Dr. Richard Martin Jr.
Professor Emeritus and Chair Emeritus
Physics
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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
Book, Chapter
Martin, R. Modeling Particle Distributions with Noninteracting Particles. Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Tom Chang and Paul Dusenbery (EDs), Space Plasmas: Coupling Between Small and Medium Scale Processes. American Geophysical Union (1995): 233–242.
Speiser, T., & Martin, R. Neutral Line Energetic Ion Signatures in the Geomagnetic Tail: Comparisons with Ampte Observations. Maha Ashour-Abdalla, Tom Chang and Paul Dusenbery (EDs), Space Plasmas: Coupling Between Small and Medium Scale Processes. American Geophysical Union (1995): 243–253.
Speiser, T., Dusenbery, P., Martin, R., & Williams, D. Particle Orbits in Magnetospheric Current Sheets: Accelerated Flows, Neutral Line Signature, and Transitions to Chaos. Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma Processes. American Geophysical Union (1991): 71–79.
Martin, R. Self-Consistent Neutral Point Current and Fields from Single Particle Dynamics. Modeling Magnetospheric Plasma. American Geophysical Union (1988): 55–59.
Martin, R. The Effect of Plasma Sheet Thickness on Ion Acceleration Near a Magnetic Neutral Line. Ion Acceleration in the Magnetosphere and Ionosphere. American Geophysical Union (1986): 141–145.
Conference Proceeding
Martin, R. F., Jr., "Computational Physics Education: Coming of Age?", Proceedings of the 2007 International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Bruce Wade, ed., (Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL, 2007), ISBN 978-84-690-6887-8, 279-288, 2007.
Delcourt, D., Martin, R., & Alem, F. The centrifugal impulse model of nonadiabatic behavior in a field reversal. Buchner, J (EDs), THREE-DIMENSIONAL MAGNETOSPHERE. PERGAMON PRESS LTD 18.8 (1996): 295-298.
DUSENBERY, P., Martin, R., & BURKHART, G. PARTICLE CHAOS IN THE EARTHS MAGNETOTAIL. Sagdeev, RZ (EDs), NONLINEAR SPACE PLASMA PHYSICS. AIP PRESS (1993): 54-103.
Journal Article
Martin, Richard F., "Undergraduate computational physics education: uneven history and promising future", J. Phys. Conference Series, 759, 012005, 2016 (http://stacks.iop.org/1742-6596/759/i=1/a=012005).
D. L. Holland, M. E. Presley*, R. F. Martin, H. Matsuoka, “The uncertainty dimension and fractal boundaries for charged particle dynamics in the magnetotail”, J. Geophys. Res., 116, A08207, doi:10.1029/2010JA016146, 2011.
Martin, R. F., Jr., D. Delcourt, D. L. Holland, and M. J. Asbury*,“Magnetotail particle distributions associated with pitch angle isotropization”, Journal of Atmospheric and Solar Terrestrial Physics, 62, 513-519, 2000.
Delcourt, D.C. and R.F. Martin, Jr., “Pitch angle scattering near energy resonances in the geomagnetic tail”, J. Geophys. Res.1, 104 , 383, 1999.
Martin, R. F., Jr. and Shang Fen Ren, “Broadening the Physics Degree: A New Bachelor’s Degree in Computational Physics at Illinois State University”, Forum on Education of the American Physical Society Spring 1998 Newsletter, p. 12, 1998.
Newsletter
Wenning, Carl J. and Richard F. Martin, Jr., “Development of the Physics Teacher Education Program
at Illinois State University”, Forum on Education of the American Physical Society Fall 2005 Newsletter, 2005.
Presentations
Martin, R. F., Jr., "Undergraduate Computational Physics Education: Uneven History and Promising Future", Plenary talk, XXVII IUPAP Conference on Computational Physics, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, India, December 2-5, 2015 (invited).
Observational Signatures of Nonlinear Charged Particle Dynamics and Chaos in the Earth’s Magnetotail. Dynamics Days. (2012)
Richard Martin and George Rutherford, Experimental study of the Malkus-Lorenz chaotic water wheel, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, University of Science, Department of Physics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, July 22, 2010 (Invited).
Richard Martin, Undergraduate Computational Physics Education at Illinois State University, Vietnam National University - Ho Chi Minh City, University of Science, Department of Physics, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, July 22, 2010 (invited).
Martin, R. F., Jr., Undergraduate Computational Physics Education: Coming of Age?, International Conference on Computational and Mathematical Methods in Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, June 20-23, 2007 (Invited).
Martin, R. F., Jr., The Computer Physics Bachelor's Degree Program at Illinois State University, 2006 AAPT Summer Meeting, Syracuse, NY, July 26, 2006 (invited).
Martin, Richard, "Status of Computational Physics and Computational Science Degree Programs and Curricula", Panel discussion, Rubin Landau, moderator, American Physical Society March Meeting, March 25, 2004 (invited).
Grants & Contracts
Observational Signatures of Current Sheet Structures Using Nonlinear Dynamics Modeling and Geotail/Cluster Data.. NASA. Federal. (2003)
Signatures of Nonlinear Particle Dynamics in the Earth’s Magnetotail. NASA. Federal. (2000)
Charged Particle Dynamics Between the Adiabatic and Current Sheet Limits. NSF, Division of International Programs. Federal. (1995)
Computational Physics and the Undergraduate Experience. NSF ILI Program. Federal. (1993)
Sabbatical Support. CIES (Centre Internationale des Etudiants et Stagières). Other. (1993)