Bill Roy Sandel

Background

Sandel, Bill Roy was born on November 19, 1945 in Brady, Texas, United States. Son of Roy and Mary Lucretia (Collins) Sandel.

Education

Master of Science, Rice U., Houston, 1971; Doctor of Philosophy, Rice U., Houston, 1972.

Career

Senior research associate, Kitt Peak National Observatory, Tucson, 1973-1978; research associate, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1978-1979; research scientist, University of Southern California, 1979-1983; associate research scientist, Lunar & Planetary Laboratory, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1983-1991; senior research scientist, Lunar & Planetary Lab, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1991. Co-investigator Voyager Ultraviolet Spectrometer Investigation, since 1978, Galileo Ultraviolet Spectrometer Experiment, since 1989, Mars-94 Spicam Investigation, since 1989.

Achievements

• Achievements include development of space flight instrumentation, innovative detectors, optical systems for EUV wavelengths. Discovery of auroras on the outer planets. Research addressing both bound and extended atmospheres of the outer planets and their satellites.
  
  Determinations of composition and temperature structure of the upper atmospheres of Jupiter, Saturn, Titan, Uranus, Neptune, and Triton by solar and stellar occultation.

Membership

Captain United States Army, 1970-1978. Member American Geophysical Union, American Astronomical Society.

Connections

Married Karen Kay DeLay. Children: Aaron Francis Archer, Brody Steven Sandel.

Father:

Roy Sandel

Mother:

Mary Lucretia (Collins) Sandel

Spouse:

Karen Kay DeLay

child:

Brody Steven Sandel

child:

Aaron Francis Archer Sandel