Dr. Ronald Weitz

Class of 1963

Current Employment: Senior Scientist, Science Applications International Corporation, Albuquerque, NM

Education: U.S. Military Academy, B.S. in Engineering 1967; M.S. in Physics from Purdue University; PH.D. in Nuclear Physics from The Catholic University of America in 1982.

Achievements: Dr. Weitz has over 25 years experience conducting applied research in the health physics area. He has been actively involved in the evaluation of radiation detection technologies for potential application to nuclear threat reduction, arms control, and treaty verification. He has worked extensively in the field of nuclear weapons effects on electronics, and has participated in test planning & data analysis activities in support of numerous experimental programs both above ground and underground simulation environments. He has also directed work as a Space Environments Analyst. Earlier in his career, Dr. Weitz served as head of the Radiation Sources Division at AFRRI where he studied the effects of radiation on biological systems and electronics components. Dr. Weitz is a member of the American Physical Society, the Health Physics Society, and he has been published numerous times in refereed journals.