Joseph Otu

Office Number

Phone Number: (262) 521-5298

E-Mail: joe.otu@uwc.edu or jotu@physics.wisc.edu

Title:  Professor

Department: Physics

Office Hours: Not Given

Degrees/Schools

• Ph.D., University of Alabama, Birmingham
• M.S., Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada
• B.S., University of Nigeria, Nsukka

Other Position:

Adjunct Professor - UW Madison

Publications (Selected)

1. "Numerical Solution of Maxwell's Wave Equation in an Axisymmetric Curved Space-Time." J. O. Otu. Bul. of APS, Vol. 47, No. 1, 1257 (2002)
2. "Analytic Solution of Maxwell's Wave Equation in an Axisymmetric Curved Space-Time." J. O. Otu. Bul. of APS, Vol. 44, No. 1, 676 (1999)
3. "Weyl Metric for a Static Ring-Like Distribution of Mass with a Quadrupole Moment." J.O. Otu. To appear in General Relativity and Gravitation 
4. "Space-Time Metric in Static Axially Symmetric Spheroidal Coordinates." J.O.Otu. Bull. of APS, Vol.4, No.2, 912 (1996). 
5. "High Frequency Volume Coils for Clinical NMR Imaging and Spectroscopy." J.T. Vaughan, J.O.Otu, et all. Journal of Magnetic Resonance in Medicine. Vol.40, 214(1994)  
6. "Exact Metric for a Static Two-Body Problem with Quadrupole Moment." J.O.Otu and J.H.Young. Journal of AAS, Vol.63, 111(1992) 
7. "Static Axially Symmetric Solutions of Einstein Vacuum Field Equations for a Ring-Like Mass." J.O.Otu and J.H.Young, Bull. of the APS, Vol.35, No.4, 959 (1990).  
8. "Stability of Chiral Symmetry breaking Solutions in QCD-Like Theories." J.O.Otu and K.S.Viswanathan, Physical Rev D34, 3920(1986). 

Research Interests

• Theoretical Physics - High Energy Physics, General Relativity, Quantum Gravity, Super Strings, M-Theory, Supersymmetric/Supergravity Theories, and Super Algebras
• Medical Physics - Magnetic Resonance Imaging