EDWARD J. FREMOUW CONSULTANT AND FOUNDER NORTHWEST RESEARCH ASSOCIATES, INC. ASHLAND, OREGON

Specialized professional competence:

• Ionospheric physics, radiowave scattering and propagation, coherent radio techniques, radiowave tomography.

Representative research:

• Radar Thomson scatter measurements of the ionosphere (ionospheric physics and plasma physics applications);
• Radar detection of supersonic plasma patches in the auroral ionosphere associated with infrasonic pressure waves in the lower atmosphere;
• Direction of radio and radar observations of artificial ion clouds;
• Development and implementation of experiments to measure characteristics of the ionosphere of importance to operation of coherent radio systems;
• Worldwide modeling of ionospherically produced scintillations;
• Analysis of hydrodynamic analog of nonlinear magnetoplasma instability;
• Development of and participation in multi-experiment satellite program;
• Application of geophysical inverse theory to ionospheric tomography.

Other professional experience:

• Missile-tracking and infrared engineer, Boeing;
• Chief observer, auroral physics network, U.S. Antarctic Research Program stationed at South Pole (Ammundsen-Scott) Station;
• Teaching Assistant, Research Assistant, and Assistant Professor, University of Alaska;
• Physicist, Senior Physicist, and Program Manager, SRI International;
• Staff Scientist and Vice President, Physical Dynamics, Inc. (1977-1986);
• NWRA President (1986-2000), Board Chairman (2000-2002);
• Senior Research Scientist, NorthWest Research Associates (1986-2004).

Academic background:

• B.S. in electrical engineering (1957), Stanford University;
• M.S. in physics (1963), University of Alaska;
• Ph.D. in geophysics (1966), University of Alaska.

Publications and patents:

• Thirty-nine papers on ionospheric physics and radio propagation; one paper on radio astronomy; one paper on experimental plasma physics; author of numerous reports;
• One patent on real-time correction of timing/ranging signals for ionospheric group delay;
• Presentations and session chairman at a number of regional, national, and international meetings, including participation as national delegate; NATO/AGARD lecturer.

Professional associations and honors:

• American Geophysical Union (AGU; Excellence in Refereeing Award, 1984 & 1989);
• Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE);
• International Radio Science Union (URSI; Commission G);
• Co-chair, Washington State Advisory Committee on Economic Diversification;
• Profiled in American Men and Women of Science, Who's Who in Frontier Science and Technology, and Who's Who in America;
• Fremouw Peak in Antarctica named for.