Observational Astronomy
(AST 101)
The Solar System (AST
105)
Stars, Galaxies, and the
Universe (AST 106)
Foundations of Physics (PHY
107)
Energy and the
Environment (PHY 115)
General Physics (PHY
141/142 and PHY 201/202)
Professor Carey
Woodward joined the
UW-Fond du Lac faculty
in the fall of 2006. In
addition to regular
teaching and advising, he is
a member of several campus
and departmental committees,
and teaches various
continuing education course.
In collaboration with
the space physics group
at UW-Madison, he
has done computer-based
research on the
interpretation of
geocoronal Balmer-alpha
emission and its implication
for monitoring global
climate change.
His previous college
teaching experiences
include full-time
positions at UW-Fox
Valley and Edgewood
College, and
part-time/summer classes
at MATC, UW-Madison,
UW-Marathon County,
UW-Washington County and
UW-Waukesha County.
Professor Woodward
has also taught at
the Ulysses S. Grant
Foundation at Yale
University (a summer
high school program for
gifted & talented inner
city high school
students) and the
Physics Learning Program
at UW-Madison (a
tutorial program for
at-risk students in
introductory physics).
He has conducted
astronomical research
full-time for several
years, primarily
studying Jupiter's moon
Io and the Io plasma
torus. He has published
a number of papers,
including one in
Science, and has spent
many long nights at the
telescopes of Kitt Peak,
Arizona. His personal
interests include Morris
dancing, homebrewing,
geocaching, singing and
running.
