JOSEPH W BARNETT

Hi, I’m Joseph (Joe) Barnett. Welcome to my personal website.

I have Bachelor of Science degrees in mathematics and physics and a Master of Science degree in physics. This site is built to showcase the work that I’ve been involved with.

Below you’ll find a brief description of each research project I have participated in and a portfolio of my published work and GitHub projects, as well as a contact form.

The Math Perimeter

I am the owner of The Math Perimeter LLC, a business dedicated to making undergraduate mathematics accessible, engaging, and approachable for all learners. This is achieved through various forms of content, including articles, infographics, and email newsletters. You can learn more at https://themathperimeter.com/.

RESEARCH

  • November 2015 – December 2018: Membership determination of open star clusters Berkeley 66 and M67, using data from WEBDA, Gaia, and Pan-STARRS (Austin, TX).
  • May 2017 – August 2017: Imaging active galactic nuclei at radio frequencies using Difmap (Wuerzburg, Germany).
  • January 2019 – December 2019: Membership determination of two overluminous white dwarfs in NGC 6633 using Gaia data (Commerce, TX).
  • May 2019 – July 2021: Construction of the first semi-empirical initial-final mass relation for white dwarfs with helium atmospheres (Commerce, TX).

PUBLICATIONS

GITHUB

  • Gaia to CSV – Searches the Gaia Database and automatically downloads the results as a CSV file.
  • Numerical Methods Calculator – A calculator which implements various numerical methods and includes support for many special functions. Includes tools for root finding, interpolation, differentiation, and integration, as well as an ODE solver.
  • Collatz – Generates the hailstone sequence for up to twenty integers using parallel programming and returns the total stopping time and upper bound for each.

 

Contact