Course Syllabi: W09 |
PHY 152: Introductory Physics II
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PHY 158: General Physics Laboratory
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Research Interests
Morphological patterns occur on every length
scale in nature, from cosmic strings in the early universe to sand
ripples on a beach to hexagonally ordered vortex lattices in superconductors.
The main focus of my research is on understanding the formation of such
complex morphologies in condensed matter physics. This research has
included spinodal decomposition, Ostwald ripening, eutectic
solidification, order/disorder
transitions and amorphous/crystal transitions and other pattern forming
phenomena such as Rayleigh-B\'enard convection, flame front propagation
explosive crystallization,
the decay of supercurrents in superconducting rings, the motion of
charge density waves, the absorption of liquids by random
media (or imbibition) and phase separation in fluids. More
recently I have, in collaboration with others, developed a
method known as "Phase Field Crystal" modeling to study elastic
and plastic deformation in a wide variety of non-equilibrium phenomena.
Publications
