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Courses taught 2010/2011:
CSC121 Computer Programming
MAT121 Calculus I
MAT231 Differential Equations
PHY115 Physics for the Life Sciences
PHY122 General Physics II
PHY221 Electricity and Magnetism
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EDUCATION
Ph.D. (2007), Atmospheric & Oceanic Sciences, McGill University
Dissertation: "On the dynamics and predictability of moist turbulence."
B.Sc. (2001) Mathematics and Computer Science, Redeemer University College
RESEARCH INTERESTS
- Cumulus cloud dynamics
- Theoretical turbulent flows
- Statistical turbulence
RESEARCH FUNDING
High-resolution study of turbulence and phase changes in convective clouds, NSERC Discovery Grant, 2008-2013.
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
K. Spyksma and P. Bartello, "Small-scale moist turbulence in numerically-generated cumulus clouds", Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2008, Volume 65, Number 6, pp. 1967-1978.
K. Spyksma and P. Bartello, "Predictability in wet and dry convective turbulence", Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences, 2008, Volume 65, Number 1, pp. 220-234.
K. Spyksma, P. Bartello and M.K. Yau, "A Boussinesq moist turbulence model", Journal of Turbulence, 2006, Volume 7, Number 32, pp. 1-24.
W. van Dijk, K. Spyksma and M. West, "Non-threshold anomalous time advance in multi-channel scattering", Physical Review A, 2008, Volume 78, 022108, (12 pages).
W. van Dijk, K. A. Kiers, Y. Nogami, A. Platt and K. Spyksma, "Quantum mechanical and semi-classical treatment of quantum excitations due to the passage of a particle", Journal of Physics A: General, 2003, Volume 36, pp. 5625-5643.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
AMetSoc (American Meteorological Society)
ACMS (Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences)
RELEVANT LINKS
Professor Spyksma's homepage