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 William Newman, Professor of Planetary Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics


William Newman 
Mailing Address:

Department of Earth and Space Sciences
University of California, Los Angeles
595 Charles Young Drive East,
Box 951567
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1567
Mail Code: 156704

Office:Geology 4640
Telephone:(310) 825-3912
Fax:(310) 825-2779
E-mail:win@ucla.edu
Alternate:newman@ess.ucla.edu
Web Page:Phys. & Astronomy
Web Page:Mathematics Dept.
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 Courses Taught

 

ESS 200A
ESS 201
ESS 202

 Current Research Interest

 Planetary physics, geophysical fluid dynamics and the earthquake mechanism; generalized inverse theory; radiation processes, the solar-terrestrial relationship, nonlinear dynamics and computation.

 Education

 

B.Sc., 1971, (Hon.), Physics, University of Alberta, Canada
M.Sc., 1972, Physics, University of Alberta, Canada
M.S.., 1975, Astronomy and Space Science, Cornell University
Ph.D., 1979, Astronomy and Space Science, Cornell University

 Selected Publications

 Weibel, W. M., W.M. Kaula, and W.I. Newman, A computer search for stable orbits in the Jupiter-Saturn zone, Icarus, 83, 382-390, 1990.
 Newman, W. I. and D.L. Turcotte, Cascade model for fluvial geomorphology, Geophys. J., 100, 433-439, 1990.
 Newman, W. I. and I. Wasserman, Hierarchical fragmentation model for the evolution of self-gravitating clouds, Astrophys. J., 354, 411-417, 1990.
 Newman, A.L. and W.I. Newman, Stochastic forcing of magnetized particles: A kinematic mechanism for particle energization, Phys. Fluids B, 3, 915-920, 1991.
 Newman, W. I., D.K. Campbell, and J.M. Hyman, Identifying coherent structures in nonlinear wave propagation, Chaos, 1, 77-94, 1991.
 Newman, W. I. and A.M. Gabrielov, Failure of hierarchical distributions of fibre bundles. I., Intl. J. Fracture, 50, 1-14, 1991.
 Newman, W.I., Gabrielov, A., and Turcotte, D.L. (eds.) Nonlinear Dynamics and Predictability of Critical Geophysical Phenomena (Geophysical Monograph #83: IUGG-AGU)

 
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