Steve Mayer, Ph.D.
Professor
- Milwaukee WI UNITED STATES
- Allen Bradley Hall of Science: S250
- Physics and Chemistry
Dr. Steve Mayer's areas of expertise include optics and physics.
Education, Licensure and Certification
Ph.D.
Physics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1979
M.S.
Physics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1974
B.S.
Applied Math and Physics
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
1971
Biography
Areas of Expertise
Accomplishments
Summer Fellowship
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
OHE Honor Fraternity
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
University Fellowship
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Affiliations
- American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) : Member
- Geological Society of Wisconsin : Vice President
- Physics Club of Milwaukee : Past President
Selected Publications
Some elementary but surprising facts about the Sun’s path at sunset
Applied OpticsMallmann, A.J., Mayer, S.P.
2015
For temperate latitudes, the assumed path of the Sun across the sky would suggest that the angle between the horizon and the Sun’s path at sunset would be much greater on the first day of summer when the Sun is high in the sky at noon than on the first day of winter when the Sun’s noon elevation is 47° lower. The angle that the Sun’s path makes with the horizon at sunset is, however, exactly the same on the first day of summer and the first day of winter—for any latitude. For 43° north latitude, although the range of angles over a year for the Sun’s noon elevation is 47°, the range of angles between the horizon and the Sun’s path at sunset is only 5°.
