NED TALKS with Charles Hemann

He began his career at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock (UALR) Planetarium where he started as a student assistant and worked my way up to Assistant Director from 1987 to 1999.  While working there he did many things including being in charge of the NASA Educator Resource Center and gave countless numbers of programs to every kind of group imaginable.  He taught Astronomy Classes and Labs for the Department of Physics & Astronomy and was Instrumental in building a 24 inch mobile telescope which spent a lot of its time at Pinnacle Mountain State Park.  During his time at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, he developed several image processing laboratory experiments for the Physics and Astronomy Department’s Astronomy labs.  He worked with Dr. Al Grauer in producing and teaching an Intermediate Astronomy class and lab which dealt with image processing on Unix workstations and working with real astronomical data.  He worked with the UALR Geology and Science Teacher Education departments and presented programs and workshops for their students. He became a Jet Propulsion Laboratory Ambassador to Jupiter which turned into the Jet Propulsion Laboratory Solar System Ambassador for Arkansas.

Currently, he is a retired Planetarium Director, Astronomy Educator and the President of the West Texas Astronomers which is the local Astronomy club. He continues to be a NASA Solar System Ambassador for Texas, and also assisted with the re-opening of the Odessa High School Observatory.