- Functional MRI
- MRI of trabecular bone
- MRI education
- MRI safety
- Radiologic sciences profession
- Magnetic confinement of fusion plasmas
- Public interest law
Richard H. Weening, PhD, RT(R)(CT)(MR), FAEIRS
Professor
Program Director, MRI
Contact Information

901 Walnut Street
Suite 1110
Philadelphia, PA 19107
215-503-0059
215-503-1031 fax
Professor
Program Director, MRI
Research & Clinical Interests
Education
PhD, Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (1991)
MSEdL, summa cum laude, Education Law, Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, Ft. Lauderdale, FL (2017)
MIPP, Strategic Studies, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC (1996)
MS, Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (1986)
BS, summa cum laude, Diagnostic Imaging, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA (2000)
BS, cum laude, Physics, College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, VA (1984)
Certificate, summa cum laude, Paralegal Studies, Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA (2019)
Publications
- The author responds
- Degree requirement & employment opportunity in radiologic science
- Hyper-resistivity and electron thermal conductivity due to destroyed magnetic surfaces in axisymmetric plasma equilibria
- Mean-field Ohm's law and coaxial helicity injection in force-free plasmas
- Analytic model for coaxial helicity injection in tokamak plasmas
Fellowships
Visiting Scientist, Plasma Theory Group, Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ
Visiting Scientist, DIII-D Tokamak Group, General Atomics, San Diego, CA Research Physicist, Plasma Physcis Research Center, Swiss Federal University of Technology, Lausanne, Switzerland
NRSA Research Fellow, Laboratory for Structural NMR Imaging, Department of Radiology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
John M. Olin Foundation Fellowship, Strategic Studies Program, School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
Associated Western Universities Fellowship, Magnetic Fusion Theory Group, General Atomics, San Diego, CA
Board Certification
- RT(R)(CT)(MR) ARRT
American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
Professional Societies
- American Physical Society (APS)
- American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT)
- Association of Collegiate Educators in Radiologic Technology (ACERT)
- Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences (AEIRS)
Awards & Honors
- Lambda Nu Honor Society
- Alpha Eta Honor Society
- Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society
- Fellow, Association of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences