Outreach
Outreach
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TAMU Physics and Engineering Festival
TAMU Physics and Engineering Festival
In April 2024 and April 2025, I served as a presenter for physics and astronomy demonstrations (e.g. the Galilean cannon, built by DEEP) at Texas A&M's annual Physics and Engineering Festival, explaining and giving hands-on demonstrations of fundamental concepts in mechanics to a large audience of children from local schools.
The TAMU Physics & Engineering Festival has been a popular annual event since 2011; each year, it attracts a very large audience with the goal of inspiring the next generation of physicists through interactive exhibits and talks from prominent scientists. In 2024, the festival had over 7,000 visitors.
More info on the Physics and Engineering Festival can be found at https://physicsfestival.tamu.edu.
Astronomy on Tap
Astronomy on Tap
In 2024 and 2025, I gave public talks to groups of astronomy enthusiasts at the Grand Stafford Theater in Bryan, TX as part of the BCS chapter of Astronomy on Tap. These talks have covered many details of my past and current research, as well as touching on simple concepts in astronomy at a level suitable for a general audience.
I also serve as the current treasurer for Astronomy on Tap BCS, managing funds for the organization and handling merchandise and fundraising opportunities.
Here is a list of the AoT talks I have given:
AoT BCS #72 (January 2025):
Music of the Spheres – turning starlight into sound
AoT BCS #67 (June 2024):
Music of the Spheres – using sonification to create educational
electronic music
Solar Eclipse Watch Parties
Solar Eclipse Watch Parties
In 2023 and 2024, TAMU Libraries worked together with graduate student volunteers and the MIST Star Parties team to set up telescopes with solar filters in the east Architecture Quad on campus. We hosted watch parties for two partial solar eclipses visible from College Station, TX in October, 2023 and April, 2024.
These events lasted for about 3 hours, attracting several hundred visitors, including TAMU students, the local community, and members of the Brazos Valley Astronomy Club.
For these watch parties, I helped organize the transport of telescopes, operated telescopes with solar filters, talked about the physics of the eclipse and other astronomical events, and answered general questions from attendees about physics and astronomy.
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