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Phone: (972) 721-5072
Email: sweeney_a@sbcglobal.net
Office: Patrick E. Haggerty Science Center #19
My lifelong passion has been for astronomy and in particular observational astronomy. While working as an engineer I was also an active amateur astronomy. Since joining the Physics Department at the University of Dallas I have been able to pursue this passion through exoplanet searches and observations of cataclysmic variable stars.I have configured the software operating systems for both the Gunnison Valley Observatory in Gunnison, CO and the University of Dallas Haggerty Observatory. In working with Dr. Richard Olenick I have provided the experimental expertise and fashioned and constructed the astrographs used in our transit searches. I have worked with UD students during summer research opportunities in Colorado, Michigan, and Texas and enjoy guiding them in their experimental work. My goal to is find new exoplanets that other astronomers will confirm.
EDUCATIONB.S., Physics, University of North Texas
AREAS OF EXPERTISEInstrumentation designPrinciple designer of Gunnison Valley 30 inch telescope tube assembly and drive electronics / softwareUniversity of Dallas 16-inch telescope software designUniversity of Dallas astrograph designPhotometric search for extra-solar planets Cataclysmic variable observation PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE