DONALD WALTER

  PROFESSOR OF PHYSICS /ACADEMIC PROGRAM COORDINATOR

Office


Davis Hall Room 130
Campus PO Box: 7212
Phone: 803-533-3773
Fax: 803-536-8500
E-mail:dwalter@scsu.edu

Educational Background


Ph.D.  in Space Physics & Astronomy, Rice University;

M.S. in Space Physics & Astronomy, Rice University;

M.S. in Physics, Louisiana State University;

B.S. in Astronomy, University of Illinois - Urbana

 

Research Interests


Astronomy

Astrobiology

Atmospheric Science

Variable Stars

Comets

Atmospheric Ozone

 



Research Activities
Selected Publications
Teaching



Research Activities 

Co-PI, 7-year NASA satellite project “Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System”

 

Guest Observer, Kitt Peak National Observatory, 2009-present

 

PI,   5-year, NSF award “A Partnership in Observational and Computational Science”

 

Co-PI NASA Kepler Cycle 4 Guest Observer

 

PI, NASA Kepler Cycle 2 Guest Observer

 

Chairman, Board of Directors, Robotically Controlled Telescope Consortium

 

Observer, Robotically Controlled Telescope, 2009-present

 

Researcher, NASA Astrobiology Institute – MIRS Faculty Sabbatical – Summer 2007

 

Researcher, NASA Faculty Fellowship Program – Summer 2004

 



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Selected Publications 

Cash, J., Howell, S., & Walter, D. 2009, "A Long Term Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of RV Tauri Stars," in “Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation”, J. A. Guzik & P. A. Bradley (Editors), Melville, N.Y.: AIP Conference Proceedings,  CP1170, pp. 146-148
2009AIPC.1170..146C

 

Walter, D.K, Austin, S.A., Johnson, L.P., Morris, P.A. and Salgado, C., 2007, “A Decade of Lessons Learned”,   Journal of Geoscience Education, v. 55, n.6, December, 2007 pp. 493-499

http://www.cmmap.org/scienceEd/docs/WalterEtal.pdf

 

Blagrave, K. P. M.; Martin, P. G.; Rubin, R. H.; Dufour, R. J.; Baldwin, J. A.; Hester, J. J.; Walter, D. K. 2007, “Deviations from He I Case B Recombination Theory and Extinction Corrections in the Orion Nebula”, Astrophysical Journal, 655, 299-315  2007ApJ...655..299B         

 

Moore, B.D., Hester, J.J., Scowen, P.A. and Walter, D.K., 2002, “Analysis and Models of Photoionized Structures Seen in Hubble Space Telescope Images of NGC 7635”, Astronomical Journal, v. 124, pp.3305-3312    2002AJ....124.3305M

 

Moore, B.D., Walter, D.K., Hester, J.J., Scowen, P.A., Dufour, R.J., and Buckalew, B.A., 2002, “Hubble Space Telescope Observations of the Windblown Nebula NGC 7635”, Astronomical Journal, v. 124, pp. 3313-3324      2002AJ....124.3313M

 

 



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Teaching 

PSC 150 Foundations of Physical Science

PSC 151 Physical Science Laboratory

PSC 152 Foundations of Earth/Space Science

PSC 153  Earth/Space Science Laboratory

 

P 203 General Physics III w/ Calculus

P 223 General Physics III Laboratory

P 251 General Physics I Laboratory

P 253 General Physics II Laboratory

 

P 303 Mechanics I

P 304 Mechanics II

P 338 Scientific Image Analysis

P 407 Advanced Lab

P 410 Quantum Mechanics

P 498 Special Topics in Physics

P 499 Special Topics in Physics

 

P 507 Advanced General Physics

 



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