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Fronefield Crawford III

Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy

Director of Grundy Observatory

Franklin & Marshall College

Mailing Address:

Department of Physics and Astronomy
Franklin & Marshall College
P.O. Box 3003, Lancaster, PA 17604-3003

Office: Hackman 421
Phone: (717) 358-4499
Email: fcrawfor@fandm.edu

One page CV (PDF format)

Professional History

2022 - present: Charles A. Dana Professor of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin & Marshall College
2020 - 2022: Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin & Marshall College
2018 - 2022: Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin & Marshall College
2017 - present: Director of Grundy Observatory, Franklin & Marshall College
2016 - 2019: Faculty Don, Weis College House, Franklin & Marshall College
2011 - 2018: Associate Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin & Marshall College
2006 - 2011: Assistant Professor of Astronomy, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Franklin & Marshall College
2002 - 2006: Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Haverford College
2000 - 2002: Senior Systems Engineer, Remote Sensing Systems Integration Group, Lockheed Martin Corporation
1994 - 2000: Graduate Research and Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, MIT

Education

Ph.D. Physics, 2000, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
B.A. Astrophysics, 1994, Williams College

Research, Publications, etc.

Teaching

I was honored to be named Most Influential Professor in the Natural Sciences by the Franklin & Marshall Class of 2009 (see photo).

For Fall 2024, I am teaching the following courses:

AST 101: Exploring Ideas in Astronomy (Lectures)
PHY 101: General Physics I (Lectures)

Click here to see a list of courses I have previously taught.

Interesting Sites

Current

Selected comics: Bizarro / Doonesbury / Non Sequitur / Flash Gordon
Columns: Will / Brooks / Brooks and Capehart Friday / PBS Politics Monday / Washington Week
ASTRON JIVE Daily Image / ATNF Daily Astronomy Picture
News Headlines from Google
New Astro Preprints / arXiv Sorter
Weather: Forecast / Surface / Temperatures / Precipitation
Telescope Webcams

Astro

Literature: ADS
Data: Green's SNR Catalogue / ATNF Pulsar Catalog / Pulsar Survey Scraper / HeRTA FRB Catalogue / DM-Distance Model / SkyView
F&M Beowulf bw01: Cluster Report / Cluster Loads / Cluster Queue / UPS Status
F&M Beowulf bw02: Cluster Report / Cluster Loads / Cluster Queue / UPS Status
Misc: Pulsars at F&M / Landmine Detection at F&M / PDF Document Converter / PS to EPS Converter / AAS

Internet

Miscellaneous

Pictures!

Jill and Froney / Cameron / Sarah
Friends / Family / Pets
Old House and Yard
Soccer Pictures
Neighborhood Scenes at Marsh Creek Lake
Photos from Classes
England (July 1988)
Pictures from Williams College (1990 to 1994)
Graduation at Williams College (June 1994)
Radio Astronomy Instrumentation Work (1994 to 1997)
Vacation in Australia (June 1995)
Martha's Vineyard (May 1996)
Quebec City (June 1996)
Sheep Island, Maine (August 1996)
Observing Trip to Australia (September 1997)
Sailing in the Bahamas (April 1998)
Rehearsal Dinner and Wedding (September 1998)
Honeymoon at Lake Como, Italy (September 1998)
Thanksgiving at Chez Crawford (November 1998)
Cayman Islands (March 1999)
Observing Trip to Australia (July 1999)
Southern Germany and Austria (September 1999)
Hilton Head Island (August 2002)
Thanksgiving at Chez Crawford (November 2002)
AAS Conference in Seattle (January 2003)
Crawford Invitational Tennis Tournament (May 2003)
North and South Carolina (June 2003)
Keck Astronomy Conference (October 2003)
Christmas 2003 (December 2003)
Wilmington/Cape Fear, NC (June 2004)
July 4th in Valley Forge Park (July 2004)
Avalon, NJ (July 2004)
Milky Way Farm (October 2004)
New Year's Eve at Chez Crawford (December 2004)
San Diego (July 2005)
Wilmington/Cape Fear, NC (June 2006)
NURO Trip to Flagstaff, AZ (March 2007)
St. Michaels, MD (April 2007)
Observing Trip to Australia (February 2008)
NURO Trip to Flagstaff, AZ (March 2008)
Wilmington/Cape Fear, NC (July 2008)
Ireland (July 2008)
Thanksgiving at Chez Crawford (November 2008)
December Activities (December 2008)
Washington, DC (December 2008)
Winter at Marsh Creek State Park (January 2009)
Key West (March 2009)
AAS Conference in Pasadena (June 2009)
Avalon, NJ (June 2009)
Wilmington/Cape Fear, NC (July 2009)
NURO Trip to Flagstaff, AZ (July 2009)
Philadelphia (August 2009)
Washington, DC (January 2010)
Observing Trip to Green Bank, WV (February 2010)
San Diego (March 2010)
Observing Trip to Australia (August 2010)
New York City (December 2010)
Winter at Marsh Creek State Park (January 2011)
Fab Five Fest Conference at Arecibo, Puerto Rico (March 2011)
Las Vegas, NV (April 2011)
Boston, MA (May 2011)
Israel (June 2011)
Rock Hall, MD (August 2011)
Washington, DC (December 2011)
Key West (June 2012)
Charleston, SC (July 2012)
NURO Trip to Flagstaff, AZ (July 2012)
Canada (June 2013)
Observing Trip to Arecibo, Puerto Rico (July 2013)
New Orleans, LA (August 2013)
Sendai, Japan (May 2014)
Natori and Matsushima, Japan (May 2014)
Mount Zao, Japan (May 2014)
Yamadera, Japan (May 2014)
Kyoto, Japan (June 2014)
Arashiyama, Japan (June 2014)
Hiroshima, Japan (June 2014)
Miyajima, Japan (June 2014)
Tokyo, Japan (June 2014)
NURO Trip to Flagstaff, AZ (May 2015)
England and Scotland (June 2015)
Thanksgiving in San Diego (November 2015)
St. Maarten (March 2016)
Pictures from NURO (May 2016)
IPTA Conference, Stellenbosch, South Africa (June 2016)
Amsterdam (March 2017)
St. Maarten (March 2017)
Chicago, IL (May 2017)
London and Paris (July 2017)
Athens, Greece (July 2017)
Chania and Crete, Greece (July 2017)
Santorini, Greece (July 2017)
Mykonos, Greece (July 2017)
Florence, Italy (March 2018)
London, England (July/August 2018)
Florence and Amsterdam (October 2018)
Rome, Italy (June 2019)
Arenal, Costa Rica (July 2019)
Tamarindo, Costa Rica (July 2019)
Kumamoto, Japan (July 2019)
West Coast (July 2021)
Florence, Italy (May 2022)
Kauai, Hawaii (June 2022)
Maui, Hawaii (June 2022)
London, England (July 2022)
Workshop at Arecibo Observatory (December 2022)
AAS Conference in Seattle (January 2023)
Vancouver, Canada (June 2023)
Alaska Cruise (June 2023)
Kumamoto, Japan (July 2023)
Bike Trip on the Yuka Family Road in Japan (July 2023)
AAS Conference in New Orleans (January 2024)
Las Vegas, NV (February 2024)
St. Maarten (March 2024)
Bali, Ubud and Surroundings (May 2024)
Bali, Munduk and Surroundings (May 2024)
Bali, Seminyak (May 2024)
IPTA Conference, Sexten, Italy (June 2024)