Beth Ellen Clark Joseph

Beth Ellen Clark Joseph

Beth Ellen Clark Joseph

Associate Professor

Physics
School of Humanities and Sciences

Specialty:Planetary Science and Alternative Energy Engineering
Phone:(607) 274-3968
E-mail:bclark@ithaca.edu
Office:267 Ctr for Natural Sciences
Ithaca, NY 14850

Research

  • Spectral Modeling of Asteroid Composition Including Space Weathering Effects with Nate Ricci (Cornell)
  • Asteroid Albedos with Sanya Levi (Ithaca College)
  • Deconvolving Terrestrial Alteration Mineral Spectral Signatures from Meteorite Reflectance Measurements with Sweta Shah (Ithaca College), Taki Hiroi (Brown), and Mike Zolensky (NASA Johnson Space Center)
  • Surface composition and photometric properties of asteroid 433 Eros with Britt Scharringhausen (Ithaca College) and Jay Schuren (Ithaca College, Cornell).
  • The Cornell MID-Infrared Asteroid Spectroscopic (MIDAS) Survey with Lucy Lim (Cornell), Jim Bell (Cornell), and Tim McConnochie (Cornell).
  • Radar and Spectroscopic Studies of Asteroid 2100 Ra-Shalom with Michael Shepard (Bloomington Univ.), Andrew Rivkin (MIT), and Jim Bell (Cornell).
  • A teacher workshop series to develop instructional materials for spacecraft mission design with Maureen Bell (Sciencenter) and Jamie De Gregory (Ithaca College).
  • Infrared spectroscopy of X,E,M, and P-type asteroids with Bobby Bus (U.H.), Andrew Rivkin (MIT), Josh Sanders (Ithaca College), and Sweta Shah (Ithaca College)
  • Spectroscopy of MUSES-C spacecraft mission target asteroid 1998 SF36 with the MUSES-C mission team.
  • History of Astronomy - oral history of the early days in astronomy research (with Jamie De Gregory (Ithaca College)).

Courses

  • Electricity and Magnetism (315-118)
  • Astronomy (Stars, Galaxies and the Universe 315-174)
  • Earth Science (315-171)
  • Intermediate Mechanics (315-311)
  • Independent Reseach (315-299 & 315-399)
  • Freshman Physics (315-101, 315-120)
  • Math Methods for Physicists (315-301)
  • Power: Energy Options for a Global Society (315-141)

Service

  • Member of the Recycling and Environmental Management Program Steering Committee
  • Member of the Center for Natural Sciences Sustainability Group
  • Member of the Committee on Campus Energy Efficiency
  • Member of the Committee for the Freshman Reading Initiative
  • Member of the Ithaca College Faculty Council
  • Organizer of the College-wide seminar series "Physics Cafe"
  • Member of the Environmental Studies Steering Committee

Professional Activities

  • Associate Editor, "Meteoritics and Planetary Science"
  • Member, NASA "Planetary System Science Management Operations Working Group"
  • Editor, "Earth & Sky" Syndicated Radio Show
  • CHAIR, Scientific Organizing Committee, 7th International Asteroids, Comets, Meteors (ACM) Conference Cornell University, 1999.
  • Member, Scientific Organizing Committee, Asteroids 2001: From Piazzi to the Third Millenium . Palermo Italy, June 11-16, 2001.
  • Member, NASA and NSF Program Review Panels, HST, PG&G, PA, PIDDP, Mars Exploration: 1995-present.
  • Expert Reader, Millbrook Press, 2001-present.
  • Member, NASA Planetary Astronomy Program Management Operations Working Group 1995-2000.

Interests

  • Music
  • Outdoors: canoeing, cross-country skiing, hiking, & cycling
  • Nature: birding, wildflowers, trees, wildlife
  • Quilting
  • Reading: biography, history, energy, science
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