Nathaniel Frissell successfully defends his doctoral dissertation

By: miker on: Mon., Apr. 25, 2016 02:47 PM EDT (8217 Reads)

Virginia Tech SuperDARN student Nathaniel Frissell defended his doctoral disseration on Monday, April 25 to an examining committee of seven professors. Nathaniel is advised by Jo Baker and Mike Ruohoniemi. Nathaniel has published on the causes of Pi2 pulsations, the characteristics and sources of atmospheric gravity waves, and the role of citizen science in observating radio blackout during solar flares. He has contributed extensively to the web design and analysis tools found at the VT SuperDARN website. He has also participated in radar builds in Kansas and Alaska and in a trip to repair a radar located at McMurdo station, Antarctica. His defense was well-attended by family and friends including fellow radio hams. Nathaniel is moving on to a postdoctoral position at the New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT). He is eligible to walk in the graduation ceremonies in December, 2016.

Congratulations, Nathaniel!

Nathaniel has been one of the better-travelled SuperDARN graduate students. In addition to attending SuperDARN workshops he spent a semester studying at the University Centre in Svalbard (UNIS) - the world's northernmost university - and participated in numerous meetings such as those hosted by AGU, CEDAR and GEM. He served two years as a Student Representative to the Science Steering Committee of the GEM program.

His most recent paper was chosen to be a highlight of the Journal of Geophysical Research Space Physics:

Frissell, N. A., J. B. H. Baker, J. M. Ruohoniemi, R. A. Greenwald, A. J. Gerrard, E. S. Miller, and M. L. West (2016), Sources and Characteristics of Medium Scale Traveling Ionospheric Disturbances Observed by High Frequency Radars in the North American Sector, J. Geophys. Res. Space Physics, 121, doi:10.1002/2015JA022168.

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JA022168/full

Nathaniel Frissell successfully defends his doctoral dissertation

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