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Russ Durkee
What I do, where I work
For ten years I was an exhibit prototyper at the Science Museum of Minnesota where I created interactive science exhibits. I have had the good fortune of working at SMM on exhibits for local display and in many traveling exhibitions. . My primary duties included developing new exhibits, programming user interfaces, biological signal acquisition and processing, robotics, and linux system administration. I was also the resident Science On a Sphere guru, and created two touring versions of the SOS system in the AMNH Water H20=life show that are currently traveling the US and the world. I left SMM to be a full-time Dad.
Current position
Director at Shed of Science Observatory
Dad at Home
Earlier positions
Exhibit Prototyper at Science Museum of Minnesota
Meteorologist at Raytheon Polar Services Company
Website(s)
More about me
In my spare time I enjoy teaching, traveling, and doing science. I operate a privately funded observatory I call the Shed of Science where I search for binary near Earth asteroids along with a world-wide network of professional and amateur astronomers. I also assist organizations and individuals to create state of the art robotic video telescope systems for education outreach. I am a life long student and have earned degrees in Physics, Astrophysics, and a masters degree in Meteorology. Currently I am finishing up a masters in science teaching.