My principles of teaching #1-10
I stated 10 of my principles of teaching stream of consciousness today on twitter while preparing a lecture on Green’s functions. Principle #1: side with your students. Here are the rest…
Author: Christine Corbett Moran
Stars Could Have Wormholes At Their Cores, Say Astrophysicists – Technology Review
Stars Could Have Wormholes At Their Cores, Say Astrophysicists – Technology Review. I haven’t read the original paper, but plan to take a look. It seems non-peer reviewed thus far. Interesting concept at the least.
The Andromeda Galaxy's Globular Cluster System
Globular Clusters (GCs) Globular clusters are groups of roughly spherical, densely packed stars. They are thought to have formed at the same time as most galaxies and the stars which make them up are some of the oldest known–thus GCs are an excellent probe of galaxy formation and evolution. They have a high central stellar Read More …
Quantum Field Theory (QFT), General Relativity (GR), and Other Exciting Diversions (OED)
QFT I’m lucky to have a job in which I can take two weeks of mornings of work to study a nominally tangential subject in greater depth. These past two weeks I attended a series of lectures at the ETH on physics beyond the standard model, the first week was very technical but exciting to Read More …
Geovisualization and Eyetracking
I had tea and a brief lab tour recently with my friend Dr. Arzu Coltekin (who conveniently works in the building across from mine) and in her own words I am a researcher/lecturer, doing what I do in a ‘geovisualization’ unit (GIVA). I come from a Geomatics engineering education. I mostly work on a number Read More …
Globular Clusters and Voids
In the morning when I get into lab, around 10 in the morning, I have a set routine. Make a cup of coffee or tea, update my research wiki with a new entry corresponding to the day’s tasks, write/reply to work related emails, admin phygg.com (spam management etc.), scan/vote on papers of interest. Finally I Read More …
Semester in Review
This semester was my first full semester as a PhD student. I got my feet wet with some projects, assisted teaching a course, and advised a student on his Bachelor’s thesis. After a semester of what amounted to preparation, I’m excited to bring both my teaching and projects to the next level this coming semester. Read More …
2010 in review
The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is on fire!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 3,500 times in 2010. That’s about Read More …