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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 in 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.
Professor Philbrick’s 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. Dr. Philbrick led the EPA sponsored NARSTO-NEOPS project between 1998 and 2002 to investigate the processes governing the development of air pollution episodes. The program included researchers from several universities and government laboratories in a comprehensive study of the dynamics and chemistry associated with air pollution using ground-based sensors, remote sensing profiling with lidar and radar, and instrumented aircraft. One of the major PSU programs included the design, fabrication, and testing of the first operational prototype lidar. The LAPS Raman lidar was developed for Navy shipboard measurements and automatic reporting of the environmental conditions for the meteorological properties, electromagnetic propagation and electro-optical propagation. Research results of Dr. Philbrick’s investigations are reported in more than 200 published papers and hundreds of technical reports.
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Communications and Space Sciences Laboratory (CSSL)
PSU LIDAR Laboratory
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