Albert D. Grauer

ACADEMIC DEGREES:
Ph. D., North Carolina State University, 1971
Major: Physics Minor: Mathematics
B.S., Concordia College, 1964

RECENT PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
1. Professor of Astronomy
University of Arkansas at Little Rock , 1985 to present,
2. Visiting Scholar, University of Arizona, 1992 to present.
3. Visiting Scholar, Hubble Space Telescope Science Institute, November 1996

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION GRANTS:
1. AST-8211905, "Search for Close-Binary Nuclei of Planetary Nebulae",
1/1/82 to 12/31/84, $40,000
2. PRM-8113372, "Computer Equipment for Astronomical Data Reduction",
9/1/82 to 9/1/84, $35,000
3. AST-8413647, "Search for Close-Binary Nuclei of Planetary Nebulae",
1/1/85 to 6/30/87, $50,198
4. AST-8712249, "RUI: Purchase and Implementation of Equipment
for Astronomical Time-Series Photometry", 8/1/87 to 7/31/90, $60,000
5. AST-8813572, "RUI: A Study of Evolved Stars with Time-Series
Photometry", 9/1/88 to 2/28/91, $61,575
6. AST-9013368, "A Study of Evolved Stars with Time-Series Photometry"
3/1/91 to 2/28/95, $112,200
7. AST-9529169 "RUI: A Determination of Fundamental Properties of
Galaxies in the Local Universe" 8/2/96 to 7/31/97, $45,458.
4/15/97 to 7/31/98, $46,952,
8/1/98 to 7/31/00 $48,446 for a three year total of $140,856.

RESEARCH CORPORATION AWARD
Award C-3683 , "A Determination of Fundamental Properties of
Galaxies in the Local Universe", 4/27/94 to 4/27/96, $32,732

COMPETITIVE TELESCOPE AWARDS (Observing Runs, 1992->2000)
1. 215 nights Steward Observatory 61", Mt. Bigelow, AZ
2. 27 nights Steward Observatory 60", Mt. Lemmon, AZ
3. 6 nights Kitt Peak National Observatory 50", Kitt Peak,AZ
4 17 nights Kitt Peak National Observatory 36", Kitt Peak,AZ
5. 10 nights Steward Observatory 90" Kitt Peak, AZ
6. 4 nights 40" Siding Spring, Australia

PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES:
1. International Astronomical Union
2. American Astronomical Society
3. Phi Kappa Phi
4. Sigma Pi Sigma
5. Society of Sigma Xi

 

Most Significant Publications

1. A.D. Grauer and Rieke, M. J., "IR Observations of Galaxies in the
Local Universe I: The Survey and Some Representative Results", ApJS,
116, 29-45, (1998).

2. G.D. Schmidt and Grauer, A. D. "Upper Limits for Magnetic Fields on
Pulsating White Dwarfs", ApJ, 488, 827. (1997).

3. A.D. Grauer, F.A. Ringwald, G. Wegner, J. Liebert, G. Schmidt,
and R.F. Green "The Nova-Like Cataclysmic Variable Star:
KUV 0859+415", AJ, 108, 214, (1994).

4. A. D. Grauer, R. F. Green and J. Liebert, "On the Pulsational Stability
of the Pre- White Dwarf Star PG 1707+427", ApJ, 399, 686, (1992).

5. A. D. Grauer, G. Wegner, R. F. Green and J. Liebert, "KUV 05134+2605:
A New Pulsating DB White Dwarf" AJ, 98, 2221, (1989).

6. A. D. Grauer, H. E. Bond, R. F. Green and J. Liebert "PG 1456+103:
A New Pulsating DB White Dwarf", AJ, 95, 879, (1988).

7. A. D. Grauer, H. E. Bond, J. Liebert, T. Fleming, and R. F. Green
"A Search for Pulsating Stars Similar to PG 1159-035 and K 1-16",
ApJ, 323, 271, (1987).

8. A. D. Grauer, J. S. Drilling, and D. Schonberner
"The Elusive Variability of BD +10 2179", A&A 133, 285, (1984).

9. A. D. Grauer "A Possible New RR Lyrae Variable Star",
PASP., 96, 84 (1984).

10. A.D. Grauer "Evidence for Rapid Optical Variations of the
Quasi-Stellar Radio Source 4C 29.45", ApJ, 277, 77, (1984).

11. A.D. Grauer and H.E. Bond "The Pulsating Central Star of the
Planetary Nebula Kohoutek 1-16", Ap. J., 277, 211, (1984).

12. A.D. Grauer and H.E. Bond"The Precataclysmic Nucleus of
Abell 41", ApJ, 271, 259 (1983).

13. A.D. Grauer and H.E. Bond "Two-Star High-Speed Photometry",
PASP. 93,388 (1981).

14. A.D. Grauer and H.E. Bond "High Speed Photometry of, and Speculations On,
The Central Star of M 1-2" P. A. S. P. 93, 630 (1981).

15. H. E. Bond, A. D. Grauer, R. F. Green, and J. W. Liebert,
"Two New Extremely Hot Pulsating White Dwarfs",
ApJ, 279, 751, (1984).