Amal Chandran
"Division of Chemistry & Biological Chemistry School of Phys
Korea University
Korea
Biography
"Amal Chandran is an Aerospace Engineer with a research background in atmospheric science. He received a PhD from the University of Colorado in Aerospace Engineering Sciences in 2010. His PhD thesis involved working on NASA’s Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere (AIM) Satellite data to analyse wave propagation and dynamics in the Earth’s upper atmosphere. Amal’s research interests are in the field of instrumentation for Earth remote sensing and space weather monitoring on small satellite platforms, small satellite technology development, atmospheric dynamics and whole atmosphere climate modelling. At NTU, Amal serves as the Associate Director for Space Technology at the Satellite Research Centre. Amal has always been fascinated by space and spacecrafts. His primary teaching interest is in developing an undergraduate and graduate curriculum to teach spacecraft engineering and instrumentation. Prior to joining NTU, Amal worked at the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) at the University of Colorado where he oversaw the development of CU’s International Satellite Program in Research and Education (INSPIRE). He continues to serve as Principal Investigator for the first INSPIRESat scheduled for flight in 2019."
Research Interest
"• Small Satellite Development. • Satellite Instrumentation for Atmospheric remote sensing. • Optical and Infrared remote sensing on cubesat platforms • Cubesat instrumentation for Ionospheric plasma measurements. • Climate Modeling: Stratospheric Sudden Warmings, Atmospheric Coupling, Stratosphere-Mesosphere dynamics I have PhD student positions open for suitable candidates to work on instrumentation and atmospheric modeling. In addition to their research, the PhD students will be expected to work as student project managers/system engineers on ongoing cubesat projects, learning all aspects of cubesat development and engineering. Students with prior experience in working with satellite hardware and background in electrical/mechanical engineering and coding experience will be preferred."
Publications
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Mueller C, Power W, Fraser S, Wang X. Effects of rupture complexity on local tsunami inundation: Implications for probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment by example. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth [Internet]. Wiley-Blackwell; 2015 Jan;120(1):488–502. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014jb011301
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1. Li L, Switzer AD, Wang Y, Weiss R, Qiu Q, Chan C-H, et al. What caused the mysterious eighteenth century tsunami that struck the southwest Taiwan coast? Geophysical Research Letters [Internet]. Wiley-Blackwell; 2015 Oct 21;42(20):8498–506. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2015gl065567
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Li L, Switzer AD, Chan C-H, Wang Y, Weiss R, Qiu Q. How heterogeneous coseismic slip affects regional probabilistic tsunami hazard assessment: A case study in the South China Sea. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth [Internet]. Wiley-Blackwell; 2016 Aug;121(8):6250–72. Available from: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016jb013111
