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William Lotko
Professor of Engineering
603/646-3485
William.Lotko@Dartmouth.edu
Education
- B.S., Engineering Physics, University of Kansas 1973
- M.S., Physics, University of Missouri 1976
- Ph.D., Physics, University of California, Los Angeles 1981
Research Interests
Geospace environment; space plasma physics, modeling, simulation; electromagnetic fields and waves.
Current Research Projects
- Computational plasma dynamics
- Geospace environment modeling
- Magnetohydrodynamics
- Space plasma physics
Teaching, 2009-2011
- ENGS 21 Introduction to Engineering (course description, home page)
- ENGS 100 Methods in Applied Mathematics I (course description, home page)
- ENGS 200 Methods in Applied Mathematics II (course description, home page)
Selected Publications
Coupling between density structures, electromagnetic waves and ionospheric feedback in the auroral zone, A. V. Streltsov, W. Lotko (2008). J. Geophys. Res., 113, A05212, doi:10.1029/2007JA012594.
Reduced magnetohydrodynamic equations with coupled Alfvén and sound wave dynamics, R. E. Denton, B. Rogers, W. Lotko (2007). Phys. Plasmas, 14(10), 102906, DOI:10.1063/1.2786060
The magnetosphere-ionosphere system from the perspective of plasma circulation: A tutorial, W. Lotko (2007), J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys. 69(3), 191-211, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2006.08.011
Ultralow-frequency electrodynamics of the magnetosphere-ionosphere interaction, A. V. Streltsov, W. Lotko (2005). J. Geophys. Res. 110(A8), A08203, doi:10.1029/2004JA010764
Inductive magnetosphere-ionosphere coupling, W. Lotko (2004), J. Atmos. Solar-Terr. Phys., 66(15-16), 1443-1456, doi:10.1016/j.jastp.2004.03.027
Auroral Plasma Physics, W. Lotko (contributing author) edited by G. Paschmann, S. Haaland and R. Treumann (2003). International Space Science Institute, vol. 15, Kluwer Academic Publishers
Award
- Fellow, American Geophysical Union
Professional Activities
- Editor-in-Chief, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar-Terrestrial Physics
- NASA Geospace Management and Operations Working Group, Chair
- NASA Living With a Star Targeted Research & Technology Program, Project Team Leader
- Geospace Environment Modeling Program: Working Group on Electrodynamics of Magnetosphere-Ionosphere Coupling, Co-Chair
- Center for Integrated Space Weather Modeling, Co-Investigator
- New Hampshire Space Grant Consortium
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
- Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
- American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE)
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