Jacco's Teaching

JACCO'S TEACHING

I am the Year One Tutor for degree programmes involving principal Physics or Astrophysics.
I am also the Subject Tutor for ERASMUS, Exchange and Study Abroad students.
Besides this, I also provide (or have provided) the following:

PhD in Astrophysics I like doing my research together with PhD students. You can read about my past and current PhD students and some of the currently available PhD projects here.
If you are interested in doing a PhD at Keele with me, you are very welcome to get into contact with either myself or with the Research Institute's Director of Postgraduate Research: Professor Nye Evans.

MPhys in Astrophysics In the 2005/6 academic year we offered an MPhys in Astrophysics at Keele. I designed and supervised the Research Project, and I taught The High-Redshift Universe module. I made some material available on-line.

Galaxies This is a lecture course on Galaxies, which was offered to 2nd-year students of Single Honours Astrophysics for the first time in 2004. I am module leader, and I designed and maintain the module website.

Astronomical Data Analysis This is a 2nd-year laboratory course for Single and Dual Honours Astrophysics students, teaching some techniques of Astronomical Data Analysis. I designed and delivered this for the first time in 2002 as my first teaching assignment at Keele University. The course has been (and probably will ever be) in continuous development, and any constructive comments are very welcome.

Statistical Physics Since 2006 I am module leader and lecturer of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics, a module offered to all Physics or Astrophysics students in the second semester of their second year. I designed and maintain the module website.

Atomic Physics I was module leader and lecturer of Atomic Physics. The module also includes lectures on Gravity (taught by another lecturer) and supporting laboratory experiments (run by yet another lecturer). I designed the equipment and script for a Monte Carlo experiment. The module is offered to Science Foundation Year students who wish to build a foundation in Natural Sciences at A Level, and students of the Post-Graduate Certificate of Education who wish to teach Natural Sciences at College level.

Astrobiology I am developing a new 3rd-year option module on Astrobiology. In 2003/4 I supervised a Life Sciences student during his final year project on Astrobiology.
Keele University has recently joined the SuperWASP consortium, who are searching for planets around other stars by looking for small dips in the brightness of stars as the planets transit in front of them. This, and the multidisciplinary nature of Keele University - with a strong School of Life Sciences - provides an excellent basis for development of Astrobiology as both a teaching as well as research interest at Keele.

Astrochemistry I have given an introduction to Astrochemistry for students on a Chemistry Enhancement Course.

PhD in Astrophysics	I like doing my research together with PhD students. You can read about my past and current PhD students and some of the currently available PhD projects here. If you are interested in doing a PhD at Keele with me, you are very welcome to get into contact with either myself or with the Research Institute's Director of Postgraduate Research: Professor Nye Evans.
MPhys in Astrophysics	In the 2005/6 academic year we offered an MPhys in Astrophysics at Keele. I designed and supervised the Research Project, and I taught The High-Redshift Universe module. I made some material available on-line.
Galaxies	This is a lecture course on Galaxies, which was offered to 2nd-year students of Single Honours Astrophysics for the first time in 2004. I am module leader, and I designed and maintain the module website.
Astronomical Data Analysis	This is a 2nd-year laboratory course for Single and Dual Honours Astrophysics students, teaching some techniques of Astronomical Data Analysis. I designed and delivered this for the first time in 2002 as my first teaching assignment at Keele University. The course has been (and probably will ever be) in continuous development, and any constructive comments are very welcome.
Statistical Physics	Since 2006 I am module leader and lecturer of Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics, a module offered to all Physics or Astrophysics students in the second semester of their second year. I designed and maintain the module website.
Atomic Physics	I was module leader and lecturer of Atomic Physics. The module also includes lectures on Gravity (taught by another lecturer) and supporting laboratory experiments (run by yet another lecturer). I designed the equipment and script for a Monte Carlo experiment. The module is offered to Science Foundation Year students who wish to build a foundation in Natural Sciences at A Level, and students of the Post-Graduate Certificate of Education who wish to teach Natural Sciences at College level.
Astrobiology	I am developing a new 3rd-year option module on Astrobiology. In 2003/4 I supervised a Life Sciences student during his final year project on Astrobiology. Keele University has recently joined the SuperWASP consortium, who are searching for planets around other stars by looking for small dips in the brightness of stars as the planets transit in front of them. This, and the multidisciplinary nature of Keele University - with a strong School of Life Sciences - provides an excellent basis for development of Astrobiology as both a teaching as well as research interest at Keele.
Astrochemistry	I have given an introduction to Astrochemistry for students on a Chemistry Enhancement Course.