Brian Neal Handy
Department of Physics
264 EPS Building
P.O. Box 173840
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717
USA 		(406) 994-3614
(406) 994-4452 (FAX)
handy@montana.edu


RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Spatial and temporal relationships between the photospheric magnetic field and the solar corona. Dynamics of the solar transition region.

Visible, EUV and X-ray hardware design for ground- and space-based telescopes. Instrument calibration, CCD detector characterization.


EDUCATION:
PhD, Physics, 6/98
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
Dissertation Title:
Coupling the Photospheric and Coronal Magnetic Fields: Observation and Analysis
MS, Physics, 9/93
Montana State University, Bozeman, Montana
BS, Physics, 6/90
Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Post-Doctoral Research Associate (TRACE and Yohkoh/SXT Projects)
Montana State University
Bozeman, Montana		 6/98 - Present

COMPUTER EXPERIENCE:

Familiar with the Unix operating system, specifically Digital Unix, SGI Irix, FreeBSD, and Linux. systems. Knowledgeable in IDL, Perl, FORTRAN, C, LaTeX, HTML, and CGI.

PUBLICATIONS:
"UV Observations with the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer", Handy, B. N., Bruner, M. E., Tarbell, T. D., Title, A. M., Wolfson, C. J., Laforge, M. J. & Oliver, J. J. 1998, Sol.Phys. 183, 29.
"Data Analysis with the SolarSoft System", Freeland, S. L. & Handy, B. N., 1998, Sol. Phys. 182, 497.
"A new View of the Solar Corona from the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer (TRACE)", Golub, L., Bookbinder, J., DeLuca, E., Karovska, M., Warren, H., Schrijver, C. J., Shine, R., Tarbell, T., Title, A., Wolfson, J., Handy, B., and Kankelborg, C. 1999, Physics of Plasmas 6, 2205.
"The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer", Handy, B. N., in: Encyclopedia of Astronomy and Astrophysics, D. Emerson and E. R. Priest, (eds.), The Institute of Physics Publishing, in press.
"The Transition Region and Coronal Explorer", Handy., B. N., Acton, L. W., Kankelborg, C. C., Wolfson, C. J., Akin, D. J., Bruner, M. E., Carvalho, R., Catura, R. C., Chevalier, R., Duncan, D. W., Edwards, C. G., Feinstein, C. N., Freeland, S. L., Friedlaender, F. M., Hoffmann, C. H., Jurcevich, B. K., Katz, N. L., Kelly, G. A., Lemen, J. R., Levay, M., Lindgren, R. W., Mathur, D. P., Meyer, S. B., Morrison, S. J., Morrison, M. D., Nightingale, R. W., Pope, T. P., Rhese, R. A., Schrijver, C. J., Shine, R. A., Shing, L., Tarbell, T. D., Title, A. M., Torgerson, D. D., Golub, L., Bookbinder, J. A., Caldwell, D., Cheimets, P., Davis, W., McMullen, R. A., Warren, H. P., Amato, D., Fisher, R., and Maldonado, H. 1999, Solar Phys. 187, 229.
"A new view of the solar outer atmosphere by the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer", Schrijver, C. J., Title, A. M., Berger, T. E., Fletcher, L., Hurlburt, N. E., Nightingale, R. W., Shine, R. A., Tarbell, T. D., Wolfson, C. J., Golub, L., Bookbinder, J. A., DeLuca, E. E., McMullen, R. A., Warren, H. P., Kankelborg, C. C., Handy, B. N., and De Pontieu, B. 1999, Solar Phys. 187, 261.
"Calibrated H I Lyman alpha Observations with TRACE", Handy, B. N., Tarbell, T. D., Wolfson, C. J., Korendyke, C. M., and Vourlidas, A., 2000, Solar Physics, in press.

INVITED TALKS:
"A New View of the Solar Atmosphere with the Transition Region and Coronal Explorer", the 3rd Annual Virginia Astronomer's Meeting, Hampden-Syndey College, Farmville, VA, April 17, 1999.

HONORS, AWARDS, SCHOLARSHIPS:
  • SPD Studentship Award, 1994.
  • Teaching Assistant of the Year Award, Department of Physics, Montana State University, 1993.
  • Mary Ward Kilbourne Flying Scholarship, Idaho State University, 1988.
  • ASISU Academic Scholarship, Idaho State University, 1988.
  • Sigma Pi Sigma, Society of Physics Students, 1987.

PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:

American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Solar Physics Division (SPD) of the American Astronomical Society (AAS)

OTHER:
Private Pilot
Advanced Class Amateur Radio Operator
Last modified: Sun Jan 30 14:49:25 JST 2000