Department
Physics
Organization
Radford University
Email
rherman@radford.edu
Phone
540-831-5441
Address
925 East Main Street
Radford , Virginia 24142United StatesBioI have evolved from a theoretical astrophysicist who used semiclassical gravity to study the interiors of charged black holes to an applied geophysicist. I spend most of my research effort mentoring undergraduate students as they conceive of, and then build microcontroller-based sensors for the arctic and other environments. Every other year I teach a special year-long Arctic Geophysics Research Experience in which students propose their projects, design sensors that let them collect data addressing their question, and then travel to Utqiagvik, AK, in late Feb/early March to deploy their sensors on or near the sea ice.

Interests

Sea Ice, Science Education, Citizen Science

Science Specialties

creating microclimate sensors from Arduino microcontrollers; semiclassical gravity

Current Research

sea ice; near-surface arctic environment; ground-penetrating radar studies in temperate climates

Websites

https://www.radford.edu/physics
https://www.radford.edu/content/csat/home/physics/faculty/herman.html
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=hHegRGwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao
https://radford.academia.edu/RhettBHerman