Titles

• Senior Global Futures Scientist, Julie Ann Wrigley Global Futures Laboratory
• Associate Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy, Ira A. Fulton Schools of Engineering

Biography

Ronald Calhoun's research interests are in fluid dynamics and the atmospheric sciences. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, American Meteorological Society, American Geophysical Union. He is a member of the Validation and Verification Committee for Department of Energy's Chem/Bio Salt Lake City Urban Field Experiment. Dr. Calhoun has served as a reviewer for prestigious journals and federal agencies. Calhoun's honors include honorable mention at the 12th Symposium on Boundary Layers and Turbulence in 1997 and Summer Colloquium Fellow, NCAR in 1995.

Education

• MS, Stanford University, 1998
• PhD, Stanford University

Expertise

• fluid mechanics
• atmospheric processes
• air quality
• remote sensing
• renewable energy
• optical devices