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Dr. Russell Philbrick is Professor of Electrical Engineering at
Penn State University, Senior Scientist of the Applied Research
Laboratory, and Adjunct Professor in the Physics Department and
the Marine, Earth and Atmospheric Science Department at NC State
University. He is Director of the PSU Lidar Laboratory and a
member of the Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory (CSSL).
Professor Philbrick’s service to the university has included
several years as Chairman of the Electrical Engineering Graduate
Committee and Chairman of the Electromagnetics, Remote Sensing
and Space Sciences Area (EMRSSS). During the past 18 years,
Professor Philbrick has been the advisor for students completing
more than 50 graduate degrees in the EE Department and has
worked with students completing more than 20 Senior Honors
Thesis.
Dr. Philbrick’s
research career includes 21 years with the AF Cambridge Research
Laboratory (now AFRL) where he was PI for eight satellite
instruments, program scientist for two satellites, and lead
scientist for several major rocket programs. Research efforts
included the development of several types of mass spectrometers,
accelerometers and other instruments for space flight. The
satellite and rocket investigations between 1966 and 1978
provided important measurements that are now part of the
foundation for our understanding of the structure, composition
and physical processes in the mesosphere, thermosphere and the
ionosphere. Much of the early data gathered during his rocket
and satellite investigations are included in currently used
models of the upper atmosphere and ionosphere. During the
1970's, Dr. Philbrick served as technical advisor for USAF
programs on ballistic flight reentry. Beginning is the middle
1970's, his research turned to developing remote sensing lidar
techniques to extend the investigations to lower altitudes. His
research group was responsible for several contributions to the
early development of Raman lidar techniques and two major lidar
systems were prepared, the GLEAM and GLINT lidars. He also
served as principle technical advisor for USAF development DIAL
lidar for remote detection of chemical agents between 1978 and
1984.
Research at PSU has
focused on the development of laser remote sensing techniques
and investigations using lidar for studies of the properties of
the lower atmosphere. The primary focus of the research has
centered on developing Raman lidar for investigations of
meteorology, air pollution physics, atmospheric effects on radar
refraction, and trace species measurements.
Research results of
Dr. Philbrick’s investigations are reported in more than 200
published papers and hundreds of technical reports.
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