Val Veirs

Physics Department

Colorado College

Colorado Springs, CO 80903

(360) 378-8360 email vveirs@coloradocollege.edu

EDUCATION

Case Institute of Technology

Cleveland, Ohio, June 1964, BS (Physics)

Illinois Institute of Technology

Chicago, Illinois, June 1969, Ph.D. (Physics)

POSITIONS

2003-Present Member of Board of Directors of the Whale Museum - Friday Harbor, WA
1995-1998 Director of Environmental Science at Colorado College
1992-1993  Professor of Physics, University of Indiana ‑ in Malaysia
1988-1992 Chair, Department of Physics, Colorado College
1987 - Present  Professor of Physics, Colorado College
1985 (Spring)  Lectures in Artificial Intelligence, Guadalajara and Mexico City, Mexico
1984 (Fall) Visiting Faculty in Artificial Intelligence, Yale University
1980-1983 Director of Southwest Studies Program at Colorado College
1980 (Summer Visiting Professor of Physics, University of California at Santa Barbara
1978-1979  Member of Colorado Air Pollution Control Commission
1976 (Summer) Fellowship at Goddard Space Flight Center (NASA)
1971 Joined Colorado College as Assistant Professor of Physics

SOME ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2003 Presentation on "Sounds of the Salish Sea", the Whale Museum (9/16/03)
2003 Presentation on "Boat Noise in the Haro Strait", the Whale Museum (6/22/03)
2002 Implemented Whale Museum exhibt on orca vocaliations
2002 "Eavesdropping on Orcas", Lecture at the Whale Museum (7/25/02)
2002 Speech to the Pikes Peak Environmental Forum "Killer Whales and Their Vocalizations" (2/22/02)
2001 Reported on first results of the Colorado College Orca Vocalization and Localization  project at the 14th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals in Vancouver, BC
1998 Received $250,000 grant with the Whale Museum for Seasound Project on San Juan Island, WA
1995 Founding member of TOPS, a citizen's organization to promote trails, parks and open space
1994-1995 Chair of the Northend Homeowners Association Transportation Committee
1994 Elected Vice President: Northend Homeowners Association
1994 Received National Science Foundation ISEP grant to implement laser based experi­ments in the Physics and Chemistry departments
1992-1993
Presented a day‑long computer‑based workshop on Nonlinear Oscillations and Chaos at Universiti Pertanian Malaysia

Presented two hour‑long seminars on Algorithms for Estimating Fractal Dimensions (Universiti Pertanian Malaysia & Universiti Malaysia)

Awarded Fulbright fellowship to the Philippines (declined)
1991 Grant from TRW Corporation ($15,000) for high function computing equipment for the Physics Department
1991 Grant from Colorado Space Grant Program ($5,400) for space engineering project
1990 Grant from NASA ($5,000) for analysis of Electron Trapping Materials
1990-1993 President of Transportation Concept 2000, an organization of citizens working for transportation alternatives
1990-1993 Member of the Colorado Springs Clean Air Campaign

RECENT RESEARCH AND STUDENT PROJECTS

(May 03) PC462 field class in Ocean Acoustics report on "Boat Noise in the Haro Strait", http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/Research/OVALItems/Boat_noise_in_the_Haro_Strait.html

(December 01) The Orca Vocalization and Localization (OVAL) project has given its first public scientific report on localizing orca whales in Puget Sound.  http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/OVALItems/VancouverPosterOnWeb/

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(April 01)  View Seth Kassels senior research paper on our new renewable energy system. http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/PAPER.doc

(January 00) Professor Veirs is directing a group of undergraduate physics majors in the OVAL project which will attempt to detect and determine the location of vocalizing Orca whales in Puget Sound. http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/OVALItems/Welcome.html

(December 99) Two senior EV majors, Tesilya Forester and Josh Nardie, have created a guide to water conservation for homeowners in Colorado Springs. http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/WatershedProject/WaterConservationGuide/

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(October 99) The EV421 Senior Seminar in Environmental Science has completed a class project entitled "Re-envisioning the Monument and Fountain Creeks Watershed in Colorado Springs". http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/WatershedProject/Welcome.html

(September 99) Thirty students in "Meteorology" have created a Global Warming Audit of the Colorado College Community with recommendations for the future. http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/co2audit/

(August 98) A look at noise levels before and after the construction of the noise wall on the west side of I-25 adjacent to Monument Valley Park and the Colorado College campus. http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/NoiseWall.html

(May 98) Professor Veirs has constructed a path toward reducing the emission of global warming gasses for the Colorado Springs region. This "Path Toward Kyoto" presentation was given to the local branch of the Sierra Club in February and was given during Colorado College's 1998 Earth Week activities. http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/EarthDayPres/sld001.htm

Report titled "Carbon Monoxide Forecasting for Colorado Springs" Jan 1997 http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/CO_Study/Welcome.html

EV411 Winter 1995-96 Report on Environmental Research on Cyanide - 1996 (EV411) http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/Courses/EV411.html

PC391 Investigations in Physics: Exploring the Atmospheric Boundary Layer in Colorado Springs http://www.coloradocollege.edu/environment/research/PC391/PC391.html

COLLEGE SERVICE

1994-1995 Member of Executive Committee of the Master Plan Committee
1995-1998 Director of Environmental Science Program at Colorado College
1995-1998 Faculty Representative: Morris Udall Scholarship Program
1990-1995 Chair: Linneman Lecture Committee
1985-1987 Elected to Faculty Executive Committee at Colorado College
1980-1995 3:2 Engineering Advisor
1980-1984 Director of Southwest Studies at Colorado College