James A. McNeil
University Professor Emeritus, Department of Physics
Since retiring in 2009 and in collaboration with my snow-boarding son, Brodie, I founded and currently serve as President of a nonprofit corporation called the US Terrain Park Council, which is dedicated to developing safer winter terrain park jumps using engineering design principles. My wife, Lynda, and I also enjoy researching the Rock Art, namely petroglyphs and pictographs depicting hunting scenes and deities that were created by the ancient Indian cultures of the American southwest. I am working to develop a non destructive method to date petroglyphs using X-ray fluorescence.
Education
- PhD, University of Maryland
- MS, University of Maryland
- BS, Lafayette College
Research Areas
- Nuclear Theory: Relativistic models of structure & scattering, 3 body physics
- Archeometry: XRF dating of Indian petroglyphs
- Sports Engineering: Winter terrain park modeling & design
Awards and Recognitions
- Faculty Senate Distinguished Lecturer
- International Sports Engineering Association Best Paper of 2012
- CSM Alumni Teaching Award
- Outstanding Faculty Member in Physics