astronomy

Thomas C. Katsouleas

Thomas C. Katsouleas is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Thomas C. Katsouleas rather than just read about it. In short: Thomas Christos Katsouleas (known as "TomKat" by students) is an American physicist, engineer, and academic administrator. In February 2019, he was named the 16th president of the University of Connecticut and officially began his term in August.

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Reference excerpt

Thomas Christos Katsouleas (known as "TomKat" by students) is an American physicist, engineer, and academic administrator. In February 2019, he was named the 16th president of the University of Connecticut and officially began his term in August. He resigned the presidency in 2021 and returned to the faculty.

Education Katsouleas began his undergraduate education at Santa Monica Community College and received his bachelor's degree from University of California, Los Angeles in 1979, earning his Ph.D. in physics from UCLA in 1984.

Career After graduating from UCLA, Katsouleas taught there for seven years before joining the faculty of the University of Southern California in 1991 as an associate professor of physics. In 1997, he was named a full professor. Katsouleas was vice provost for information services at USC and also was an associate dean of the USC Viterbi School of Engineering. Katsouleas subsequently served as the dean of the Duke University Pratt School of Engineering and, beginning in 2015, as provost and executive vice president of the University of Virginia. On August 1, 2019, Katsouleas became the president of the University of Connecticut; the Greek Orthodox Archbishop Elpidophoros attended the inauguration ceremony. At his inauguration, Katsouleas announced the Connecticut Commitment initiative to cover the cost of tuition for qualified undergraduate and transfer students with household incomes below $50,000. Amid the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the initiative was paused indefinitely in October 2020. Katsouleas also vowed to double research spending at UConn to $500 million by 2030. Katsouleas announced key initiatives without consulting the UConn Board of Trustees. A rocky relationship with the trustees ensued. Katsouleas was also frustrated at UConn's high fringe rates and unfunded pension liabilities, which he stated made the university less competitive at winning research grants. Katsouleas resigned as UConn president effective June 30, 2021. He became a tenured professor in UConn's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, earning over $330,000 per year. Trustees appointed UConn Health CEO Andrew Agwunobi as interim president. Katsouleas is an inventor and was awarded the Plasma Science Achievement Award by the Institute of Electrical Engineers in 2001. He is the author or co-author of more than 200 publications. He was elected in 1996 a fellow of the American Physical Society for "original contributions to advanced particle acceleration concepts including the invention of the Surfatron accelerator, and his detailed studies of beam loading and emittance growth in plasma accelerators." He founded the NAE Grand Challenges Summit in Durham in 2009. In 2010, Katsouleas started Duke's Katsouleas NAE Grand Challenge Scholars Program, which challenges students to use their knowledge to work on challenges posed by the National Academy of Engineering.

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External links Official biography UConn

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Thomas C. Katsouleas

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Thomas C. Katsouleas claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Thomas C. Katsouleas before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Thomas C. Katsouleas ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Thomas C. Katsouleas

In research: Thomas C. Katsouleas appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Thomas C. Katsouleas in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Thomas C. Katsouleas is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1959 births, 20th-century American physicists, 21st-century American physicists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Thomas C. Katsouleas outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Thomas C. Katsouleas matter?

Because it connects several astronomy ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

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Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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