EDUCATION
Ph.D. in Physics: 1981, Carnegie Mellon University Thesis: Tricritical Points and Ising Models on a Hierarchical Lattice; Advisor: Robert B. Griffiths.
M.Sc. in Physics: 1977, Tel Aviv University Thesis: Topics in the Theory of Superconductivity

POSITIONS HELD

1985-present: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, Professor, Cleveland State University.
1985: Visiting Assistant Professor, Boston University, Boston.
1983-85: Bantrell Fellow in Surface Science at MIT, Cambridge.
1981-82: Research Physicist, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh.

TEACHING

University Physics PHY241,242
Environmental Physics PHY470/570
Thermal Physics PHY474
Statistical Physics PHY475
Physics of Materials PHY680
Fundamentals of Applied Quantitative Reasoning UST593
Research Methods I UST700

DEPARTMENTAL, COLLEGE & UNIVERSITY SERVICE
University Research Council
Statistical Mentoring Program Advisory Committee
Chair University Library Committee, 1995-1998
Chair Physics Curriculum Committee, 1994-present

PUBLICATIONS

Age Differences in Entropy: Primary Versus Secondary Memory, P.A.Allen, M.Kaufman, A.F.Smith, R.E.Propper, Experimental Aging Research, 24(4), 307-336, (1998).
A Molar Entropy Model of Age Differences in Spatial Memory, P.A.Allen, M.Kaufman, A.F.Smith, R.E.Propper, Psychology and Aging, 13(3), 501-518, (1998).
Monte Carlo Study of the Square-Lattice Annealed Ising Model on Percolating Clusters, P. D. Scholten, M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 56, 59 (1997).
Thermodynamic Model for Pressurized Solids M. Kaufman and H. Schlosser, J. Phys. Condensed-Matter 7, 2259-2264 (1995).
Urban Property Values, Percolation Theory and Fractal Geometry. A. Friederich, S. Kaufman, M. Kaufman, Fractals 2, 469-471 (1994).
Phase Diagram of the Ising Model on Percolation Clusters. M. Kaufman and J. E. Touma, Phys. Rev. B 49, 9583-9585 (1994).
Scaling Thermodynamic Model of Type I Superconductors M. Kaufman, Physica A 177, 523-529 (1991).
Blume-Capel Model in a Random Magnetic Field: Mean-Field Theory M. Kaufman, M. Kanner, Phys. Rev B 42, 2378-2382 (1990).
Polymerization on the Diamond Hierarchical Lattice: the Migdal-Kadanoff Renormalization-Group Scheme M. Kaufman, T. Berger, P. D. Gujrati, and D. Bowman, Phys. Rev. A 41, 4371-4378, (1990).
Equilibrium Polymerization on the Equivalent-Neighbor Lattice M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 39, 6898-6906 (1989).
Cayley Tree Ising Model with Antiferromagnetic Nearest-Neighbor and Ferromagnetic Equivalent-Neighbor Interactions M. Kaufman, M. Kahana, Phys. Rev. B 37, 7638-7642 (1988).
Square-Lattice Ising Model in a Weak Uniform Magnetic Field: Renormalization-Group Analysis M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 36, 3697-3700 (1987).
Multicritical Susceptibility Sum Rules M. Kaufman, M. Ma, Phys. Rev. A 35, 2369-2372 (1987), Rapid Communication.
Multicritical Points in an Ising Random-Field Model M. Kaufman, P. E.Klunzinger, A.Khurana, Phys.Rev.B 34, 4766-4770 (1986).
Comment on the Origin of Nonuniversality in Micellar Solutions R. G. Caflisch, M. Kaufman, J. R. Banavar, Phys. Rev. Lett. 56, 2545 (1986).
Random-Field Critical Behavior M. Kaufman, Superlattices and Microstructures, 1, 511-515 (1985).
Renormalization-Group Analysis of Heat Capacity Critical Amplitudes. S. I. Chase, M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 33, 239-244 (1986).
N-Color Spin Models in the Large N Limit M. Kardar, M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 31, 7282-7284 (1985).
Random-Field Critical Behavior and the Ginzburg Criterion M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, Phys. Rev. B 31, 2913-2919 (1985).
Comment on Approaches to the Tricritical Point in Quasibinary Fluid Mixtures M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, Phys. Rev. Lett. 53, 741 (1984).
Duality and Potts Critical Amplitudes on a Class of Hierarchical Lattices, M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 30, 413-414 (1984).
Spin Systems on Hierarchical Lattices. II. Some Examples of Soluble Models M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, Phys. Rev. B 30, 244-249 (1984).
Pseudo-Dimensional Variation and Tricriticality of Potts Models by Hierarchical Breaking of Translational Values M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, Phys. Rev. B 30, 1609-1611 (1984), Rapid Communication.
Critical Amplitude of the Potts Model: Zeroes and Divergences M. Kaufman, D. Andelman, Phys. Rev. B 29, 4010-4016 (1984).
Comment on Criticality of the Anisotropic Quantum Heisenberg Model on a Self-Dual Hierarchical Lattice M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, Phys.Rev.Lett. (1984)
Short-Range and Infinite-Range Bond Percolation M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, Phys. Rev. B 29, 5053-5059 (1984).
Realizable Renormalization Group and Finite Size Scaling M. Kaufman, K. K. Mon, Phys. Rev. B 29, 1451-1453 (1984).
Competing Criticality of Short- and Infinite-Range Interactions on the Cayley Tree, M. Kardar, M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. Lett. 51, 1210-1213 (1983).
Convexity of the Free Energy in Some Real Space Renormalization-Group Approximations, M. Kaufman Robert B. Griffiths, Phys. Rev. B 28, 3864-3865 (1983).
First-Order Transitions in Defect Structures at a Second-Order Critical Point for the Potts Model on Hierarchical Lattices M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, Phys. Rev. B 26, 5282-5284 (1982), Rapid Communication.
Spin Systems on Hierarchical Lattices: Introduction and Thermodynamic Limit, Robert B. Griffiths, M. Kaufman, Phys. Rev. B 26, 5022-5032 (1982).
Infinite Susceptibility at High Temperatures in the Migdal-Kadanoff Scheme M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, J. Phys. A 15, L 239-242 (1982).
Thermodynamic Model for Tricritical Mixtures with Application to Ammonium Sulfate + Water + Ethanol + Benzene M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, J. Chem. Phys. 76, 1508-1524 (1982).
Exactly Soluble Ising Models on Hierarchical Lattices M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, Phys. Rev. B 24, 496-498 (1981), Rapid Communication.
Three-Component Model for Tricritical Points: A Renormalization-Group Study. Two Dimensions M. Kaufman,Robert B. Griffiths, J. M. Yeomans, M. E. Fisher, Phys. Rev. B 23, 3448-3459 (1981).
Thermodynamic Model and Sum Rules for Three-Phase Coexistence near a Tricritical Point in a Liquid Mixture M. Kaufman, K. K. Bardhan, Robert B. Griffiths, Phys. Rev. Lett. 44, 77-80 (1980).
Landau-Ginzburg Equation for a Superconductor Containing Magnetically Ordered Impurities M. Kaufman, O. Entin-Wohlman, Physica B 84, 90-101 (1976).
Electronic Spin Susceptibility of a Superconducting Alloy Containing Magnetic Impurities M. Kaufman, O. Entin-Wohlman, Physica B 84, 77-89 (1976).

• Molar Model of Spatial Memory: Accuracy Data and Reaction Times Miron Kaufman, Philip Allen, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 1999, Atlanta.
  Mathcad and Physics Education, M. Kaufman, invited paper, NASA Lewis Center Conference on Math Tools, 1998.

  Mathcad in the Physics Curriculum, M. Kaufman, presented at the APS-AAPT Joint April Meeting, Columbus, 1998.

  Thermodynamic Model of Spatial Memory, M. Kaufman, P. Allen, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 1998, Los Angeles.

  Statistical Model for Mechanical Failure, M. Kaufman, J. Ferrante, invited talk at the Nonlinear Effects in Materials Science Session at the Materials Week '97, Fall Meeting of The Materials Society (TMS), Indianapolis, September 1997.

  Statistical Mechanics Model of Solids with Defects, M. Kaufman, P.A. Walters, J.Ferrante, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 1997, Kansas City.

  Dynamics of an Electron in a Magnetic field in a Periodic Lattice, A.J.Adorjan, M.Kaufman, presented at the Ohio Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Fall 1996, Athens.

  Entropy Driven Phase Transition in Polymer Gels, M.Kaufman, 11’th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution, Jerusalem, Israel, 1996.

  Thermodynamics of a Model Solid Close to Mechanical Failure, M.Kaufman, J.Ferrante, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, St Louis, 1996.

  Monte Carlo Study of Multicritical Points of the Two-Dimensional Ising Model on Percolation Clusters, P.D. Scholten, M.Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, St Louis, Bull. Amer.Phys.Soc. 41, 378 (1996).

  Entropy Driven Phase Transition in Polymer Gels, M.Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, St Louis, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 41, 451 (1996).

  Monte Carlo Study of the Two-Dimensional Ising Model on Percolating Clusters, P.D. Scholten, M. Kaufman, presented at the Ohio Section Meeting of the American Physical Society, Fall 1995.

  Changes in Urban Property Values: Polymer Model, Pilot Study &Policy Implications, S. Kaufman, A. Friederich, and M. Kaufman, presented at the Urban Affairs Association Conference, Portland, May 1995.

  Statistical Model for Mechanical Failure, M. Kaufman, H. Schlosser, J. Ferrante, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, San Jose, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 40, 367 (1995).

  Urban Property Values, Percolation Theory and Fractal Geometry, A. Friederich, S.Kaufman, M. Kaufman, presented at the Fractals in Engineering Conference, Montreal, Canada, June 1994.

  Adsorption of a Bose Gas on a Surface, T. McCollum and M. Kaufman, presented at the May 1994 Meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, Cleveland.

  The Annealed Ising Model on Percolation Clusters, J. E. Touma and M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 39, 662 (1994).

  Thermodynamic Model for Pressurized Solids with Application to Nanocrystalline Metals, M. Kaufman, H. Schlosser, J. Ferrante, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Pittsburgh, Bull. Amer.Phys.Soc. 39, 620 (1994).

  Ising Model on Percolation Clusters, M. Kaufman and J. E. Touma, presented at the Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, December 1993.

  Phase Diagram of an Amorphous Magnet, J. E. Touma and M. Kaufman, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, John Carroll University, October 1993.

  Renormalization-Group Study of Tree-like and Linear Polymers, M. Kaufman, J. Li, and P. D. Gujrati, presented at the 18th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics, Berlin, Germany, 1992.

  Critical Equilibrium Polymerization at Finite Temperatures, M. Kaufman, presented at the 18th IUPAP International Conference on Statistical Physics, Berlin, Germany, August 1992.

  Electrical Percolation Effects in Uniaxial Graphite Fiber/Epoxy Composites, P. D. Hambourger, M. C. Wright, M. R. Thiel, M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 37, 553 (1992).

  Temperature Effects on the Polymerization Process, M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 37, 418 (1992).

  Phase Diagram of the Random-Field Blume-Capel Model, M. Kaufman, M. Kanner, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Cincinnati, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 36, 508 (1991).

  Tricritical Phase Diagrams in Random Magnetic Fields, M. Kaufman, M. Kanner, presented at the 18th Midwest Solid State Theory Symposium, Northwestern Univ., Chicago, 1990.

  Polymerization on the Diamond Hierarchical Lattice, M. Kaufman, presented at the Gordon Research Conference on Fractals, Plymouth NH, 1990.

  Flory Polymerization: a Statistical Mechanics Treatment, M. Kaufman invited talk at the Midwest Thermodynamics Symposium, Sawmill Creek, 1990.

  Influence of Polymer Distribution on the Polymerization Critical Behavior in an Exactly Solved Model, M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Anaheim, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 35, 686 (1990).

  The Migdal-Kadanoff Renormalization-Group Study of Equilibrium Polymerization, M. Kaufman, T. Berger, P. Gujrati, presented at the 17th International Conference on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1989.

  Linear Polymers on the Equivalent-Neighbor Lattice,(refereed) M. Kaufman, presented at the 17th International Conference on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1989.

  Position-Space Renormalization-Group Study of Equilibrium Polymerization, M. Kaufman, T. Berger, P. Gujrati, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Saint Louis, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 34, 951 (1989).

  Equilibrium Polymerization on the Equivalent-Neighbor Lattice, M. Kaufman, presented at the 60th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1989.

  The Migdal-Kadanoff Renormalization-Group Scheme Applied to Linear Polymers, M. Kaufman, T. Berger, P. Gujrati, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, Toledo, 1988.

  Position-Space Renormalization Group Study of Equilibrium Polymerization, M. Kaufman, T. Berger, P. Gujrati, presented at the 16th Midwest Solid State Theory Symposium, Cincinnati, 1988.

  Planar Ising Ferromagnet and Antiferromagnet in a Weak Magnetic Field, M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.33, 757 (1988).

  Consolute Point Effects on the Aggregation of Solute Molecules, M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New Orleans, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.33, 749 (1988).

  Ising Critical Behavior in a Weak Magnetic Field, M. Kaufman, presented at the 58th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1987.

  Multicriticality in Liquid Mixtures: Theory versus Experiment, M. Kaufman, invited talk at the 15th Midwest Solid State Theory Symposium, Kent State University, 1987.

  Competition of Antiferromagnetic Short-Range and Ferromagnetic Infinite-Range Interactions on the Cayley Tree, M. Kaufman, M. Kahana, M. Kardar, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 32, 391 (1987).

  Phase Diagrams for Random-Field Ising Models with Various Field Distributions, P. E. Klunzinger, M. Kaufman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, New York, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc. 32, 391 (1987).

  Diluted Antiferromagnets in a Uniform Magnetic Field: Phase Diagram, M. Kaufman, P. E. Klunzinger, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, John Carroll University, 1986.

  Multicritical Points in a Random-Field Ising Model, M. Kaufman, P. E. Klunzinger, presented at the 16th International Conference on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Boston, 1986.

  Tricritical Sum Rules: Theory versus Experiment, M. Kaufman, presented at the 16th International Conference on Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Boston, 1986.

  Susceptibility Sum Rules close to a Multicritical Point, M. Kaufman, M. Ma, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Las Vegas, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.31, 292 (1986).

  Susceptibility Sum Rules at a Multicritical Point, M. Kaufman, M. Ma, presented at the 54th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1985.

  Heat Capacity Critical Amplitudes, M. Kaufman, S. I. Chase, presented at the Fall Meeting of the Ohio Section of the American Physical Society, Case Western Reserve University, 1985.

  Random-Field Critical Behavior, M. Kaufman, invited talk at the 13th Midwest Solid State Theory Symposium, University of Notre-Dame, 1985.

  Random-Fields Criticality and the Ginzburg Criterion. M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the Spring Meeting of the New England Section of the American Physical Society, Worcester, 1985.

  Zeroes and Divergences of Critical Amplitudes, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, D. Andelman, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.30 (1985).

  The Ginzburg Criterion in Random Fields, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Baltimore, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.30 (1985).

  Random-Fields and the Ginzburg Criterion, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the 52nd Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1984.

  Pseudo-Dimensional Variation and Tricriticality of Potts Models by Hierarchical Breaking of Translational Values, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the 51st Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1984.

  First-Order Transitions in Defect Structures at a Second-Order Critical Point, M. Kaufman, R. B. Griffiths, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Detroit, Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.29 (1984).

  Competing Criticality of Short- and Infinite-Range Interactions on the Cayley Tree: Effective Dimensional Variation, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Detroit Bull.Amer.Phys.Soc.29 (1984).

  Competing Criticality of Short- and Infinite-Range Interactions on the Cayley Tree: Effective Dimensional Variation, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the Fractal Conference, NBS, Washington D. C., 1983.

  Competing Criticality of Short- and Infinite-Range Interactions on the Cayley Tree, M. Kaufman, M. Kardar, presented at the 49th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1983.

  Ising Models on Hierarchical Lattices, M. Kaufman, R. B. Griffiths, presented at the 45th Statistical Mechanics Meeting, Rutgers University, 1983.

  A Renormalization Group Study of Tricriticality, Including All Relevant Fields, J. M. Yeomans, M. E. Fisher, M. Kaufman, R. B. Griffiths, presented at the International Conference on Statistical Mechanics, Edmonton, Canada, 1980.

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