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Meet Our Faculty

R. Carey Woodward, Jr.
Assistant professor of Physics/Astronomy
 

carey.woodward@uwc.edu


Phone: 920-929-3641
Department: Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, and Astronomy (CSEPA)
Office: S-117A
 

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Degrees:

PhD (Physics) 1992 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison

BS (Physics) 1984 from Yale University

 

Classes:

The Solar System (AST 105)

Foundations of Physics (PHY 107)

General Physics (PHY 141)

Professor Carey Woodward joined the UW-Fond du Lac faculty in the fall of 2006. In addition to teaching and advising, he is a member of the campus Budget Committee.

In collaboration with the space physics group at UW-Madison,  he has done computer-based research on the interpretation of geocoronal Balmer-alpha emission.

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, and geocaching.


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