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| Degrees: |
B.S., University Of Wisconsin, Madison
M.S., University of California, Santa Barbara
Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara; Advisor - Alan Heeger, NOBEL LAUREATE IN CHEMISTRY
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| Courses: |
Introduction to Modern Physics; Introduction to Electricity, Magnetism and Waves; Photonics and Electronics Lab; Advanced
Experimental Physics Lab, Optical Physics, Advanced Modern Physics, Quantum
Mechanics.
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| Research: |
Research on soft-matter dynamics using electroconvection and laser-induced transient gratings.
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| Recent Publications: |
"Amplitude Modulation and Relaxation-Oscillation of Counterpropagating
Rolls within a Broken-Symmetry Laser-Induced Electroconvection
Strip" D. R. Spiegel, E. R. Johnson, and S. R. Saucedo, Physical
Review E 73, 306317 (2006). Click here for pdf file
(Johnson and Saucedo graduated from Trinity in 2005. Johnson is now in graduate electrical
engineering at the University of Colorado, and Saucedo is in graduate physics at Florida State University).
"Dynamics of Laser-Induced Electroconvection Pulses" N. C.
Giebink, E. R. Johnson, S. R. Saucedo, E. W. Miles, K. K. Vardanyan, D. R. Spiegel, and C. C. Allen, Physical Review E 69, 066303 (2004). Click here for pdf file
(Giebink and Miles graduated from Trinity in 2003 and 2004, respectively. Johnson and Saucedo graduated in 2005 (see above).
Giebink is currently in graduate electrical engineering at Princeton.)
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| Service: |
Laser Safety Officer
University Curriculum Council
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