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| Dr. Kevin Kloesel |
Assistant Dean
College Atmospheric and Geographic Sciences
In 1984, Kevin earned a Bachelor of Engineering Science Degree
at the University of Texas - Austin. His 'Eyes of Texas' then went to Penn State
University for a Master's (1987) and Ph.D. (1990) in Meteorology.
Kevin began his career in
meteorology at Florida State University where he was hired as an Associate
Professor. He spent 8 1/2 years as a faculty member with teaching and research
interests ranging from boundary layer meteorology to synoptic and tropical
meteorology. After receiving tenure, Kevin became Director of the Florida Climate
Center. He also served as a Research Fellow with the Cooperative Institute
for Tropical Meteorology, and co-directed an outreach project (EXPLORES!) which
provides satellite data ingest capabilities to over 200 schools throughout
the state of Florida. Kevin also 'moonlights' as an elementary school teacher,
teaching an integrated curriculum using weather as the focal point.
Kevin traded hurricanes for tornadoes in January of 1999
when he arrived at OU to become Distance Education Director and NOAA Liaison
with OCS. "I
thoroughly enjoyed working with the students and teachers in classrooms all
over Florida, and look forward to doing the same thing here in Oklahoma."
Kevin has created dozens of web-based modules on weather satellites and satellite
imagery interpretation, and welcomes the "What is that?" or "How
does that happen?" question from students and teachers alike regarding
all aspects of weather. Kevin is also an active mentor in the Kids as Global
Scientists program and the GLOBE Project.
On a typical day (after reading the
sports section), Kevin will answer a full mailbox of email questions from teachers
and students, assess the local weather conditions for storm chase planning,
give weather briefings to students, research boundary layer atmospheric processes
using Mesonet data, and develop course materials for both classroom and world
wide web use. He is also involved in developing distance learning courses,
and the training of emergency managers (OK-FIRST) to use weather data effectively.
Kevin will be working with NOAA employees in Oklahoma on collaborative research
and teaching projects, and is looking forward to being an active participant
in developing activities for the EarthStorm Project.
Kevin is a sports addict, bleeds Texas Burnt Orange,
and is miserable when the Cowboys lose! "The only thing that's better
than a Longhorn victory over the Sooners is watching my family enjoy all the
new things the Norman area has to offer. Oh, and going to Dallas on the second
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