DiMattio, David

Publications/Presentations 

• "From Euclid to Newton: Integrating Mathematics and Science,”  D.J. DiMattio, presented at 11th Annual ACTC Conference, April 2005
• "Dante's Divine Comedy and the Second Law,"  D.J. DiMattio, presented at 10th Annual ACTC Conference, April 2004
• "Teaching Science to Everyone," L. Wier and D.J. DiMattio, winter 2004 CONFCHEM chemistry conference, January 2004
• "Comparison of Water Models Using Bennett Metropolis Monte Carlo Free Energy Differences," D.J. DiMattio, to be published
• "Integrated Science with Online Learning Center, Second Edition," McGraw Hill (2003); contributed a chapter to the Instructor's Supplement
• “Simulations of the Effects of an Electric Field on the Formation of Ice on a Substrate,”  D.J. DiMattio, B.N. Hale, J. Taylor, Journal of Chemical Physics (2001)
• "A Monte Carlo Discrete Sum (MCDS) Nucleation Rate Model for Water," B. N. Hale and D. J. DiMattio, Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols 2000, Ed. B. N. Hale and M. Kulmala, AIP Press, Melville, NY (2000), pp. 31-34
• “Calculation of Scaled Nucleation Rates for Small Water Clusters,”  D.J. DiMattio, PhD dissertation, University of Missouri-Rolla (1999)
• "Monte Carlo Calculations of Water Cluster Free Energies of Formation: A Comparison of Three Water-Water Potentials," D. J. DiMattio and B. N. Hale, Midwest Atmospheric Cloud Aerosol Proceedings (1998)
• "Calculation of Scaled Nucleation Rates for Water Using Monte Carlo Generated Cluster Free Energy Differences," B.N. Hale, D.J. DiMattio, Midwest Atmospheric Cloud Aerosol Proceedings (1997)
• “Monte Carlo Studies of Water/Ice Adsorbed on Model AgI: Effect of Lattice Shift,” D.J. DiMattio, B.N. Hale, Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols, Ed. M. Kulmala and P. Wagner, Pergamon, N.Y. (1996) p. 349
• “X-ray Pulsar Two Line Spectra from a Two Component Accretion Column,” S.G. Alexander, J. Davila, D.J. DiMattio, Astrophysical Journal, 459, p. 666, (1996).

• Numerical simulations of an accretion cap on X-ray pulsars, examined properties of neutron stars.
• Monte Carlo methods to analyze the characteristics of water molecules on surfaces and their behavior in the nucleation process.
• Analyze computational models of water with comparison to experimental properties as surface tension, vapor pressure, binding energies.
• Investigate water monolayer on AgI surfaces with applied electric fields and multiple layers.
• Teaching techniques to improve conveying general science to non-science majors.

• Twin Tiers Challenger Learning Center for Western New York Board of Directors
• Education Committee Chair
• Member of Association of Core Texts and Curriculum (ACTC)
• Executive Board member, Association for General Liberal Studies (AGLS)
• Faculty adviser of the senior class
• Faculty adviser of  men’s ice hockey club
• Member of Journey Project Advisory Board
• Development and maintenance of the Local Action Project (LAP), the only campuswide experiential/service component with the curriculum.