Don Gregory, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor, Physics and Astronomy

Contact

301 Sparkman Drive
Optics Building
Room 226
Huntsville, AL 35899
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256.824.2840
don.gregory@uah.edu

Biography

Don Gregory is Distinguished Professor of Physics and has been a member of the faculty since the fall of 1992. During that time he has graduated 24 MS students (with thesis) and 23 Ph.D. students in areas related to optics. With his students, he has published more than 130 technical papers in a variety of respected scientific journals. He is also an author of World War II books with three published by traditional publishing houses in the US and Great Britain.

Professor Gregory worked as a Materials Engineer for the Marshall Space Flight Center and as a GM-15 Supervisory Research Physicist for the US Army Missile Command before coming to UAH.

Curriculum Vitae

Education

  • Ph.D., Physics, The University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1984
  • M.S., Physics (with thesis), University of Alabama in Huntsville, 1978, Thesis title: Infrared Absorption by Highly Transparent Solids, advisor: Prof. James A. Harrington
  • B.S., Physics, Math, Secondary Education, University of Alabama in Huntsville, with senior thesis, Polishing of Infrared Window Materials, and teaching certificate, 1975
  • A.S., Physics, Math, Gadsden State College, Gadsden, Alabama, 1972

Expertise

  • Utilization of optical and electro-optical effects as tools in the detection and measurement of fundamental physical phenomena

Research Funding

  • "X-Ray Optics", NASA/MSFC, $60k, continuing through Spring 2017

Recent Publications

  • "Boundary Element Methods with Application to Electron Optics," submitted, Microscopy, January 2016

  • "Simplified Estimation of the Eye's Response to Flashing Light-emitting Diodes," J. Bio. Opt., Vol. 20, no.6, 2015

  • "Spectropolarimetric Properties of a Gallium Nanoparticle Layer on a Sapphire Substrate," Prashant Raman, Kirk Fuller, and Don A. Gregory, Journal of Nanoparticles, vol. 2014, Article ID 408350 (2014) [doi:10.1155/2014/408350]

  • "Real Time, Multichannel, Multiplexed Pattern Recognition", Don A. Gregory and H.K. Liu, Appl. Opt., Vol. 23, No. 24, 1984

  • "Solar Cell Screening Technique", Don A. Gregory and C.J. Rives, AIAA J. Energy, Vol. 7, No. 6, 1983

  • "Vacuum High Precision Interferometric Measurements of Low CTE Quartz and Graphite Epoxy", C.J. Rives, Don A. Gregory, H. Davis, and J.G. Castle, J. Alabama Academy of Science,Vol. 53, No. 3, 1982

  • "Automated Laser Calorimetry", Don A. Gregory and R.B. McCown, Appl. Opt., Vol. 18, No. 18, 1979

  • "Laser Induced Chemistry of Diborane", S. Shatas, Don A. Gregory, R. Shatas, and C. Riley, Inorg. Chem.,Vol. 12, 1978

  • "Analysis of Laser Calorimetric Data", H.B. Rosenstock, M. Hass, Don A. Gregory, and J.A. Harrington, Appl. Opt., Vol. 12, No. 11, 1977

  • "Infrared Absorption in Unintentionally Doped Alkalai Halides and Alkaline Earth Fluorides", J.A. Harrington, Don A. Gregory, J. Hass, and J.W. Davisson, B. Am. Phys. Soc., Vol. 21, p.251, 1976