Positions Held

Courses taught include Physics Lab 1 (online and in person) and Introductory Astronomy.

Taught both General and Observational Astronomy.  Was fully in charge of courses including designed classes, assignments, quizzes/exams, and labs.

Worked as a research assistant at the Munnerlyn Astronomical Instrumentation Laboratory on a variety of projects and programming (LabVIEW) projects.  Main project was on MooSci including onsite troubleshooting at Las Campanas Observatory, design upgrades for the second unit, build, testing, shipment, upgrades to user interface, and point of contact for the onsite characterization team.

Responsible for the day to day operations of the Teaching Laboratory in the Department of Physics and Astronomy including setting up and testing weekly labs and the creation of a catalogue system for experiments and demos for the department.  Assisted faculty with any laboratory, demo, experiment concerns.

Responsible for telescope operations and collecting data according to the provided observing plan.  Data collection included on sky time and calibration (dark/flat) images.  Additionally assisted with overall observatory needs including updates to weather station, filter wheel, and additional maintenance tasks as needed.

Worked with Dr. Michael Carini on the WKU Blazar Monitoring Project.  A brief summary of this project can be found in the Research Tab.