Faculty

College / Department

Teaching areas

General Physics courses for engineering and non-engineering majors, and environmental science courses such as Physical Geography and Environmental Modeling

Research areas

Terrestrial and Outer Planetary Atmospheres and ionospheres,Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics, Climatology and Large-Scale Dynamics (Modeling),Air Quality and Environmental problems

Education

PhD, York University, Canada, 1991

M.S, Lakehead University, Canada, 1982

Professional experience

American University of Sharjah, UAE, 2004 – present

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA, 2001-2004

Southwest Research Institute, TX, USA,1998-2001

Computational Physics, Inc., VA, USA,1992-1998

University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA,1990-1992

Memberships

American Geophysical Union (AGU, European Geophysical Union (EGU), American Astrophysical Society/Division of Planetary Science (AAS/DPS), Asian Oceania Geosciences Society (AOGS)

Contact

[email protected]

+971 6 515 2579

Dr. Tariq Majeed

Associate Professor

PhD in Space Science, York University, Ontario, Canada

Tariq Majeed's expertise is in the areas of data analysis and modeling of both the terrestrial and the outer planetary atmospheres. He has taught several basic and advanced physics and environmental science courses. Prior to his academic career, he worked as a research scientist on several space-related projects for institutions such as Computational Physics, Inc., (Virginia, USA), the University of Arizona, Southwest Research Institute and the University of Michigan. Dr. Majeed has also received both internal and external research grants to support his research and scholarly activities.

Publications

J.-Y. Chaufray et al. (including T. Majeed), Spectro-imaging observations of Jupiter’s 2 μm auroral emission: II. Thermospheric winds, Icarus, Elsevier Publications, New York, in press, 2011

Haider, S. A., S. P. Seth, D. A. Brain, D. L. Mitchell, T. Majeed, and S. W. Bougher, The photoelectron transport model in the Martian ionosphere at Mount Olympus and Syrtis Major, J. Geophys. Res., 115, A08310, doi:10.1029/2009JA014968, 2010

Majeed, T., H. Waite, S. W. Bougher, G. R. Gladstone, Processes of auroral thermal structure at Jupiter: Analysis of multispectral temperature observations with the JTGCM, J. Geophys. Res., 114, E07005, doi:10.1029/2008JE003194, 2009

Majeed, T., M. Iqbal, O. S. Marzouqi, D. W. Tarasick, J. Davies, S. A. Oltmans, A. M. Thompson, A. Mandoos, M. Al-Abri, S. K. Zaidi, and P. Rogers, First ozone sounding results over the UAE, Adv. Geosciences, 16, pp. 200 – 309, 2008

Majeed, T., H. Waite, S. W. Bougher, G. R. Gladstone, Jupiter Thermospheric General Circulation Model (JTGCM): Global Thermal Balances and Thermospheric Winds – A review, Adv. Geosciences, 19, pp. 377 – 403, 2008

Majeed, T., H. Waite, S. W. Bougher, G. R. Gladstone, Processes of equatorial thermal structure at Jupiter: Analysis of the Galileo temperature profile with a 3-D model, J. Geophys. Res., 110, E12007, doi:10.1029/2004JE002351, 2005

Majeed, T., H. Waite, S. W. Bougher, G. R. Gladstone, R. V. Yelle, A. Bhardwaj and J. C. McConnell, The ionospheres-thermospheres of the giant planets, Adv. Space Res., 33, 197-211, 2004

Majeed, T., J. C. McConnell, and G. R. Gladstone, A model analysis of Galileo electron densities on Jupiter, Geophys. Res. Lett., 26, 2335, 1999

T. Majeed, and D. J. Strickland, New survey of electron impact cross sections for photoelectron and auroral electron energy loss calculations, J. Phys. Chem. Ref. Data, 26, 335, 1997

T. Majeed, and J. C. McConnell, Voyager electron density measurements on Saturn: Analysis with a time dependent ionospheric model, J. Geophys. Res., 101, 7589, 1996

T. Majeed, J.C. McConnell and R.V. Yelle, Vibrationally excited H2 in the outer planets thermosphere: Fluorescence in the Lyman and Werner bands, Planet. Space Sci., 39, 1591, 1991

Conference Presentations

T. Majeed, T., Bougher, S. W., Waite, J. H., Gladstone, G. R., Processes of Auroral Thermal Structure at Jupiter: An Analysis of Multispectral temperature Observations with the JTGCM, presented at the European Geosciences Union General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria, April 14 – 18, 2008

T. Majeed, et al., First Ozone campaign over the UAE using the Balloon-Borne ECC soundings, Committee on Space Research (COSPAR) meeting, Beijing, China, July 16 – 23, 2006

G. R. Gladstone, et al. (including T. Majeed), Jupiter 2μm Auroral Imaging with CFHT/FTS/BEAR: Thermospheric Ion and Neutral Winds, American Geophysical Union, Fall Meeting, December 2006

Other creative/research

Gladstone, G. R., R. V. Yelle, and T. Majeed, Solar system upper atmosphere: photochemistry, energetics, and dynamics, in Amospheres in solar system: a comparative aeronomy, ed. M. Mendello, A. Nagy, and J. H. Waite, AGU mon. sr. 130, pp. 23-33, 2002