The Physics Department has a wide range of research opportunities available for both undergraduate and graduate students interested in pursuing research. The topics are very diverse spanning the range from nanoparticles, soft condensed matter research, water filtration, laser and phonon physics, new materials for solar energy conversion, optics and holography, remote sensing, colliding black holes, young sun-like stars, and more, just ask or email one of our faculty.<\/p>\n
Theoretical Condensed Matter Physics<\/a><\/p>\n Research interests: Excitons and Exciton Associated Quasiparticles in Quantum Dots<\/a>. Dr. Nguyen has been awarded 2020 John Marshall Scholar Summer Award for the proposal \u201cElectronic Structure and Gravitational Waves, Computational Astrophysics<\/a><\/p>\n Dr. Maria Babiuc Hamilton published recently 3 research papers:<\/p>\n Dr. Babiuc Hamilton gave several invited talks and research talks in national and regional conferences. Dr. Hamilton has been awarded \u201cKITP Scholars program,” sponsored by Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics for 2020-2023, Photovoltaic Devices and Thin Film Solar Cells<\/a><\/p>\n Research interests: Photoactive Materials and Hybrid Devices<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr. Judy Fan\u2019s paper “Flexible Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells Assisted with Lead-Free Dr. Fan has been awarded 2022 Air Force Research Lab Summer Faculty Fellowship at AFRL-Materials and Manufacturing for her proposal \u201cSandwich Devices for Thermal Protection and Infrared Invisibility\u201d as well as 2022 John Marshall Scholar Summer Award 2022 for her proposal \u201cThermal-Photo-Electronic Hybrid Device for Energy Harvesting\u201d.<\/p>\n Soft Condensed Matter Research<\/a><\/p>\n Research interests: Azo-Dye-Funcionalized Polycarbonate Membranes<\/a>.<\/p>\n Dr. Sean McBride\u2019s paper \u201cAzo-Dye-Functionalized Polycarbonate Membranes for Textile Dye and Nitrate Ion Removal\u201d has just Dr. Sean McBride gave talks in 2021 Ohio-Region APS Meeting and 2022 APS March Meeting.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Que Huong Nguyen has recently published 3 research papers:<\/p>\n\n
\nOptical Response of Semiconductor and Polymer Structures\u201d<\/p>\n
\nDr. Maria Babiuc-Hamilton<\/h2>\n
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\nContribution to: MG15 (2019).<\/li>\n
\nThe talk “Realistic Binary Neutron Stars Collisions Simulations: Challenges and Opportunities”<\/a> given at the Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM), University of California, Los Angeles is available on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\nas well as 2019 John Marshall Scholar Summer Award for her proposal \u201cGravitational Waves from Binary Neutron Stars”.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Xiaojuan Fan<\/h2>\n
\nPerovskite Halide”, has been published in February 2022 in Journal of Materials Research.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Sean P. McBride<\/h2>\n
\nbeen accepted for on April 2022 in Micromachines.<\/p>\n
\nDr. Andre Wehner<\/h2>\n