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This server is now being discovered. Some times we have up to
50,000 hits a day which seems like a lot
to us. We gratefully acknowledge the following sources of partial
support for this project through grants and equipment:
We are now frequently asked about what our qualifications are and how
reliable our information is.
While we hope final judgement of the information rests with the
reader themselves, we can say the following:
- WE are the University of Oregon Physics department
and a lot of the information on this server is used in our
classes.
- the main purpose of this server is to provide scientifically
accurate information to the public
- the second main purpose (it is always good to have two main
purposes ...) is to develop
interactive curriculum modules in the
JAVA programming language.
If you are interested in the qualifications of the
Director of this
project see below, but it's not very interesting reading:
Other key project personnel are:
Resume of G. Bothun
Education:
-
B.S. Astronomy, The University of Washington, Seattle WA, June 1976
- Ph.D. Astronomy, The University of Washington, Seattle WA, August 1981
Professional Employment
- The Very Large Array Radio Telescope NRAO 1977
- The University of Washington, Astronomy Instructor 1980-1981
- Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Center Research Fellow
1981--83
- California Institute of Technology, Bantrell Research Fellow 1983--86
- The University of Michigan, Assistant Professor in Astronomy (1986--1989)
- The University of Michigan, Associate Professor in Astronomy (1989--1990)
- The University of Oregon, Associate Professor in Physics (1990--1995)
- The University of Oregon, Professor in Physics (1995--present)
Other:
- UNIX System Administrator for Physics Department. Maintenance of
35 SUN Workstations.
- Webmaster for various educational technology
curriculum products.
- Director, University of Oregon Pine Mountain Observatory
- Scientific Editor, The Astrophysical Journal
- Phi Betta Kappa Visting Scholar 2000-2001
Professional Societies
- American Astronomical Society
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
Professional Experience:
Research Productivity
-
165 Papers in Refereed Journals (1980-2002)( Complete list here)
- Original Member: ISI Highly Cited Researcher in Space Sciences (1980-2000)
- One Graduate Level Textbook: Modern Cosmological Observations and
Problems
- One Undergraduate Textbook: Cosmology: Mankind's Grand Investigation
- Numerous Popular Articles
- Over
$3.0 million in grant funding from NASA and NSF since 1986
- Chair of Numerous NASA Peer Reviews
- Approximately 2000 nights of Observing since 1980 on most of the
major radio and optical telescopes in the world
- Extensive experience with Space Based instrumentation - including the Hubble
Space Telescope
Research Interests:
- Galaxy formation and evolution
- Dwarf Galaxies
- Galaxies of Low Surface Brightness
- Large Scale Structure
- Clusters of Galaxies
- Observational Cosmology
Teaching
- Developed new course titled Cosmology and the Origin of Life
( See the course here )
- Have taught approximately 20,000 undergraduates in Elementary Astronomy
courses since 1980
- Have supervised 15 Graduate Student Ph.D , dissertations since 1987
- Helped developed and teach in new Environmental Studies program
at the University of Oregon
- Have given over 100 public lectures since 1984 to various
groups
- Supervise the Friends of Pine Mountain Observatory Educational outreach
program which visits 200+ K12 classrooms a year in the State of Oregon and which
accommodates approximately 2500 visitors per year during the summer to the
observatory ( Visit Pine Mountain )
- Developed distanced education courses in Astronomy and Environmental
Studies that can be taken over the
Internet .
- Extremely active in the development of HTML/JAVA electronic
curriculum
- Initiated the Electronic Universe Project - a Web server
dedicated to public outreach and education by delivering real data to
the public. This has been on the air since Feb 9, 1994 - making it one of
the first such servers. The server
now sees 20,000 - 40,000 accesses a day from around the world.
Computing and Networking
- 7 years experience in UNIX system administration in the SUN OS and
Solaris operating environments
- Good familiarity with Windows 98/2000
- Expert at troubleshooting Network connectivity problems
- Have some experience in designing networks and implementing routing
protocols
- Extensive Web "programming" skills
- Familiar with computer projection LCD systems
- Have taught over 100 students internationally using
Web-based courseware I have authored in the following subjects:
- Physics 161: Physics of Energy and the Environment
- Physics 162: Alternative and Renewable Energy
- Astronomy 121: The Solar System
- Astronomy 123: Cosmology and the Origin of Life
Brief Statement on Educational Outreach
I strongly believe it is the personal responsibility of the scientist to
help educate
the public to show that we live in a rational universe. The current
level of science literacy in this country is alarmingly low and does
not bode well for a competitive advantage in a technical world. Must
of this is a result of the way that we teach and/or present
science to the lay public. In general, we present this as a collection
of "facts" learned about the physical world. We rarely, if ever,
present it as a discovery process in which the science is
built on experimental results . With the widespread
appeal of the Internet and its associated Web browsers, the scientist
now has a good forum for placing their data and their explanations of it
in a public forum for immediate access.. I was one of the first to do this and
to see the potential and have been actively engaged in this enterprise for
the last 4 years. We need to present science in a much more innovative and
engaging way than has ever been done before and the new technologies are
helping to do just that.