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Dr.
Edmond W. Wilson, Jr. is Professor of Chemistry in the
Department of Physical Science at Harding University
in Searcy, Arkansas. He is a member of the Arkansas
Robotics Group and is designing and testing a diode
laser water vapor spectrometer to survey water vapor
levels on Mars. He is also a member of a collaborative
effort to design sensors for studying hybrid rocket
exhaust plumes. He and his students are building a hydroponic
plant growth chamber for studies related to a manned
habitat on the Moon or Mars. Dr. Wilson earned a Bachelor
of Science in Chemistry at Auburn University, Auburn
Alabama and received Master of Science and Doctor of
Philosophy degrees in Physical Chemistry from the University
of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Dr. Wilson spent two
years as a Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry
at the University of Virginia in the area of biophysical
chemistry doing spectroscopic studies of biochemical
systems. He also spent two summers at JPL as a NASA/ASEE
Summer Faculty Fellow working in atmospheric spectroscopic
studies. He has published fifteen scientific papers.
Dr. Wilson has received recent grants from the American
Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund, Arkansas Science
and Technology Authority, Arkansas Space Grant Consortium
and the NASA EPSCoR Program. Dr. Wilson presently teaches
physical chemistry at Harding University as well as
conducts and supervises undergraduate research projects.
Dr. Wilson is a member of Phi Eta Sigma and Sigma Xi
Research Societies, American Association for the Advancement
of Science, Planetary Society, National Space Academy,
American Chemical Society and the Arkansas Academy of
Science.
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