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Dr. Mike Hibbs – Associate Professor

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Responsibilities

Teaching Responsibilities

  • Physics
  • Astronomy
  • Engineering

Other Responsibilities

  • Society of Physics Students and Sigma Pi Sigma – Faculty Sponsor
  • Faculty Partner, Bender Hall

Research Interests

Astronomy

Photometric Discovery and Rapid Response Data Collection of Transient Astronomical Events:

  • Near Earth Asteroids, Comets, Novae, and Variable Stars
  • Archeoastronomy and the Interaction of Society and Science
  • Eclipsing Binaries and Mass Transfer Phenomenon

Physics And Science Education

  • Development of Undergraduate Research Program
  • Development of improved faculty/student educational and social Environments
  • Secondary and Primary School Science Education
  • Science Education for the General Public

Engineering and Material Science

  • Post Failure Analysis of Structural Components
  • Microscopic and Macroscopic Failure Mechanisms of Structural Materials
  • Development, Characterization and Design of Structure using Composite Materials