David Knudsen

David Knudsen

Positions

Department Head

Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Professor

Faculty of Science, Department of Physics and Astronomy

Contact information

Email

knudsen@ucalgary.ca

Web presence

Website

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-8651

Location

Office: SB605C

Background

Educational Background

PhD Space Plasma Physics, Cornell University, 1990

BSc Electrical Engineering, Iowa State University of Science & Tech, 1985

Research

Areas of Research

Physics of the Aurora
Space Plasma Instrumentation
Space Plasma Physics
Activities
  • Lead scientist: ESA Swarm Canadian Electric Field Instruments (2013 launch)
  • PI: Canadian ePOP Suprathermal Electron Imager (2013 launch)
  • Mission Scientist: GEODESIC sounding rocket mission (Feb 2000 launch)
  • Co-I: Canadian OEDIPUS-C (1995), NASA Cusp (Dec 2002), NASA JOULE (Mar 2003), NASA JOULE II (2007), and JAXA S-520-23 (2007) sounding rockets

Participation in university strategic initiatives

New earth-space technologies

Awards

  • NASA Robert H Goddard Group Honor Award for Exceptional Achievement in Science, NASA. 2018
  • ASTech Special Award to the Space Plasma Group for Contributions to Canada’s Space Industry, ASTech. 2018

Publications

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