Boniface J. Mills

Ph.D.

University of Nebraska at Lincoln

2003

 

Hanna 302

318.342.1893

318.342.1879(FAX)

mills@ulm.edu

 

Dr. Boniface “Bon” J. Mills

Assistant Professor of Atmospheric Sciences

Courses Taught

General Meteorology (ATMS 205), Introduction to Kinematics and Dynamics (ATMS 304), Dynamic Meteorology (ATMS 305 & 306), Meteorology Laboratory (ATMS 307 & 308), Physical Meteorology (ATMS 315), Meteorology Seminar (ATMS 320), Synoptic Meteorology (ATMS 401 & 402), Tropical Meteorology (ATMS 411).

Research

Midlatitude Cyclogenesis, Applied Meteorology and Forecasting, Air and Sea Interactions, Polar Lows, Climate and Climate Dynamics.

Emerging Scholar Research: Severe Storms over Louisiana associated with variations in the  El Nino-Southern Oscillation from 1977 to 2007

Special Topics: European Severe Thunderstorms; Aviano, Italy Event June 2006

Extramural Funding

Funded December 2007: Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) grant, $5,000 with Sean Chenoweth for weather computer workstation

Funded December 2007: Louisiana Lower Atmospheric Research Collaborative: Service-Learning: University of Louisiana Learn-and-Serve (CNS), $29,900, with Anthony Feig & Sean Chenoweth.

Service & Outreach

Ouachita Parish Public Schools Meteorology Advisor 2007 – Present

Community Collaborative Rain, Hal & Snow (CoCoRaHS) Ouachita Parish Coordinator 2007 – Present

American Meteorology Society Student Chapter Advisor 2006 - Present

Atmospheric Science Academic Advisor 2007 - Present

Weather Research Center Manager 2007 - Present

ULM liaison to National Weather Service 2007 – Present

Emerging Scholar Program: Spring 2007 & Spring 2008

ULM Commencement Committee

Browse on the Bayou 2006 – Present

Career Day 2006 - Present

Science Olympiad: 2007 – Present

Selected Publications & Presentations

November 2007: Regional CoCoRaHS Conference at Baton Rouge, LA

Presentation on the ULM’s Atmospheric Science Program, AWIPS Simulator &

Computer Workstation and other future program endeavors

 

November 2007: Arkansas-Louisiana-Texas Regional American Meteorological Society Conference at Shreveport, LA

Presentation on Polar Lows

 

Mills, B.J. and M. R. Anderson 2003 Large Scale Atmospheric Circulations and Polar Low Genesis Over the Gulf of Alaska

7th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography and the Joint Symposium on High Latitude Climate Variations.

American Meteorology Society, 45 Beacon St., Boston MA 02108

 

Mills, B.J. and M. R. Anderson 2003 Monitoring A Piteraq Storm System Using DMSP Imagery and QuikSCAT Wind Data

Preprints, 12th Conference on Air and Sea Interactions and the Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

American Meteorology Society, 45 Beacon St., Boston MA 02108

Awards

2007 Mortar Board Outstanding Faculty Award, University of Louisiana at Monroe

 

2006 Service Award, Metropolitan Community College, Omaha, Nebraska


 

 

 

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