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Home Astronomy Research    2026 Neutrinos From De-excitation    2024 Radiative Opacity    2024 Neutrino Emission from Stars    2023 White Dwarfs & 12C(α,γ)16O    2023 MESA VI    2022 Earendel, A Highly Magnified Star    2022 Black Hole Mass Spectrum    2021 Skye Equation of State    2021 White Dwarf Pulsations & 22Ne    Software Instruments 2026 AAS Journals    AAS YouTube    Listing of 500+ Author Videos    AAS Peer Review Workshops Outreach Material Education Material Other Stuff:    Bicycle Adventures    Illustrations    Presentations Contact: F.X.Timmes my one page vitae, full vitae, research statement, and teaching statement.	I've been involving learners in astronomy, physics, and math since 1982. Past affiliations include UC Santa Barbara, UC Santa Cruz, the University of Chicago, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, the MESA Summer School at UC Santa Barbara, and Arizona State University (ASU). Currently I engage learners for the American Astronomical Society (AAS). At ASU, I specialized in large enrollment, online, introductory courses. Between 2015 and 2018 my ASU + EdX Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy course was the largest college-credit eligible astronomy course in the world (∼15,000 enrollment per run) Between 2018 and 2024 this experiment transitioned to ASU's Earned Admission program where the course waslargely enrolled with learners from Starbucks, Uber, the US military, and other institutional partners. Between 2014 and 2025 my ASU course, Energy in Everyday Life, engaged ∼3000 learners/year. This multi-disciplinary survey course offered learners the opportunity to master practical job skills -- the ability to observe, gather data, and think critically in order to make reasonable order-of-magnitude estimates in everyday life. For the AAS, I am the pile driver behind the AAS Peer Review Workshops (2022 - present). These in-person events focus on key aspects of peer-review process, as practiced by the community, at the AAS journals. Though extensive involvement with hands-on labs, participants gain familiarity with the AAS peer-review process and learn how to be better referees and how to make better use of peer-review for their own manuscripts. Archives of some past courses: Energy in Everyday Life, Introduction to Solar Systems Astronomy, Geometry of Art and Nature, Calculus Illustrations for my courses, and more! My teaching statement. Partially in response to the March 2020 pandemic: AAS Education Series: Teaching Astronomy Online - Tools and Tips: AAS Responds to Increased Online Instructional Needs AAS Curated Content for Moving Astronomy Courses Online Open Virtual or Online Teaching Resources Undergraduate Open Education Resources: Astronomy-2e by Andrew Fraknoi, David Morrison, and Sidney C. Wolff Astronomy Education, Volume 1: Evidence-based instruction for introductory courses by Chris Impey and Sanlyn Buxner TeachAstronomy and TeachAstronomy textbook by Chris Impey Center for Astronomy Education by JPL NASA Crash Course Astronomy by Phil Plait Advanced undergraduate and first year graduate Open Education Resources: Ed Brown's Lecture Notes The Open Astrophysics Bookshelf Free browser-based planetarium programs: World Wide Telescope In-The-Sky Stellarium TheSkyLive TheSkyLive 3D Solar System StarAtlas Google Sky Open-source for desktops and laptops: XEphem Stellarium Augmented reality apps for mobile devices. Free, often with with paid upgrade options: StarWalk SkySafari Commercial, often with institutional discounts: Starry Night Stellarium Mobile A place to post some notes: • Abundance variables • Abundance variable first derivative nuances • Abundance variable first derivative examples • Abundance variable second derivatives • Nuclear energy generation expressions • Reaction network origins • Effective reaction rates for networks • Self-heating reaction networks
	Future famous astrophysicists in action at the 2016 MESA Summer School