Thomas E. Alberts
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View article: Exposing Students to STEM Careers through Hands-on Activities with Drones and Robots
Exposing Students to STEM Careers through Hands-on Activities with Drones and Robots Open
Autonomous robots have been used in a variety of ways from collecting specimen in hazardous environments to space exploration. These robots can be found in various manufacturing systems as Autonomous Guided Vehicles (AGVs) to transport par…
View article: Revival of the Magnetar PSR J1622–4950: Observations with MeerKAT, Parkes, XMM-Newton, Swift, Chandra, and NuSTAR
Revival of the Magnetar PSR J1622–4950: Observations with MeerKAT, Parkes, XMM-Newton, Swift, Chandra, and NuSTAR Open
New radio (MeerKAT and Parkes) and X-ray ( XMM-Newton , Swift , Chandra , and NuSTAR ) observations of PSR J1622–4950 indicate that the magnetar, in a quiescent state since at least early 2015, reactivated between 2017 March 19 and April 5…
View article: Engineering and science highlights of the KAT-7 radio telescope
Engineering and science highlights of the KAT-7 radio telescope Open
The construction of the seven-dish Karoo Array Telescope (KAT-7) array in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape in South Africa was intended primarily as an engineering prototype for technologies and techniques applicable to the MeerKAT te…