Jeffrey H. Klenzing
The University of Texas at Dallas
Mail Station WT15
Richardson, TX 75083-0688

email: jeffk-at-utdallas-dot-edu
phone: 972-883-6177



Education

  • B.S. - Physics with Geoscience minor - University of Texas at Dallas, 2004
  • M.S. - Physics - University of Texas at Dallas, 2005

    • Other Training

  • ANSYS - Introduction to ANSYS - July 2005
  • ANSYS - Electromagnetic Analysis - March 2006
  • Satellite Tool Kit - STK Introductory Training - June 2007

    • Research Interests

  • Design and Application of Electronics for Spacecraft
  • Effects of Gravity Waves in the Upper Atmosphere
  • Propagation and Detection of Gravitational Waves

    • Research Experience

    Research Assistant - William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences
  • Optimization of a Ram Wind Sensor for the CINDI Mission of Opportunity
  • Simulation of gravity waves in the F Region

    • Intership - NIST (Washington, DC) - Summer 2003
  • Effects of ionizing radiation on high-k dielectric materials

    • Internship at VIRGO (Cascina, Italy) - Summer 2002
  • Repair and calibration of analog-digital converters
  • Study of noise-reduction routines on simulated data from VIRGO

    • Research Associate - William B. Hanson Center for Space Sciences
  • Repair of scanning electron microscope and integration of a Windows-based image capture system
  • Theory and design of micro-electromechanical sensors for spacecraft
  • Computational methods of identifying gravity waves in the atmosphere and correlating them to orthographic features

    • Clark Scholars Program - University of Texas at Dallas
  • 2001 - Computational methods in Space Sciences
  • 2000 - Photoelectric studies of thin films of gold

    • Publications

  • "A New Satellite-Borne Neutral Wind Instrument for Thermospheric Diagnostics" - Submitted
  • "A novel empirical study of the photoelectric effect in thin gold films" - Am. J. Phys., v. 71, #8, pp. 766-769, August 2003

    • Talks

  • "Modeling Plasma Interactions with Satellite-Borne Instrumentation" - APS DPP 2007
  • "An Empirical Study of the Photoelectric Effect" - AAPT 2005 Winter

    • Posters

  • "Modeling Plasma Interactions with Space-Borne Instrumentation" - CEDAR 2007
  • "Laboratory Validation of the Ram Wind Sensor for the CINDI Mission of Opportunity" - CEDAR 2006
  • "Laboratory Validation of the Ram Wind Sensor for the CINDI Mission of Opportunity" - AGU 2005 Spring / CEDAR 2005
  • "Gravity Wave Effects on the Mid-Latitude F Region of the Ionosphere" - CEDAR 2004

    • Teaching Experience


    Supplemental Instruction Leader - UTD Learning Resources
  • Fall 2002 - PHYS 2326 - Electromagnetism & Waves
  • Spring 2002 - PHYS 2325 - Mechanics & Heat

    • Private Tutoring in various science, engineering, and math courses

    Awards and Scholarships

  • UTD Educational Excellence Fellowship - 2004-2005
  • Golden Key - 2003
  • Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges - 2003
  • Society of Physics Students Leadership Award 2003
  • Texas Space Grant Consortium Undergraduate Scholarship - 2002-2004
  • UTD Academic Honors Scholarship - 2000-2004

    • Membership Societies

  • American Association of Physics Teachers
  • American Geophysical Union
  • American Physical Society
  • Golden Key
  • IEEE
  • Sigma Pi Sigma
  • Society of Physics Students