{"id":301,"date":"2014-05-12T17:36:16","date_gmt":"2014-05-12T21:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/physics.cos.ucf.edu\/cate\/?p=301"},"modified":"2014-05-12T17:36:16","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T21:36:16","slug":"meet-the-team-josh-colwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/cate\/meet-the-team-josh-colwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Team: Josh Colwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Name: Josh Colwell<a href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-3.57.00-PM-250x300.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-302 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/17\/2014\/05\/Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-3.57.00-PM-250x300.png\" alt=\"Screen-Shot-2013-09-20-at-3.57.00-PM-250x300\" width=\"288\" height=\"346\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 288px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 288\/346;\" \/><\/a><\/span><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">DOB: That&#8217;s between me and my credit card issuers.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">Major: Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D., University of Colorado<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">Position at UCF:\u00a0Professor of Physics, University of Central Florida<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">Dr. Colwell is a scientist, through and through, with a passion for teaching and learning about the cosmos. While he comes from a family of teachers, he\u2019s the only scientist in the family. &#8220;I enjoy movies, science fiction, and in particular the forward-looking humanist spirit of the original Star Trek,&#8221; he said.<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000\">For CATE, he is the Principal Investigator, the top dog, the money man, the big kahuna, el jefe.<\/span>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000\">He is most looking forward to the team&#8217;s experience flying the experiment on parabolic airplane flights and seeing everyone get a chance to experience weightlessness. &#8220;I think it will be a unique experience for most of the team that they will remember for the rest of their lives, and I&#8217;m thrilled to share that with them,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Josh loves what he does! &#8220;I have the best job in the world: I get to teach, do scientific research, and combine the two by working with students on research projects. Research is intrinsically exciting because we explore and create new situations that have never been seen before. Teaching is intrinsically rewarding because I get to share in students&#8217; thrill of learning and discovery,&#8221; he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">CATE combines all the elements of his job: students, teaching, exploration, discovery, and of course weightlessness. Plus, its name is inspired by Kate Winslet (his celebrity crush)!<\/span><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><br style=\"color: #000000\" \/><span style=\"color: #000000\">Something interesting about Josh<\/span><span style=\"color: #000000\">\u00a0is that he is a member of the Screen Actors Guild with several stage productions, a half dozen appearances as an extra, and one speaking part in a feature film to my credit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">As a kid, Josh dreamt of going to Mars. &#8220;While we have been able to explore Mars robotically, I find it a terrible waste that the manned space program has retreated from the Moon to low Earth orbit.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">If he could be one animal he would be his dog, due to his perpetual good mood. Most of the team responded with actual animated characters but when Josh was asked what animated character he would be he said, &#8220;people say to me all the time, &#8216;Josh, you sure are one animated character.&#8217; So I already am one.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Name: Josh ColwellDOB: That&#8217;s between me and my credit card issuers.Major: Astrophysical, Planetary and Atmospheric Sciences, Ph.D., University of ColoradoPosition at UCF:\u00a0Professor of Physics, University of Central Florida Dr. Colwell <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/physics\/cate\/meet-the-team-josh-colwell\/\">Continue Reading &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,37,49,57,59,83],"class_list":["post-301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-doctor","tag-josh-colwell","tag-microgravity","tag-physics","tag-planetary-sciences","tag-ucf"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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