Robert D. Purrington, Ph.D.
Emeritus Professor
(504) 862-3177
School of Science & Engineering
Office
Department of Physics
226 Stanley Thomas Hall
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 70118
Courses Taught
ASTR 1000: Descriptive Astronomy
ASTR 1100: Observational Astronomy
PHYS 3740: Classical Mechanics
PHYS 7230/7240: Electromagnetic Theory I & II
ASTR 3010: Archaeoastronomy
Education & Affiliations
Ph.D., Texas A&M, (1966)
Biography
Dr. Purrington's research interests include Nuclear Physics & History of Physics.
Recent Publications
R. D. Purrington, "Bottom Scattering in Acoustic Propagation Modeling," J. Comput. Acoust. 2, 147-160 (1994).
R. D. Purrington, "Scattering Kernal Approach to Bottom Loss and Scattering in a Parabolic Equation Model," Theoretical and Computational Acoustics, 385-398 (1996).
R. D. Purrington, "Physics in the Nineteenth Century," Rutgers University Press. (1997).
