Physics

Associate Professor, Physics

Why does water in Earth's atmosphere condense into cloud droplets when and where it does, and why does that water sometimes freeze? Those questions are the broad motivation for my research here over the past 10 years. Water in the atmosphere will not start freezing unless it's really cold (about -36 C) . . .

Professor, Physics and Materials Science and Engineering

Professor Levy's field of expertise is photonics. In recent years he has worked on the development of magnetic photonic crystals in planar geometries. His research presently centers on the physics and applications of magneto-photonic crystals, especially of near-band-edge and resonance phenomena, as well as on nonreciprocal and unidirectional optical Bloch . . .

Professor, Physics

Professor Yap is interested in the fundamentals of synthesis, properties, and applications of functional materials, which include B-C-N nanostructures (carbon nanotubes, graphene, boron nitride nanotubes, boron nitride nanosheets, boron carbon-nitride and carbon nitride nanostructures, etc.); ZnO nanostructures; energy harvesting nanostructures; wide band-gap single crystals (AlN, GaN, BN); and quantum dots. He has edited a book and multiple proceedings volumes, and has . . .

Professor, Physics
Adjunct Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, Cognitive and Learning Sciences

Professor Jaszczak's research focuses on theory and computer modeling of materials. His current work focuses on single-electron transistor devices, in collaboration with the experimental groups of Dr. Y. K. Yap (Physics) and Dr. Paul Bergstrom (Electrical and Computer Engineering). He also studies materials in which interfaces, such as surfaces, grain . . .

Professor, Physics

What is our universe made out of? Modern astrophysics has realized only recently that we have little idea. Part of my research is focused on finding this out, or at the least using observations of distant powerful gamma ray bursts (GRBs) to limit possible attributes of currently mysterious dark matter and dark energy. I also study the phenomenological attributes of GRBs more generally, as well as an intriguing . . .