Prof. Robert Cadmus

 

cadmus@grinnell.edu
Campus Phone: 
Office 641-269-3016; Lab -4338; Grant O. Gale Observatory -3014
Unit (Dept., Office, Center, etc.): 
Physics
Position: 
Professor of Physics; Breid-McFarland Professor of Science
On-Campus Address: 
Office: Science 1030; Lab: Science 1135
Education / Degrees: 
Postdoc (Nuclear Physics), 1977-78, University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Ph.D. (Physics), 1977, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
M.S. (Physics), 1970, University of Wisconsin (Madison)
B.A. (Physics), 1968, Swarthmore College
Publications: 
TitleURLSynopsis
"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).
Courses Taught: 
Phy-109: Physics in the Arts
Phy-116: Universe and Its Structure
Phy-131: General Physics I with Lab
Phy-132: General Physics II with Lab
Phy-337: Optics and other Wave Phenomena with Lab
Phy-340: Astrophysics
Primary Academic Interest: 
Observational astronomy
Other Academic Interests: 
Experimental studies of semiregular variable stars
Stellar spectroscopy
Photometry

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."