Background
II, James Daniel Lesikar was born on February 24, 1954 in Houston, Texas, United States. Son of James Daniel and Ludine Luella (Kosel) L.
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James Daniel Lesikar II
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James Daniel Lesikar II, American Physicist. Achievements include supervision and participation with flight dynamics support team for the Cosmic Background Explorer, POLAR and Fast Auroral Snapshot Telescope Scientific Satellites, GOES-10 and GOES-L Weather Satellites, Earth Observing System AM-1 Environmental Monitoring Satellite; research in high energy spin-dependence of hadron interactions.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering cum laude, Rice U., 1976; Mechanical and Materials Engineering, Rice U., 1978; Master of Arts, Rice U., 1981; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, Rice U., 1982.
Career
Research assistant T.W. Bonner Nuc. laboratories, Rice U., Houston, 1976-1981; assistant professor physics, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland., 1984-1985; senior analyst system science division, Computer Sciences Corporation, Lanham, Maryland., since 1986. Member Maryland. State Board for Professional Engineers, since 1996, vice-chairman, since 1998.
Achievements
Membership
Co-moderator Math Counts Program, Annapolis, Maryland., 1991, 95, 96, 98. Judge Hubble Space Telescope Engineering Competition, 1998. Captain United States Army, 1981-1985.
Lieutenant colonel United States Army Reserve, since 1988. Member American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (senior), American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Association for the Advancement of Science, NSPE (secretary-treasurer Annapolis chapter 1994-1997), National Council Examiners for Engineering and Surveying, American Physical Society (life), American Defense Preparedness Association (life), Optimists (board directors 1983-1984), Sigma Xi (life), Sigma Pi Sigma.
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Married Sara Goeller, December 9, 1995.
