CURRICULUM VITAE
CARL COVATTO
Arizona State UniversityDepartment of Physics and Astronomy Box 871504 Tempe, AZ 85287-1504 |
Office phone: (480) 727-0233 e-mail: carl.covatto@asu.edu web: http://www.public.asu.edu/~carlc |
EDUCATION
Ph.D., Physics, 2002, Advisor: Per A. Aannestad
Dissertation Title: Dynamical Evolution of Dust in Expanding Circumstellar Shells
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Bachelor of Science, Physics, 1993
EMPLOYMENT
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July 2006-present |
Lecturer, ASU, Department of Physics |
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Aug. 2004 - June 2006
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Lecturer, ASU, Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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Aug. 2002 - July 2004 |
Visiting Faculty, ASU, Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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Jan. 2001 - May 2004
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Adjunct Faculty, Mesa Community College, Department of Physical Sciences |
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Jan. 2000 - May 2002 |
Teaching Assistant, ASU, Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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Aug. 1998 - Dec. 1999 |
Research Assistant, ASU, Department of Physics and Astronomy |
Aug.1993 - Aug. 1998 |
Teaching Assistant, ASU, Department of Physics and Astronomy |
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Aug. 1992 - May 1993
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Computer Programmer I, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology |
TEACHING INTERESTS
I enjoy teaching introductory physics and astronomy to majors and nonmajors. I also have an interest in the preparation of teachers.
COURSES TAUGHT
Arizona State University
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AST 111 |
Introduction to Solar System Astronomy |
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AST 112 |
Introduction to Stars, Galaxies, and Cosmology |
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AST 113 |
Astronomy Laboratory I |
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AST 114 |
Astronomy Laboratory II |
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PHS 110 |
Fundamentals of Physical Science |
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PHS 550 |
The Physics of Astronomy |
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PHY 105 |
Basic Physics |
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PHY 111 |
General Physics |
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PHY 112 |
General Physics |
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PHY 113 |
General Physics Laboratory |
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PHY 114 |
General Physics Laboratory |
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PHY 121 |
University Physics I: Mechanics |
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PHY 122 |
University Physics Laboratory I |
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PHY 131 |
University Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism |
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PHY 132 |
University Physics Laboratory II |
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PHY 191 |
First Year Seminar: Interstellar Space Travel |
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PHY 201 |
Mathematical Methods in Physics I |
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PHY 302 |
Mathematical Methods in Physics II |
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PHY 361 |
Introduction to Modern Physics |
Mesa Community College
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AST 111 |
Introduction to Astronomy I |
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AST 112 |
Introduction to Astronomy II |
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AST 113 |
Astronomy I Laboratory |
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AST 114 |
Astronomy II Laboratory |
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PHY 111 |
General Physics I (lecture and laboratory) |
Chronological Listing of Courses Taught During Current Appointment
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Fall 2004 |
AST 112 (1 section); PHY 111 (2 sections) |
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Spring 2005 |
PHY 105 (1 section); PHY 111(2 sections); PHY 112 (1 section) |
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Summer 2005 |
PHY 361 (1 section) |
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Fall 2005 |
PHS 110 (1 lecture section + supervision of 2 lab TAs ); PHY 111 (1 section); PHY 113 (supervision of 5 lab TAs); PHY 114 (supervision of 2 lab TAs); PHY 191 (1 section) |
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Spring 2006 |
PHY 105 (1 section); PHY 112 (1 section); PHY 201 (2 sections) |
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Summer 2006 |
AST 111 (1 section); AST 113 (supervision of 2 lab TAs); PHS 550 (1 section) |
| Fall 2006 | PHY 111(1 section); PHY 131 (1 section); PHY 191 (1 section); PHY 302 (1 section); PHY 591 (1 section) |
SERVICE
ASU Department of Physics and Astronomy Service
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Undergraduate Program Committee, academic years 2005-2007 |
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Convener and Recorder, PHY111/112 curriculum team, Fall 2005 |
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Scheduler, help-study room, academic years 2004-2007 |
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Graduate teaching assistant training, August 2004, 2005, 2006; January 2006 |
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Chair, hiring committee for a lecturer position, academic year 2004-2005 |
Review Activities
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I have reviewed textbooks and textbook supplements for the following publishers: McGraw-Hill, Thomson Brooks/Cole, Pearson Addison-Wesley, Norton, and Wiley. |
Public Outreach
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Grand Awards Judge (Space Sciences category), Intel ISEF 2006 (Indianapolis, IN) |
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“Why is Studying Science Important?”, guest lecture Oct 20, 2005, ASU course LIA-294 |
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Astronomy Open House, Arizona State University |
AWARDS
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Teaching Assistant of the Year, academic year 1997-1998 and academic year 2001-2002 |
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Regents’ Academic Scholarship, Arizona State University, academic year 1999-2000 |
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NASA Space Grant Fellowship, academic year 1998-1999, fall 1999 |
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
American Astronomical Society, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, American Association of Physics Teachers
WORKSHOPS ATTENDED
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January 2003
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Teaching with Tutorials for Introductory Astronomy, AAS meeting in Seattle, WA |
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January 2003
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Teaching Astronomy for the First Time, AAS meeting in Seattle, WA |
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January 2001
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Tutorials in Introductory Physics, AAPT meeting in San Diego, CA |
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October 1998
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Optical /IR Interferometry Workshop held at Lowell Observatory, Flagstaff, AZ |
CURRENT PROJECTS
1. Developing PowerPoint lectures for the textbook College Physics 2nd ed. and also for the text Physics 1st ed. both by Giambattista, Richardson, and Richardson published by McGraw-Hill.
2. Working with two graduate students (Brian Frank and Cynthia D’Angelo) to improve the graduate teaching assistant training.
3. Laboratory exercises in development: Optics of the Human Eye and Signal Propagation in a Neuron.
PUBLICATIONS
Refereed Publications
Dynamical Evolution of Dust in Expanding Circumstellar Shells, Carl Covatto, 2003, Publ. Astron. Soc. Pac., 115 (no. 809), 889
Sputtering of Grains in the Outflows of Cool Stars, Carl Covatto and Per A. Aannestad, 2000, Mon. Not. Royal Astron. Soc., 318, 67
Conference Abstracts and Papers
Moon Journals and Modeling: Applying the Theory of Multiple Intelligence in Order to Correct Students’ Preconceptions of Lunar Motion, J.A. Corkins, S. Wyckoff, E. Judson, C. Covatto, L. Will, and S. Cohen, NARST spring meeting 2003, session 8M
Dust Destruction in Expanding Circumstellar Envelopes, Carl Covatto, AAS, 197, 9702D
Chemical and Nonthermal Sputtering in the Outflows of Cool Stars, Carl Covatto and Per A. Aannestad, AAS, 195, 4514
Sputtering of Amorphous Carbon Grains in a Cool Stellar Outflow, Carl Covatto and Per A. Aannestad, Bull Am Phys Soc, 44(no. 9), 7
Sputtering of Grains in the Outflows of Cool Stars, Carl Covatto and Per A. Aannestad, AAS, 193, 6917