Russel Philbrick

Bio

Professional Experience
2009-present    Professor in Physics and MEAS Departments, North Carolina
State University,  Raleigh, NC, and Penn State University Emeritus Professor
1987 – 2009     Professor of Electrical Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, also Senior  Scientist at the Applied Research Laboratory, University Park, PA
1980 – 1987    Supervisory Physicist – AF Geophysics Laboratory (previously AFCRL),
1969 – 1980    Research Physicist – Air Force Cambridge Research Lab, Hanscom AFB, MA
1966 – 1969    Research Physicist – 1st Lt and Captain, USAF, AFCRL, Hanscom AFB, MA

Prof. Philbrick’s early career focused on development and research with mass spectrometer and accelerometer experiments as PI for nine satellite instruments (1967-1974) and PI for several major rocket programs. He prepared payloads (1969-1986) that obtained the earliest data on the upper atmosphere and mesosphere gas composition, density, and dynamics. He began developing Raman lidar in mid-1970s and has since developed and conducted research with five-generations of Raman Lidars and several other types of lidar during the past 40-years. His research has included serving on committees and leading many different special studies aimed at finding solutions for a wide range of technical problems for DOD organizations during his 21 years at AFCRL, and many of those types of projects have continued at PSU and NCSU. He has also carried out many scientific research programs for the DOD (Navy, USAF, and Army), DOE, DARPA, NASA, EPA and others during the past 50 years.  While at Penn State University (1988-2009) and NC State University (2009-present), he has taught courses in E&M, electro-optics, remote sensing, ionospheric physics, atmospheric physics and space physics. He was committee chairman for more than 50 graduate degrees, 20 senior honors theses, served eight years as chairman of the Graduate Committee at PSU, and served as member of many graduate committees, while authoring several hundred papers and reports.

Prof. Philbrick created two endowments for funding the NC State Physics Philbrick Outstanding RA and TA Awards, which are given yearly.

Publications

• Atmospheric absorption versus deep ultraviolet (pre-)resonance in Raman LIDAR measurements , Laser radar technology and applications xxi (2016)
• Resonance-Enhanced Raman Scattering of Ring-Involved Vibrational Modes in the B-1(2u) Absorption Band of Benzene, Including the Kekule Vibrational Modes nu(9) and nu(10) , JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY A (2016)
• Deep ultraviolet Raman spectroscopy: A resonance-absorption trade-off illustrated by diluted liquid benzene , Journal of Applied Physics (2015)
• Lidar investigations of atmospheric dynamics , Lidar remote sensing for environmental monitoring xv (2015)
• UV resonance Raman signatures of phonon-allowed absorptions and phonon-driven bubble formation , Ultrafast nonlinear imaging and spectroscopy iii (2015)
• Measurement of atmospheric oxygen using long-path supercontinuum absorption spectroscopy , JOURNAL OF APPLIED REMOTE SENSING (2014)
• Coherence in UV resonance Raman spectroscopy of liquid benzene and toluene, but not ice , Ultrafast imaging and spectroscopy (2013)
• Eye-safe compact Raman light detection and ranging temperature profiler , APPLIED OPTICS (2013)
• Multistatic lidar measurements of non-spherical aerosols , Laser radar technology and applications xviii (2013)
• Optical extinction dependence on wavelength and size distribution of airborne dust , Laser radar technology and applications xviii (2013)

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