Eyan Weissbluth

During my freshman and sophomore years, I worked in the STARs lab at ASU, where, using data from the Large Binocular Telescope, I studied the galactic evolutionary properties of an extended ultraviolet disk galaxy NGC 3344. The goal was to better understand why star formation rates were higher in the outskirts of certain galaxies rather than having a typical galactic evolution. 

In the summer after my freshman year, I worked in the LoCo lab at ASU, where I worked on the Completely Hackable Amateur Radio Telescope (CHART) project, which gave students the opportunity to perform hands-on astronomy at a relatively low cost in conjunction with Brown University and Winona State University. Particularly, I focused on the analysis portion of the project, taking the raw data that the antenna received and turning it into easily readable results. 

During my junior year, I started a project that aimed at understanding the role that Philosophy of Science (PoS) plays in current science education. Using survey data from both research PhDs and STEM students, I aim to see if the lack of PoS and fundamental understandings of science in science education has resulted in discrepancies in how scientists do and communicate their research. Eventually, I hope to help mend these rifts by introducing the field of PoS to STEM students as a part of their academics in order to produce better, more informed scientists.

Also in my junior year, I started working in the Windhorst lab at ASU, where I am currently working on a project aimed at classifying previously unidentified sources using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST).