DAVID B KIEDA portrait
  • Co-Director, Consortium for Dark Sky Studies, City & Metropolitan Planning
  • Distinguished Professor, Physics And Astronomy

Professional Service

  • NASA SWIFT Observatory. Role: Committee Member. Cycle 9 Review Committee. 12/2012 - present
  • US Dept. of Energy. Role: Panel Member. Cosmic Frontiers Review Panel. 11/2012 - present
  • NASA GLAST Observatory. Role: Review Panel Chair. Cycle 5 Review Cmte. 04/2012 - present
  • SnowDOG. Role: Co-Chair. Organizing Committee. 03/24/2012 - 03/26/2012
  • SnowPAC. Role: Co-Chair. Organizing Committee. 03/18/2012 - 03/23/2012
  • VERITAS Gamma Ray Observatory. Role: Chair. Executive Committee. 01/2012 - present
  • SCT Telescope Project. Project Engineer. 01/2012 - present
  • FIRST Robotics Team 3006. Associate Team Mentor (East High School. 01/2011 - present
  • Gamma 2010 - Harvard-Smithsonian. Conference Organizing Committee. 2010 - present
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Role: Panel Chair. Panel Chair RXTE Cycle 14. 2009 - present
  • HoloRad, Inc. external Consultant. 2009 - present
  • Workman Nydeger & Siegal. Patent Consultation for MegaDyne Medical Products. 2009 - present
  • Western Governor's University. Curriculum Advisor/Consultant EPIC Standards Committee. 2009 - present
  • American Physical Society. President-Four Corners Section. 2009 - 2010
  • 4 Corners 2010 Meeting, Ogden, Utah. Local Organizing Committee,. 2009 - 2010
  • SnowPAC/SnowCluster 2010. Conference Chair. 2009 - 2010
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration. Role: Panel Chair. SWIFT Cycle 5 Review Panel . 01/2009 - present
  • VERITAS Gamma Ray Observatory. Upgrade Leader. 01/2009 - present
  • SnowPAC 2009. Conference Chair. 2008 - 2009
  • American Physical Society. President Elect, 4 Corners Section. 2008 - 2009
  • FIRST Robotics Team 3006. Team Mentor (West High School. 01/2008 - present
  • VERITAS Gamma Ray Observatory. Role: Committee Member. Executive Committee. 01/1997 - present
  • MIT. Education Council. 01/1995 - present

Internal Service

  • Search Committee, Senior VP for Academic Affairs. Committee Member, 01/2012 - present. University service.
  • University Conflict of Interest Committee. Committee Member, 01/2012 - present. University service.
  • Middle East Center. Advisory Board Member, 01/2012 - present. University service.
  • Chairman. 01/2007 - present. Department service.
  • University Hearing Committee. 2006 - 2012. University service.
  • University Standards and Appeal Committee. 2006 - 2009. University service.
  • Consolidated Hearing Committee. Committee Member, 01/2006 - present. University service.
  • University Hearing Committee. Committee Member, 01/2006 - present. University service.

Community Partnership

  • FIRST Robtics Utah and Red Rock Robotics Team #3006 (West High School). Team Mentor and Sponsor. 10/2009 - present
  • Faultline Robotics Team #3006 (Team Mentor). 2008 - 2009
  • MIT Educational Council . 09/1995 - present

Honors & Awards

  • Distinguished Scholarly and Creative Research Award. University of Utah, 05/2013
  • Utah Governor's Medal of Science and Technology. 01/17/2013
  • Fellow. American Physical Society, 04/2011
  • ASUU Student Choice Teaching Award. University of Utah, 06/2007

Affiliations

  • Middle East Center, University of Utah (MID EAST CENTER), Advisory Board, 09/2011 - present

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