Home Page of Richard (Rico) Ignace

U. S. Mail:	Richard Ignace Department of Physics & Astronomy East Tennessee State University Johnson City, TN 37614
Internet:	ignace at etsudotedu
Office:	274 Brown Hall
Office phone: fax:	(423) 439-6904 (423) 439-6905

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My CV/Resume (last updated Nov 2021)

Research Grants and Observing Programs
Publications
Teaching and Service
Administrative Roles

I am the Director for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, housed in the Honors College. For more info, Click here!
I am co-organizer for the workshop "Education, Research, and Economic Impact: Making the Future Bright for Northeast Tennessee" to be held at the Millennium Centre off ETSU campus on March 20, 2013. For more info, Click here!
Revised cover for 2nd edition of my textbook on introductory astronomy. Click here!
I was a principal organizer for the meeting "Stellar Polarimetry: From Birth to Death" held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in June 2011. For more info, Click here!
I have published an ebook at Smashwords entitled Science4U: Practical Math for Practical Science
I have published an ebook at Smashwords entitled Words First: Mastering Unit Conversion
I have composed a short children's activity entitled The Sidewalk Solar System
I was part of the local organizing committee for a galaxy meeting being planned for July 2009 "Galaxy Wars: Stellar Population and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies" Check it out!
I was part of the local organizing committee for a cool star meeting held in July 2007, and hosted by ETSU. For more info, Click here!
I assisted Dr Martin Hendry (2005 Basler Chair) in organizing a workshop entitled "Probing the Distant Universe with Gravitational Waves" to be held for Nov 4 and 5, 2005. Check it out!
I was the principal organizer for a workshop on The Nature and Evolution of Disks around Hot Stars. Check it out!
I co-authored a book entitled "Understanding the Universe", by Prinja and Ignace. Click here for the US edition with Facts on File (search for "ignace"), or here for the British edition with Philips.

Courses

Astronomy I - The Solar System (Spring 2020)

Astronomy II - Stars and Galaxies (Fall 2019)

Research Methods (Spring 2013)

General Physics I (Spring 2014)

General Physics II (Fall 2009)

General Physics I Lab (Spring 2012)

General Physics II Lab (Spring 2009)

Electricity & Magnetism (Spring 2015)

Physics Seminar (Spring 2009) - Click here for the syllabus

Presentations at ETSU Observatory Open Houses

Gravitational Lensing - Nature's Telescope (Autumn 2003)

Looking for Planets around Dead Stars (Spring 2004)

Are Black Holes Real? (Autumn 2005)

Perspective in Astronomy (or Why Astronomy Makes Your Brain Ache) (Spring 2007)

Interacting Binaries: Stars that Shake Hands (Autumn 2007)

Exoplanets - Worlds Around Other Stars (Spring 2011)

Remote Prospecting for Life on Distant Worlds (Winter 2012)

Light and the Story of the Cosmos (Winter 2013)

The Hypersonic Universe (Spring 2015)

Magnetism in the Cosmos: Planets, Stars, Galaxies (Fall 2016)

Defending the Earth against Strikes from Objects in Space (Spring 2017)

An Update on Discoveries from NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Survey Telescope (TESS) (Spring 2020)

This is a HST picture of NGC 602:

This gorgeous Hubble Space Telescope image shows a young star cluster called NGC 602 that is located in the nearby galaxy the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC). The SMC is a companion galaxy to our Milky Way at a distance of about 60,000 parsecs (or a bit under 200,000 lightyears). The cluster is located near middle, with a large gaseous cloud surrounding it. Several other galaxies farther away than the SMC can also be seen.

The Purpose of This Web Page

I will make this short. This page has been designed for three reasons: personal ease, professional courtesy, and information dissemination.

Non-Local Astro Jumps

Professional/Personal Interests

AAS (American Astronomical Society)
ASP (Astronomical Society of the Pacific)
RAS (Royal Astronomical Society)
NSSDC: NASA stuff (GSFC)
NASA Astrophysics Data System
ADS Abstract Service (at Harvard)
SIMBAD: an astro database

General Interests

(Note that sometimes links are removed when no longer redirecting to the proper website.)

Astronomy Picture of the Day
STScI: Astronomical Internet Resources
Home Science: Backyard Astro Basics recommended by "Mrs. Gold's Kids"
Space Education for Kids recommended by the Powell family (Cindy and Ben)
Space Elevators recommended by kids at a summer camp
Astronomy Games for Kids recommended by Trevor
Constellations Mythology recommended by Selena McCoy and her Daisy Scouts troop
Backyard Astronomy Basics recommended by Nadine Hawthorne

Specific Interests

American Association of Variable Star Observers
Hot Star Newsletter
Chandra Homepage
XMM Homepage
Suzaku Homepage
FUSE
Spitzer
Infrared Space Observatory
Exoplanets
CLEA, an educational resource for astronomy labs

Professional Publications

Non-Astro Jumps

WWW home page
Lycos: a web search engine
Library of Congress home page
A few quotes that I like.

Last Modified: 01/2020

Home Page of Richard (Rico) Ignace

Up-and-Front

My CV/Resume (last updated Nov 2021)

I am the Director for Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities, housed in the Honors College. For more info, Click here!

I am co-organizer for the workshop "Education, Research, and Economic Impact: Making the Future Bright for Northeast Tennessee" to be held at the Millennium Centre off ETSU campus on March 20, 2013. For more info, Click here!

Revised cover for 2nd edition of my textbook on introductory astronomy. Click here!

I was a principal organizer for the meeting "Stellar Polarimetry: From Birth to Death" held on the campus of the University of Wisconsin in June 2011. For more info, Click here!

I have published an ebook at Smashwords entitled Science4U: Practical Math for Practical Science

I have published an ebook at Smashwords entitled Words First: Mastering Unit Conversion

I have composed a short children's activity entitled The Sidewalk Solar System

I was part of the local organizing committee for a galaxy meeting being planned for July 2009 "Galaxy Wars: Stellar Population and Star Formation in Interacting Galaxies" Check it out!

I was part of the local organizing committee for a cool star meeting held in July 2007, and hosted by ETSU. For more info, Click here!

I assisted Dr Martin Hendry (2005 Basler Chair) in organizing a workshop entitled "Probing the Distant Universe with Gravitational Waves" to be held for Nov 4 and 5, 2005. Check it out!

I was the principal organizer for a workshop on The Nature and Evolution of Disks around Hot Stars. Check it out!

I co-authored a book entitled "Understanding the Universe", by Prinja and Ignace. Click here for the US edition with Facts on File (search for "ignace"), or here for the British edition with Philips.