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DEGREES

Ph.D., Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. June 1991.

Dissertation: "Stability of Taylor-Couette Flow Subjected to a Coriolis Force"

M.S., Physics, University of Oregon, Eugene, Oregon. June 1988.

B.A., Philosophy, University of California, Berkeley, California. June 1978.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Associate Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and College of Optometry (Joint Appointment), Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon. 1995-present.

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics, Lewis and Clark College, Portland, Oregon. 1991-1992 and 1994-1995.

University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Postdoctoral Fellow for Ocean Modeling, Oregon State University, Corvallis, Oregon. 1992-1994.

MOST SIGNIFICANT PUBLICATIONS

Wiener, R. J., D. Dolby, G. C. Gibbs, B. Squires, T. Olsen, and A. M. Smiley, 1999: Control of chaotic pattern dynamics in Taylor vortex flow. Phys. Rev. Lett., 83 2340.

Wiener, R. J., G. L. Snyder, M. P. Prange, D. Frediani, and P. R. Diaz, 1997: Period-doubling cascade to chaotic phase dynamics in Taylor vortex flow with hourglass geometry. Phys. Rev..E 55, 5489.

Wiener, R. J., and D. F. McAlister, 1992: Parity-breaking and solitary waves in axisymmetric Taylor vortex flow. Phys. Rev. Lett., 69 2915.

Wiener, R. J., P. W. Hammer, and R. Tagg, 1991: Perturbation analysis of the primary instability in Taylor-Couette flow subjected to an external Coriolis force. Phys. Rev. A 44 3653.

Wiener, R. J., P. W. Hammer, C. E. Swanson, and R. J. Donnelly, 1990: The stability of Taylor-Couette flow subject to an external Coriolis force. Phys. Rev. Lett., 64 1115.

MOST SIGNIFICANT PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Recipient, Junior Faculty Award, Pacific University. 1998.

Member, American Physical Society. 1988-present.

Member, American Association of Physics Teachers. 1995-present.

Member, American Association of University Professors. 1996-present.

President, Sigma Xi, Pacific University Chapter. 1998-1999.

Referee, Physical Review Letters and Physical Review E. 1991-present.

Faculty Fellow, Oregon Collaborative for Excellence in Preparation of Teachers, ?1997-present.

Member, PKAL (Project Kaleidoscope), 1998-present.

Member, SPS Physics Honor Society, 1999-present.

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