RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
- 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
