Our group deeply mourns the untimely passing of our senior faculty leader, Prof. Paul M. Kintner, Jr.
For memorial statements see these links:
Paul's obituary can be found here.
A tribute to and highlights of his research can be found here.
Paul M. Kintner
Professor
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering
302 Rhodes Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: redacted
E-mail: redacted
Paul passed away in November of 2010. His details are left here for the moment.
Paul M. Kintner was a professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University and served as the school's associate director from 1997-2000. He earned his Ph.D. from the Physics Department of the University of Minnesota in 1974 and was a research associate at both the University of Iowa and Cornell University before accepting a faculty position at Cornell in 1981.
Professor Kintner's research has made seminal contributions to the understanding of the Geospace environment and to the development of instrumentation for both in situ sensing and remote sensing. His most well-known instrument is the plasma wave interferometer for measuring the phase velocity and wavelength of space plasma waves and the scale size of discrete plasma structures in the ionosphere and magnetosphere. Using this and similar instruments, he is credited with the discovery of electrostatic ion cyclotron waves, double layers, and lower hybrid solitary structures in space. Recently his work with interferometers has been critical in understanding electron phase space holes. His work is frequently cited for understanding transverse ion acceleration and understanding the ionosphere as a mass source for the magnetosphere. During the past 10 years he has initiated a program to develop Global Positioning System receivers for scientific applications. Ground-based GPS receivers designed in this program are used to monitor ionospheric scintillations and ionospheric drifts. Space flight GPS receivers designed in this program are being used for time synchronization and precision positioning on multiple payload sounding rockets.
Dr. Paul Kintner has served as a co-convener for a variety of conferences, participated in innumerable NASA review panels and committees, and has chaired the LWS Geospace Mission Definition Team. He is a member of the AGU and a senior member of the IEEE, and has been a principal investigator for 9 sounding rockets. Dr. Kintner has developed and teaches courses such as "GPS: Theory and Design" and "Space Science and Engineering" at Cornell, for which he has received several teaching awards. He was made a Fellow of the American Physical Society in 2003.
Positions:
| 6/00 - ?? | Professor and ABET Coordinator, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering*, Cornell University (*Name changed as of July 1, 2000.) |
| 3/97 - 6/00 | Associate Director and Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 6/91 - 3/97 | Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 2/85 - 6/91 | Associate Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 6/81 - 2/85 | Assistant Professor, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 9/78 - 6/81 | Senior Research Associate and Lecturer, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 9/76 - 9/78 | Research Associate, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 9/74 - 8/76 | Research Associate, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, University of Iowa |
Education:
| Ph.D. awarded 6/74 by Physics Department, University of Minnesota |
| B.S. awarded 6/68 by Physics Department, University of Rochester |
Awards:
| 1997 | Douglas Whitney '61 Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell University |
| 1998 | Ruth and Joel Spira Excellence in Teaching Award, School of Electrical Engineering, Cornell University |
| 2000 | James and Mary Tien Excellence in Teaching Award, College of Engineering, Cornell University |
| 2003 | American Physical Society, Fellow |
Professional Societies:
| American Geophysical Union |
| International Scientific Radio Union (URSI) |
| Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers |
| American Physical Society |
| American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| Institute of Navigation |
Professional Service:
| Member Committee on Solar and Space Physics, National Academy of Sciences, 2004-present |
| Chair, Living With a Star Geospace Mission Definition Team, 2001-2003 |
| Member, Science Architecture Team for Living with a Star, 2000 |
| Member, NASA Headquarters SECAS Committee, 1998-2001 |
| Member, NASA Sounding Rocket Advisory Panel, 1994-1997, 2004-present |
| Co-Convenor/Science Organizing Committee, International Workshop on Plasma Experiments in Laboratory and Space, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 |
| Member, URSI Commission H on Waves in Space Plasmas, 1980-present |
| Swedish Visiting Scientist Fellow, 1985-1986 |
| Evaluator, Accreditation Board on Engineering Technology 2001- present |
University Service:
| Member Local Advisory Committee 2004-present |
| Member, FCR Financial Policies Committee, 1986-1989 |
| Member, Faculty Council of Representatives, 1984-1988 |
| Chair, Executive Committee of the FCR, 1986-1987 |
| Chair, Ad-Hoc FCR Committee on Day Care and Family Issues, 1986-1987 |
| Member, Executive Committee of the FCR, 1985-1987 |