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Associate Professor, Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champagne (1996)
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (2000)
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Duckering Building Room 215
P.O. Box 755915
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5915
Phone: (907) 474-7052 | Fax: (907) 474-5135 | e-mail: ffdt@uaf.edu
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| Professor Denise Thorsen. Photo by ECE dept. |
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Background and Research Interests:
Dr. Thorsen's research interests include:
- Development of digital instrumentation and computer interfaces for acquisition of radar backscatter data.
- Scattering mechanisms and propagation of radio signals through random media.
- Radar techniques for observing the middle atmosphere, including neutral atmospheric wind motions, turbulence, temperature, and electron densities.
- Wave dynamics and their interaction with the background atmosphere, including coupling of atmospheric regions, interactions between large-scale and small-scale wave motions, and global scale energy flux distributions.
Current Curriculum Vital - PDF
Courses:
- ES 102 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering
- EE 311 - Applied Engineering Electromagnetics
- EE 331 - High Frequency Lab
- EE 333 - Physical Electronics
- EE 334 - Electronic Circuit Design
- EE 341/343 - Digital Systems Analysis and Design
- EE 342/443 - Computer Engineering Analysis and Design
- EE 693 - Embedded Systems Design
Education:
- Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1996
- M.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1991
- B.S. in Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois, 1985
Areas of Specialization:
- Research in radar instrumentation
- Measurements of the upper atmosphere.
Research:
- Dr. Thorsen's current research is in radar instrumentation and measurements of the upper atmosphere.
Awards and Honors:
- Nominated Harold L. Olesen Award (1991):
“Excellence in undergraduate teaching by graduate students”
- Included in “List of teachers ranked excellent by their students”
- CEDAR 1993 student poster prize.
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