James Hanson - Faculty - Physics - Departments - Auburn University College of Sciences and Mathematics

James Hanson
Department Chair

Office: 202 Allison Laboratory

Address:
202 Allison Laboratory
Auburn, AL 36849-5319

Phone: (334) 844-4264
Email: hanson@physics.auburn.edu

Professional Employment
Department Chair, Department of Physics, Auburn University	2012-present
Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University	2001-present
Associate Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University	1989-2001
Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, Auburn University
Appointed to Graduate Faculty, December 1, 1987	1984-1989
Research Associate, Institute for Fusion Studies, University of Texas	1982-1984
Computer Scientist, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory	1975-1977

Honors and Awards
Presidential Young Investigator Award	1985
National Science Foundation Fellow	1977-1981
Phi Beta Kappa	1973
James and Lucinda Hinsdale Scholarship	1971-1975

Professional Activities

Member, American Physical Society

Consultant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Referee:

Contributions to Plasma Physics

Physical Review Letters

Physics of Fluids

Physics Letters A

Physica D

Reviews of Modern Physics

Nuclear Fusion

Proposal Referee:

United States Department of Energy

United States National Science Foundation

Selected Publications

D. Terranova, L. Marrelli, J.D. Hanson, S.P Hirshman, M. Cianciosa, and P. Franz, “Helical equilibrium reconstruction with V3FIT in the RFX-mod Reversed Field Pinch”, Nucl. Fusion 53 113014 (2013).
J.D. Hanson, D.T. Anderson, M. Cianciosa, P. Franz, J.H. Harris, G.J. Hartwell, S.P. Hirshman, S.F. Knowlton, L.L. Lao, E.A. Lazarus, L. Marrelli, D.A. Maurer, J.C. Schmitt, A.C. Sontag, B.A. Stevenson, and D. Terranova, “Non-axisymmetric equilibrium reconstruction for stellarators, reversed field pinches and tokamaks”, Nucl. Fusion 53 083016 (2013).
M.C. Miller, J.D. Hanson, G.J. Hartwell, S. F. Knowlton, D. A. Maurer and B. A. Stevenson, “Design and implementation of a multichannel millimeter wave interferometer for the Compact Toroidal Hybrid experiment”, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 83 10E332 (2012).
James D. Hanson, Stephen F. Knowlton, B. Adam Stevenson, and Gregory J. Hartwell, “Equilibrium and stability of current-carrying discharges in the non-axisymmetric CTH experiment”, Contributions to Plasma Physics, v50 724-730 (2010).
J. Peterson, J. Hanson, G. Hartwell, and S. Knowlton, “Vacuum magnetic field mapping experiments for validated determination of the helical field coil location in stellarators”, Physics of Plasmas, 17 03205 (2010).

Last updated: 05/07/2015