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Edwin Prior (1979) writes, " Thirty-six years after I first published research showing high altitude hydrogen levels to be much greater than cited in national standards, the Air Force has now accepted my findings. I was the NASA Principal Investigator for PAGEOS, still the second largest satellite by volume to be injected into earth orbit. I published a paper on orbital drag measurements at altitudes above 2000 kilometers, from observations of the balloon satellite's orbital decay (The Use of Artificial Satellites for Geodesy, Byrd Press, 1972, pp. 197-207), and found hydrogen levels to be 200 percent greater than given in the U.S. Standard Atmosphere. The results were so unexpected at the time that they were not accepted for the next upcoming version of the U.S. Standard Atmosphere, published four years later in 1976. Hydrogen has been difficult to measure in the upper atmosphere because its concentration is so low that few instruments can measure it accurately. At the high altitudes where PAGEOS orbited, hydrogen predominates over the other heavier atmospheric gases. Researchers in England had been attempting to measure drag effects at such altitudes from the orbital decay of balloon satellites as a way to determine the concentrations of hydrogen in the upper atmosphere, but none had succeeded. The problem was complicated by the fact that even minute earth-reflected radiation (earthshine) forces gently push balloon satellites out of their orbits, an effect that has to be accounted for in order to isolate hydrogen drag. In 2008, the Air Force Space Command announced my results had finally been accepted and incorporated the 36-year-old hydrogen resulta into its new atmospheric model, used by the AF Space Battlelab for missile trajectories and satellite orbit predictions. (http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~JB2008/pubs/JASTP_Bowman_JB2006_2008.pdf) I retired from NASA Langley in 2005 after a 40-year career there. Our research has been variously cited in The Stratosphere: Past and Present, the COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere, the U.S. National Report on Geodesy, and the various U.S. Standard Atmosphere publications. There are a total of six references to our research in three different annual editions of Significant Achievements in Space Science. "  Submitted on Jul 2 2009. Lydia Masao (2002) My new book, No More Theories Please! A Guide for Elementary Teachers is available at Amazon through the following link http://www.amazon.com/No-More-Theories-Please-Elementary/dp/1578869897/ref=ed_oe_h Submitted on Jul 2 2009. William Olewiler (1966) William Olewiler (1966) received a Doctor of Ministry in Religion from Wesley Theological Seminary on May 10, 2009. Submitted on Jul 1 2009. April Davis (2008) April Davis, MPS 2008, is proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Cameron Scott. He was born on November 26, 2008 in St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, VA, and weighed 6 lb., 5 oz.. Though he was born a month early, Cameron is healthy and doing well. Submitted on Jul 1 2009. Scott Feinman (1998) Scott Feinman (1998) recently purchased Money Mailer of Greater Middlesex, located in Middlesex, NJ. Scott recently was employed at SML Group as Sales Manager. "After working for 10 years for a large (5000 person) based manufacturing company, I decided I wanted to own my own business. After a thorough search, I settled on a Money Mailer direct mail franchise." Submitted on Jun 16 2009. Daniel Ndiki (2008) Daniel Ndiki (2008) writes, "My book is now available on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-House-Daniel-Ndiki/dp/1442134267/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244728149&sr=1-2 "The book brings out the many aspects and contradiction of a country richly endowed with such beauty and so much wealth, but with such stark misery as the rich and the poor interact-- as they must-- to tragic unpredictable concussion." Submitted on Jun 11 2009. Jensen Shirley (1987) Jensen Shirley (1987) writes, "Jensen Shirley, Ed.D. is the Principle/Owner of Esteem Performance Associates, LLC a business development company in San Diego, CA www.esteemassociates.com" Submitted on Jun 6 2009. Jensen Shirley (1987) Jensen Shirley (1987) received a Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies from University of San Diego on May 23, 2009. Submitted on Jun 6 2009. Jared Samos (1998) Jared Samos was recently named to Worth Magazine's list of "Leading Wealth and Legal Advisors in the U.S." His group was also honored by Research Magazine as one of the "Top Ranked Financial Advisor Teams in America" in 2008. Submitted on Jun 6 2009. Sue MacBride (1996) Sue Ann (MacBride) Bartecko (1996) and Richard Bartecko are happy to announce their marriage on April 26, 2009 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. They currently reside in Vancouver, BC. The bride is originally from Walpole, MA, and the groom from the town of Kezmarok in Slovakia. The wedding was followed by a reception in Boston for Sue Ann's family and friends, then a honeymoon in Paris and Slovakia where the couple spent two weeks with Richard's family and celebrated the wedding of his sister. Mrs. Bartecko runs her own consulting firm and Mr. Bartecko is self-employed as an electrician and network administrator. Submitted on May 29 2009. > Read all Class Notes
My new book, No More Theories Please! A Guide for Elementary Teachers is available at Amazon through the following link http://www.amazon.com/No-More-Theories-Please-Elementary/dp/1578869897/ref=ed_oe_h Submitted on Jul 2 2009. Scott Feinman (1998) Scott Feinman (1998) recently purchased Money Mailer of Greater Middlesex, located in Middlesex, NJ. Scott recently was employed at SML Group as Sales Manager. "After working for 10 years for a large (5000 person) based manufacturing company, I decided I wanted to own my own business. After a thorough search, I settled on a Money Mailer direct mail franchise." Submitted on Jun 16 2009. > Read more Career News
April Davis, MPS 2008, is proud to announce the birth of a baby boy, Cameron Scott. He was born on November 26, 2008 in St. Mary's Hospital, Richmond, VA, and weighed 6 lb., 5 oz.. Though he was born a month early, Cameron is healthy and doing well. Submitted on Jul 1 2009. Erica Lagerson (2001) Erica Lagerson (2001) and Michael Liao are proud to announce the birth of their baby girl, Alice Sunshine Liao. She was born on June 3, 2008 in Washington, DC, and weighed 7 lb., 10 oz.. Submitted on Feb 10 2009. > Read more Births & Adoptions
Sue Ann (MacBride) Bartecko (1996) and Richard Bartecko are happy to announce their marriage on April 26, 2009 in Vancouver, BC, Canada. They currently reside in Vancouver, BC. The bride is originally from Walpole, MA, and the groom from the town of Kezmarok in Slovakia. The wedding was followed by a reception in Boston for Sue Ann's family and friends, then a honeymoon in Paris and Slovakia where the couple spent two weeks with Richard's family and celebrated the wedding of his sister. Mrs. Bartecko runs her own consulting firm and Mr. Bartecko is self-employed as an electrician and network administrator. Submitted on May 29 2009. Eugenia Friedman (2003) Eugenia Friedman (BA 2003) will marry Dr. Matthew Fien on August 1, 2009 in Boca Raton, Florida. The couple currently resides in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. Eugenia works as a commercial insurance underwriter and Matthew is a dentist finishing his post graduate residency in Periodontics. Submitted on Apr 16 2009. > Read more Marriages & Commitments
Lucy (Radcliff) Lyons (1962) writes, "1962 Class of MVJC---anyone interested in going back to MVJC reunion in Oct 2009. Just thinking it might be fun???? 50th we may not be traveling???? lucy radcliff lyons lradlyons@bellsouth.net" Submitted on May 1 2009. Taimoor Waheed () Hi Folks SEAS Class from 1989 to 1996 dono where people disappeared ...any one Pl write at tw7861970@gmail.com Thanks Taimoor Submitted on Apr 29 2009. > Read more Catching Up
William Olewiler (1966) received a Doctor of Ministry in Religion from Wesley Theological Seminary on May 10, 2009. Submitted on Jul 1 2009. Jensen Shirley (1987) Jensen Shirley (1987) received a Doctor of Education in Leadership Studies from University of San Diego on May 23, 2009. Submitted on Jun 6 2009. > Read more Educational News
Edwin Prior (1979) writes, " Thirty-six years after I first published research showing high altitude hydrogen levels to be much greater than cited in national standards, the Air Force has now accepted my findings. I was the NASA Principal Investigator for PAGEOS, still the second largest satellite by volume to be injected into earth orbit. I published a paper on orbital drag measurements at altitudes above 2000 kilometers, from observations of the balloon satellite's orbital decay (The Use of Artificial Satellites for Geodesy, Byrd Press, 1972, pp. 197-207), and found hydrogen levels to be 200 percent greater than given in the U.S. Standard Atmosphere. The results were so unexpected at the time that they were not accepted for the next upcoming version of the U.S. Standard Atmosphere, published four years later in 1976. Hydrogen has been difficult to measure in the upper atmosphere because its concentration is so low that few instruments can measure it accurately. At the high altitudes where PAGEOS orbited, hydrogen predominates over the other heavier atmospheric gases. Researchers in England had been attempting to measure drag effects at such altitudes from the orbital decay of balloon satellites as a way to determine the concentrations of hydrogen in the upper atmosphere, but none had succeeded. The problem was complicated by the fact that even minute earth-reflected radiation (earthshine) forces gently push balloon satellites out of their orbits, an effect that has to be accounted for in order to isolate hydrogen drag. In 2008, the Air Force Space Command announced my results had finally been accepted and incorporated the 36-year-old hydrogen resulta into its new atmospheric model, used by the AF Space Battlelab for missile trajectories and satellite orbit predictions. (http://sol.spacenvironment.net/~JB2008/pubs/JASTP_Bowman_JB2006_2008.pdf) I retired from NASA Langley in 2005 after a 40-year career there. Our research has been variously cited in The Stratosphere: Past and Present, the COSPAR International Reference Atmosphere, the U.S. National Report on Geodesy, and the various U.S. Standard Atmosphere publications. There are a total of six references to our research in three different annual editions of Significant Achievements in Space Science. " Submitted on Jul 2 2009. Daniel Ndiki (2008) Daniel Ndiki (2008) writes, "My book is now available on Amazon. http://www.amazon.com/My-Mothers-House-Daniel-Ndiki/dp/1442134267/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1244728149&sr=1-2 "The book brings out the many aspects and contradiction of a country richly endowed with such beauty and so much wealth, but with such stark misery as the rich and the poor interact-- as they must-- to tragic unpredictable concussion." Submitted on Jun 11 2009. > Read more General
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