Contact Information
mccall@unr.edu
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Degrees
Ph.D., Physics 1992 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.S., Physics 1987 University of Massachusetts, Amherst
B.A., Physics and Mathematics 1985 Physics and Mathematics Mount Holyoke College
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Dr. Katherine R. McCall Associate Professor, Department of Physics
Professional Experience
| 2007-Present | Director, Women in Science & Engineering Program, University of Nevada, Reno |
| July, Aug 2007 | Acting Director, Nevada Terawatt Facility, University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2004-2007 | Chair, Department of Physics University of Nevada, Reno |
| 2002-Present | Associate Professor of Physics University of Nevada, Reno |
| 1996-2002 | Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno |
| 1995 | Research Assistant Professor of Physics, University of Nevada, Reno |
| 1994-1995 | Staff Scientist, Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 1994 | College Assistant Professor New Mexico State University |
| 1991-1994 | Postdoctoral Fellow Los Alamos National Laboratory |
| 1988-1991 | Graduate Research Assistant Schlumberger-Doll Research |
Fulbright Grant to Belgium, U.S. Department of State (2003)
Alan Bible Teaching Excellence Award runner-up, College of Arts and Science, University of Nevada (2001-2002)
Mad Hatter Award “… given to recognize a degree of commitment to our program, and most importantly our students, which goes well beyond the bounds of sanity,” Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada (1997-1998)
Mary Lyon Award to outstanding young alumnae, Mount Holyoke College (1997)
Research InterestsAlan Bible Teaching Excellence Award runner-up, College of Arts and Science, University of Nevada (2001-2002)
Mad Hatter Award “… given to recognize a degree of commitment to our program, and most importantly our students, which goes well beyond the bounds of sanity,” Graduate Program of Hydrologic Sciences, University of Nevada (1997-1998)
Mary Lyon Award to outstanding young alumnae, Mount Holyoke College (1997)
Elasticity of inhomogeneous, porous, and disordered materials, such as rock and concrete. Transport of fluids in porous media, including quantum fluids adsorbed on polycarbonate filters, water in porous glass, and oil and water in rock.
[Top]Selected Publications (2002-2006)
Linear and nonlinear modulus surfaces in stress space from stress-strain measurements on Berea sandstone, M Boudjema, IB Santos, KR McCall, RA Guyer, and GN Boitnott, Nonlinear Processes in Geophysics 10, 589-597 (2003).
Determination of elastic moduli of rock samples using resonant ultrasound spectroscopy, TJ Ulrich, KR McCall, and RA Guyer, J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 111, 1667 (2002).
Water mobility in Calico Hills tuff measured by quasielastic neutron scattering, SA Maddox, P Gomez, KR McCall, and J Eckert, Geophys. Res. Lett. 29, 10.1029/2001GL014167 (2002).
Hydraulic conductivity, velocity, and the order of the fractional dispersion derivative in a highly heterogeneous system, MG Herrick, DA Benson, MM Meerschaert, KR McCall, Water Resources Res. 38, 10.1029/2001WR000914 (2002).
Lattice Boltzmann description of magnetization in porous media, RA Guyer and KR McCall, Physical Review B, 62(6), 3674-88 (2000).
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