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Welcome to my Web site!In addition to teaching traditional physics and astronomy, Doug Fowler incorporates an interest in environmental issues into the subject matter of courses for non-majors. Questions about resource use and power consumption provide jumping off points for learning basic physics. He also, at times, teaches in the Geology Department here at YSU. This ideal combination allows him to explore with his students in both departments questions ranging from the composition of the planets and the origin of the Solar System to the development of mineral resources and the disposal of solid waste. Doug has production experience from his past work with the Ward Beecher Planetarium. He is currently involved with the production of an ongoing series of programs (which he will co-host) for WYSU-FM 88.5 as part of the station’s “Focus” series. On-air discussions with guests will center on environmental issues. As a sideline, he routinely produces on-the-road audio-visual presentations on resource use and other related environmental issues. Schools, libraries, and other groups can make private arrangements by contacting him through the Department of Physics and Astronomy or sending email to doug172@hotmail.com. Doug's on-the-road presentations can also include skywatching, learning constellations, and observing with telescopes. As the San Francisco Sidewalk Astronomers state in their motto: "Have Telescope, Will Travel." Publications and presentationsFowler, Douglas A. & Beaver, John E. (1991). The Early Universe, a planetarium production presented at Westminster College as part of the Modern Physics Institute, July 1991. Fowler, Douglas A. (1995). Star Gazing, Philosophy, and Teaching, The Planetarian, Vol. 24, No. 4, December 1995. Fowler, Douglas A. (2000). Stellar Regions, a planetarium production presented in the Ward Beecher Planetarium, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, February 2000. J. J. Carroll, Karamian, S. A., Boyle, M. K., Kaneko, Y., Toman, R., Fowler, D., Helba, M., Roberts, H., & Agee, F. J. (2001). Improved Method for Detection of X-ray Triggered Decay of the 178Hfm2 Isomer Using a Multidetector Array, Laser Physics, Vol. 11, No. 1. Beaver, John, Baker, Judith, & Fowler, Doug (2001). Space/Art/Milky Way. Menasha, WI: University of Wisconsin, Fox Valley Campus. Fowler, Douglas (2001) Rimrock Morrison Trail (photograph), in Pennsylvania Hiking Trails 2002, the official calendar of the Keystone Trails Association, Cogan Station, PA: Keystone Trails Association. Toman, R., Fowler, D., Carroll, J., Boyle, K., Kaneko, Y., Karamian, S., Jindrich, A., & Stedile, F. (2001). Status of experiments with the YSU Miniball. [C1.019] Poster Session, April 20, 2001, April 2002 Conference of The American Physical Society. Fowler, Doug (2002). The physics of recycling: integrating academics. Presentation to the CURC Pre-congress workshop, January 13, 2002, National Recycling Coalition, Annual Congress, Seattle, WA.
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