Invited to write the User's Manual for the largest steerable radio telescope in the world, located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV. I have been invited to continue the work on the manual during summer 2000.
AAS Atlanta Meeting: presentation "Infrared Optical Spectra of Carbon Stars"
Co-author of Georgia Acad. Science paper on Asteroid spectra with Leake
invited for a second contribution to the CRC Dictionary of Physics and Astronomy
Submitted a NASA SIM key observing proposal with collaborators from JPL, U of Texas, and Princeton to observe the AGB stars
Submitted for ETACT funds to match HST grant
Co-I on multi-million dollar SIRTIF proposal (NASA)
Co-I on HST proposal
PI on Perkins Fund proposal
Research Activities: 2000 – 2001
- Invited to continue to write the User's Manual for the largest steerable radio telescope in the world, located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV
- Co-I on multi-million dollar SIM proposal (NASA) (not awarded)
- Co-I on multi-million dollar SIRTIF proposal (NASA) (not awarded)
- Co-I on HST proposal (AWARDED)
- PI on Perkins Fund proposal (not awarded)
- invited colloquium speaker at University of Vienna, Austria
- invited to collaborate at the Institute for Astrophysics, Paris
- invited to put my data set (9,600 spectra) in a world web database (Italy)
- invited to serve as an NSF proposal reviewer
- invited to give a carbon star talk at University of Rochester, NY
- granted observing time on SARA
- awarded Fac Res Grant ($665) to go to SARA telescope for observing
- invited to review an astronomy lab manual for publication by Adison-Wesley
Research Activities: 1999 – 2000
Invited to write the User's Manual for the largest steerable radio telescope in the world, located at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory in Green Bank, WV. The telescope is still under construction. I have been asked to continue work on the manual next summer.
Gave an invited talk at NRAO ("Buckyballs") June 1999
Gave an invited talk at NRAO ("Radio Frequency Interference: A New Method to Eliminate It")
Gave an invited talk at NRAO ("How National Observatories Can Contribute to K-12 Education: Using the WWW as a Tool")
submitted for an invited publication: a contribution of definitions for the CRC Dictionary of Physics and Astronomy — with referees and editors still adjusting text
Awarded the NSF POWRE Grant ($75,000) for research and teaching.
Gave a Brown Bag talk at VSU: "Buckyballs in Space"
Submitted a Hubble Space Telescope proposal with collaborators to observe the carbon star, V Hya
Invited observer for the Leonid Meteor Shower Training Session (University of Western Ontario) (with Martha Leake). Travel and expenses paid by UWO consortium grant from NASA.
Invited observer for Leonid Meteor Shower November 1999 at the Florida Keys. (with Martha Leake). Travel and expenses paid by UWO consortium grant from NASA.
Received $29,000 from ETACT
Observed at Lick Observatory, 3 m telescope, for my carbon star research
NSF Panel Member for Stellar Parameters 1999
Research Activities 1998-1999
served on an NSF proposal review panel for stellar evolution
published "Revision And Calibration Of MK Luminosity Classes For Cool Giants By Hipparcos Parallaxes" (Keenan and Barnbaum) in The Astrophysical Journal"
published "A New Approach to Interference Excision in Radio Astronomy: Real-Time Adaptive Cancellation" (Barnbaum and Bradley) in The Astronomical Journal
published "The Unusual Circumstellar environment of U Equ" (Wallerstein & Barnbaum) presented at Cool Stars Conference, Montpellier, France, September 1998
submitted for an invited publication: a contribution of definitions for the CRC Dictionary of Physics and Astronomy
received an interview and write up in Sky & Telescope Magazine concerning my research on adaptive filter technology in radio astronomy
submitted for an invited publication: authored a section of the 4th Edition of Allen's Astrophysical Quantities
submitted for an invited publication: authored an entry on the Hubble Space Telescope for the next edition of Worldbook Encyclopedia
received a $800 faculty research grant from VSU
Observed at Lick Observatory, 3 m telescope, for my carbon star research
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| Grants and Proposals at VSU
Recent projects include: 1) results of
my HST observing time, 2) results of my Lick Observatory time, 3)
ongoing testing of the adaptive filter for radio astronomy, and 4)
abundance analysis of s-process
elements of carbon stars.In addition, I have been invited to
collaborate with a group from the University of Vienna, Austria, and
will be going to Vienna over the winter break to give an invited
colloquium and to set up the details of a collaboration. I have also
submitted two large NASA proposals as a Co-I. If we are funded, all
of my research efforts will be geared toward those satellite projects
(SIRTIF and SIM satellites).
A collaborator and I are in the process
of submitting a proposal to observe at Keck Observatory to continue
the project started at Lick Observatory last year. As part of my NSF grant, I intend to
give a talk at an upcoming AAS meeting describing the building of the
3 meter radio telescope on the roof of Nevins Hall. Also, my students
will be presenting their work on this project at the CUR.
Summary
of Grants and Proposals
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Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 7
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awarded $23 K
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ETACT Matching funds for HST Grant
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awarded $13 K
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Faculty Research Grant (not included)
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awarded $800
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Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 8
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not awarded
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Hubble Space Telescope Cycle 10
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awarded $50 K
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NASA SIRTIF Legacy Proposal
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not awarded
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NASA SIM Key Project
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not awarded
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NSF POWRE Grant
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awarded $74 K
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ETACT Matching funds for NASA POWRE Grant
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awarded $29 K
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Lick Observatory Observing Proposal UCSC
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granted ($0)
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Perkins Grant
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not awarded
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