David M. Kuehn

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.  We are making these observations from Apache Point Observatory and the U.S. Air Force's 3.6m telescope at Maui.

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 taught during Fall of 2009:

• PHYS 104 College Physics I
• PHYS 502 Computational Physics
• PHYS 810 Classical Mechanics
• PHYS 176 Astronomy Laboratory