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Emeriti

Emeriti Faculty

  • John Allen, Ph.D.

    Professor Emeritus

    Research Interests
    • Education Technology
    • Image Processing
    • Native American astronomical alignments
    • Atmospheric optical phenomena
    • Stratospheric ozone & global atmospheric change

    Thesis topic: A Shock Tube Study of OH

    B.A. in Physics & Math, Willamette University Ph.D., Astronomy, Harvard University
    Research Interests
    • Education Technology
    • Image Processing
    • Native American astronomical alignments
    • Atmospheric optical phenomena
    • Stratospheric ozone & global atmospheric change

    Thesis topic: A Shock Tube Study of OH

  • Dewey I. Dykstra, Jr., Ph.D.

    Professor Emeritus

    Research Interests
    • Physics learning

    Thesis topic: Solid-Solid Phase Transitions in Potassium Hexachlorostannate (IV) by High Resolution AC Calorimetry

    B.S. in Physics, Case Institute of Technology Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
    Research Interests
    • Physics learning

    Thesis topic: Solid-Solid Phase Transitions in Potassium Hexachlorostannate (IV) by High Resolution AC Calorimetry

  • Robert Luke, Ph.D.

    Professor and Department Chairman Emeritus

    Research Interests
    • Study Effects of low frequency electromagnetic radiation on living organisms

    Thesis topic: Six-Prong π-p Interactions at 4.2 GeV/c

    B.S. in Physics, Utah State University Ph.D., Physics, Utah State University
    Research Interests
    • Study Effects of low frequency electromagnetic radiation on living organisms

    Thesis topic: Six-Prong π-p Interactions at 4.2 GeV/c

  • Gary Newby, Ph.D.

    Professor and Department Chairman Emeritus

    B.S. in Physics, Arizona State University Ph.D. in Physics, Arizona State University
  • Alex Punnoose, Ph.D.

    Distinguished Professor and Director of NABIC

    Ph.D. in Physics, Aligarh Muslim University, India Condensed-Matter and Materials Experiment
  • Richard Reimann, Ph.D.

    Professor and Department Chairman Emeritus

    Doctoral Degree Ph.D. in Physics, University of Washington
  • William Smith, Ph.D

    Professor Emeritus

    Research Interests
    • Studies on the structure of viruses
    • RNP, & RNA using small angle x-ray scattering
    • Radiological phantoms, effective teaching
    • RNA & ribosome structure and function using the oligonucleotide binding
    • Conceptual change in learning physics
    B.A. in Physics & Math, University of Wisconsin Ph.D. in Biophysics, University of Wisconsin
    Research Interests
    • Studies on the structure of viruses
    • RNP, & RNA using small angle x-ray scattering
    • Radiological phantoms, effective teaching
    • RNA & ribosome structure and function using the oligonucleotide binding
    • Conceptual change in learning physics