Manager Assistant

Brad J. Armosky, M.A.

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Education

The University of Texas at Austin

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Undergraduate research with three faculty members.

2004 M.A. Science Education

Research in learning and teaching with a balance of

instruction/learning methods and technology.

Appointments

2006 - Present Education Program Manager

Texas Advanced Computing Center, The University of Texas at Austin

Major Accomplishments:

. Designed, produced, and pilot tested U-Compute, a program for high

school teachers to scientifically investigate climate change using

high performance computing systems;

. Observed and evaluated TACC's Scientific Computing Courses; designed

the package of all course materials, resources, and guides for

faculty at other universities to adopt; advised and assisted Texas

State Technical College to fund and develop their own HPC Associate

of Applied Science degree;

. Represented TACC on the advisory board for the TeraGrid Campus

Champions program;

. Developed tour program serving K-12 students and teachers,

undergraduates, and graduates and utilizing TACC's supercomputing

and visualization systems;

. Led workshops for the HPC education community and teachers at major

HPC conferences.

1996 - 2006 Education Program Coordinator

McDonald Observatory, The University of Texas at Austin

Major Accomplishments:

. Produced student and teacher professional development programs

impacting hundreds of teachers and thousands of students;

. Assisted to design and produce interactive exhibits about

astronomical spectroscopy and stellar distance measurement;

. Contributed to the design and advanced functions of StarDate Online;

. Produced several new databases and enhanced the functionality of

StarDate Magazine's database system.

1992 - 1995 Undergraduate Research Assistant

Astronomy Department, The University of Texas at Austin

Major Accomplishments:

Performed research, data analysis, and programming (Fortran 77) under

three researchers in the Department of Astronomy:

. Chris Sneden: chemical abundances of giant stars in several

globular clusters to determine neutron-capture processes;

. Bill and Anita Cochran: infrared emission from comet Shoemaker-Levy

9 impacts on Jupiter.

Relevant Publications

2008 HPC University.

Lathrop, S. et al.

TeraGrid 2008 Conference Proceedings.

dev.rcac.purdue.edu/about/publications/HPC_University.pdf

2007 TACC's Scientific Computing Curriculum.

Armosky, B.J., Boisseau, J.R., Adiga, A., Barth, W., Gaither, K.,

Milfeld, K., Schulz, K., Walker, E.

TeraGrid 2007 Conference Proceedings.

2005 White Dwarfs and the Age of our Galaxy: A Professional Development

Workshop

for Teachers.

Hemenway, M.K., Armosky, B.J., Kilic, M., Shipman, H., von Hippel,

T.

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 37. p 1337.

2004 Parallax Park - A Bilingual, Outdoor, Interactive Family Exhibit.

Hemenway, M.K., Benedict, G.F., Preston, S.L., Armosky, B.J.,

Cianciolo, F.W., Jr., Wetzel, M.N., Freeman, R., Ransenberg, A.

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 205. p 806.

2003 Student Pre/post Visit Materials at McDonald Observatory.

Hemenway, M.K., Armosky, B.J.

Effective Teaching and Learning of Astronomy, 25th meeting of the

IAU, Special Session 4, 24-25 July, 2003 in Sydney, Australia,

meeting abstract 4.

2002 McDonald Observatory Visitors Center: Where Families and Students

Decode

Starlight.

Preston, S., Armosky, B.J., Benedict, G.F., Cianciolo, F., Hemenway,

M.K., Wetzel, M., Wren, W.R.

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 34. p 1108.

2000 Telescope Technology for Teachers.

Hemenway, M.K., Armosky, B.J.

Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society. 32. p 1559.

Other Publications

1997 McDonald Observatory Data on the Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 Impacts on

Jupiter

and the Resulting Haze Particles.

Pryor, W.R., Na, C.Y., Cochran, A.L., Cochran, W.D., Barker, E.S.,

Armosky, B.J., Pulliam, C.E.

Planetary and Space Science v 45. p 1299-1313.

1994 Abundance Trends Among Neutron Capture Elements in Giants of Globular

Clusters

M5, M3, M13, M92, and M15.

Armosky, B.J., Sneden, C., Langer, G.E., Kraft, R.P.

Astronomical Journal. v 108. p 1364-1374.

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