A5108863495- Astronomy and Astrophysical Research
- Stellar, planetary, and galactic studies
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Scientific Research and Discoveries
- Visual and Cognitive Learning Processes
- Career Development and Diversity
- Astro and Planetary Science
- Higher Education Research Studies
The Ohio State University
2025
Undergraduate physics and astronomy students are expected to engage with scientific literature as they begin their research careers, yet reading comprehension skills rarely explicitly taught in major courses. We seek determine the efficacy of a assignment designed improve undergraduate (or related) majors’ perceived ability by using accessible summaries current written experts field. During 2022–2023 academic year, faculty members from six institutions incorporated assignments Astrobites...
We present SynthPop, a new open source, modular population synthesis Galactic modeling software to simulate catalogs of Milky Way stars along any sightline outward from the Sun. Motivated by lack flexibility in existing models, SynthPop is coded entirely python, can be run standalone or as an imported module, and configured json files that allow different model components switched out desired. describe code structure, how generation process runs, use code. also validation testing known...
The first generation of transiting planet searches in globular clusters yielded no detections, and hindsight, only placed occurrence rate limits slightly higher than the measured higher-metallicity Galactic thick disk. To improve these limits, we present results a new wide field search for hot Jupiters cluster 47~Tucanae. We have observed 47~Tuc as part Multiband Imaging Survey High-Alpha Planets (MISHAPS). Using 24 partial full nights observations taken with Dark Energy Camera on 4-m Blanco...
Undergraduate physics and astronomy students are expected to engage with scientific literature as they begin their research careers, but reading comprehension skills rarely explicitly taught in major courses. We seek determine the efficacy of lesson plans designed improve undergraduate (or related) majors' perceived ability by using accessible summaries current written experts field. During 2022-2023 academic year, twelve faculty members incorporated from Astrobites into courses, surveyed...