{"id":963,"date":"2019-04-01T14:47:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T20:47:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=963"},"modified":"2019-04-08T11:25:30","modified_gmt":"2019-04-08T17:25:30","slug":"professor-spotlight-john-faust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2019\/04\/01\/professor-spotlight-john-faust\/","title":{"rendered":"Professor Spotlight: John Faust"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/professor-0401_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"620\" src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-10.39.57-AM-1024x620.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" srcset=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-10.39.57-AM-1024x620.png 1024w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-10.39.57-AM-300x181.png 300w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-10.39.57-AM-768x465.png 768w, https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/Screen-Shot-2019-04-08-at-10.39.57-AM.png 1924w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">Astronomy lecturer John Faust graduated from the University of Texas Pan American with a Bachelors in Astronomy and a Masters in Interdisciplinary Studies. Before becoming an instructor, he taught at public schools and put a lot of his time in to writing computer programming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]&#8221;So I modeled a number of things in both electrical fields to small extent electric and magnetic then gravitational and inertial fields to a greater extent because basically that\u2019s what Einstein dealt with.&#8221;<br>-John Faust, lecturer[\/su_quote]<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>John Faust takes part in the recruitment of high school students to become a science major at the university. He explains how these recruitment trips work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[su_quote]&#8221;27 I think to 50 students, they will bus them down to Brownsville to see the research center down there. 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