March 17, 2022
Dr. Robert Gowdy speaks about the BIG Bang, Quantum Mechanics and the possibility of Intelligent Aliens
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Yale University, Physics, 1968
M.S., Yale University, Physics, 1964
B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Physics, 1963
RESEARCH AREAS
Theoretical General Relativity and Cosmology
Geometrical Methods in Physics...
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Yale University, Physics, 1968
M.S., Yale University, Physics, 1964
B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Physics, 1963
RESEARCH AREAS
Theoretical General Relativity and Cosmology
Geometrical Methods in Physics
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Robert H. Gowdy (2014) Gowdy Spacetimes. Scholarpedia, 9(3):31673.
Gowdy, R. H, B. Douglas Edmonds: “Cylindrical Waves in Expanding Universes: Models for Compact Sources,”Physical Review 75. 084011, 2007
Gowdy, R. H.: “Vacuum Spacetimes with Two-parameter Spacelike Isometry Groups and Compact Invariant Hypersurfaces: Topologies and Boundary Conditions,” Annals of Physics (N.Y.) 83, pp 203-241, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Chair of VCU Physics Department – 1991-92, 1998-2006, 2013 – present
Associate Chair of VCU Physics Department – 1989-91
Chair of VCU Physics Department – 1983-89
Acting chair of VCU Physics Department – 1982-83, 2011-2013
Virginia Commonwealth University Associate Professor 1982-present
Virginia Commonwealth University Assistant Professor – 1978-82
University of Maryland Physics Assistant Professor – 1972-78
University of Maryland Senior Postdoctoral Fellow – 1970-72
Atomic Energy Commission Yale Postdoctoral Fellow – 1968-70
Ph.D., Yale University, Physics, 1968
M.S., Yale University, Physics, 1964
B.S., Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Physics, 1963
RESEARCH AREAS
Theoretical General Relativity and Cosmology
Geometrical Methods in Physics
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
Robert H. Gowdy (2014) Gowdy Spacetimes. Scholarpedia, 9(3):31673.
Gowdy, R. H, B. Douglas Edmonds: “Cylindrical Waves in Expanding Universes: Models for Compact Sources,”Physical Review 75. 084011, 2007
Gowdy, R. H.: “Vacuum Spacetimes with Two-parameter Spacelike Isometry Groups and Compact Invariant Hypersurfaces: Topologies and Boundary Conditions,” Annals of Physics (N.Y.) 83, pp 203-241, 1974.
PROFESSIONAL APPOINTMENTS
Chair of VCU Physics Department – 1991-92, 1998-2006, 2013 – present
Associate Chair of VCU Physics Department – 1989-91
Chair of VCU Physics Department – 1983-89
Acting chair of VCU Physics Department – 1982-83, 2011-2013
Virginia Commonwealth University Associate Professor 1982-present
Virginia Commonwealth University Assistant Professor – 1978-82
University of Maryland Physics Assistant Professor – 1972-78
University of Maryland Senior Postdoctoral Fellow – 1970-72
Atomic Energy Commission Yale Postdoctoral Fellow – 1968-70
