Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Former Dean of Faculty, and currently Vice President of Sponsored Research and External Academic Relations at Soka University of America. Helped develop the Yale-NUS College in Singapore, and served for 20 years as Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Pomona College. Have published extensively on astrophysics of quasar absorption lines, the interstellar medium and solar system bodies, while directing multiple observatories and building astronomical instruments. Also have written widely about STEM education, liberal arts education globally, and the formation of new higher education institutions. Address: Aliso Viejo, California, USA
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1988
Page 1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 100: 754-765, June 1988 TIME-RESO... more Page 1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 100: 754-765, June 1988 TIME-RESOLVED CCD PHOTOMETRY OF AN ENSEMBLE OF STARS RONALD L. GILLILAND* AND TIMOTHY M. BROWN* High Altitude ...
Spitzer is uniquely poised to examine the remnants of primordial planetesimals in the Solar Syste... more Spitzer is uniquely poised to examine the remnants of primordial planetesimals in the Solar System. To date, several surveys have provided unprecedented number counts and sky plane densities of small MBAs. Observations at EcLat = 0, +5, and -9 degrees indicate that the sky plane density does not drop off quickly with distance from the plane, as previously thought. An
Detection of Interstellar Na I Absorption from the Draco Molecular Cloud. Bryan E. Penprase 1 , E... more Detection of Interstellar Na I Absorption from the Draco Molecular Cloud. Bryan E. Penprase 1 , Eliana Palazzi 2 , Elvira Covino 3 , Eirik L. Harris 1 , Jason D. Rhodes 4 , Jeremy King 5 , Hugo Schwartz 6. (to be submitted to the Astrophysical Journal (Letters). ...
Page 1. Stromlo Workshop on High Velocity Clouds ASP Conference Series, Vol. 666, 1999 BK Gibson ... more Page 1. Stromlo Workshop on High Velocity Clouds ASP Conference Series, Vol. 666, 1999 BK Gibson and ME Putman (eds.) Optical Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Draco Molecular Cloud Bryan E. Penprase, Eirik Harris ...
“With the success of scientific theories in describing events, most people have come to believe t... more “With the success of scientific theories in describing events, most people have come to believe that God allows the universe to evolve according to a set of laws and does not intervene in the universe to break these laws. However, the laws do not tell us what the universe should have looked like when it started – it would still be up to God…”
A review of the history of Higher Education in the US, with an emphasis on the role STEM educatio... more A review of the history of Higher Education in the US, with an emphasis on the role STEM education and diversity within in US higher education from Colonial times to the twenty-first century. The founding of the first universities in the US was motivated by providing religious training and later shifted toward science and engineering education as the nation began to grow and the education system included more diverse institutions. At each stage the growth of higher education produced new economic growth, and yet the expansion of the higher education system made slow progress in providing greater access to higher education for women and non-white students. In the nineteenth century the founding of liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges and Land Grant institutions began to provide more diverse curricula and provided access to women and African American students. In the twentieth century, US universities were massively scaled up, and increasing fractions of students received degrees in STEM subjects, with the growth of a STEM workforce which enabled social mobility through higher education. The concept of a meritocratic system of equal opportunity, underlies the American Dream and expectations for social mobility in the US has not provided equal results for students from all racial and ethnic groups, and especially in STEM fields, where the levels of enrollment, degree completion and persistence through graduate programs are all lower for non-white students and women. Bringing greater equity and inclusion within STEM fields is urgently needed, and the chapter reviews some key recommendations for helping develop more diversity in the STEM workforce across all levels of higher education.
The history of liberal arts both in Europe and Asia is presented, along with a description of the... more The history of liberal arts both in Europe and Asia is presented, along with a description of the ways in which liberal arts can prepare students for a turbulent future, shaped by rapid change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Aspects of global liberal arts that arise from earlier traditions within Asia are highlighted, with examples of curricula and institutions from India and China. Then a review of emerging new liberal arts programs in China, Japan, Singapore and India is presented, with details of some of the new universities and colleges being created with new curricula in Asia. The emergence of new liberal arts institutions in Europe, Africa, Vietnam and Pakistan is also reviewed, and these programs are connected both to more ancient traditions and emerging societal needs within their countries. The global interest in liberal arts is connected to the demands of the 21st century economy, and a review of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its exponential technologies is provided and ...
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-domain survey emp... more The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg2 field of view and an 8 second readout time. It is well positioned in the development of time-domain astronomy, offering operations at 10% of the scale and style of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) with a single 1-m class survey telescope. The public surveys will cover the observable northern sky every three nights in g and r filters and the visible Galactic plane every night in g and r. Alerts generated by these surveys are sent in real time to brokers. A consortium of universities that provided funding (“partnership”) are undertaking several boutique surveys. The combination of these surveys producing one million alerts per night allows for exploration of transient and variable astrophysical phenomena brighter than r ∼ 20.5 on timescales of minutes to years. We describe the primary science object...
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, 1988
Page 1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 100: 754-765, June 1988 TIME-RESO... more Page 1. Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific 100: 754-765, June 1988 TIME-RESOLVED CCD PHOTOMETRY OF AN ENSEMBLE OF STARS RONALD L. GILLILAND* AND TIMOTHY M. BROWN* High Altitude ...
Spitzer is uniquely poised to examine the remnants of primordial planetesimals in the Solar Syste... more Spitzer is uniquely poised to examine the remnants of primordial planetesimals in the Solar System. To date, several surveys have provided unprecedented number counts and sky plane densities of small MBAs. Observations at EcLat = 0, +5, and -9 degrees indicate that the sky plane density does not drop off quickly with distance from the plane, as previously thought. An
Detection of Interstellar Na I Absorption from the Draco Molecular Cloud. Bryan E. Penprase 1 , E... more Detection of Interstellar Na I Absorption from the Draco Molecular Cloud. Bryan E. Penprase 1 , Eliana Palazzi 2 , Elvira Covino 3 , Eirik L. Harris 1 , Jason D. Rhodes 4 , Jeremy King 5 , Hugo Schwartz 6. (to be submitted to the Astrophysical Journal (Letters). ...
Page 1. Stromlo Workshop on High Velocity Clouds ASP Conference Series, Vol. 666, 1999 BK Gibson ... more Page 1. Stromlo Workshop on High Velocity Clouds ASP Conference Series, Vol. 666, 1999 BK Gibson and ME Putman (eds.) Optical Spectroscopy and Photometry of the Draco Molecular Cloud Bryan E. Penprase, Eirik Harris ...
“With the success of scientific theories in describing events, most people have come to believe t... more “With the success of scientific theories in describing events, most people have come to believe that God allows the universe to evolve according to a set of laws and does not intervene in the universe to break these laws. However, the laws do not tell us what the universe should have looked like when it started – it would still be up to God…”
A review of the history of Higher Education in the US, with an emphasis on the role STEM educatio... more A review of the history of Higher Education in the US, with an emphasis on the role STEM education and diversity within in US higher education from Colonial times to the twenty-first century. The founding of the first universities in the US was motivated by providing religious training and later shifted toward science and engineering education as the nation began to grow and the education system included more diverse institutions. At each stage the growth of higher education produced new economic growth, and yet the expansion of the higher education system made slow progress in providing greater access to higher education for women and non-white students. In the nineteenth century the founding of liberal arts colleges, historically black colleges and Land Grant institutions began to provide more diverse curricula and provided access to women and African American students. In the twentieth century, US universities were massively scaled up, and increasing fractions of students received degrees in STEM subjects, with the growth of a STEM workforce which enabled social mobility through higher education. The concept of a meritocratic system of equal opportunity, underlies the American Dream and expectations for social mobility in the US has not provided equal results for students from all racial and ethnic groups, and especially in STEM fields, where the levels of enrollment, degree completion and persistence through graduate programs are all lower for non-white students and women. Bringing greater equity and inclusion within STEM fields is urgently needed, and the chapter reviews some key recommendations for helping develop more diversity in the STEM workforce across all levels of higher education.
The history of liberal arts both in Europe and Asia is presented, along with a description of the... more The history of liberal arts both in Europe and Asia is presented, along with a description of the ways in which liberal arts can prepare students for a turbulent future, shaped by rapid change and the COVID-19 pandemic. Aspects of global liberal arts that arise from earlier traditions within Asia are highlighted, with examples of curricula and institutions from India and China. Then a review of emerging new liberal arts programs in China, Japan, Singapore and India is presented, with details of some of the new universities and colleges being created with new curricula in Asia. The emergence of new liberal arts institutions in Europe, Africa, Vietnam and Pakistan is also reviewed, and these programs are connected both to more ancient traditions and emerging societal needs within their countries. The global interest in liberal arts is connected to the demands of the 21st century economy, and a review of the Fourth Industrial Revolution and its exponential technologies is provided and ...
Publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-domain survey emp... more The Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a public–private enterprise, is a new time-domain survey employing a dedicated camera on the Palomar 48-inch Schmidt telescope with a 47 deg2 field of view and an 8 second readout time. It is well positioned in the development of time-domain astronomy, offering operations at 10% of the scale and style of the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST) with a single 1-m class survey telescope. The public surveys will cover the observable northern sky every three nights in g and r filters and the visible Galactic plane every night in g and r. Alerts generated by these surveys are sent in real time to brokers. A consortium of universities that provided funding (“partnership”) are undertaking several boutique surveys. The combination of these surveys producing one million alerts per night allows for exploration of transient and variable astrophysical phenomena brighter than r ∼ 20.5 on timescales of minutes to years. We describe the primary science object...
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