Professor Allan Weatherwax | Siena College Physics
During his most recent visit to the South Pole, Dr. Allan Weatherwax (right) received a visit from a Congressional delegation led by Rep. Sherwood Boehlert (left). News & Information Please contact me at: |
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Al Weatherwax is an associate professor of physics at Siena College, in Albany New York. He received his Ph.D. in physics at Dartmouth where he studied natural auroral radio emissions, radiowave propagation, and wave-particle interactions. Following graduate school, Dr. Weatherwax worked as a consultant forLockheed-Martin where he was part of a team that installed, tested and calibrated geophysical instruments at remote sites in Antarctica. He then joined the faculty at the Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland. His research interests encompass upper-atmospheric physics and emphasize the study of energetic particle precipitation, auroral x-rays, cosmic radio noise absorption, magnetic storms and substorms, and wave-particle interactions. The broad focus of this research is directed toward improved understanding of the mechanisms which couple solar processes into the terrestrial environment. A long-term practical goal of this research is to improve the capability to forecast and mitigate the influence of space weather events on terrestrial technological systems – Space Weather. His principal research activities at present center on ground-based experimental programs in both polar-regions. Dr. Weatherwax is experienced with analog and digital electronic design and has extensive Arctic and Antarctic field experience. He is member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Physical Society, and the American Association of Physics Teachers. Some Synergistic Activities
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