Bill Gawne

Job Description: Responsible for the operation of the science instruments aboard the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer (FUSE)

Employer: Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc. (HTSI)

Office: Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, Johns Hopkins University, Room 156G

Address: Bloomberg Center for Physics and Astronomy, The Johns Hopkins University,

3400 N. Charles St., Baltimore, MD 21218-2695

Phone: 410 516 2021

FAX: 410 516 5494

email: gawne@pha.jhu.edu

Astronomical Experience

Science Instrument Analyst, Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer Mission Operations Team, March 1997 - present

Adjunct Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Towson University, Jan 2001 - present

Lead Experiment Controller, X-Ray Timing Explorer Science Operations Facility, January 1995 - March 1997

Science Operations Specialist, Space Telescope Science Institute Operations Division, January 1991 - December 1994

Observatory Manager, University of Oklahoma Astronomical Observatory, June 1990 - December 1990

Teaching Fellow in Astronomy, University of North Texas, June 1988 - May 1990

Observatory Manager and Resident Astronomer, North Texas State University (University of North Texas after January 1988), November 1984 - June 1990

Astronomy Instructional Assistant, North Texas State University, September 1983 - October 1984

Amateur Astronomer, 1966 - present

Education

Additional Graduate work in Astronomy and Astrophysics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Oklahoma, 1990, Advisor: Dr. Dick Henry

Professional Affiliations

American Astronomical Society

Sigma Pi Sigma, the Physics Honor Society

U. S. Marine Corps Association