Physics Department
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah 84408-2508
(801) 626- 6158

email: jrgalli@weber.edu

PROFESSIONAL BACKGROUND

• Ph.D., Physics, University of Utah, 1963
• Physicist, Naval Ordnance Test Station, China Lake, California, Summers 1958,1959
• Physicist, Aerojet General Corp., Downey, California, 1963
• Physics Professor, WSU, 1963 - present
• Department Chair, Physics Department, WSU, 1964-1970, 1983-1994
• Dean, College of Science, WSU, 1994-2003

SAMPLES OF RESEARCH ACTIVITIES

• Past: Optics, Electronics, High Pressure Physics, Fracture Dynamics
• Current: Rotational Dynamics (cat-twist), Special Relativity
• Planned: Relativistic Reflection, Classical Physics Mysteries, Myths, and Anomalies

CURRENT TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Movies of physics lecture demonstrations (link to demonstrations in physics)
• Lecture demonstration development
• Currently teaching introductory physics (Physics 1010)

INTERESTS & HOBBIES

• Ski, golf, motorcycle, travel, landscape