Physics Department Personnel

Dr. Andrzej Herczynski

Laboratory Director/Instructor

617-552-3582
Higgins Hall 230D
andrzej@bc.edu

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, Lehigh University, 1987
  
• M.S., Physics, Lehigh University, 1983
  
• M.S., Mathematics, Warsaw University (Poland), 1980

Areas of Research
Mathematical modeling in fluid dynamics and elasticity. Perturbation methods for thermal and mechanical processes in gases under reduced gravity. Realistic intermolecular potentials in Kinetic Theory. Similarity solutions in hydrodynamics.

Recent Publications

• A. Herczynski and P.D. Weidman, "Two-Fluid Planar Jet," Bull. Am. Phys. Soc. 42 No 11, p 2250, (1997).
• A. Herczynski, "Density," "Doppler Effect," "Rotating Reference Frame," in Macmillan Encyclopedia of Physics, J.S. Rigden editor (Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1996)
• A. Herczynski, R. Herczynski, and A. Kozlowski, "Determination of the Differential Cross Section for a Realistic Intermolecular Potential," Phys. Rev. E., 51 No.1, pp 266-272, (1995).
• A. Herczynski and D.R. Kassoy, "Response of a Confined Gas to Volumetric Heating in the Absence of Gravity: I. Slow Transients," Phys. Fluids A, 3(4), pp 566-577, (1991).
• A. Herczynski and D.R. Kassoy, "Response of a Confined Gas to Volumetric Heating in the Absence of Gravity: II. Fast Transients," in preparation.
• A. Herczynski and R.T. Folk, "Orthogonality Condition for the Pochhammer-Chree Modes," Quart. J. Mech. Appl. Math., 42 No.4, pp 523-536, (1989).