William Weatherby
Currently, I am most interested in the collapse of massive stars/supernovae, the elements that make up and follow these events, and detection methods of exotic matter that could potentially help us see past the cosmic microwave background.
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My passion for physics and astronomy began with a childhood curiosity about the nature of the universe. My mother and my favorite authors introduced me to the mystery that is the world around us, and I wanted to try to more deeply understand it.
I hope to continue in a graduate program that might allow me to be a part of research projects on the cutting edge of observational astrophysics and eventually teach undergraduate community college students pursuing any of the general sciences.
I am currently involved in assembling a JOVE 2.0 radio telescope with my university. It is a low-frequency analyzation project that facilitates the collection of spectrographic data from the Earth’s ionosphere, the Sun, Jupiter, and the Milky Way.
For a time, I came to believe that the university levels of my interests would be too difficult to achieve due to deteriorating self-motivation and intensive financial stress. This award alleviated any concern I had regarding my value as a student.
