Dr. Curt Szuberla has been chosen by his faculty peers to become the new Physics  Department Chair, beginning 1 July 2012, for a two year term. Department Chairs  not only have to handle their own academic classes and research, but also all the  departmental academic and administrative business.

Dr. Szuberla joins the faculty and staff of Department in thanking the current Chair, Dr. Ataur Chowdhury, for his outstanding service and commitment to the Department and its students. Dr. Chowdhury provided leadership for the Department in a challenging environment,  facing fiscal and program issues with aplomb. He will continue to serve the Department as a much-valued faculty member.

Marc Mueller-Stoffels, PhD, Physics Thesis: Reversibility of Sea Ice Decay - A Conceptual Multi-Scale      Modeling Approach

Eric Adamson, PhD, PhD, Space Physics Thesis: Magnetohydrodynamic Simulations of Plasma Dynamics in the Magnetosperic Cusp Region

Wallace, Patrick, MS, Physics Thesis: Varational Anodic Oxidation of Aluminum for the Formation of Conically Profiled Nanoporous Alumina Templates"

Wendler, Enzo

Winkelman, Andrew

Richards, Megan

Brunner, Kelcy

Bellamy, Beau

Pe, Okkar

Samuel Lazerson, PhD, Space Physics Thesis: Magnetic Reconnection As a Chondrule Heating Mechanism

Dong-Chang Lee, PhD, Space Physics Thesis: Neural Network Approach to Classification of Infrasound Signals

Daniella N. Della-Guistina, M.S., Computational Physics: Regional Modeling of Greenland's Outlet Glaciers with the Parallel Ice Sheet Model

 Kit Dawson,  Academic Advisor, Dr. Channon Price

Many Thanks to Amy Hartley, Public Relations Officer at the Geophysical Institute for this opportunity to access materials and video associated with the celebration of life held at the Geophysical Institute for Dr. Davis Sentman on January 27, 2012.

To visit the online repository, go to http://www2.gi.alaska.edu/davis_sentman/index.html. Adobe Flash Player is needed to view the video.

DVD copies of the Sentman memorial are available upon request. If you're interested in a DVD copy, emailinfo@gi.alaska.edu.