Jay S. Huebner, Professor Emeritus and Visiting Research Professor
Basic Education: BS Electrical Engineering, Kansas State University, 1961 MS Physics, San Diego State University, 1965 PhD Physics, University of California, Riverside, 1971
Areas of Interest:
Astronomy, Space Exploration and Colonization of
Space:
Special preparations:
Employment as an engineer on the Atlas
Rocket for General Dynamics,
Post-Doc, Keck Observatory, Waimea-Kamuela,
Hawaii.
Representative publications:
Basic Astronomy Labs, J.S.
Huebner, M. D. Reynolds & T. L. Smith, 1996, Prentice Hall, ISBN
0-13-376336-6.
Teaching About the Colonization of Space, J. S. Huebner,
American Journal of Physics 47 (1979) 228-231.
Astronomy Matters for
Chemistry Teachers, J. S. Huebner, R. A. Vergenz & T. L. Smith, Journal of
Chemical Education 73, 1073-1076, 1996.
Micro-rockets for the classroom, Jay
S. Huebner, Alice Fletcher, Julia Cato, & Jennifer Barrett, American Journal
of Physics 67, 1031-1033, 1999.
The Physics of Photo-Electric Chemical and Microbial Sensors:
Special preparations:
Employment as research scientist/engineer
at Bourns, Inc., electronics manufacturer,
Post-Docs in Biophysics at
Michigan State University, and Osnabrück Universität (Germany),
Post-Docs in
Photochemistry, National Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, and the School of
Chemistry, Georgia Institute of Technology.
Representative publications:
Apparatus for Recording Light Flash Induced Membrane Voltage Transients with
10 ns Resolution, J. S. Huebner, Photochemistry and Photobiology 30 (1979)
233-242.
The Quantum Efficiency of Dye-Induced Photoelectric Effects in
Bilayer Membranes, J. S. Huebner & W. E. Varnadore, Jr., Photochemistry and
Photobiology 35 (1982) 141-148.
Photoelectric Effects in Lipid Bilayer
Membranes: A Pedagogical Review, J. S. Huebner, A. E. Popp & K. R. Williams,
Journal of Chemical Education 65 (1988) 102-108.
Photo-electric chemical and
biological sensors, R. T. Arrieta & J. S. Huebner, SPIE J., 4036, 2000,
pages 132-142.
Sensing device and method using photo-induced charge
movements, Jay S. Huebner & Rodolfo T. Arrieta, US Patent 7354770, 2008
Grants to develop sensors on which Dr. Huebner was the Principal Investigator have totaled nearly $ 4 M in the past 4 years and employed nearly 100 students. Posted April 2008
Photo of Dr. Jay S. Huebner 