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Faculty

Dr. Sukanta Basu - Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (2004), University of Minnesota
  • Research Interests: Atmospheric boundary layer processes; turbulence modeling (large-eddy simulation); numerical weather prediction; Antarctic meteorology; wind power meteorology; dispersion modeling; and non-linear time series analysis

Dr. Chia-Bo Chang - Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. in Meteorology (1980), Florida State University
  • Research Interests: Regional numerical weather prediction and mesoscale 4-D data assimilation; eigen mode analysis of hydrodynamic instability; and theoretical and observational study of planetary boundary layer disturbances over arid lands and their development of local rainstorms

Dr. Don Haragan - Professor, President Emeritus

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering-Atmospheric Science (1969), University of Texas at Austin
  • Research Interests: Water resources and conservation; hydrometeorology; global climate and the disribution of precipitation; meteorological drought; cloud and precipitation physics and weather modification; environmental pollution and difffusion modeling

Dr. Colleen Leary - Professor

  • Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science (1978), University of Washington
  • Research Interests: Mesoscale convective systems; radar; cloud modeling techniques

Dr. Richard E. Peterson - Professor Emeritus

  • Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science (1971), University of Missouri
  • Research Interests: Atmospheric vortices (hurricanes and tornadoes); boundary-layer meteorology; dynamics of severe storms; dust storms; history of meteorology; and wind engineering

Mr. Loren Phillips - Instructor

  • M.S. in Meteorology (1979), University of Oklahoma
  • Research Interests: Operational meteorology; weather analysis and forecasting

Dr. John Schroeder - Associate Professor

  • Ph.D. in Civil Engineering (1999), Texas Tech University
  • Research Interests: Wind flow characteristics and boundary layer structure in extreme events (hurricanes, thunderstorm outflows, etc.); instrumentation; meso- and microscale observational networks; wind engineering; statistical and time series analysis

Dr. Christopher Weiss - Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. in Meteorology (2004), University of Oklahoma
  • Research Interests: Convection initiation; dryline dynamics; supercell structure; tornadogenesis

Dr. Kyle C. Wiens - Assistant Professor

  • Ph.D. in Atmospheric Science (2005), Colorado State University
  • Research Interests: Cloud physics; radar meteorology; thunderstorm electrification; lightning

Staff

Debbie Walker - Secretary