PGI

The PGI is involved in several community outreach activities. It works closely with the Space Outreach efforts of the Department of Physics and Astronomy to meet its service goals. In 1998, PGI helped establish a NASA Teacher's Resource Distribution Center at UT. This unit offers K-12 and college teachers free access to a wide variety of NASA-sponsored teaching materials. The Center is located in the Nielson Physics building and directed by Paul Lewis, who is partial supported by our funds. Paul is our "Space Outreach Guru" who spreads the word to the eastern Tennessee community. Former PGI Director Larry Taylor initiated the concept of a planetarium for UT, and with the support of Paul and Soren Sorenson, and the Earth & Space Sciences Planetarium opened in the spring of 2013. The planetarium is located in the Nielson Physics building, and was initiated and partially supported in construction by PGI. In general, we emphasize some of the "fun" service and education activities performed..

Primary location: Knoxville United States