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REZWANUL KARIM, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Department of Physics, Atmospheric Sciences, and General Science
Jackson State University
Telephone: Dept. (601) 979-7012
Direct (601) 979-3620
Fax: (601) 979-3630
email: rkarim@ccaix.jsums.edu

 


Education: Ph.D. in Physics; University of California, Irvine 1987
M.S. in Physics; Hunter College; New York; 1981
B.S. in Physics, Dhaka University, Dhaka, Bangladesh; 1973

Research Interest:
Magnetospheric Plasma phenomena; Plasma Diagnostics; Renewable Energy.

Selected Publications
· Neutral Helium Beam Probe, R. Karim, Rev. Sc. Instrum. vol. 90(10), 3934-37(1999).
· A New Plasma Source Based on Contact Ionization, R. Karim, R. Schrittwieser, R. Koslover, and N.Rynn, J. Appl. Phys. vol. 58, 598 (1985).
· Can the Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Instability be Driven by a Two-Dimensional Sheath? R. Karim, R. Schrittwieser, N. Rynn, and R. Koslover, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion vol. 26, 1591 (1984).
· Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Instability Driven by a Slow Electron Drift, R. Karim, R. Schrittwieser, N. Rynn, and R. Koslover, Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion vol. 26, 1597 (1984).
· Tokamak Plasma Diagnostic with Optical Multichannel Analyzer and Neutral Helium Beam, R. Karim, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol 38, 2096 (1993).
· A New Diagnostic Instrument for PBX-M Utilizing an Optical Multichannel Analyzer, R. Karim, APS. 37, 1392 (1992).
· Spatial Evolution of Population Density of the Different Levels in a Neutral Helium Beam, R. Karim, R. Pearson, F. Levinton, and R. Kaita, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 36, 2317 (1991).
· Evaluation of a Diagnostic Neutral Helium Beam Using a Collisional Radiative Model, R. Karim, R.Kaita, and F. M. Levinton, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 35, 1954 (1990).
· Stochasticity Studies of a Q-machine Plasma, R. Karim, N. Rynn, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 32, 1903 (1987).
· Ion Confinement in a Simple Mirror Stabilized by a 'Line-tied' Plasma Blanket, R. Karim, T. N. Good, M. K. Okubo, N. Rynn, and H. R. Thompson Jr., Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 30, 1380 (1985).
· Laboratory Simulation of Ion Acceleration in the Presence of Lower Hybrid Waves, R. Karim, R. McWilliams, H. Boehmer, and R. Koslover, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 30, 1467 (1985).
· Stabilization of Flute Modes in a Simple Mirror Machine Using a Cold Plasma Blanket, R. Karim, T. N. Good, H. R. Thompson Jr., and N. Rynn, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 29, 1233 (1984).
· Radial Ion Temperature Profile in a Simple Mirror Machine Stabilized by a Cold Plasma Blanket, R. Karim, T. N. Good, N. Rynn, and H. R. Thompson Jr., Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 29, 1302 (1984).
· Experiments on a Nonlinear Beam-Plasma Instabilities in a Quasi-Electron-Free Plasma, R. Karim, K. R. Stalder and N. Rynn, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 28, 1104 (1983).
· Electrostatic Ion-Cyclotron Oscillation Driven by a Two-Dimensional Potential Structure, R. Karim, R. Schrittwieser, N. Rynn, and R. Koslover, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 27, 1096 (1982).
· Spectra and Co-Spectra of Electron Density and Velocity Fluctuations, R. Karim, A. H. Kritz and G. Sandri, Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. vol. 26, 1061 (1981).