Seyler, Charles Eugene
Professorresearch
research and scholarship focus
Our research interests are in the theory and simulation of nonlinear plasma phenomena, with a focus in the area of space-plasma-related research. Studies in terrestrial space plasma physics are concerned with the coupling of the earth's ionosphere and magnetosphere through electrodynamic processes involving waves that propagate between these regions. A primary goal is to understand certain aspects of the phenomenon known as the aurora. I am particularly interested in the electron acceleration process that produces the northern lights, and in the dynamical motion of the magnetospheric and ionospheric plasma that is responsible for the complex space and time structure in auroral displays.
research areas
- astrophysics and plasma physics | research concentration area (AEP)
affiliations
faculty appointment in
- Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) | Cornell department
member of graduate field
- Applied Physics | graduate field
- Electrical and Computer Engineering | graduate field
other Cornell affiliations
- Laboratory of Plasma Studies (LPS) | research lab
teaching
teaches
- ECE 3910 - Junior Electrical and Computer Engineering Independent Project (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ECE 4910 - Senior Electrical and Computer Independent Engineering Project (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ECE 6930 - Master of Engineering Design I (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ECE 6970 - Master of Engineering Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ECE 7910 - Thesis Research (TBA -) | fall 2009 class
- ENGRG 1050 - Engineering Seminar (W 01:25:PM-02:15:PM) | fall 2009 class
- ECE 2100 - Introduction to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
- ECE 3920 - Junior Electrical & Computer Engineering Independent Project (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ECE 4920 - Senior Electrical and Computer Independent Engineering Project (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ECE 6931 - Master of Engineering Design II (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ECE 6980 - Master of Engineering Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ECE 7920 - Thesis Research (TBA -) | spring 2009 class
- ENGRD 2100 - Introduction to Circuits for Electrical and Computer Engineers (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | spring 2009 class
- ECE 5820 - Advanced Plasma Physics (MWF 10:10:AM-11:00:AM) | fall 2008 class
background
educational background
Ph.D. Iowa 1975
M.A. University of South Florida 1972
B.A. University of South Florida 1970
M.A. University of South Florida 1972
B.A. University of South Florida 1970
professional background
Upon completing his Ph.D. in plasma physics, Seyler spent two years at the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, at New York University working in fusion-related plasma physics. He then went to Los Alamos National Laboratory, where he worked as a research scientist in the controlled-fusion theory group. In 1981 he accepted a position in the School of Electrical Engineering at Cornell.
featured in
- A mystery solved: Space shuttle shows 1908 Tunguska explosion was caused by comet | Cornell Chronicle feature
publications
selected publications (listing in progress)
- Kintner, P. M., and C. L. Seyler. 1985. The status of observations and theory of high latitude ionospheric and magnetospheric plasma turbulence. Space Science Reviews 41:91-129.
- Zargham, Z., and C. E. Seyler. 1989. Collisional and inertial dynamics of the ionospheric interchange instability. Journal of Geophysical Research 95:9009-27.
- Seyler, C. E. 1990. Mathematical model of the structure and evolution of small-scale discrete auroral arcs. Journal of Geophysical Research 95:17199-17215.
- Hui, C.-H., and C. E. Seyler. 1992. Electron acceleration by Alfven waves in the magnetosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research 97:3953-63.
- Seyler, C. E. 1994. Lower-hybrid wave phenomena associated with density depletions. Journal of Geophysical Research 99:19513-26.
- Seyler, C. E. 1996. On the most probable states of two-dimensional plasmas. Journal of Plasma Physics 56:553-67.
- Pincon, J. L., P. N. Kintner, P. W. Schuck, and C. E. Seyler. Observation and analysis of lower hybrid solitary structures as rotating eigenmodes. Journal of Geophysical Research 102(A8):17283-96.