Gregory D. Earle, Ph.D.
Education
B.S., Electrical Engineering honors program, Purdue University,
December 1981
M.S.E., Electrical Engineering, Purdue University, May 1983
Ph. D., Space Plasma Physics, Cornell University, May, 1988
Advisor: Michael C. Kelley
Research Group
William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences
Overview
Dr. Earle is a member of the William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences, with primary research interests in satellite and rocket-borne instrumentation, ionospheric electrodynamics at mid- and low latitudes, and thermospheric neutral wind systems.
His research activities also encompass micro-electromechanical sensors and transducers for space science and other instrumentation applications.
Research Interests
The major research thrusts of Dr. Earle's Space Physics Instrumentation Laboratory (SPI Lab) include design, modeling, and improvement of space based instruments to measure electric fields and neutral winds in near-Earth space, flight experiments on rockets and satellites, and mid-latitude plasma dynamics in Earth's ionosphere. Recent collaborators on these efforts include scientists from the Goddard Space Flight Center, Utah State University, the Aerospace Corporation, the Air Force Research Laboratory, and the Southwest Research Institute.
More information on specific research programs and classes taught by Dr. Earle may be found at www.utdallas.edu/~earle.
Publications:
- Earle, G. D., R. Medikonduri, N. Rajgopal, V. Narayanan, and P. A. Roddy, Tungsten-Rhenium Filament Lifetime Variabilty in Low Pressure Oxygen Environments, IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., October 2005.
- Bishop, R. L., G. D. Earle, M. F. Larsen, C. M. Swenson, C. G. Carlson, P. A. Roddy, C. Fish, and T. W. Bullett, Sequential Observations of the Local Neutral Wind Field Structure Associated with E Region Plasma Layers, J. Geophys. Res., 110, A04309, doi: 10/1029/2004JA010686, April, 2005.
- Roddy, P. A., G. D. Earle, C. M. Swenson, C. G. Carlson, and T. W. Bullett, Relative Concentrations of Molecular and Metallic Ions in Midlatitude Intermediate and Sporadic E Layers, Geophys. Res. Letters, 31, L19807, doi: 10.1029/2004GL020604, October 2004.
- Updated: February 6, 2009
