Will McLoud

Will McLoud

- Basic Information -

Time in Larsen Lab: 2020-2022
Worked on a few projects, but most of his efforts went to trying to use an SEM and an AFM to characterize the surface roughness and size distribution of volcanic ash particles.

- Dissemination Based on work in Larsen Lab -

- Peer-Reviewed Journal Papers -

None

- Professional Conference Presentations -

None

- Student Research Presentations -

W. McLoud and M.L. Larsen (2022). Characterization of Volcanic Aerosols: Using an AFM and an SEM to Identify the Surface Morphology of Ash. Expo 2022. College of Charleston. April 7th, 2022.

W. McLoud and M.L. Larsen (2022). Characterization of Volcanic Aerosols: Using an AFM and an SEM to Identify the Surface Morphology of Ash. 2022 Annual Meeting of the South Carolina Academy of Science. USC Aiken. April 2nd, 2022.

- Awards won while working in Larsen Lab -

2022 Winner of the $\Sigma \Xi$ award for Outstanding Student Research at the South Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting (Engineering, Math, and Meteorology Poster Session; 2nd Place)

2022 Expo 2022, Best Physics Poster



- Post-Graduation Activities and Current Status -

Will started a position in summer 2022 as a weather officer in the US Air Force. He has done a pretty good job of keeping me up-to-date on things, but I have done a bad job of relating that on this webpage. The last email update I have from him is from 2023, but we text and/or call sporadically on a number of other topics.

In the 2023 update, Will mentioned that he is a Weather and Environmental Science Officer (WESO) who coordinates with pilots across the Pacific and giving them weather briefs. His squadron is also responsible for issuing all weather watches, warnings, and advisories for over 50 bases across the Pacific. In 2023 he was the senior duty officer of the 10 person weather team, keeping Will responsible for pretty much every military flight in the Pacific as well as issuing weather warnings for all milatary installations in their area of operation.

My most recent text update of significance indicated that Will is still doing Air Force weather. Right about now he is slated to move back from Iorea to Hawaii. He also started an online masters in Data Analytics from the Air Force Institute of Technology in January.
updated: 17 August 2026