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Robert R. Cadmus, Jr., Ph.D.
Prof. Robert Cadmus
Professor of Physics, Department Chair
Breid-McFarland Professor of Science


Science 1030 / Lab 1135
Offc. 641.269.3016 / Lab 269.4338
Grant O. Gale Observatory 641.269.3014
cadmus@grinnell.edu


Courses for 2008-2009
  • PHY-116: The Universe and Its Structure (Fall)
  • PHY-131L: General Physics I Lab (Fall)
  • PHY-132L: General Physics II Lab (Spring)
  • PHY-337: Optics and other Wave Phenomena with Lab (Spring)
  • PHY-340: Astrophysics (Spring)
Research Interests
  • Observational astronomy
  • Experimental studies of semiregular variable stars
  • Stellar spectroscopy
  • Photometry
Recent Publications
  • "Observation of Possible Mode Switching in Three Semiregular Variable Stars". R.R. Cadmus, Jr., L.A. Willson, C. Sneden, and J.A. Mattei, Astronomical Journal 101, 1043 (1991).
  • "Chromospheric Variability of M-Giant Semiregular Variables". J.A. Eaton, H.R. Johnson, and R.R. Cadmus, Jr., Astrophysical Journal 364, 259 (1990).
  • "The Observational Determination of the Age of the Universe as a Laboratory Exercise". R.R. Cadmus, Jr., American Journal of Physics 67, 665 (1999).
Selected Research Students & Projects
  • Mike Cooper '01, "Development of computer software for the acquisition of astronomical data using GPIB bus instrumentation."
  • Steve Hailey-Dunsheath '01, "Development of computer software for the correction of astronomical photometry data for the effects of variable sky brightness."
Education
  • B.A. (Physics), 1968, Swarthmore College
  • M.S. (Physics), 1970, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
  • Ph.D. (Physics), 1977, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
  • Postdoc (Nuclear Physics), 1977-78, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

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