Sharing many of the same pedagogical views, as well as a dedication to producing the best possible text, Brad and Dale worked for six years to write An Introduction to Modern Stellar Astrophysics and An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics, and another year to produce the Instructor's Solutions Manual. One year after Dale arrived at Weber State, Brad Carroll was hired, and their partnership in stellar pulsation studies and text-book writing was born. With WSU nestled up against the Wasatch mountains of Utah, Dale is able to indulge his addictions to skiing, hiking, camping, and mountain biking. While at Los Alamos, Dale was introduced to great number of exciting and challenging problems in astrophysics, which spurred his interest in developing a broad exposure to the discipline.Īfter completing his graduate thesis on Mira variable stars, and after a two-year teaching position at Bates College in Maine, Dale accepted a teaching position at Weber State University. Cox and the theoretical astrophysics group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. During graduate school, Dale had the opportunity to spend a significant period of time working with Dr. His interest in teaching was born from his experiences as a student, being fortunate to have had excellent instructors and mentors in high school, college, and graduate school. Ostlie's long-time interest in astronomy began with his childhood fascination in the space program, including vivid recollections of watching the Apollo missions with his family. Now that the book and solutions manual, are completed, Brad once again has the time to enjoy traveling, camping, and fishing.ĭale A. Such a background served him well (especially his naivete about what lay ahead) when he and Dale decided to write An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics. It is rare to find two experts in Stellar pulsation in the same institution and department, especially when their outlooks are congenial.īrad truly enjoys teaching which gives him the chance to share the wonders of the physical world with his students. At both CU Boulder and the U of R, he learned the virtues of making simple models of complex astrophysical systems.įour years later, as the postdoc came to an end, Brad was lucky to find a teaching position in the Physics Department at Weber State University, and doubly lucky that Dale Ostlie was there. Brad then headed east to work as a postdoc with Hugh Van Horn at the University of Rochester, where he carried out research on the oscillations of accretion disks and neutron stars. His thesis, supervised by Carl Hansen and John Cox, was a study of the effect of rotation on pulsating stars. Astrophysics from the University of Colorado, Boulder.īrad's lifelong fascination with astronomy, combined with a happy naivete concerning what lay ahead, led him to graduate school at CU Boulder. in Physics from the University of Colorado, Boulder and his Ph.D. in Mathematics and a Secondary Teaching Credential from the University of California, Irvine, his M.S.
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