J. H. Beall

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Email: jbeall@gmu.edu

Education:

• B.A., Physics, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Pi Sigma, University of Colorado, 1972
• M.S., Physics, University of Maryland, 1975
• Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1979

• Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1972-1975.
• Graduate Research Assistant, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, 1975-1978.
• Congressional Science Fellow, Office of Technology Assessment, United States Congress, Washington, DC, 1978-1979.
• Project Scientist, BKD, Arlington, Virginia, 1979-1981.
• National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council / Naval Research Laboratory Resident Research Associate, Code 7620, E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., 1981-1983 .
• Member of the Board of Directors, CPW Technologies, Tucson, AZ, 1997-1999.
• Member of the Faculty,  St. John's College, Annapolis, 1982-present;.
• Science and Engineering Advisory Board, High Frontiers, Arlington, Virginia, 1991-present.
• Consultant, E.O. Hulburt Center for Space Research, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., 1983-present.
• Senior Contract Professor, School for Computational Sciences, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA, 1992-present.

School for Computational Sciences:

• PSCI 702, Frontiers of Physical Sciences, Fall Semesters: Syllabus for PSCI701
  

• CSI 758, Visualization and Modeling of Complex Systems:Syllabus for CSI758

• CSI 803  Scientific and Statistical Visualization, occasional lectures, spring semesters
• Various reading courses and doctoral dissertation research courses,  fall and spring semesters

St. John's College, Annapolis, MD:

• Taught in all parts of St. John's Great Books Program, both at the undergraduate and graduate level.

Dissertation Committee Membership at CSI:

• Co-chair (with Sam Yee, JHU/APL) for Bob Demajistre - Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere using the MSX Experiment
• Member, S. Nguyen's Ph.D. Committee
• Member, D.V. Rose's Ph.D. Committee ,  completed, 1997

• Radiation from relativistic jets in active galaxies
• Jet-induced line emission in AGN
• Observational signatures of accretion disks around compact objects
• Observational signatures of protostellar accretion disks
• Formation of terrestrial planets
• Stability and dynamical evolution of political systems
• Remote Sensing and Earth Observations
• High Performance Computing in Space

Papers in Published Proceedings:

• Observational Signatures in Jet-Cloud Interactions, 1998, Beall, J.H., Guillory, J., and Rose, D.V., Proceedings of the 1997 Vulcano Workshop on High Energy Astrophysics and Particle Physics.
• Beam Induced Line Emission in the Broad Line Region of AGNs,  1996, Beall, J.H. and Guillory, J., Journal of the Italian Astronomical Society, Vol. 67, N.1/2, Multifrequency Behavior of High Energy Cosmic Sources, (F. Giovannelli and L. Sabau-Graziati, eds.)
• The Effect of Relativistic Particle Beams on the Evolution of Supernova Envelopes: Self-Consistent Solutions, J.H. Beall 1991, Cosmic Rays, Supernovae, and the Interstellar Medium,  M. Shapiro, R. Silverberg, and J. Wefel, eds. (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston), pp 187ff
• Energy Loss Mechanisms for Fast Particles, J.H. Beall 1990, Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop on Physical Processes in Cosmic Plasmas, Vulcano, Sicily, W. Brinkmann, A. Fabian, and F. Giovannelli, eds. (Kluwer Academic Publishers: Boston).
• Infrared and Optical Variability of Accretion Disks, J.H. Beall, 1984, Proceedings of the Frascati Workshop on Multifrequency Behavior of Galactic Accreting Sources, F. Giovannelli, ed., p 157ff.

 
Principal Publications in Journals:

• Neutrinos from Early-Phase, Pulsar-Drivern Supernovae, Beall, J.H. and Bednarek, W.,2002 Astrophysical Journal, 569, 343.
• On the Hadronic Beam Model for Gamma-Ray Production in Blazars, 1999, Beall, J.H. and Bednarek, W., Astrophysical Journal, 550, (Jan 1st, 1999)
• D. V. Rose, J. U. Guillory, and J. H. Beall, "Comparison of Particle-In-Cell Simulation and a Wave-population Model of Electron Beam-Plasma Interactions", Physics of Plasmas March 2002, V.9, #5, P. 1000.
• Infrared Emission from X-ray Binaries, H.A. Smith, J.H. Beall, and M.R. Swain 1990, Astronomical Journal, 99, 273.
• On the Observational Appearance of Protostellar Accretion Disks, J.H. Beall, 1987, Ap.J., 316, 227.
• Radiation from Relativistic Beams Interacting with Interstellar Gas, W.K. Rose, J.H. Beall, J. Guillory, and S. Kainer 1987, Ap.J., 314, 95.
• On the Short Time Scale Variability of the Seyfert Galaxy NGC 6814, J.H. Beall, K.S. Wood, and D.J. Yentis , 1986, Ap.J., 308, 563.
• The Interaction of Relativistic Charged-Particle Beams with Interstellar Clouds, Rose, W.K., Guillory, J., Beall, J.H., and Kainer, Selig, 1984 Ap.J. 280, 550.
• Detectability and Variability of Accretion Disks in X-ray Binaries, Beall, J.H., Knight, F.K., Smith, H.A., Wood, K.S., Lebofsky, M., and Rieke, G. , 1984 Ap.J., 284, 745.
• On the Physical Environment in the Nucleus of NGC 5128 (Cen A),  1980, Beall , J.H. and  Rose, W.K.,  Ap.J., 238, 539.
• Radio and X-Ray Variability of Centaurus A (NGC 5128), Beall, J.H., et al. 1978 Ap.J. 219, 836.
• An Upper Limit to the Total Energy in Relativistic Particles Contained in the Early Stages of Supernova Explosions, J.H. Beall 1979, Ap.J., 230, 713.

• Vulcano Workshops, Vulcano, Sicily
• International School for Cosmic Ray Astrophysics, Erice, Sicily
• European Southern Observatory,  Garching ,  Germany
• Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy
• Institute for Cosmic Physics, Milan, Italy
• Institute for Cosmic Research, Moscow, Russia
• Pulkhovo Observatory, St. Petersburg, Russia
• University of St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg, Russia
• University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland
• Copernicus Institute, Warsaw, Poland
• VILSPA, Madrid, Spain
• Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics, Garching, Germany
• University of Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany
• Various sites in the USA and Canada

• Vulcano Workshop on Astrophysics and Particle Physics, June 1995 (with Wolfgang Brinkmann, MPE/Garching, Franco Giovannelli, Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy, and L. Sabau-Graziati, Spain).
• Vulcano Workshop on Astrophysics and Particle Physics, June 1997 (with Wolfgang Brinkmann, MPE/Garching, Franco Giovannelli, Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy, and L. Sabau-Graziati, Spain).
• Vulcano Workshop on Astrophysics and Particle Physics, June 1999 (with Wolfgang Brinkmann, MPE/Garching, Franco Giovannelli, Instituto di Astrofisica Spaziale, Frascati, Italy, and L. Sabau-Graziati, Spain).
• Stromboli Workshop, `From the Big Bang to Biology," with Franco Giovannelli et al., Stromboli, Italy, September 2000.
• June 2001 Vulcano Workshop on Astrophysics and Particle Physics.
• The Bridge Between the Big Bang and Biology, (with Franco Giovannelli, et al.), Vulcano, Sicily, June 2002