Engineering Air Force
Resume:
NORMAN F. RODERICK
Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Phone: 505-***-**** FAX: 505-***-****
e-mail: ********@***.***
EDUCATION:
June 1962: B.S., Engineering Science and Basic Science, United State Air Force Academy, Colorado
May 1964: M.S.E., Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
May 1971: Ph.D., Aerospace Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIP:
American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Senior Member
American Physical Society
American Nuclear Society
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, Fellow
.PRESENT POSITION:
August 2005-present: Professor Emeritus, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
Feb 2008-present, Part time Staff Member, NumerEx LLC, Albuquerque, NM
PAST POSITIONS:
08/02-07/05: Professor, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM.
10/00-7/02 Professor, Interim Chair, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1/94 to 10/00: Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
8/96-12/96: Sabbatical Leave, Pulsed Power Research Center, Sandia National Laboratories,
Albuquerque, NM
1/97-5/97:Sabbatical Leave, Applied Theoretical and Computational Physics Division, Los
Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
1/92 to 12/93: Professor, Interim Chair, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
4/87 to 12/91: Professor, Associate Chair, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of
New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
9/89-12/89: Sabbatical Leave, Computational Physics Division, Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1/90-5/90: Sabbatical Leave, Applied Theoretical and Computational Physics
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
7/85 to present: Professor, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico,
Albuquerque, NM.
7/82-7/85: Associate Professor, Department of Chemical and
Nuclear Engineering, The University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
3/78-5/82: Chief, Advanced Concepts Branch, Applied Physics Division, Nuclear Technology Office, Air
Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM
9/78-5/82: Adjunct Professor, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, The University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.,
6/75-3/78: Chief, Computational Physics Section, Advanced Concepts Branch, Applied Physics Division,
Nuclear Technology Office, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM
6/71-6/75: Faculty Member, Department of Aeronautics, United States Air Force Academy, Colorado
Associated Professor 1974-75, Assistant Professor 1972-74, Instructor 1971-72
9/64-7/68: Chief, Liquid Rocket Branch, Propulsion Division, Track Test Directorate, Air Force Missile
Development Center, Holloman AFB, NM
2. Norman F. Roderick
CONSULTANT:
1972-1973 Plasma Physics Laboratory, Aerospace Research Laboratories, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
1973-1975 Simulation Branch, Air Force Weapons Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, NM.
1982-1992 Mission Research Corporation, Albuquerque, NM
1989-1995 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
1981-2007 Guest Scientist, Visiting Staff Member, Affiliate, Consultant Applied Theorteical Physics
Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM
2006-present Sandia National Laboratories New Mexico
Referee:
Physics of Plasmas
IEEE Transactions on Plasma Science
AIAA Journal of Propulsion and Power
Nuclear Science and Engineering
RECENT PUBLICATIONS:
Turchi, P.J.; Roderick, N.F.; Degnan, J.H.; Frese, M.H.; Amdahl, D.J.; Review of Some Plasma Gun
Techniques for Fusion at Megagauss Energy Densities, IEEE Trnasactions on Plasma Science, 38 (8) pp,
1864, Aug 2010.
Turchi, P.J.; Roderick, N.F.; Degnan, J.H.; Frese, M.H.; Amdahl, D.J., Preparation and Liner Compression
of Plasma From an Ultrahigh Speed Flow IEEE Trnasactions on Plasma Science, 36 (1) pp, 92, Feb 2008.
Degnan, J.H.; Amdahl, D.J.; Brown, A.; Cavazos, T.; Coffey, S.K.; Domonkos, M.T.; Frese, M.H.; Frese,
S.D.; Gale, D.G.; Grabowski, T.C.; Intrator, T.P.; Kirkpatrick, R.C.; Kiuttu, G.F.; Lehr, F.M.; Letterio,
J.D.; Parker, J.V.; Peterkin, R.E.; Roderick, N.F.; Ruden, E.L.; Siemon, R.E.; Sommars, W.; Tucker, W.;
Turchi, P.J.; Wurden, G.A., Experimental and Computational Progress on Liner Implosions for
Compression of FRCs, IEEE Trnasactions on Plasma Science, 36 (1) pp, 80, Feb 2008.
T.W.L. Sanford, T. J. Nash, R. C. Mock, D. L. Peterson, R. G. Watt, R. E. Chrien, J. P. Apruzese, R. W.
Clark, N. F. Roderick, G. S. Sarkisov, and M. G. Haines, "Evidence and mechanisms of axial-radiation
asymmetry in dynamic hohlraums driven by wire-array Z pinches," Phys. Plasmas, 12 (2) p.022701-1-15,
February 2005.
T.W.L. Sanford, T.J. Nash, R.E. Olson, D.E. Bliss, R.W. Lemke, C.L. Olson, C.L. Ruiz, R. C. Mock, J.E.
Bailey, G.A. Chandler, M.E. Cuneo, R.J. Leeper, M.K. Matzen, T.A. Mehlhorn, S.A. Slutz, W.A. Stygar,
D. L. Peterson, R.E. Crien, R.C. Watt, N. F. Roderick, G.W. Cooper, J.P. Apruzese, G.S. Sarkisov, J.P.
Chittenden, M.G. Haines, "Progress in Z-Pinch Driven Dynamic-Hohlraums for High-Temperature
Radiation-Flow and ICF Experiments at Sandia National Laboratories," Plasma Phys. Control. Fusion, 42,
B423-B433, December 2004.
Degnan, JH; Kiuttu, GF; Letterio, JD; Roderick, NF; Ruden, EL, "Simulations of imploding solid liner
melting and vaporization vs liner thickness, and evidence for "melt waves," PPC-2003. 14th IEEE
International Pulsed Power Conference, 15-18 June 2003, Dallas, TX, USA; p.103-6 Vol.1
T. W. L. Sanford, R. C. Mock, R.J. Leeper, D. L. Peterson, R.C. Watt, R.E. Crien, G.C. Idzorek, B.V.
Oliver, N. F. Roderick, M.G. Haines, "Unexpected Axial Asymmetry in Radiated Power from Dynamic-
Hohlraum X-ray Sources," Phys. Plasmas, 10 (5) 1199, May 2003.
M.H. Frese, S.D. Frese, S.E. Rosenthal, M.R. Douglas, N.F. Roderick, "Computational Simulations of
Initiation and Implosion of Cu\ircular Arrays of Wires in Two and Three Dimensions," IEEE Trans. Plasma
Sci., 30 (2) 593, April 2002.
T. W. L. Sanford, N. F. Roderick, R. C. Mock, K. W. Struve, D. L. Peterson, "Azimuthal Structure in Wire-
Array Z-Pinch Experiments," IEEE Trans. Plasma Sci., 30 (2) 538, April 2002.
Norman F. Roderick
97. M.H. Frese, S.D. Frese, S.E. Rosenthal, M.R. Douglas, N.F. Roderick, "Computational Simulations of
Initiation and Implosion of Cu\ircular Arrays of Wires in Two and Three Dimensions," IEEE Trans. Plasma
Sci., 30 (2) 593, April 2002.
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