Research Interests

• The interplay between theory and experiment, ie. application of mathematical models to describe physical phenomena.

 Academic Background

• B.S., Case Western Reserve, 1962

• M.S., University of Illinois, 1965

• Ph. D., University of Illinois, 1967

• Habilitation, Universitat Kaiserslautern, 1974

Teaching

• Physics

• Geophysics

Selected Publications

• Gerald E. Hite, The Sled Race, American Journal of Physics 72(8), pp1055-1058, Aug. 2004.

• Nagy M., Scadron M.D., Hite G. E., Pion-Nucleon Coupling Constant, Goldberger-Treiman Discrepancy and the Pi N sigma term, Acta Physica Slovaca, (an European Physical Society journal), 54, pp. 427-433 (2004).

• Gerald E. Hite, Approximations for the Period of a Simple Pendulum, The Physics Teacher, Vol.43 pp. 290-292 (May 2005)

• Gerald E. Hite, William B Kaufmann, Richard J. Jacob, A New Evaluation of the Pi-N, Sigma Term, Physical Review C71, 065201, 8 pages (June 2005)

Geral E. Hite

Marine Sciences

Texas A&M University at Galveston

hiteg@tamug.edu  

Galveston, TX 77550

Phone: (409)740-4509     

Fax: (409)740-4429