Verner E. Suomi

Education

Ph.D., 1953, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
B.E. 1938, Winona State Teacher’s College, Winona, Minnesota
1933-35, Eveleth Junior College, Eveleth, Minnesota

Work Experience

Founder and Director, Space Science and Engineering Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1965-1988

Founder and first Director, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1980-1984

Chief Scientist, United States Weather Bureau, Washington, DC, 1964-1965

Associate Program Director for Atmospheric Science, National Science Foundation, 1962

Professor, Department of Meteorology, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, 1948-1986

Instructor and student, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, 1943-1948

Teacher, Faribault Public School, Faribault, Minnesota, 1940-1943

Teacher, Sleepy Eye Public School, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota, 1939-1940

Teacher, New York Hills High School, New York Hills, Minnesota, 1938-1939

Research interests

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Publications

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Patents

Suomi, V. E., Inventor. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Assignee. Non-resonant antenna for wind profilers. Issued August 18, 1992. United States Patent Number 5,140,336.
Retrieved from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Suomi, V. E., Inventor. Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation (WARF), Assignee. Heat flow sensing apparatus and method. Issued June 4, 1991. United States Patent Number 5,020, 919.
Retrieved from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Suomi, V.E., Kuhn, P. M., Inventors. Radiation measuring device. Issued July 23, 1963. United States Patent Number 3,098,380.
Retrieved from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Bohl, L.S., Gergen, J. L., and V.E. Suomi, Inventors. Atmospheric infrared radiation detector. Issued December 26, 1961. United States Patent Number 3,014,369.
Retrieved from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Suomi, V.E., Winzen, O.C., Inventors. Balloon structure and method of launching the same. Issued December 29, 1959. United States Patent Number 2,919,083.
Retrieved from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Suomi, V.E., Inventor. Audio-frequency recorder. Issued September 12, 1950. United States Patent Number 2,521,881.
Retrieved from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Foreign languages

Swedish, German, French

Committee involvement and awards

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