Weather Closure: Tuesday, January 26 Open or Close Alert Message
Close

Due to continued winter weather impacts and slow overnight recovery conditions, Western New England University will remain closed on Tuesday. All classes, offices, and in-person activities are canceled for the day. We expect to resume normal operations on Wednesday morning, and will provide updates should conditions change.

Campus Services During the Closure

While most in-person activities will pause, essential services will remain available for students living on campus. The following services are expected to remain open or staffed:

  • Residence Halls (RDs/RAs on duty)
  • Dining (modified hours as needed)
  • Public Safety
  • Facilities/Housekeeping
  • University Operator
  • Health Services (TBD by Director)

Students living on campus should continue to expect regular support from Residence Life and Public Safety.

Classes and Remote Work

Students

All offices and in-person activities are canceled for the day. In-person classes are canceled but may be held remotely at the discretion of faculty. Faculty will communicate directly, so please check your email and course site for updates. 

Classes that are already scheduled to be fully remote will continue as usual unless otherwise communicated by your instructor. 

Staff
Staff who are able to work remotely should coordinate with supervisors as appropriate. Staff whose work requires on-campus presence should follow supervisor guidance.

Staying Informed
The University’s Inclement Weather Policy is available on the WNE website via the homepage banner. Any changes or reopening information will be shared through WNE Alert, email, and the University website.

Thank you for your flexibility and cooperation as we work to ensure the safety of our campus community.  A special THANK YOU to the Facilities and Public Safety teams for all their hard work and dedication during this significant storm!

Alexander Wurm

Alexander Wurm headshot
Physical & Biological Sciences
Professor of Physics
260 Center for Sciences & Pharmacy
Phone: 413-796-2357

Education

PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
MA, The University of Texas at Austin
Diplom, Universitaet Wuerzburg (Germany)

Background

Download Vitae

Interests

  • Theoretical Plasma Physics
  • Nonlinear Dynamics
  • Mathematical Physics
  • Forensic Physics

Scholarly Works

Book Chapters

A. Wurm (2007). Appendix on Wick Calculus. In P. Cartier and C. DeWitt-Morette (Eds.), Functional Integration: Action and Symmetries: Cambridge Monographs on Mathematical Physics, Cambridge University Press.

P. Cartier, M. Berg, C. DeWitt-Morette, and A. Wurm (2001). Characterizing Volume Forms. In A. Pelster et al. (Eds.), Fluctuating Paths and Fields: World Scientific.

A. Wurm (based on lectures by P. Cartier) (1997). A Rigorous Mathematical Foundation of Functional Integration. In C. DeWitt-Morette, P. Cartier, and A. Folacci (Eds.), Functional Integration: Basics and Applications: Plenum Press, New York.

Journal Articles

M. Lingam, P.J. Morrison, and A. Wurm (2020). A class of three-dimensional gyroviscous magnetohydrodynamic models. Journal of Plasma Physics, 86, 835860501.

I. Keramidas Charidakos, M. Lingam, P.J. Morrison, R.L. White, A. Wurm (2014). Action principles for extended magnetohydrodynamic models. Physics of Plasmas, 21, 092118.

A. Wurm and K.M. Martini (2013). Breakup of inverse golden mean shearless tori in the two-frequency standard nontwist map. Physics Letters A, 377, 622-627.

A. Wurm and K. Fuchss Portela (2012). Breakup of shearless invariant tori in cubic and quartic nontwist maps. Commun Nonlinear Sci Numer Simulat, 17, 2215.

P.J. Morrison and A. Wurm (2009). Nontwist Maps. Scholarpedia, 4, 3551.

A. Wurm and M. Berg (2008). Wick calculus. Am. J. Phys., 76, 65.

K. Fuchss, A. Wurm, and P.J. Morrison (2007). On a new fixed point of the renormalization group operator for area-preserving maps. Phys. Lett. A, 366, 437.

K. Fuchss, A. Wurm, A. Apte, and P.J. Morrison (2006). Breakup of Shearless Meanders and Outer Tori in the Standard Nontwist Map. Chaos, 16, 033120.

A. Apte, A. Wurm and P.J. Morrison (2005). Renormalization for breakup of invariant tori. Physica D, 200, 47.

A. Wurm, A. Apte, K. Fuchss, and P.J. Morrison (2005). Meanders and Reconnection-Collision Sequences in the Standard Nontwist Map. Chaos, 15, 23108-1.

W. Horton, H.V. Wong, P.J. Morrison, A. Wurm, J.H. Kim, J.C. Perez, J. Pratt, G.T. Hoang, B.P. LeBlanc, R. Ball (2005). Temperature driven electron transport in NSTX and Tore Supra. Nuclear Fusion, 45, 976.

A. Wurm, A. Apte, and P.J. Morrison (2004). On reconnection phenomena in the standard nontwist map. Brazilian Journal of Physics, 34, 1700.

A. Wurm, N. Krausz, C. DeWitt-Morette, and M.Berg (2003). Fourier transforms of Lorentz invariant functions. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 44, 352.

A. Apte, A. Wurm, and P.J. Morrison (2003). Renormalization and destruction of 1/gamma^2 tori in the standard nontwist map. Chaos, 13, 421.

A. Wurm and J. LaChapelle (1997 ). Comment on: Path integral solution of the Schrodinger equation in curvilinear coordinates: A straightforward procedure. Journal of Mathematical Physics, 38, 2755.

Conference Proceedings

W. Horton, H. Vernon Wong, P.J. Morrison, A. Wurm, J. Perez, J.H. Kim, G.T. Hoang, B.P. LeBlanc (November 1-6, 2004). Electron thermal transport in Tore Supra and NSTX. 20th IAEA Fusion Energy Conference Vilamoura, Portugal

A. Wurm, A. Apte, K. Fuchs, and P.J. Morrison (June 28 - July 2, 2004. Separatrix reconnection and meanders in the standard nontwist map. 31st European Physical Society Conference on Plasma Physics Imperial College, London