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