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Physics Research

INVESTIGATOR RESEARCH INTEREST(S) WEB SITE
Harry Bates

Lasers and Holography Ultrashort Optical Pulse Generation, Detection and Shaping

 
Radio Physics and Communications
Applications of Microcomputers To Physics

Occultation Astronomy

Phuoc Ha High Energy Physics link
Computational Physics
Thomas Krause Quantum Theory, Nuclear Scattering  
Gravitation and the Nuclear Physics of Stellar Interiors
Eddie Loh Lasers and Holography  
Application of Mossbauer Techniques to Investigate Solid State Physics
Application of Microcomputers to Physics Education and Research
Rajeswari M. Kolagani Experimental condensed matter physics  
Materials physics
Technological applications of metal oxide thin films
James Overduin Gravitation, theoretical extensions of general relativity and experimental tests of those theories link
Astroparticle physics, cosmic background radiation, Olbers' paradox and dark matter
Cosmology, dark energy, Einstein's cosmological "constant", Mach's principle
David Schaefer Nanotechnology link
Adhesion Measurements with Atomic Force Microscopy
STM measurements of material mechanical properties
Jeff Simpson Experimental condensed matter and nanoscale physics  
Opto-electronic properties of nano-structured graphitic carbon, especially graphene and carbon nanotubes
Optical properties of strong correlated materials, e.g., magnetoelectric multiferroics
Vera Smolyaninova Experimental condensed matter physics link
Electronic, magnetic, and thermal properties of functional metal oxides
Photonic materials and devices
Alex Storrs; Planet/Solar System Formation link
Image Processing
High Resolution Imaging of Asteroids
Modelling Optically Thick Lines in Cometary Comae
Astronomy Research

PROJECT INVESTIGATOR(S) SOURCE OF FUNDS WEB
SITE
Comparison of solar radius variations

Harry Bates
Wayne Warren

APL
Astronomy in an Urban Environment Alex Storrs
Jennifer Scott
NSF-PREST
Geosciences Research

PROJECT INVESTIGATOR(S) SOURCE OF FUNDS WEB
SITE
Basinwide provenance of Appalachian basin Acadian orogenic sediments from a late Frasnian time slice

Jon Filer
Steven Lev

American Chemical Society/ Petroleum Research Fund  
Acquisition of instrumentation for an urban environmental biogeochemistry laboratory Steven Lev
Ryan Casey (CHEM)
Susan Gresens(BIOL)
Joel Snodgrass(BIOL)
NSF-MRI  
Chemical and Biological Availability of Zinc in Road Runoff Entering Stormwater Retention Ponds Steven Lev
Ryan Casey (CHEM)
Joel Snodgrass(BIOL)
Md. Water Resource Cntr.  
MDE/TU Development of nontidal TMDLs, toxic TMDLs, sediment TMDLs and bacteria TMDLs Steven Lev Md. Dept. of the Environment  
Integrated fluid inclusion and petrological studies of the PACMANUS hydrothermal system – building upon the results of ODP Leg 193 David Vanko NSF
Fluid inclusion and mineralogical evidence for post-impact circulation of seawater-derived hydrothermal fluids at the Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater: a critical test of the phase separation model for brine generation David Vanko NSF
Chemical and Biological Impacts of Zinc in and Road Salt from Road Runoff Entering Stormwater Retention Ponds Steven Lev
Ryan Casey (CHEM)
Joel Snodgrass(BIOL)
Md. Water Resource Cntr.  
Collaborative proposal: Roadways, worms and weathering: Investigating the role of earthworms in the fate of roadway derived contaminants in urban soils Steven Lev NSF  
Chemical Characterization and Study of Adhesive Properties of Biomaterials using Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectroscopy Steven Lev NSF
Geoarcheology and Provenance of Late Archaic Soapstone Artifacts, Maryland Piedmont Rachel Burks Maryland Historical Trust
Science Education Research

PROJECT INVESTIGATOR(S) SOURCE OF FUNDS WEB
SITE
PhysTEC

Laura Lising
Cody Sandifer

APS
Adapting and implementing the Physics for Elementary Teachers (PET) curriculum in a multiple-section physical science course

Cody Sandifer

NSF-CCLI