University of Wisconsin - River Falls

Physics Department

Dr. Ron Wilson

Education

 

Ph.D. in Physics, University of Wyoming

 

M.A. in Physics, Western Michigan University

 

B.A. in Physics & Math, Western Michigan University

 

 

Research Information

Primary Courses
  • Specialized miniature electronic sensors and transducers
  • Circuits and Devices

 
  • Analog Electronics

 
  • Digital Electronics

 
  • Statics

 
  • Dynamics

 
  • Deformable Body Mechanics


Dr. Wilson retired starting the summer of 2004.

Dr. Wilson was the co-advisor for pre-engineering on the UWRF campus. He also had primary responsibility for the Department's electronics sequence (Circuits, Analog, and Digital Devices) and worked on integrating PSPICE - a computer based analysis program - into the sequence. He has recently presented papers at professional meetings on the application and circuitry associated with thermocouples.  His consulting activities have recently included heat flow measurements.

In addition to teaching at River Falls, Dr. Wilson taught at Northern Nevada Community College, UWC-Barron, University of Wyoming and Delta College.