James Kretzschmar
James Kretzschmar is a college professor who served in the military for 25 years. One of James Kretzschmar's proudest accomplishments in the military was providing pre-deployment training to Aerospace Medicine Physicians who were tasked with performing oral surgical procedures. He is also the former Director of Base Dental Services at Shaw AFB.
Work Experience
Lecturer • University of Wyoming
January 2020 - Present
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Colonel, USAF (ret)
25 years active duty (5 years U.S. Army and 20 years U.S. Air Force)
Education
BA (Chemistry) Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, TX 1976
DDS (Doctor of Dental Surgery) Baylor College of Dentistry, Dallas, TX 1979
General Practice Residency Irwin Army Hospital, Fort Riley, KS 1980
MBS (Masters in Basic Science) University of Colorado, Colorado Springs, CO 1988
COMMAND, ACADEMIC, TEACHING, RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- Commander, 49th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, Holloman AFB, NM
- Base Dental Services Flight Commander (Dunn and MacKown clinics), Lackland AFB, TX
- Director, Base Dental Services, Shaw AFB, SC
- Clinical Assistant Professor, Dept. of Dentistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Advanced Education in General Dentistry 2 year Program
- Adjunct Assistant Professor, University of the Pacific School of Dentistry
- Adjunct Teaching Staff, Alaska Native Medical Center
Advanced Education in General Dentistry 2 year Program
Pediatric Dental Residency Program
- Leader, Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Teaching Team deployed to Tunisia
Trained 25 Tunisian doctors in ACLS and mass casualty disaster response
- Trained Aerospace Medicine physicians in oral surgical procedures prior to remote deployments
- Presentation, 46th Annual Conference, American Academy of Medical Administrators
- Research, Spatial Disorientation Avoidance System Demonstration, Air Force Research Laboratory
- Research, Mapping Canine Gastric Myoelectrical Activity Using An Endoscopically Positioned Probe,
Wake Forest University School of Medicine
- Research involvement, Center for Nanotechnology, Wake Forest University, growth of multi-walled
carbon nanotubes utilized in cancer research and organic lighting devices
- Judge, 2016 Undergraduate Research Day, University of Wyoming (Mechanical Engineering)
PUBLICATIONS
1. "Programming the DDS AD9850 Signal Generator Module with the Texas Instruments MSP430
Launchpad", QEX, A Forum for Communications Experimenters, September 2017
2. "Rhinosinusitis: Review from a Dental Perspective", Oral Surgery, Oral Medicine, Oral Pathology,
Oral Radiology, and Endodontics, August 2003
3. “The Natural Tooth Pontic”, Journal of the American Dental Association, November 2001
4. “Nerve Blocks for Regional Anesthesia of the Face”, American Family Physician, April 1997
5. “Common Oral Conditions”, American Family Physician, July 1996
6. “Role of Oncogenes in Cancer”, Military Medicine, February 1990
VOLUNTEER ACTIVITIES (ENGINEERING RELATED)
Lab Assistant volunteer in the University of Wyoming Electrical Engineering Summer Teacher/Student
workshops. (Participants receive hands-on training with microcontroller based projects), 2015-Present
Radio Operator volunteer with the Wyoming Department of Homeland Security (on standby for emergencies), 2016-Present
Volunteer assistance to Electrical Engineering students working on their senior design projects (assistance
with projects involving radio), 2016-Present
Judge (Mechanical Engineering), Undergraduate Research Day, University of Wyoming, 2016
EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
Amateur Radio Operator (FCC Extra Class License: AE7AX). Proficient in Morse Code (10 wpm)
Electronic Experimenter (oscillators, amplifiers, transmitters, receivers, antennas, microcontrollers)
Astronomy (Built 8" reflector telescope)
Sports: Road Bicycling (former Cat 4 racer), Cross Country Skiing, Hiking, Walking, Running
Skills
Languages
1. Amateur Radio: Experimenter and Operator (FCC Extra Class license: AE7AX (Design and build
my own equipment; Transmitters, Receivers, Microcontroller based projects)
2. Award: Texas Instruments 2016 Innovation Challenge competition (Best Humanitarian Impact).
"Futuristic Energy Saving Lighting System; Color Influenced Temperature Perception" (microcontroller
based temperature regulated multi-color lighting systems
3. Presentation: "Homebrewing; How to Get Started with Simple Receiver and Transmitter Projects",
2017 ARRL Rocky Mountain Division Convention, Cody, WY, 27 May 2017, and Colorado QRP Club,
18 November 2017
4. Technical Skill Experience:
- in designing, prototyping, and building analog, digital, RF, and power supply circuits
- with use of electronic test equipment: oscilloscope, logic analyzer, spectrum analyzer, selective level
meter, signal generator, frequency counter, and pulse counter
- with programming the Texas Instruments MSP430 microcontroller (Assembly Code)
- reading schematic diagrams, and product datasheets
- English — Native or Bilingual
