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William Lotko

Professor of Engineering

1-603-646-3485
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

Teaching

ENGS 89: Engineering Design Methodology and Project Initiation
ENGS 152: Magnetohydrodynamics

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

Awards

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)

News

Nuts and Bolts: Students who’ve never wielded a tool take an engineering course
Dartmouth Alumni Magazine
March 7, 2010
Dartmouth’s Engineering School Completes Largest-Ever Fundraising Campaign
January 7, 2010
Dartmouth and SMT Unite for Six Sigma Program
Surface Mount Technology
March 16, 2005
Space Weather Starts at the Sun
Dartmouth Faculty - Scholarship Today
June 19, 2004

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

The Space Weathermen: Space weather researchers William Lotko and Simon Shepherd want to help protect the technological world from solar storms
Winter 2013
A Few of Our Favorite Things: A professorial pick of outstanding ENGS 21 projects
Winter 2011
Engineering by Design: Professor Peter Robbie '69 adds art to the science of meeting human needs
Winter 2010
Engineering Revealed: MacLean Engineering Sciences Center places creativity on display
Fall 2006
Construction: On the Move
Spring 2006
Kudos
Fall 2005
From Idea to Invoice: As entrepreneurship grows at Thayer School, innovators encounter pains as well as gains
Spring 2005
Leadership: UConn Prof Joseph Helble Named Dean
Spring 2005
Leadership: Changing of the Dean
Fall 2004

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