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Wilkes, Richard Jeffrey was born on October 18, 1945 in Chicago, Illinois, United States.
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Richard Jeffrey Wilkes, American Physics educator. Achievements include development of innovative techniques in nuclear emulsion experiments, payloads for long-duration balloon flights, acoustical location methods for deep underwater experiments; research oncosmic ray and particle astrophysics. Member Acoustical Society American.
Education
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, University of Michigan, 1967; Master of Science in Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1969; Doctor of Philosophy in Physics, University of Wisconsin, 1974.
Career
Research associate, U. Washington, Seattle, 1974-1980;
senior research associate, U. Washington, Seattle, 1984-1988;
research associate professor physics, U. Washington, Seattle, 1988-1990;
research professor, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1990;
technical director Nuclear Emulsion Laboratory, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1990;
associate director Visual Techniques Laboratory, U. Washington, Seattle, since 1994. Co-founder, spokesman Jacee Collaboration, cosmic ray research project, since 1979. Spokesman emuoi Collaboration, since 1987.
Member Dumand and Superkamiokaude collaborations. Member balloon advising committee National Aeronautics and Space Administration, since 1992.
Achievements
Membership
Member Acoustical Society American.
