MainPage Background John Diercks joined the College of Earth and Mineral Sciences and the Department of Meteorology in 1989 with a background in computer services and operational meteorology. His experience was accumulated on various assignments during more than 26 years in the US Air Force's Air Weather Service. These assignments included Commander, Air Force Global Weather Central at Offutt Air Force Base, NE and Director, Joint Typhoon Warning Center on Guam. Duty Description Maintains and manages the expansion of communications media for the College high-speed computer network .
Teaches undergraduate meteorology courses.
Advises undergraduate meteorology students. Assists the Department of Meteorology with planning for the acquisition of educational computer systems. Serves on Department, College, and University committees. Courses Meteorology 2, Weather and Society. Meteorology 22, The Oceans.