Dr. Matthew Hankins

Assistant Professor

Physical Science
McEver Building
1701 N Boulder Avenue
Russellville, AR 72801
Phone: (479) 968-0293
E-mail: mhankins1@atu.edu

Education

PHD - Cornell University

Recently Taught Courses

PHSC 1021 - PHYSICAL SCIENCE LAB
PHYS 2000 - PHYSICS LABORATORY I
PHYS 2010 - PHYSICS LABORATORY II
PHYS 2124 - CALCULUS-BASED PHYSICS II
PHYS 4213 - ADV TOPIC/PHYSIC/ASTRONO
PHYS 4951 - UR: ADV MATH TECH
PHYS 4991 - SP: APP ML FOR PHYS/ASTRO
PHYS 4993 - SP: HONORS ADV TOP PYHS/ASTR

Research Interests

Dr. Hankins’ primary research interest is studying different aspects of the life cycle of stars including their formation as well as the final phases leading up to stellar death. He has conducted research in these areas using data from different NASA facilities like SOFIA and Spitzer and is involved with future programs with the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). He also has interests in developing tools for data analysis using Python.

Publication List