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Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Physics
Phone: 905.648.2139 Ext 4239
Fax: 905.648.2134
Office: 221F
Email: kspyksma@cs.redeemer.ca


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


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

 
 
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