Craig Kletzing, PhD

Professor, researcher, husband, and friend passed away on August 10, 2023. Craig made major contributions to various fields of study in space plasma experimental physics over the years and has left a lasting impact on so many students and coworkers. 

Saturday, June 15

Symposium
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Lecture Room 1, Van Allen Hall

Celebration
 5:30-8:30 p.m. 
Old Brick, 26 E Market St.

Celebration dinner served at 6:00 p.m. Remarks at 7:00 p.m.

Agenda

9 a.m.	Refreshments
9:15 a.m.	Welcome	Professor Mary Hall Reno, University of Iowa
9:20 a.m.	Overview	Dr. Scott Bounds, University of Iowa
9:40 a.m.	MMS and Early Career	Professor Roy Torbert, University of New Hampshire
10:00 a.m.	Break
10:20 a.m.	Working with Craig on the Van Allen Probes Mission	Dr. David Hartley, University of Iowa
10:40 a.m.	MMS: "Rockets, Satellites, and The Big Man"	Dr. Arya Afshari, University of Iowa
11:00 a.m.	Rockets: "Wave-particle correlator experiments to directly probe plasma physics at fine scale: innovations and contributions of Professor Craig Kletzing"	Professor James LaBelle, Dartmouth
11:20 a.m.	Lab: "Craig Kletzing's studies of Alfven waves using the Large Plasma Device"	Professor James Schroeder, Wheaton College
11:40 a.m.	TRACERS: "Craig Kletzing and the Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites (TRACERS) Mission	Dr. Stephen Fuselier, Southwest Research Institute
12:00 noon	Teaching: "A Physicist's Passion for Pedagogy"	Professor Allison Jaynes, University of Iowa, panel of former graduate students
12:20 p.m.	Closing	Professor David Miles, University of Iowa
12:30 p.m.	Lunch on your own
2:00 p.m.	Student-lead tours of labs and testing centers
5:30 - 8:30 pm	Reception at Old Brick Dinner at 6 p.m. Music Slide show of contributed pictures  Reflections from invited guests

Recording of symposium via Zoom

See more symposium photos and learn about Craig's career and legacy on this website: