Caleb Hughes, Ph.D. Email & Phone Number

Bloomington, In, Us

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

Bloomington, Indiana, United States

As an associate instructor, I was responsible for either non-class instruction during either a lab or a recitation. For lab courses, I was responsible for understanding how the lab worked, giving a brief explanation of the core concept to the students, supervising their work, then grading the lab reports and providing feedback to encourage academic growth. One of the largest takeaways for students from the lab was error propagation, so I made sure to discuss this in a variety of ways (with examples) so that the students would have mastered the idea by the end of the semester.For recitation sections, I selected homework problems to incentivize attendance and used these problems to explain key concepts and equations. I was also responsible for writing weekly quizzes, so I would often use an existing problem as a reference, then write an interesting narrative around the question to improve engagement.

Martinsville, Indiana, United States

I am responsible for the four competitive academic teams at Martinsville High School, including registration, managing the funds for the teams, fundraising, competition registration, community outreach on behalf of the teams, talent scouting, and expansion of the programs.

Martinsville, Indiana, United States

I coach advanced high school students in Academic Decathlon, Academic Super Bowl, and Academic Quiz Bowl competitions with an emphasis on math and science.

I was responsible for manually analyzing many MATLAB-generated graphs of radio signal data from the Small Magellanic Clouds in search of millisecond pulsars. I cross-referenced generated graphs with graphs of well-known pulsars in an attempt to discover previously unknown pulsars by analyzing the signal frequency and structure of the amplitudes. Research successfully recovered several known pulsars and confirmed no additional currently detectable millisecond pulsars in the Small Magellanic Clouds.

During a summer Research Experience for Undergraduates, I was responsible for developing a project in collaboration with a faculty member, and former NASA scientist, at the College of William & Mary. I determined material constraints for a porous substrate supporting a thin film for use in a competing oxygen production system to that being used in the Mars 2020 Rover. I calculated a limiting pore diameter for the porous substructure using a spherical pressure vessel model. Additionally, I determined the most feasible material for the project based on porosity concerns and compatibility with the thermal expansion of the steel tubing which housed the thin film and substructure. After completing initial calculations, I was responsible for obtaining quotes from a variety of vendors for the custom parts by communicating our design constraints. This work resulted in a poster presented at three conferences, one of which was awarded first place.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physics

The doctoral portion of my graduate program has consisted of additional coursework in subfields of my choice (nuclear and mathematical.

Master'S Degree, Physics

The master's portion of my graduate program consisted of one year of mandatory courses in the usual physics canon (classical mechanics.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics, Mathematics

Activities and Societies: Murray State Honors Program Student ambassador for the Institute of Engineering Society of Physics Students.