| Research History for Dietolf Ramm
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The text and references below outline my research involvement over the
last 45 or so years. My current focus is mostly on teaching.
Computer Science Education (1968-present)
My first formal act of computer science education was probably when, as
a graduate student, I decided to teach a short course in IBM System
360 Job Control Language to all comers at Duke University. Then, in
the Fall of 1969 Professor
Thomas Gallie asked me if I would like to teach the introductory computing
course: Mathematics 51. This was my first year
on the faculty in Duke University Medical Center as a computer
professional and I decided to try it. I got hooked on teaching
and have taught a course almost every semester since. Other inspirations
in computer science education have come from Professor Alan Biermann and
Professor Owen Astrachan. Each in his own way has shown me sides
of teaching to admire and (when possible) emulate.
Not very much of my interest in computer science education has
resulted in publications, but some of it is represented in the
following references.
BOOKS
- A. W. Biermann and D. Ramm,
Great Ideas in Computer Science with Java, A Gentle Introduction,
M.I.T. Press, Cambridge, MA, 2001.
- T. M. Gallie and D. Ramm,
Computer Science/I, An Introduction to Structured
Programming,
297 pages, Kendell/Hunt, Dubuque, Iowa, 1976.
CHAPTER
- D. Ramm, ``Computer Communications,'' in A. W. Biermann,
Great Ideas in Computer Science, A Gentle Introduction,
2nd Edition, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 1997.
ARTICLE
- D. Ramm, ``Teaching the Introductory Computing Course as a Lab Course,''
Proceedings, 21st Southeast Region ACM Conference, (1983) 250-255,
ACM order No. 405830.
Gerontological Research and Methodology (1969-1982)
This work shows my involvement with gerontology research while at
the Duke Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development.
I would especially like to recognize the
Center Directors of this period from whom I learned so much about the
social sciences: Ewald Busse, M.D., Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., and
George Maddox, Ph.D.
Since the Center had close ties with the Department of Psychiatry, I was often
involved with gerontological, psychiatric, or gero-psychiatric research.
The separation of the articles that follow (between gerontology and
psychiatry) are sometimes almost arbitrary since there is often
considerable overlap.
BOOK
- E. W. Busse and G. L. Maddox with C. E. Buckley, P. C. Burger, L. K. George,
G. R. Marsh, R. D. Nebes, J. B. Nowlin, E. B. Palmore, D. Ramm, I. C. Siegler,
F. S. Vogel, H. S. Wang, and M. A. Woodbury,
The Duke Longitudinal Studies of Normal Aging, 1955-1980,
168 pages, Springer Publishing Co.,
New York, 1985.
ARTICLES
- M. Linnoila, C. W. Erwin, D. Ramm, and W. P. Cleveland,
``Effects of Age and Alcohol on Psychomotor Performance of
Men,'' Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 41 (1980) 488-495.
- E. Palmore, W. P. Cleveland, J. B. Nowlin, D. Ramm, and I.
C. Siegler, ``Stress and Adaptation in Later Life,''
Journal of Gerontology, 34 (1979) 841-851.
- D. Ramm and W. P. Cleveland, ``A Model for Error Detection in Medium Sized
Scientific Data Bases,'' Proceedings of the A. C. M. Computer Science
Conference (1975) 30, also technical report, Center for the Study of Aging
and Human Development.
- D. Ramm and D. T. Gianturco, ``Data Processing in Longitudinal Studies,'' in
E. Palmore, editor, Normal Aging II, Duke University Press, (1974) 297-307.
- D. T. Gianturco, D. Ramm, and C. W. Erwin, ``The Elderly
Driver and Ex-driver,'' in E. Palmore, editor, Normal Aging
II, Duke University Press, (1974) 173-179.
- S. W. Harkins, J. B. Nowlin, D. Ramm, and S. Schroeder,
``Paced Performance and Age,'' in E. Palmore, editor, Normal
Aging II, Duke University Press, (1974) 140-150.
- D. Ramm and D. T. Gianturco, ``Computers and Technology:
Aiding Tomorrow's Aged,'' The Gerontologist 13 (1973) 322.
- D. T. Gianturco, D. Ramm, and C. W. Erwin, ``Drowsiness and Driving in a
Middle Aged Population,'' in proceedings of International Automotive
Engineering Congress, Detroit, Michigan, January 1973; reprinted in The
Congressional Record: Hearings before the subcommittee on transportation,
H. R. 233(93-3), Highway Legislation (1973) 322-327.
- D. T. Gianturco and D. Ramm, ``Use of the Computer in Caring
for the Elderly,'' Postgraduate Medicine 50(2) (1971) 140.
Psychiatric Records and Computers in Psychiatry (1969-1982)
This work was done while I was Director of the Geriatrics Computing
Center mostly in collaboration with and often under
the mentor-ship of Professor
Daniel G. Gianturco, M.D. From him I learned great respect for the field
of psychiatry and the mental health professionals who practice in this
arena. Since I had a faculty appointment in the
Department of Psychiatry in the Duke University Medical Center and thus worked
with other psychiatrists in the department, this collaboration is also
shown here.
ARTICLES
- J. R. Hillard, W. W. K. Zung, D. Ramm, J. M. Holland, and M. J. Johnson,
``Accidental and Homicidal Death in a Psychiatric Emergency Room
Population,'' Hospital and Community Psychiatry, 36 (1985) 640-643.
- J. R. Hillard, D. Ramm, W. W. K. Zung, and J. Holland,
``Completed Suicide in a Psychiatric Emergency Room
Population,'' The American Journal of Psychiatry, 140 (1983) 459-462.
- J. R. Hillard, J. Holland, and D. Ramm, ``Christmas and
Psychopathology: Data from a Psychiatric Emergency Room
Population,'' Archives of General Psychiatry, 38 (1981) 1377-1381.
- E. M. Kahn, D. Ramm, and D. T. Gianturco, ``TOCRS -- The
Therapy-Oriented Computer Record System,'' Behavior
Research Methods and Instrumentation, 13 (1981) 479-484.
- M. Linnoila, C. W. Erwin, D. Ramm, W. P. Cleveland, and A.
Brendle, ``Effects of Alcohol on Psychomotor Performance of
Women: Interaction with Menstrual Cycle,'' Alcoholism, 4 (1980) 302-305.
- D. Ramm, D. T. Gianturco, D. Hawkins, and J. Holland, ``A Flexible Outpatient
Record System,'' First International Symposium on Policy Analysis and
Information Systems, Conference Proceedings, Durham, (1979) 416-420.
- D. Ramm and D. T. Gianturco, ``Writing an Interactive
Psychiatric Information System,'' Proceedings of the ACM (1972) 187.
- D. Ramm and D. T. Gianturco, ``Computerized Goal Oriented
Treatment Evaluation,'' Biomedical Sciences Instrumentation, 9 (1972) 83.
- D. T. Gianturco and D. Ramm, ``A Conversational Psychiatric
Information Network,'' Community Mental Health 7(2) (1971) 127.
Low Temperature Physics (1964-1969)
This work was done in my years in graduate school at Duke University
under the supervision of Professor Horst Meyer.
ARTICLES
- D. Ramm and H. Meyer, ``Quantum Diffusion in Solid H2,''
Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 40(1980) 173-186.
- D. Ramm, H. Meyer, and R. L. Mills, ``Measurement of (dP/dT)v
and Related Properties in Solidified Gases: III. Solid
Deuterium,'' Physical Review B 1 (1970) 2763.
- D. Ramm, ``Pressure Studies in Solid Deuterium and Solid
Hydrogen,'' (Dissertation) 1969, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina.
- J. F. Jarvis, H. Meyer, and D. Ramm, ``Measurement of
(dP/dT)v and Related Properties in Solidified Gases: II.
Solid Hydrogen,'' Physical Review 178 (1969) 1461.
- J. F. Jarvis, D. Ramm, and H. Meyer, ``Measurement of
(dP/dT)v and Related Properties in Solidified Gases: I.
Solid Helium,'' Physical Review 170 (1968) 320.
- D. Ramm, H. Meyer, J. F. Jarvis, and R. L. Mills, ``Rotational Excitations in
Solid Deuterium,'' Solid State Communications 6 (1968) 497.
- J. F. Jarvis, D. Ramm, H. Meyer, and R. L. Mills, ``Pressure
Changes Accompanying the Phase Transitions in Solid Hydrogen
and Deuterium,'' Physics Letters 25A (1967) 692.
- J. F. Jarvis, D. Ramm, and H. Meyer, ``Density Changes in
Solid Hydrogen,'' Physical Review Letters 18 (1967) 119.
Laser Physics (1964-1965)
This research work was performed during summer employment at the U.S. Army's
Institute for Exploratory Research in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey,
under the supervision of Dr. Rudolf Buser.
ARTICLES
- R. G. Buser, A. Papayoanou, and D. Ramm, ``Shock-Wave-Generated
Plasmas as Light Sources for Optical Pumping,''
Journal of Applied Physics 38 (1967) 28.
- R. G. Buser and D. Ramm, ``Laser Pumping by Intense
Discharges in z-Pinch Geometry,'' Applied Optics 5 (1966) 627.