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Patrick Huth

Patrick Huth

Professor | Physics

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  • Boyce Campus N-429
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Degree Emphasis Institution
M.Ed. Science Education University of Pittsburgh
B.A. Physics and Astronomy University of Pittsburgh

Biography

Professor Patrick Huth has been teaching Physics and Astronomy full-time at CCAC's Boyce Campus since 2008. He grew up in a small town along the Allegheny River in Armstrong County called Freeport, and still lives not far from there. He attended the University of Pittsburgh and has degrees in Physics, Astronomy and Science Education. Professor Huth's teaching career began in 1995 at Woodland Hills High School, where he taught Physics and Astronomy to juniors and seniors until 1999. On January 1, 2000, he began work as a NASA Aerospace Education Specialist at the Dryden Flight Research Center on Edwards Air Force Base. He spent two years in California and three more at NASA's John Glenn Research Center in Cleveland. NASA provided some incredible experiences - it was a true "dream job." At the end of 2004 Professor Huth was hired by the Office of Naval Research to work in education programs at the Penn State University Electro-Optics Research Center in Freeport, PA. As much as he enjoyed working for the space program, he was very glad to be going home. He worked for the Navy until starting at CCAC in 2008, but will occasionally teach physics and electro-optics courses (part time) in the Physics Department at Penn State and at Indiana University of PA.

Publications

Photometry of Type II Supernova SN 2023ixf with a Worldwide Citizen Science Network
Research Notes of the AAS
2023-07-06 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.3847/2515-5172/ace41f
Part of ISSN: 2515-5172
CONTRIBUTORS: Lauren Sgro; Thomas M. Esposito; Guillaume Blaclard; Sebastian Gomez; Franck Marchis; Alexei Filippenko; Daniel O'Conner Peluso; Stephen Lawrence; Aad Verveen; Andreas Wagner et al.

Light curves and colours of the ejecta from Dimorphos after the DART impact
Nature
2023-04-20 | Journal article | Author
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-023-05852-9
Part of ISSN: 0028-0836
Part of ISSN: 1476-4687
CONTRIBUTORS: Ariel Graykowski; Ryan Lambert; Franck Marchis; Dorian Cazeneuve; Paul Dalba; Thomas M. Esposito; Daniel O’Conner Peluso; Lauren A. Sgro; Guillaume Blaclard; Antonin Borot et al.

Certifications

Title IX Hearing Officer - October 2021
NASA Physiological and Altitude Chamber Training - April 2004
FCC Licensed Amateur Radio Operator (Technician Class) - June 2003
NASA-Edwards Air Force Base Flight Line Certification - June 2000
NASA Lunar and Meteorite Sample Loan Program - January 2000
Pennsylvania Master’s Equivalency Certification - January 1999
Pennsylvania Instructional Level II Teaching Certification - September 1998
Principles of Technology I and II Teaching Certification - July 1998
Pennsylvania Instructional Level I Teaching Certification - May 1995

Presentations

NASA ISS Education Demonstration Payloads
NASA KC-135 Reduced Gravity Aircraft Flight Team
U.S. Centennial of Flight
EAA Airventure
NASA Explorer Schools
NASA Educator Workshop
CMU National Robotics Engineering Center
National Council for the Teaching of Mathematics
National Science Teachers Association
Arizona Science Teachers Association
California Science Education

Grants

Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation
CCAC Education Foundation

Partnerships

Unistellar College Astronomy Network
SETI - University of California at Berkeley

Fellowships

CCAC John Dziak Fellow

Research interests

Stellar Spectrometry
Supernovae
Small Solar System Objects

ORCiD

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1371-4232

Sharing real-time telescope images with the CCAC community from Ravenna, Ohio during the total eclipse of the Sun on April 8, 2024.

I have been interested in astronomy since I was very young. I have also been fortunate to have several great role models, mentors and teachers in my life to guide me along my career path. As a result, I have had some incredible experiences, and I can't think of anything better than to be able to share them with students.

Prior to joining CCAC, I worked for NASA and for the Office of Naval Research.

"Do not be afraid. Do not be satisfied with mediocrity. Put out into the deep and let down your nets for a catch." —Pope Saint John Paul II