POCA

A Partnership in Observational and Computational Astronomy

Dr. Jennifer L. Cash
Associate Professor of Physics, South Carolina State University<

Dr. Jennifer Lynn Cash

Department of Biological & Physical Sciences

300 College Street NE,
Campus P. O. Box 7024
South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, SC 29117, USA

Office Phone: (803) 516-4753
Fax: 803 586-8569

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Professional Preparation:

  • University of Wyoming Degree: B.S. in Physics, 1994
  • University of Wyoming Degree: PhD in Physics, 2002

Appointments:

  • Associate Professor of Astrophysics, South Carolina State University, 2008 – current
  • Assistant Professor of Astrophysics, South Carolina State University, 2002 – 2008
  • Instructor, University of Wyoming, 2001-2002

Activities and Adwards

  • Research mentoring of undergraduate students.
  • Service as South Carolina Space Grant Campus Director for SCSU (2003 – current).
  • Development of Earth/Space Science Curriculum including web-enhanced content material, multimedia lectures, inquire based labs, and an interactive testing system.
  • Outreach to K-12 community through presentations in schools and to home school groups as well as science fair judging.

Publications and Presentations

  • Nesmith, Eva and Cash, J., "Photometric Light Curve Analysis of RV Tauri Stars Using AAVSO", (2010). American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #417.15; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.273 2010AAS...21541715N
  • Durant, Patrick; Howell, S. B.; Cash, J. and Walter, D. K., "Spectral Variations of Several RV Tauri Type Stars", (2010). American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #215, #417.14; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.273 2010AAS...21541714D
  • Cash, J., Howell, S., & Walter, D. 2009, "A Long Term Photometric and Spectroscopic Study of RV Tauri Stars," in “Stellar Pulsation: Challenges for Theory and Observation”, J. A. Guzik & P. A. Bradley (Editors), Melville, N.Y.: AIP Conference Proceedings, CP1170, pp. 146-148
  • Walter, Donald K.; Brittain, S. D.; Cash, J. L.; Hartmann, D. H.; Howell, S. B.; King, J. R.; Leising, M. D.; Mayo, E. A.; Mighell, K. J.; and Smith, D. M., Jr, "A Partnership in Observational and Computational Astronomy (POCA)", (2009). American Astronomical Society, AAS Meeting #213, #431.02; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 41, p.263 2009AAS...21343102W
  • Johnson, P., Deromedi, A., Lebaron, P., Catala, P., and Cash, J., Rapid Detection and Enumeration of Escherichia coli in Aqueous Samples using Fountain Flow Cytometry, 2006, Cytometry Part A, 69A, 1212.
  • Walter, D. K.; Cash, J. L.; Payne, J. E.; Payne, L. L. and Smith, D. M. “The Astrophysics Program at South Carolina State University” (2005); American Astronomical Society Meeting 207, #66.01; Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 37, p.1261 2005AAS...207.6601W
  • Cash, J., Computational Models of the Accretion Streams in Polars, 2004, in "Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables", ASP Conf. Series, 315, 272.
  • Cash, J., Modeling the Accretion Stream in Polars, 2003, PASP, 115, 1150.
  • Harrison, T., Howell, S., Huber, M., Osborne, H., Holtzman, J., Cash, J., Gelino, D., Modeling the Remarkable Multiwavelength Light Curves of EF Eridanus: The Detection of Its Irradiated Brown Dwarf-like Secondary Star, 2003, AJ, 125, 2609.
  • Cash, J. and Howell, S., Model Accretion Streams in Polars, 2002, in The Physics of Cataclysmic Variable and Related Objects, ASP Conf. Series, 261, 141.
  • Cash, J. and Dahnovsky, Y., Driven electron transfer in an environment with slow and fast degrees of freedom, 2001, Physical Review E, 63, 016104.
  • Howell, S., Cash, J., Mason, K., and Herzog, A., The Relationship between Ultraviolet Line Emission and Magnetic Field Strength in Magnetic Cataclysmic Variables, 1999, AJ, 117, 1014.
  • Howell, S., Ciardi, D., Szkody, P., VanParadijs, J., Kuulkers, E., Cash, J., Sirk, M., and Long, K., Multiwavelength Superoutburst Observations of T Leonis, 1999, PASP, 111, 342.