Dr. Robert D. Loper
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physics
ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0551-1470
ResearcherID: S-8558-2018
Scopus Author ID: 57194243528
Education
Ph.D., Air Force Institute of Technology, 2013
M.T.S., United Theological Seminary, 2011
M.S., University of Texas at Dallas, 1998
B.S., University of Dayton, 1994
Awards
SOCHE (Southwestern Ohio Council for Higher Education) Faculty Excellence Award, 2015 and 2018
Tau Beta Pi, Engineering Honor Society, 2010
Missionary Interpretation Award, United Theological Seminary, 2010
Air Force Commendation Medal, 2009
William and Carolyn Anderson Applied Theology Award, United Theological Seminary, 2009
Joint Service Commendation Medal, 2008
Deputy Director of National Intelligence for Analysis Distinguished Analysis Award for Excellence in Intelligence Community Collaboration and Analytic Insight, 2008
Association of Old Crows Scholarship, 1998
Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society, 1993
Publications
- Loper, Robert D. (2019), "Carrington-class Events as a Great Filter for Electronic Civilizations in the Drake Equation," Pub. Astron. Soc. Pacific, 131, 044202; doi:10.1088/1538-3873/ab028e.
- Gavrielides, Athanasios, L.A. (Vern) Schlie, Robert D. Loper, Michael R. Hawks, and Glen P. Perram (2018), “Analytic treatment of beam quality and power efficiency in a high-power transverse flow diode pumped alkali laser,” J. Opt. Soc. Am. B. Vol. 35, Issue 9, pp. 2202-2210; doi:10.1364/JOSAB.35.002202.
- Gavrielides, Anthony, Vern Schlie, Robert Loper, Michael Hawks, and Glen Perram (2018), “Analytic treatment of high power diode pumped lasers with unstable resonator in a flowing medium,” Proc. SPIE 10518, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XX, 1051815 (February 16, 2018); doi:10.1117/12.2290510.
- Gavrielides, Athanasios, L.A. (Vern) Schlie, Robert D. Loper, Michael R. Hawks, and Glen P. Perram (2017), “Unstable Resonators for High Power Diode Pumped Alkali Lasers,” Proc. SPIE 10090, Laser Resonators, Microresonators, and Beam Control XIX, 100901M (February 20, 2017); doi:10.1117/12.2253057.