Bryce Theodore Bolin Curriculum Vitae Institute for Astronomy Univ. Hawai i at Mānoa 2680 Woodlawn Dr Honolulu, HI 96822 U.S.A. Email: bolin@ifa.hawaii.edu Phone: +1 (808) 956-6795 Website: http://www.ifa.hawaii.edu/ bolin EDUCATION University of Central Florida M.S. in Physics, May 2011 Physics Department, College of Sciences University of Florida B.S. in Physics, July 2009 Physics Department, College of Liberal Arts & Sciences EMPLOYMENT HISTORY 2013 Present Associate Faculty, University of Phoenix, Hawai i Campus 2012 Present Near Earth Object Research Analyst, Institute for Astronomy, Univ. Hawai i at Mānoa 2012 Present Lecturer, Honolulu Community College, Univ. Hawai i 2011 Present Adjunct Instructor, Valencia College, Orlando, Florida 2011 Adjunct Instructor, Santa Fe College, Gainesville, Florida 2010 2011 Teaching Assistant, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 2009 Research Assistant, University of Central Florida, Orlando, Florida 2008 2009 Research Student, Physics Department, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida RESEARCH INTERESTS Small bodies of the solar system, asteroid and comet orbital dynamics, rotational and orbital evolution of asteroids, near earth objects (NEOs), cratering, asteroid light curves, space weathering, cometary mass loss, asteroid and comet taxonomy, trans-neptunian objects, asteroid families, main belt comets, secular dynamics, impacts and disruption of small bodies, large scale asteroid and comet surveys, radar detection of asteroids, origin and evolution of planetary systems, outer solar system dynamics, planetary rings, moons of outer planets, asteroid comet coma composition, dust dynamics, hazards GRANTS, AWARDS & HONORS Florida Bright Futures Florida Academic Scholarship ($10k/yr), 2005-2008
DATA & OBSERVING EXPERIENCE Observing time granted: University of Hawaii 88 Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) (MegaPrime) Time already observed: Canada France Hawaii Telescope (CFHT) (MegaPrime) Subaru Telescope (Suprime-Cam) University of Hawaii 88 Robinson Observatory 22 James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (SCUBA 2, ACSIS) Subaru Telescope (IRCS) Subaru Telescope (Suprime-Cam) James Clerk Maxwell Telescope (HARP) University of Hawaii 88 9 nights for rapid rotator survey (co-i) 40 queue scheduled hours For NEO follow up (co-i) 7 queue scheduled hours to observe comet ISON (co-i) 2 nights for a main belt asteroid light curve survey (co-i) 4 nights for light curve observation of 2002 GT (co-i) 3 nights for observing exoplanet transits (PI) 2 nights for extragalactic studies (observer) 1 night for small body spectra (assistant) multiple nights for evening and morning NEO searches (co-i) 1 day for comet emission spectra (assistant) 4 nights for small bodies observation and follow up (assistant) Data Reduction and Analysis relevant to: Cassini Spacecraft Ultra-Violet Imaging Spectrograph (UVIS) stellar occultations of Saturn s rings taken since 2005, Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System (Pan-STARRS), Moving Object Processing System (MOPS), CFHT MegaPrime image reduction, Subaru SuprimeCam image reduction, Near Earth Object Population Model, Survey Bias Calculation, Survey Performance Technical skills in: Advanced: Python, SLALIB, LaTeX Proficient: C/C++, IDL, Java, MySQL, OpenOrb, Unix, LabVIEW, DS9, SExtractor, SCAMP, Perl, Mathematica, Condor, IRAF TEACHING & ADVISING MTH 219 Course Instructor, Introduction to College Algebra, Undergraduate Level Course, Math Department, University of Phoenix, Fall 2013 PHY 50L Course Instructor, Technical Physics, Undergraduate Level Course, Honolulu Community College, Honolulu, Hawai i, Spring 2013 AST 1002 Course Instructor, Introduction to Astronomy, Undergraduate Level Course, Valencia College, Orlando, Florida, Summer 2011 - Spring 2013 PHY 2004 Course Instructor, Applied Physics, Undergraduate Level Course, Santa Fe College, Fall 2011 PHY 2004L Laboratory Instructor, Applied Physics Lab, Undergraduate Level Course, Santa Fe College, Fall 2011 ESC 1000 Course Instructor, Earth and Space Science, Undergraduate Level Course, Santa Fe College, Summer 2011 PHY 2049L Laboratory Instructor, Physics for Engineers II Lab, Undergraduate Level Course, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Fall 2010 - Spring 2011 PHY 2049HL Laboratory Instructor, Honors Physics for Engineers II Lab, Honors College Undergraduate Level Course, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Spring 2011 PHY 2060L Laboratory Instructor, General Physics Lab, Undergraduate Level Course, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Spring 2010 - Summer 2010 PHY 2060L Laboratory Instructor, General Physics Lab, Undergraduate Level Course, Physics Department, University of Central Florida, Spring 2010 - Summer 2010
Students supervised: Allison Bratcher (Undergraduate at UCF), in conjunction with Josh Colwell on UVIS stellar occultation research, Fall 2012 PUBLIC OUTREACH Public Outreach Volunteer: Honolulu Zoo Educational Outreach (July 2013) Institute for Astronomy Open House (April 2013) Institute for Astronomy Comet Pan-STARRS (March 2013) Holy Nativity School (Febuary 2013) Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum (January 2013) Institute for Astronomy Curiosity Landing Coverage (August 2012) Institute for Astronomy Transit of Venus (June 2012) Kapolei High School (April 2012) Sea Life Park (April 2012) Institute for Astronomy Open House (April 2012) University of Florida (Fall 2011) Harmony Dark Sky Festival (April 2011) University of Central Florida (Spring 2011) University of Central Florida (Fall 2011) Harmony Dark Sky Festival (April 2010) Harmony Dark Sky Festival (Spring 2010) Event Volunteer, Division of Planetary Sciences (October 2012) Volunteer Judge, Hawaii State Science Fair (Apr 2012) Event Volunteer, Division of Planetary Sciences (October 2012) Event Volunteer, The Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference (Febuary 2011) PROFESSIONAL TALKS Minimoon Discovery with Ground-based Radar Facilities, 45th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences, Denver, Colorado, October 2013 The Detectability of Earth s Temporarily Captured Orbiters, 44th Annual Meeting of the Division for Planetary Sciences, Reno, Nevada, October 2012 Saturn s Faint, Narrow Ringlets, Graduate Research Symposium, Gainesville, Florida, August 2011 Cassini Observation of Saturn s Faint, Narrow Ringlets, Rings Workshop, Cornell, New York, July 2011 REFERENCES Robert Jedicke, Specialist Institute for Astronomy, Hawai i jedicke@ifa.hawaii.edu Richard Wainscoat, Specialist Institute for Astronomy, Hawai i rjw@ifa.hawaii.edu Joshua Colwell, Professor University of Central Florida jedicke@ifa.hawaii.edu REFEREED PAPERS (PUBLISHED AND IN PROGRESS) Granvik, M., M. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, W.F. Bottke, B. Bolin, E. Beshore, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. Nesvorny, G, and P. Michel 2014. A New Population Model of the Orbits and Absolute Magnitudes of Near-Earth Objects. Icarus. (in preparation)
Granvik, M., M. Morbidelli, R. Jedicke, W.F. Bottke, B. Bolin, E. Beshore, D. Vokrouhlicky, D. Nesvorny, G, and P. Michel 2014. Depletion of the near-earth-asteroid Population at Small Perihelion Distances. Nature. (in preparation) Veres, P. and Jedicke, R. and Fitzsimmons, A. and Denneau, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Bolin, B. and PS1SC Collaboration. 2014. Absolute Magnitudes of Pan-STARRS PS1 Asteroids. Icarus. (in preparation) Bolin, B., J. Colwell, and A. Bratcher 2014. Cassini UVIS Observations of Saturn s Faint, Narrow Ringlets. Icarus. (in preparation) Bolin, B., R. Jedicke, M. Granvik, P. Brown, E. Howell, M. Nolan, M. Chyba, G. Patterson and R. Wainscoat 2014. Detecting Earth s Temporarily Captured Natural Irregular Satellites - Minimoons. Icarus. (submitted) Jedicke, R., B. Bolin, M. Granvik and E. Beshore 2014. An Improved Technique for Quantifying Observational Selection Effects in Asteroid Surveys. Icarus. (submitted) Denneau, L., R. Jedicke, T. Grav, M. Granvik, J. Kubica, A. Milani, P. Veres, R. Wainscoat, D. Chang, F. Pierfederici, N. Kaiser, K. Chambers, J. Heasly, E. Magnier, P. Price, J. Myers, J. Kleyna, H. Hsieh, D. Farnocchia, C. Waters, B. Sweeny, D. Green, B. Bolin, W. Burgett, J. Morgan, J. Tonry, K. Hodapp, S. Chastel, S. Chesley, A. Fitzsimmons, T. Bressi, M. Holman, R. Holmes, T. Lister, R. McMillan, M. Micheli, E. Ryan, W. Ryan, and J. Scotti 2013. The Pan-STARRS Moving Object Processing System. PASP, 125, 357-395. Granvik, M., R. Jedicke, B. Bolin, M. Chyba and G. Patterson, 2013. Earth s Temporarily-Captured Natural Satellites - The First Step towards Utilization of Asteroid Resources. Asteroids: Prospective Energy and Material Resources, 151-167. Springer Verlag. ABSTRACTS AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS Bolin, B. and Jedicke, R. and Granvik, M. and Brown, P. and Chyba, M. and Howell, E. and Nolan, M. and Patterson, G. and Wainscoat, R. 2013.Minimoon Discovery with Ground-based Radar Facilities. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 45, pp. 410.03. Veres, P. and Jedicke, R. and Fitzsimmons, A. and Denneau, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Bolin, B. and PS1SC Collaboration. 2013. Absolute Magnitudes of Pan-STARRS PS1 Asteroids. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 45, pp. 208.22. Granvik, M. and Morbidelli, A. and Jedicke, R. and Bottke, W. F. and Bolin, B. and Beshore, E. and Vokrouhlicky, D. and Nesvorny, D. and Michel, P. 2013. A New Population Model of the Orbits and Absolute Magnitudes of Near-Earth Objects. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 45, pp. 106.02. Wainscoat, R. J., L. Denneau, P. Veres, R. Jedicke, and B. Bolin 2012. The Pan-STARRS1 Search for Near Earth Objects: Recent Progress and Future Plans. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 44, pp. 305.07. Veres, P., R. Jedicke, L. Denneau, A. Fitzsimmons, B. Bolin, R. Wainscoat, and P. Science Consortium 2012. Absolute Magnitudes of Pan-STARRS 1 Asteroids. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 44, pp. 111.11. Bratcher, A., J. E. Colwell, and B. Bolin 2012. Analysis of a Triple Star System Occulted By Saturn s Rings. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 44, pp. 414.13.
Bolin, B., R. Jedicke, M. Granvik, J. Vaubaillon, R. Wainscoat, P. Brown, P. Jenniskens, E. Howell, M. Nolan, M. Chyba, G. Picot, and G. Patterson 2012. The Detectability of Earth s Temporarily Captured Orbiters. In AAS/Division for Planetary Sciences Meeting Abstracts, Volume 44, pp. 305.06. Bolin, B., R. Jedicke, M. Granvik, J. Vaubaillon, and R. Wainscoat 2012. Detecting Earth s Moons. In LPI Contributions, Volume 1667, pp. 6359. Bolin, B., and J. Colwell 2011. Cassini UVIS Observations of Saturn s Faint, Narrow Ringlets. In EPSC-DPS Joint Meeting 2011, pp. 1298. Bolin, B., and J. Colwell 2011. Cassini UVIS Observations of Saturn s Faint, Narrow Ringlets. In Rings Workshop, Cornell 2011, pp. 33. NOTABLE CIRCULARS Bolin, B. and Denneau, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Micheli, M. and Draginda, A. and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2014. Comet P/2014 A5 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3793. Bolin, B. and Veres, P. and Wainscoat, R. and Denneau, L. and Scotti, J. V., and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2014. Comet P/2014 A3 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3782. Bolin, B. and Veres, P. and Wainscoat, R. and Draginda, A. and Micheli, M. and Linder, T. and Holmes, R. and Sato, H. and Ligustri, R. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet C/2013 Y2 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3775. Bolin, B. and Denneau, L. and Veres, P. and Wainscoat, R. and Micheli, M. and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet C/2013 X1 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3736. Bolin, B. and Wainscoat, R. and Denneau, L. and Veres, P. and Chastel, S. and Micheli, M. and Ryan, W. and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet C/2013 W2 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3735. Bolin, B. and Kleyna, J. and Wainscoat, R. and Veres, P. and Denneau, L. and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet C/2013 W1 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3721. Hill, R., Bolin, B. and Kleyna, J. and Denneau, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Micheli, M. and Armstrong, J. and Molina, K. and Sato, H and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2013 R3 (Catalina-Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3658. Bolin, B. and Denneau, L. and Micheli, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Tholen, D. J. and and Lister, T. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2013 P5 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3639. Bolin, B. and Micheli, M. and Hsieh, H. and Veres, P. and Woodworth, D. and Sato, H. and Spahr, T. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2013 P1 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3618. Bolin, B. and Wainscoat, R. and Denneau, L. and Micheli, M. and Forshay, P. and Woodworth, D. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2013 N5 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3617. Bolin, B. and Hsieh, H. and Wainscoat, R. and Micheli, M. and Holmes, R. and Vorobjov, T. and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2013 O2 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3604. Bolin, B. and Denneau, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Micheli, M. and Veres, P. and Wells, L. and Forshay, P. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2013 N3 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3583. Bolin, B. and Denneau, L. and Veres, P. and Hsieh, H. and Micheli, M. and Wainscoat, R. and Wells, L. and Skiff, B. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet P/2003 BM 80 = (323137) 2003 BM 80. Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3559.
Bolin, B. and Veres, P. and Wainscoat, R. and Micheli, M. and Draginda, A. and Hormuth, F. and Ries, J. G. and Sato, H. and Williams, G. V. 2013. Comet C/2013 G8 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3477. Bolin, B. and Denneau, L. and Wainscoat, R. and Jedicke, R. and Veres, P. and Micheli, M. and Birtwhistle, P. and Holmes, R. and Vorobjov, T. and Buzzi, L. and Foglia, S. and Armstrong, J. D. and Micheli, M. and Sato, H. and Masi, G. and Nocentini, F. and Masi, U. and Williams, G. V. 2012. Comet C/2012 S4 (Panstarrs). Central Bureau Electronic Telegrams, 3245.