Dr. Richard Martin Jr.
Professor Emeritus and Chair Emeritus
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Teaching Interests & Areas
Dr. Martin is one of the architects of the department's computational physics program and has developed modules, courses, and the Computer Physics degree program. He is currently working on guided Mathematica notebooks for use with upper division physics courses.
Research Interests & Areas
Dr. Martin's research specialty is computational space plasma physics and nonlinear dynamics. He is currently involved in modeling the earth's magnetosphere and investigating charged particle dynamics in the geomagnetic tail and magnetopause regions. Dr. Martin is co-director of the Space Physics Research and Instruction group, a research group involved in space physics research and physics education.
Ph D Physics
UIUC
AM Physics
Boston University
Boston, MA
BA Physics and Mathematics
University of Colorado, Boulder
Boulder, CO
Team Excellence Award
Illinois State University
2006
Fellow
American Physical Society
1999
Distinguished Lecturer, 1998-1999
Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences
1998
Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Science Award
US Department of Energy
1998
Undergraduate Computational Engineering and Science Award
US Department of Energy
1995
College Outstanding Researcher
Illinois State University College of Arts and Sciences
1991
Research Initiative Award
Illinois State University
1989
Grants and Contracts
Observational Signatures of Current Sheet Structures Using Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling and Geotail/Cluster Data.
Richard F Martin, Daniel L Holland.
NASA. June 1 2003 - May 31 2007
Signatures of Nonlinear Particle Dynamics in the Earth’s Magnetotail
Richard F Martin, D. L. Holland.
NASA. January 1 2000 - December 31 2002
Charged Particle Dynamics Between the Adiabatic and Current Sheet Limits
Richard F Martin.
NSF, Division of International Programs. May 15 1995 - December 31 1997
Computational Physics and the Undergraduate Experience
Richard F Martin, George Skadron.
NSF ILI Program. July 1 1993 - June 30 1994
Sabbatical Support
Richard F Martin.
CIES (Centre Internationale des Etudiants et Stagières). September 1 1993 - December 31 1993
Undergraduate Computational Science Laboratory: Curriculum Development Project
Richard F Martin.
NSF ILI-LLD Program. July 1 1993 - June 30 1996
Magnetotail Dynamics: Plasma Wave Turbulence and Particle Chaos
Richard F Martin, T. W. Speiser.
NSF. July 1 1990 - June 30 1993
Magnetotail Particle Dynamics Modeling
Richard F Martin, T. W. Speiser.
NASA. January 1 1989 - June 30 1991
Chaotic Properties of a Neutral Point Magnetic Field
Richard F Martin.
The Research Corporation. June 1 1988 - May 31 1990
Magnetotail Particle Dynamics and Auroral Region Interactions
Richard F Martin, T. W. Speiser, P. B. Dusenbery.
NASA. September 1 1987 - August 31 1988
Book, Chapter
Modeling Particle Distributions with Noninteracting Particles
Richard F Martin.
(1995), 233–242, 10.1029/GM086p0233, Space Plasmas: Coupling Between Small and Medium Scale Processes, American Geophysical Union
Neutral Line Energetic Ion Signatures in the Geomagnetic Tail: Comparisons with Ampte Observations
T. W Speiser, Richard F Martin.
(1995), 243–253, 10.1029/GM086p0243, Space Plasmas: Coupling Between Small and Medium Scale Processes, American Geophysical Union
Particle Orbits in Magnetospheric Current Sheets: Accelerated Flows, Neutral Line Signature, and Transitions to Chaos
T. W Speiser, P B Dusenbery, Richard F Martin, D J Williams.
(1991), 71–79, 10.1029/GM062p0071, Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma Processes, American Geophysical Union
Self-Consistent Neutral Point Current and Fields from Single Particle Dynamics
Richard F Martin.
(1988), 55–59, 10.1029/GM044p0055, Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma, American Geophysical Union
The Effect of Plasma Sheet Thickness on Ion Acceleration Near a Magnetic Neutral Line
Richard F Martin.
(1986), 141–145, 10.1029/GM038p0141, Ion Acceleration in the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere, American Geophysical Union
Conference Proceeding
Computational Physics Education: Coming of Age?
Richard F Martin.
Illinois Institute of Technology, (2007)
The centrifugal impulse model of nonadiabatic behavior in a field reversal
D Delcourt, Richard F Martin, F Alem.
PERGAMON PRESS LTD, 18 (8), 295-298, (1996), 10.1016/0273-1177(95)01002-5
PARTICLE CHAOS IN THE EARTHS MAGNETOTAIL
PB DUSENBERY, Richard F Martin, GR BURKHART.
AIP PRESS, 54-103, (1993)
Journal Article
Undergraduate computational physics education: uneven history and promising future
Richard F Martin.
Journal of Physics: Conference Series, 759 (1), 012005, (2016)
The uncertainty dimension and fractal boundaries for charged particle dynamics in the magnetotail
Daniel L Holland, M E Presley, Richard F Martin, H. Matsuoka.
J. Geophys. res., 116, A08207, (2011)
Magnetotail particle distributions associated with pitch angle isotropization
Richard F Martin, D Delcourt, D L Holland, M J Asbury.
JOURNAL OF ATMOSPHERIC AND SOLAR-TERRESTRIAL PHYSICS, 62 (6), 513-519, (2000), 10.1016/S1364-6826(00)00020-1
Pitch angle scattering near energy resonances in the geomagnetic tail
D C Delcourt, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 104 (A1), 383-394, (1999), 10.1029/1998JA900041
Broadening the Physics Degree: A New Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Physics at Illinois State University
Richard F Martin, Shang-Fen Ren.
Forum on Education of the American Physical Society Spring 1998 Newsletter, (Spring 1998), 12, (1998)
Long-time tails of the velocity autocorrelation functions for the triangular periodic Lorentz gas
Hiroshi Matsuoka, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF STATISTICAL PHYSICS, 88 (1-2), 81-103, (1997), 10.1007/BF02508465
Bursty bulk flows, the geomagnetic tail current sheet, and substorm timing
T W Speiser, Richard F Martin, N Sckopke.
Advances in Space Research/PERGAMON PRESS LTD, 18 (8), 73-78, (1996), 10.1016/0273-1177(95)01000-9
Centrifugally driven phase bunching and related current sheet structure in the near-Earth magnetotail
DC Delcourt, G Belmont, JA Sauvaud, TE Moore, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 101 (A9), 19839-19847, (1996), 10.1029/96JA01772
Modeled particle signatures of magnetic structures in the geomagnetictail
Richard F Martin, R Fricke, TW Speiser.
JOURNAL OF GEOMAGNETISM AND GEOELECTRICITY, 48 (5-6), 809-819, (1996)
On the nonadiabatic precipitation of ions from the near-Earth plasmasheet
DC Delcourt, JA Sauvaud, Richard F Martin, TE Moore.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 101 (A8), 17409-17418, (1996), 10.1029/96JA01006
Particle dynamics near kappa=1 and the centrifugal impulse model
Richard F Martin, D Delcourt.
JOURNAL OF GEOMAGNETISM AND GEOELECTRICITY, 48 (5-6), 821-831, (1996)
Remote sensing of the geomagnetic tail current sheet topology using energetic ions: Neutral lines versus weak field regions
TW Speiser, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF GEOMAGNETISM AND GEOELECTRICITY, 48 (5-6), 799-807, (1996)
Structure of electron and ion distribution functions near a reconnectionline
R Smets, D Delcourt, D Fontaine, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 101 (A11), 24837-24845, (1996), 10.1029/96JA02179
CENTRIFUGAL TRAPPING IN THE MAGNETOTAIL
DC DELCOURT, Richard F Martin, JA SAUVAUD, TE MOORE.
ANNALES GEOPHYSICAE-ATMOSPHERES HYDROSPHERES AND SPACE SCIENCES, 13 (3), 242-246, (1995), 10.1007/s005850050158
FRACTAL DIMENSION OF THE STRANGE ATTRACTOR OF THE BOUNCING BALL CIRCUIT
BK CLARK, Richard F Martin, RJ MOORE, KE JESSE.
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICS, 63 (2), 157-163, (1995), 10.1119/1.17974
GYROPHASE EFFECTS IN THE CENTRIFUGAL IMPULSE MODEL OF PARTICLE MOTION IN THE MAGNETOTAIL
DC DELCOURT, JA SAUVAUD, Richard F Martin, TE MOORE.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 100 (A9), 17211-17220, (1995), 10.1029/95JA00657
A SIMPLE-MODEL OF MAGNETIC-MOMENT SCATTERING IN A FIELD REVERSAL
DC DELCOURT, Richard F Martin, F ALEM.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 21 (14), 1543-1546, (1994), 10.1029/94GL01291
APPLICATION OF THE CENTRIFUGAL IMPULSE MODEL TO PARTICLE MOTION IN THE NEAR-EARTH MAGNETOTAIL
DC DELCOURT, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 99 (A12), 23583-23590, (1994), 10.1029/94JA01845
EFFECT OF B-Y ON NEUTRAL LINE RIDGES AND DYNAMICAL SOURCE ORDERING
Richard F Martin, TW SPEISER, K KLAMCZYNSKI.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 99 (A12), 23623-23638, (1994), 10.1029/94JA01770
Large-scale chaos in the neutral-line Hamiltonian.
Richard F Martin, Hiroshi Matsuoka.
Physical review. E, Statistical physics, plasmas, fluids, and related interdisciplinary topics, 47 (1), 721-723, (1993)
ENERGETIC IONS AS REMOTE PROBES OF X-TYPE NEUTRAL LINES IN THE GEOMAGNETIC TAIL
TW SPEISER, Richard F Martin.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 97 (A7), 10775-10785, (1992), 10.1029/92JA00316
Particle chaos in the Earth's magnetotail.
P B Dusenbery, Richard F Martin, G R Burkhart.
Chaos (Woodbury, N.Y.), 2 (3), 427-446, (1992), 10.1063/1.165886
NEUTRAL LINE CHAOS AND PHASE-SPACE STRUCTURE
GR BURKHART, Richard F Martin, PB DUSENBERY, TW SPEISER.
GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH LETTERS, 18 (8), 1591-1594, (1991), 10.1029/91GL01518
The energetic ion signature of an O-type neutral line in the geomagnetic tail
Richard F Martin, D.F. Johnson, T.W. Speiser.
Advances in Space Research, 11 (9), 203 - 206, (1991), http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0273-1177(91)90034-H
A STUDY OF GEOSYNCHRONOUS MAGNETOPAUSE CROSSINGS
CL RUFENACH, Richard F Martin, HH SAUER.
JOURNAL OF GEOPHYSICAL RESEARCH-SPACE PHYSICS, 94 (A11), 15125-15134, (1989), 10.1029/JA094iA11p15125
Newsletter
Development of the Physics Teacher Education Program
at Illinois State University
Richard F Martin, Carl Wenning.
Forum on Education of the American Physical Society Fall 2005 Newsletter, (Fall 2005), (2005)
Other
The Computer Physics Bachelor's Degree Program at Illinois State University
Richard F Martin.
8 (5), (2006)
Theoretical studies of the pulsar magnetosphere
Richard F Martin.
Illinois Univ., Urbana-Champaign., (1983)
Presentations
Undergraduate Computational Physics Education: Uneven History and Promising Future
Richard F Martin.
XXVII IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics, Guwahati, India, December, 2015
Observational Signatures of Nonlinear Charged Particle Dynamics and Chaos in the Earth’s Magnetotail
Daniel L Holland, Richard F Martin, Hiroshi Matsuoka.
Dynamics Days, Baltimore, MD, January, 2012
Experimental study of the Malkus-Lorenz chaotic water wheel
Richard F Martin, George Rutherford.
Vietnam National University Department of Physics, Vietnam National University Department of Physics, July 22, 2010
Undergraduate Computational Physics Education at Illinois State University
Richard F Martin.
Vietnam National University Department of Physics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, July 22, 2010
Undergraduate Computational Physics Education: Coming of Age?
Richard F Martin.
International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, June 21, 2007
The Computer Physics Bachelor's Degree Program at Illinois State University
Richard F Martin.
AAPT Summer Meeting, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, July 26, 2006
Status of Computational Physics and Computational Science Degree Programs and Curricula
Richard F Martin.
APS March Meeting, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, March 25, 2004