Research Interests

Acousto-Optic Imaging
I am currently involved in a project with Dr. Nancy Chanover (New Mexico State University Astronomy) and Dr. David Voelz (New Mexico State University Electrical Engineering). We are using both visible-near IR and mid-IR acousto-optic tunable filters along with appropriate imaging arrays to map the atmospheres of Jupiter and Saturn. 

Asteroids
Using telescopes at the PSU/Greenbush Astrophysical Observatory, undergraduate physics students are helping me find and track recently discovered asteroids for follow-up observations.  These observations include both astrometric and photometric information.

Courses for Spring 2012:

  • PHYS 104 Engineering Physics I
  • PHYS 375 Solar System Astronomy
  • PHYS 502 Computational Physics
  • PHYS 740 Advanced Topics (Computational)
  • PHYS 810 Classical Mechanics