Jeffreyج‎Thayer

  • 91أغجز¸َ Professor
  • Professor Emeritus
  • Director of SWx-TREC
  • COLORADO CENTER FOR ASTRODYNAMICS RESEARCH
  • SPACE WEATHER TECHNOLOGY, RESEARCH AND EDUCATION CENTER
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Address

Aerospace Engineering Sciences
91أغجز¸َ at 91أغجز¸َ
91أغجز¸َ, CO 80309-0431
Office: AERO N407

Focus Area

Remote Sensing, Earth, & Space Sciences

Education

Ph.D., Atmospheric and Space Science, University of Michigan, 1990
M.S., Atmospheric Science, University of Michigan, 1986
B.S., Meteorology, State University of New York, College at Oneonta, 1984

Professional Experience

2022 - Present, Professor Emeritus & 91أغجز¸َ Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91أغجز¸َ 91أغجز¸َ
2017 - Present, Faculty Director, Space Weather Technology, 91أغجز¸َ and Education Center, 91أغجز¸َ 91أغجز¸َ
2014 - Present, Chief Technology Officer, ASTRALiTe LLC.
2012 - 2022, Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91أغجز¸َ 91أغجز¸َ
2013 - 2019, Director, Colorado Center for Astrodynamics 91أغجز¸َ, 91أغجز¸َ 91أغجز¸َ
2016 - 2018, Associate Chair for Undergraduate Affairs, Aerospace Engineering Sciences Department
2004 - 2012, Associate Professor, Aerospace Engineering Sciences, 91أغجز¸َ 91أغجز¸َ
1995 - 2004, Senior 91أغجز¸َ Physicist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA
1990 - 1994, 91أغجز¸َ Physicist, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA

Awards (selected)

Joseph T. Negler Professorship (2017)
CU 91أغجز¸َ Faculty Assembly Award for Excellence in 91أغجز¸َ (2016)
Outstanding Service, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (2016)
Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching and Mentoring Award, Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences (2015)
Distinguished Alumni Award SUNY Oneonta (2015)
College of Engineering Dean's Award for Outstanding 91أغجز¸َ (2012)
Roubos Engineering Endowed Faculty Fellowship (2012)
Dean's Award for Outstanding Teaching (2011)
CU 91أغجز¸َ Provost's Faculty Achievement Award (2010)
University of Michigan Alumni Merit Award (2005)
NASA Group Achievement Award (2005)
SRI International Presidential Achievement Award (2004)
NASA Group Achievement Award (2000)

91أغجز¸َ Interests

Remote sensing of the atmosphere and ionosphere using lidar and radar techniques
Optical systems and design
Atmospheric and space physics
Geophysical fluid dynamics, electrodynamics, and plasma physics