About
Musings from Eastern Illinois by a professor of physics.
I’m Dr. Jim Conwell ( jconwell@eiu.edu ), a professor in the physics department at Eastern Illinois University My area of research is General Relativity and relativistic astrophysics. Even though I’m a theoretical physicist, as a youth I made my own telescopes. …It helped that we literal lived above my dad’s Tool and Die company. I guess that’s why the physics department thought It would be safe enough to let me be around power tools, install a telescope and be director of the observatory. My childhood in a machine shop gave me some immunity to the infamous “Pauli Effect”.
EIU Astro 
Joe Glynn here, getting my first look at a picture of your observatory! I wish I could make it down this Friday to get a better look at that 16″ scope.
Keep up the good work!
Joe Glynn
Western Springs, IL
(EIU Judo club ’85)
Hello Jim!
It was great to meet you last night, and I hope to be able to tag along with Pamela for her talk in February and see all the wonderful things happening at Eastern!
Georgia
SIUE Grad Student