Daryl Haggard
1135
Rhode Island Street
San
Francisco, CA 94107
(415)
285-6047 dhaggard@stars.sfsu.edu
Education:
San Francisco State
University, San
Francisco, CA
M.S. in Physics, planned completion May 2003
Master’s Thesis: “High Resolution X-ray & Optical
Imaging of Binary Star Populations in Omega Centauri”
Saint John’s College, Santa Fe, NM
B.A. in Philosophy and Mathematics, May 1995
Bachelor’s
Thesis: “The Veil of
Mediocrity” on Cervantes’ Don Quixote de
la Mancha
Honors: Thesis Oral Examination completed with
honors
Awards:
Achievement
Awards for College Scientists, ARCS Foundation, 2001-2002 & 2002-2003
Student
Research Travel Fund Award, San Francisco State University, 2002 & 2003
Graduate
Fellow, National Science Foundation Graduate to K-12 Outreach Grant, 2001-2002
Scholarship
to the X-Ray Astronomy School, The Universities Space Research Association,
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center & the Chandra X-ray Observatory Center,
2001 & 2002
Honorable
Mention, National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship, 2001
Student
Research Award, College of Science & Engineering, San Francisco State
University, 2000 & 2001
Burr
& Virginia Burbank Scholarship, Physics & Astronomy Dept., San
Francisco State Univ., 2000-2001
Award
for Excellence in Public Speaking, Senator Millard E. Tydings Memorial Prize
Fund, 1995
Research
& Teaching Experience:
San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
Research
Assistant,
2001-Present
Assist Dr.
Adrienne Cool, researching compact binary star systems in the globular cluster
Omega Centauri. Data reduction and source characterization in two data sets,
(1) a ~70 ksec observation of the cluster with the Chandra X-ray Observatory's
Advanced CCD Imaging Spectrometer and (2) a 3x3 mosaic of Wide Field Camera
pointings with Hubble Space Telescope's Advanced Camera for Surveys.
National
Science Foundation Graduate to K-12 (GK-12) Teaching Fellow, 2001-2002
Selected by P.I. Dr. John Stubbs as a San Francisco State
University GK-12 fellow. Collaborated with two 6th grade Earth Science teachers
and a 7th – 8th grade Special Education science teacher
on-site at Gloria Davis Middle School.
Research
Assistant, 2000-2001
Worked with
Dr. Roger Bland, investigating soliton wave production in boat wakes in the San
Francisco Bay. Developed theory and simulated both Kelvin wakes and solitons
using Mathematica and IDL.
Teaching
Assistant, 2000-2001
Led physics
laboratories under the supervision of Dr. Roger Bland. Facilitated discussion
and exploration of physics concepts through hands-on experiments, graded all
in-class and written work and determined final grades.
Instructor, 1999-2000
Taught
“Introduction to Physics Concepts,” funded through the Minority Access to
Research Careers (MARC) and Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement
(RISE) programs, designed to incorporate
the Socratic method and other peer-learning techniques.
Astronomical Society of the Pacific, San Francisco, CA
Project
ASTRO Volunteer,
2002-Present
Astronomer
partner to the SMART program. Lead monthly after school projects and activities
designed to promote understanding of astronomical concepts and student
participation.
Southwest University of Political Science
and Law, Chonquing,
Sichuan, CHINA
Foreign
Language and American Culture Teacher, 1995-1996
Taught
freshman and sophomore English language and American culture classes in the
International Trade and English Departments. Developed
curriculum, evaluated written work & classroom presentations and assigned grades.
other
work Experience:
Fawcette Technical Publications, Palo Alto, CA
Conference
Marketing Manager,
1997-1999
Managed
strategic marketing plans for Conference Group, which contributed over 10
million to gross annual revenues. Responsible for budget management, monthly
actualization and re-forecasting for all marketing activities, market research,
product development, and manager to two full-time marketing staff members.
Plants of the Southwest, Santa Fe, NM
Mail
Order/Marketing Manager,
1996-1997
Created,
designed and produced the annual mail order catalog, a full-color, botanically
accurate, native plant & seed catalog, on a desk-top publishing system and
assisted in development of accompanying web site.
Publications
& poster sessions:
“A Search for Optical Counterparts of
Chandra Sources in Omega Centauri using ACS,” D. Haggard, A.D. Fuller, J.L. Dorfman, A.M. Cool, J. Anderson, P.D.
Edmonds, M.B. Davies, poster presentation, 201st Meeting of the
American Astronomical Society, Seattle WA, January 2003
“X-ray
Imaging of Compact Binary Stars in Omega Centauri,” A.M. Cool, D. Haggard, J. Carlin, B. Zhao, C. Bailyn, J. Grindlay, P.D.
Edmonds, M.B. Davies, paper in preparation, to be submitted, The
Astrophysical Journal
“High Resolution X-ray Imaging of Binary Star Populations in
Omega Centauri,” D. Haggard, J.L. Carlin, A.M. Cool, B.
Zhao, C.D. Bailyn, P.D. Edmonds, J.E. Grindlay, M.B. Davies, poster presentation, 200th
Meeting of the American Astronomical Society, Albuquerque, NM, June 2002
“Deep
Chandra Imaging of ω Centauri,” A.M.
Cool, D. Haggard, J. Carlin, Astronomical Society of the Pacific Conference
Proceedings, Vol. 265, 277, eds. F. van Leeuwen, J.D. Hughes, G. Piotto, 2002
“Observation
of Long Waves Generated by Ferries,” D.G.
Neuman, E. Tapio, D. Haggard, R. Bland, Canadian Journal of Remote Sensing,
Vol. 27, No. 4, 361, February 2001
Languages:
Basic
reading, writing and speaking competence in Spanish. Limited speaking abilities
in Mandarin Chinese. Limited translation competence in French and Ancient
Greek.
Memberships:
American
Astronomical Society
Astronomical
Society of the Pacific
Vice
President, Physics & Astronomy Club, San Francisco State University
Student
Advisory Board Member, College of Science and Engineering, San Francisco State
University