YEARS OF RELEVANT EXPERIENCE: 30+

One of the originators of the STEP experiment concept, 30 years experience relevant to STEP.  Recognized leading authority on technical implementation of the STEP experiment.  Dr. Worden has recently updated an end-to-end error analysis for the STEP experiment.  As Deputy PI, with funding form NASA, he provides valuable guidance in the implementation of the STEP experiment based on his extensive ground experiments and analysis.  He also chairs the Baseline Control Board (BCB).  The BCB controls the configuration of the experiment baseline.

 

EDUCATION:

1967                B.A., Rice University, Houston, Texas,

1969                M.S., Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1976                Ph.D., Stanford University, Stanford, CA

                        STEP program resulted from 1976 Ph.D. dissertation                           

 

EXPERIENCE:

1967                Assistant for Geophysical Department, Texaco, Midland, Texas

1967-1968       Teaching Assistant, Gyro Relativity Project, Stanford University

1968-1976       Research Affiliate, Applied Physics Laboratory

1973-1974       Research Affiliate, Single Axis Suspension System of TIP-II Satellite (Contract APL-JHU 271881), Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins Laboratory, Baltimore, MD

1976-1978       Post-Doctoral Scholar, Stanford University, Stanford, CA

1983-1984       Consultant, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA

1978-Present   Research Associate, HEPL, Stanford University

                        1980 Senior Research Associate

                        1994 Senior Research Scientist

                        1999 Deputy Principal Investigator

HONORS, APPOINTMENTS, and PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

 

PUBLICATIONS:

Over 25 papers, articles and books on topics related to Experimental Gravitation, Test of the Equivalence of Gravitational and Inertial Mass, Cryogenic Applications to Basic Research, Superconducting Magnetic Bearings, and Test of the Equivalence Principle.