Richard Krupar III, BS

Bio

Richard Krupar III is the field coordinator for the TTUHRT and has assumed the role beginning in 2011. He also provides web support for the TTUHRT. Rich is a PhD candidate in Wind Science and Engineering and holds a BS in Atmospheric Science from Valparaiso University. He is a native of Elyria, Ohio. Krupar was a member of the 2010 TTU VORTEX 2 team where he was responsible for StickNet deployments and also drove TTUKa-2. He has participated in TTUHRT deployments for Hurricanes Irene (2011), Isaac (2012), and Sandy (2012), project SCOUT, and numerous TTUKa-band mobile Doppler radar wind farm deployments. Krupar's research interests lie in the use of near-surface tower and WSR-88D data to develop surface adjustment techniques for Doppler velocity data collected in landfalling tropical cyclones.