Author's Bio:
Dr. Leidecker attended The Catholic University of America, graduating with a B.A. in 1963 (Physics Major; Philosophy Minor, Sigma Xi) and a Ph.D. in Physics in 1968. Dissertation: The Temperature and Frequency Dependence of the Dielectric Response of Linear Polymers Computed Using Two-Time Temperature-Dependent Green Function.
He was a professor of physics at The American University from 1967 to 1985, where he graduated 10 Ph.D. students and several Masters students. He taught courses in Thermodynamics, Statistical Mechanics, Classical Mechanics, Quantum Mechanics, Electricity & Magnetism, Solid State Physics, and Methods of Mathematical Physics, among others.
He was a Member of Technical Staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories during the summer of 1969. He worked at Goddard Space Flight Center in the Materials Branch from 1985 to 1996, in the Assurance Technologies Division from 1996 until the GSFC reorganization, and in Code 562 from then until now.
He has received a number of awards while at Goddard, including the QASAR Award for Safety & Mission Assurance for contributions to the safety of NASA programs for 1999 and again for 2000. He received the Robert C. Baumann Memorial Award For Contributions to Mission Success for 2000, and a Flight Awareness Award 2001.
He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Ethiopian Community Development Council, Inc.
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