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Professor 

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Research Interests
Hydrogen energy, Lamp technology, Laboratory astrophysics, Diamond thin film deposition Recent Publications
K. L. Menningen and J. S. Walker, Instructors Solution Manual (San Francisco, CA: Pearson Addison-Wesley, 2010. ISBN 978-0-321-60195-7) to accompany the textbook Physics, 4^th edition, by James S. Walker. This electronic book spans 1,232 pages and contains the complete solutions to all 3,407 homework problems in the textbook. I wrote hundreds of new solutions and edited hundreds more for this new edition.

K. L. Menningen, M. B. Ottinger, and J. S. Walker, Instructor's Solution Manual (Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, 2007. ISBN 0-13-185110-1 [Volume I] and 0-13-153632-X [Volume II]) to accompany the textbook Physics, 3^rd edition, by James S. Walker. This two-volume set spans 1,132 pages and contains the complete solutions to all 2,808 homework problems in the textbook. I personally wrote or extensively edited each solution and created or edited most of the artwork.

M. T. Herd, J. E. Lawler, and K. L. Menningen, "Radiation Trapping of the Hg 254 nm Resonance Line," Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 38, p.3304, 2005.

S. R. Federman, M. Fritts, S. Cheng, K. M*. Menningen, David C. Knauth, and K. Fulk, "Oscillator Strengths for B-X, C-X, and E-X Transitions in Carbon Monoxide," Astrophysical Journal Supplement Series, vol. 134, p.133, 2001.  *published with wrong initial

K. L. Menningen and J. E. Lawler, "Radiation Trapping of the Hg 185 nm Resonance Line," Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 88, p.3190, 2000.