Publications
Asynchronous object-oriented approach to the automation of the 0.8-meter George Mason University campus telescope in Python
We present a unique implementation of Python coding in an asynchronous object-oriented programming (OOP) framework to fully automate the process of collecting data with the George Mason University (GMU) Observatory’s 0.8-meter telescope. The goal of this project is to perform automated follow-up observations for the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) mission, while still allowing for hum ...
The Little Ice Age, NASA, Colonial Virginia, and the Conundrum of Anomalous Weather Conditions
The relevance of what has been termed as “The Little Ice Age” and its effect on the two earliest English settlements at both Jamestown and the “Lost” Colony of Roanoke in present-day coastal Virginia are still being widely discussed within the scientific community. Recent NASA surveillance findings concerning the events surrounding temperature anomalies at that time, how these affected the Earth’s ...
Colony Collapse Disorder, Neonicotinoids, CO2, Climate Change, and the Four Spheres
This analysis focuses on what effects the decline of both domestic and wild bee populations has on the environment. It will analyze the 21st century-coined phenomenon known as “Colony Collapse Disorder,” and will investigate research methods that have improved numbers within bee populations over the last two decades. Within this study, the impacts and interactions between the Colony Collapse Disor ...
Geological Specimens, Minerals, and Actions Affecting Polar Shift and Earth’s Magnetic Field
This study will touch upon Earth’s magnetic field, the four spheres, and their relationship with polar shift influenced by the magnetization of the interior and surface areas. It will outline how certain aspects within the spheres are influenced by magnetization of minerals and localized rock, how such can be contained deep within Earth’s mantle areas, as well as how mining deposits of iron ore ca ...
Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, Natural and Anthropomorphic Effects, and Earth’s Changing Climate
This study will both compare and contrast the characteristics and roles of two pollutants: nitrogen dioxide and carbon monoxide. It will begin by tracing each gas’ negative contributions to the Earth’s spheres, as well as relate any negative links that each plays concerning human activity, health, and interaction with the environment. It will include an in-depth analysis of what the proliferation ...
NASA’s Mission ACTIVATE: Objectives, Strategies, and Limitations
The primary goal of this report is to describe the operational concepts of NASA’s ACTIVATE mission. ACTIVATE hopes to improve the understanding of aerosol dispersion and models, provide accurate data for aerosols’ characterization and ozone profiles, and establish knowledge of the relationships between aerosols and water. ACTIVATE’s science objectives are to quantify Na-CCN-Nd relationships and re ...
Preventing the Deluge: Climate Change, the Four Spheres, Interactions, and Causalities
Climate change means water change, and the impacts of climate change cause not only global sea levels to rise, but also elicit dangerous levels of coastal and mainland flooding. This study relates the effects of climate-change-induced sea level risings to several harmful, and sometimes preventable, factors causing floods. One topic discussed here will be the ocean’s current (more specifically, “Th ...