• Scattering theory applied to the microwave brightness of the Earth and planets
• Develop and use ice-sounding radar to study glaciers in Alaska and Antarctica
• Develop and calibrate Land-Surface Process/Radiobrightness (LSP/R) models of land-atmosphere energy and moisture fluxes for prairie and arctic tundra
• Develop new technology radiometers
• Co-Investigator for Apollo 17 Surface Electrical Properties experiment
• Co-Investigator on Shuttle Imaging Radar –A and –C

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  • 7/03-present - Associate Chair Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • 9/88-present - Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
  • 9/94-present - Professor of Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Space Sciences
  • 9/95-8/98 - Associate Dean, Rackham School of Graduate Studies
  • 9/03-present - Associate Chair, Dept of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX
  • 8/79-8/99 - Senior Scientist Astronaut
  • 9/82-10/85 – Mission Specialist, Spacelab 2 flight on Shuttle Challenger
  • 6/86-8/87 – Program Scientist for Space Station
  • 9/87-5/88 – Visiting Professor, Rice University
  • U.S. Geological Survey, Reston, VA
  • 8/76-8/79 – Deputy Chief of Office of Geochemistry and Geophysics
  • U.S. Geological Survey, Golden, CO
  • 8/72-7/76 – Research Geophysicist
• National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Houston, TX

  • 8/67-7/72 – Scientist Astronaut
  • 7/69-5/70 – Apollo 13 Mission Scientist
  • 6/70-6/72 – Apollo 16 Mission Scientist

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