Denise Thorsen
Biographical Sketch:
Present Research Interests:
- 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
Professional Memberships and Awards:
- Honors and Awards
- 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
- Memberships
- Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers
- American Geophysical Union
- URSI - Commission G
- American Society for Engineering Education
Positions Held:
- Assistant Professor, University of Alaska, Fairbanks (2001 – Present)
- Research Scientist, University of Colorado, CIRES (1996-2000)
- Lecturer, University of Colorado (1996, 1998, 1999)
- Research Assistant, University of Illinois, Wave Propagation Lab (1987 – 1996)
- Independent Engineering Consultant (1991 – 1992)
- Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois (1989 - 1992, 1996)
- Staff Engineer, Hughes Aircraft, Space and Communications Group (1985 - 1987)
- Independent Engineering Consultant (1984)
- Cooperative Engineering Student, Raytheon, Missile Systems Division, 3 terms (1983 – 1984)
