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Meet Our Faculty

R. Carey Woodward, Jr.
Associate Professor of Physics/Astronomy
 

carey.woodward@uwc.edu


Phone: 920-929-1158
Department: Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy (CSEPA)
Office: S-117A
 

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Degrees:

Ph.D. (Physics) 1992 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

B.S. (Physics) 1984 from Yale University

 

Classes:

 

Survey of Astronomy (AST 100)

Observational Astronomy (AST 101)

The Solar System (AST 105)

Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe (AST 106)

Foundations of Physics (PHY 107)

Energy and the Environment (PHY 115)

College Physics I / II (PHY 141/142)

University Physics I / II (PHY 201/202)

Modern Physics (PHY 205)

Professor Carey Woodward joined the UW-Fond du Lac faculty in the fall of 2006. In addition to regular teaching, committees and academic advising, he teaches various continuing education courses and advises the "Forte Falcons," a student a cappella group.

In collaboration with the space physics group at UW-Madison,  he has done computer-based research on the interpretation of geocoronal Balmer-alpha emission and its implication for monitoring global climate change.

His previous college teaching experiences include full-time positions at UW-Fox Valley and Edgewood College, and part-time/summer classes at MATC, UW-Madison, UW-Marathon County, UW-Washington County and UW-Waukesha County.

Professor Woodward has also taught at  the Ulysses S. Grant Foundation at Yale University (a summer high school program for gifted & talented inner city high school students) and the Physics Learning Program at UW-Madison (a tutorial program for at-risk students in introductory physics).

He has conducted astronomical research full-time for several years, primarily studying Jupiter's moon Io and the Io plasma torus. He has published a number of papers, including one in Science, and has spent many long nights at the telescopes of Kitt Peak, Arizona. His personal interests include Morris dancing, homebrewing, geocaching, singing and running.

 


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