2011 - May 2022.

2021

  • Chair, MSEC Curriculum Committee. September 2015 - September 2021.
  • Member, MSEC Faculty Search Committee. October 2020 - April 2021.

2019

  • Member, ESSDERC – European Solid State Device Conference. 2014 - 2019.
  • Chair, Special Assistant to the President. May 2017 - August 2019.
  • Member, Physics Faculty Search Committee. October 2018 - April 2019.
  • Co-Chair, Title IX Tribunal. March 2018 - March 2019.

2018

  • Member, NSF Electronic & Photonic CAREER Panel Review Team. October 2018.
  • Engineering & Science Building Classroom Task Force. March 2016 - October 2018.
  • Member, MSEC PhD Admission Committee. August 2012 - August 2018.
  • Member, Physics Faculty Search Committee. October 2017 - May 2018.
  • External Assessor, Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore). January 2018 - March 2018.

2017

  • Member, Physics Faculty Search Committee. October 2016 - May 2017.
  • Chair, New Braunfels High School Independent Study and Mentorship Program. September 2016 - May 2017.
  • Member, NSF Electronic & Photonic Materials Panel Review Team. January 2017.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee (CREC). October 2016 - January 2017.

2016

  • Speaker, San Marcos Area Chamber of Commerce, Education Advisory Board Meeting. February 2016.
  • Speaker, San Marcos High School. February 2016.

2015

  • Member, College of Education Tenure & Promotion Review Group. October 2014 - May 2015.
  • Chair, Physics Faculty Search Committee. September 2014 - May 2015.
  • Member, NSF Electronics, Photonics & Magnetic Devices Panel Review Team. April 2015.
  • Member, College Research Enhancement Committee (CREC). October 2014 - January 2015.

2014

  • Chair, Physics Faculty Search Committee. September 2013 - May 2014.

2012

  • Member, MSEC-Physics University Chair Faculty Search Committee. October 2011 - May 2012.
  • Member, NSF Electronic & Photonic Materials Panel Review Team. February 2012.

2011

  • Member, Microfabrication Lab Strategy Committee. March 2010 - December 2011.
  • Member, MSEC-ETF Faculty Search Committee. October 2010 - May 2011.
  • Member, Physics Faculty Search Committee. October 2010 - May 2011.
  • Member, NSF Electronic & Photonic Materials Panel Review Team. January 2011.

2010

  • Participant, Texas State Moonlight Breakfast. November 2010 - December 2010.
  • Reviewer / Referee, State of Texas Expert Review. October 2010 - December 2010.

2009

  • Adjudicator, North Carolina State University. April 24, 2009.