Dr. Sun's research interests include Condensed Matter and Materials Theory and Computation/Density Functional Theory.

Dr. Sparks' research interests include Mathematical Physics.

Recent Publications

G Rosensteel, N Sparks, "Connexions for the Nuclear Geometric Collective Model", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Volume 48, Number 44 (2015)

N Sparks, G Rosensteel, "Yang-Mills equation for the Nuclear Geometrical Collective Model Connexion", Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical, Volume 50, Number 2 (2016)

Dr. Shakov's research interests include Quantum Control & Physics Instruction.

Recent Publications

Kh.Shakov, J.McGuire, L.Kaplan, D.Uskov, and A.Chalastaras, "Sudden Switching in Two-State Systems," J. Phys. B 39, 1361-1378 (2006).

L.Kaplan, Kh.Shakov, A.Chalastaras, M.Maggio, A.Burin, and J.McGuire, "Time Ordering in Kicked Qubits," Phys. Rev. A 70, 063401 (2004).

Kh. Rakhimov, Kh.Shakov, and J.McGuire, "Complete Population Transfer in a Degenerate Three-State Atom," Phys. Rev. A 69, 023405 (2004).

J.McGuire, Kh.Shakov, and Kh. Rakhimov., "Analytic Description of Population Transfer in a Degenerate N-Level Atom," J. Phys. B 36, 3145-3154 (2003).

Kh.Shakov and J.McGuire, "Population Control of 2s-2p Transitions in Hydrogen," Phys. Rev. A 67, 033405 (2003).

J.McGuire, A.Godunov, Kh.Shakov, V.Shipakov, H.Merabet, R.Bruch, and J.Hanni, "Time Ordering in Multi-Electron Dynamics," J. Phys. B 36, 209-216 (2003).

A.Godunov, J.McGuire, P.Ivanov, V.Shipakov, H.Merabet, R.Bruch, J.Hanni, and Kh.Shakov, "Spatial and Temporal Correlation in Dynamic, Multi-Electron Quantum Systems," J. Phys. B 34, 5055-5069 (2001).

J.McGuire, A.Godunov, S.Tolmanov, Kh.Shakov, R.Doerner, H.Schmidt-Boecking, and R.Dreizler, "Time Correlation in Two-Electron Transitions Produced in Fast Collisions of Atoms with Matter and Light," Phys. Rev. A 63, 052706 (2001).

Dr. Schuler's research interests include Experimental Solid State Physics.

Recent Publications

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R.D. McNorton, T.M. Schuler, J.M. MacLaren, and R.A. Stern, "Systematic Trends of First-Principles Electronic Structure Computations of Zn1-xAxB Diluted Magnetic Semiconductors," Physical Review B, Vol. 78, Page 075209 (2008).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, T. Schuler, "X-Ray Raman Scattering at the Manganese L Edge of MnF2: Valence Emission of Mn2+," Physical Review A, Vol. 72, Page 52502 (2005).

T. M. Schuler, D. L. Ederer, S. Itza-Ortiz, G. T. Woods, T. A. Callcott, and J. C. Woicik, "Character of the Insulating State in NiO: A Mixture of Charge-Transfer and Mott-Hubbard Character," Physical Review B, Vol. 71, Page 115113 (2005).

T. M. Schuler, R. A. Stern, R. McNorton, S. D. Willoughby, J. M. MacLaren, D. L. Ederer, V. Perez-Dieste, F. J. Himpsel, S. A. Lopez-Rivera, T. A. Callcott, "Electronic Structure of the Dilute Magnetic Semiconductor Zn0.90Mn0.10S Measured by Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy and First Principles Calculations," Physical Review B, Vol. 72, Page 045211 (2005).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, and T. Schuler, "Chemical Effects in the Manganese 3s → 2p X-Ray Emission That Follows Resonant and Nonresonant Photon Production of a 2p Hole," Physical Review B, Vol. 70, Page 35216 (2004).

R. A. Stern, T. M. Schuler, J. M. MacLaren, D. L. Ederer, D. A. Resnick, K. Gilmore, Y. U. Idzerda, V. Perez-Dieste, F. J. Himpsel, S. A. Lopez-Rivera, and T. A. Callcott, "Calculated Half Metallic Behavior in Dilute Magnetically Doped ZnS," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 95, Page 7468 (2004).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, and T. Schuler, "Correlation Effects in the Resonant and Nonresonant Manganese 3s → 2p Photon Emission in MnF2," Physical Review A, Vol. 68, Page 042715 (2003).

J. Jimenez-Mier, D. L. Ederer, T. Schuler, and T. A. Callcott, "Direct Evidence for 3p → 2p Non-Dipole X-Ray Emission in Transition Metals," Journal of Physics B: Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics, Vol. 36, Page L173 (2003).

S. Itza-Ortiz, D. L. Ederer, T. M. Schuler, N. Ruzycki, J. Samuel Jiang, and S. D. Bader, "Model Study of Soft X-Ray Spectroscopic Techniques for Observing Magnetic Circular Dichroism in Buried SmCo Magnetic Films," Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 93, Page 2002 (2003).

T. M. Schuler, D. L. Ederer, N. Ruzycki, G. Glass, W. A. Hollerman, A. Moewes, M. Kuhn, and T. A. Callcott, "Diffusion of TiN into Aluminum Films Measured by Soft X-Ray Spectroscopy and Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Vol. 19, Page 2259 (2001). 

Dr. Sanchez's research interests include K-12 STEM Education.

Recent Publications

Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, Aaron Lawson, Dimitra Vergyri, and Harry Bratt, "Multi-System Fusion of Extended Context Prosodic and Cepstral Features for Paralinguistic Speaker Trait Classification," in Interspeech, Portland, Oregon, USA, 2012.

Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, Dimitra Vergyri, Luciana Ferrer, Colleen Richey, Pablo Garcia, Bruce Knoth, and William Jarrold, "Using Prosodic and Spectral Features in Detecting Depression in Elderly Males," in Interspeech, Florence, Italy, 2011.

Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, Luciana Ferrer, Elizabeth Shriberg, and Andreas Stolcke, "Constrained Cepstral Speaker Recognition Using Matched UBM and JFA Training," in Interspeech, Florence, Italy, 2011.

Michelle Hewlett Sanchez, Gokhan Tur, Luciana Ferrer, and Dilek Hakkani-Tur, "Domain Adaptation and Compensation for Emotion Detection," in Interspeech, Makuhari, Japan, 2010.

Dr. Rosensteel's research interests include Mathematical Physics.

Recent Publications

G. Rosensteel, “Sp(3,R) mean field theory,” Physical Review C 65, 064321 (2002).

J.L. Graber and G. Rosensteel, “Circulation of a Triaxial, Charged Ellipsoidal Droplet,” Physical Review C 66, 034309 (2002).

J.L Graber and G. Rosensteel, “Sp(3,R) Mean Field Theory for Heavy Deformed Nuclei,” Physical Review C 68, 014301 (2003).

G. Rosensteel, "Mean Field Theory of the General Collective Algebra gcm(3)," J. Phys. A: Math. Gen. 37 (2004) 10967-10981.

Dr. Norton's research interests include linear and non-linear wave propagation in dispersive media, ultrasound propagation through human tissue, computational physics. A new field of interest is numerical relativity.

Recent Publications

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P. M. Jordan, G. V. Norton, S. A. Chin-Bing, and A. Warn-Varnas, "On the propagation of nonlinear acoustic waves in viscous and thermoviscous fluids." European Journal of Mechanics B/Fluids, 34, pp. 56-63, 2012

Robert D. Purrington and Guy V. Norton, “A numerical comparison of the Westervelt equation with viscous attenuation and a causal propagation operator,” Math. Comput. Simul., 82, (7), pp. 1287-1297, 2012. doi:10.1016/j.matcom.2010.05.017.

P. M. Jordan, G. V. Norton, S. A. Chin-Bing, and A. Warn-Varnas, "On the propagation of finite-amplitude acoustic waves in mono-relaxing media." In: S. H. Sohrab, H. J. Catrakis, and N. Kobasko (eds.), Proc. of the 5th IASME/WSEAS Int. Conf. on Continuum Mechanics (CM '10), pp. 67 - 72 (Published by WSEAS Press, 2010).

Guy V. Norton and Robert D. Purrington, “The Westervelt equation with viscous attenuation versus a causal propagation operator: A numerical comparison,” Journal of Sound and Vibration, 327, pp. 163–172, 2009.

Guy V. Norton, “Comparison of homogeneous and heterogeneous modeling of transient scattering from dispersive media directly in the time domain,” Math. Comput. Simul., 80, (4), pp. 682-692, 2009. doi:10.1016/j.matcom.2009.08.018

Guy V. Norton, “ Numerical solution of the wave equation describing acoustic scattering and propagation through complex dispersive moving media,” Nonlinear Analysis 71 (2009) e849-e854.

Dr. Naguib's research interests include Novel Energy Materials.

Recent Publications

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Anasori, M.; Naguib, M., Two-dimensional MXenes, MRS Bulletin 2023, DOI: 10.1557/s43577-023-00500-z.

Majed, A.; Kothakonda, M.; Wang, F.; Tseng, E.N.; Prenger, K.; Zhang, X.; Persson, P.O.Å.; Wei, J.; Sun, J.; Naguib, M., Transition Metal Carbo-Chalcogenide “TMCC” a New Family of Two-dimensional Materials, Advanced Materials 2022, 34, 26, 2200574.  

Prenger, K.; Sun, Y.; Ganeshan, K.; Al-Temimy, A.; Liang, K.; Dun, C.; Urban, J.J.; Xiao, J.; Petit, T.; van Duin, A.C.T; Jiang, D.-e.; Naguib, M., Metal Cation Pre-Intercalated Ti₃C₂T_x MXene as Ultra High Areal Capacitance Electrodes for Aqueous Supercapacitors, ACS Applied Energy Materials 2022, 5 (8) 9373–9382 

Liang, K.; Tabassum, A.; Kothakonda M.; Zhang, X.; Zhang, R.; Kenney, B.; Koplitz, B.D.; Sun, J.; Naguib, M., Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbonitride MXene as a Highly Efficient Electrocatalyst for Hydrogen Evolution Reaction, Materials Reports: Energy 2022, 2 (1), 100075. 

Liang, K.; Matsumoto, R.A.; Zhao, W.; Osti, N.C.; Popov, I.; Thapaliya, B.P.; Fleischmann, S.; Misra, S.; Prenger, K.; Tyagi, M.; Mamontov, E.; Augustyn, V.; Unocic, R.; Sokolov, A.P.; Dai, S.; Cummings, P.; Naguib, M., Engineering the Interlayer Spacing by Pre-Intercalation for High Performance Supercapacitor MXene Electrodes in Room Temperature Ionic Liquid, Advanced Functional Materials 2021, 31 (33), 2104007. 

Liang, K.; Tabassum, A.; Majed, A.; Dun, C.; Yang, F.; Guo, J.; Prenger, K.; Urban, J.J.; Naguib, M., Synthesis of New Two-Dimensional Titanium Carbonitride Ti₂C_0.5N_0.5 MXene and its Performance as Electrode Material for Sodium-Ion Battery, InfoMat 2021, 3 (12), 1422-1430.

Naguib, M.;* Barsoum, M.W.; Gogotsi, Y., Ten Years of Progress in the Synthesis and Development of MXenes, Advanced Materials 2021, 33 (39), 2103393.

Brady, A.; Liang, K.; Vuong, V.Q.; Sacci, R.; Prenger, K.; Thompson M.; Matsumoto, R.; Cummings, P.; Irle, S.; Wang, H.-W.; Naguib, M., Pre-Sodiated Ti₃C₂T_x MXene Structure and Behavior as Electrode for Sodium-Ion Capacitors, ACS Nano 2021, 15 (2), 2994-3003.

Jolly S.; Paranthaman, M.P.; Naguib, M., Synthesis of Ti₃C₂T_z MXene from Low-Cost and Environmentally Friendly Precursors, Materials Today Advances 2021, 10, 100139.

Naguib, M.; Tang, W.; Browning, K.L.; Veith, G.M.; Maliekkal, V.; Neurock, M.; Villa, A, Catalytic Activity of Ti-based MXenes for the Hydrogenation of Furfural, ChemCatChem 2020, 12, 5733-5742.
 

Dr. Kaplan's research interests include Quantum Chaos and Quantum Information.

Awards

Weiss Presidential Fellowship for Undergraduate Education (2011)

Recent Publications

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L. Ponzoni, G. L. Celardo, F. Borgonovi, L. Kaplan, and A. Kargol, “Focusing in Multiwell Potentials: Applications to Ion Channels,” Phys. Rev. E 87, 052137 (2013), arXiv:1209.0505.

G. L. Celardo, A. Biella, L. Kaplan, and F. Borgonovi, “Interplay of Superradiance and Disorder in the Anderson Model,” Fortschr. Phys. 61, 250 (2013), arXiv:1204.3325.

Basil S. Davis, L. Kaplan, and J. H. McGuire, “On Exchange of Orbital Angular Momentum Between Twisted Photons and Atomic Electrons,” J. Optics 15, 035403 (2013), arXiv:1206.6935.

Basil S. Davis and L. Kaplan, “Transverse Phase Variation of a Gaussian Beam,” J. Optics 15, 075706 (2013), arXiv:1206.7107.

A. Matthew Smith, D. B. Uskov, M. Fanto, L. H. Ying, and L. Kaplan, “Proposed Experiment in Two-Qubit Linear Optical Photonic Gates for Maximal Success Rates,” J. Phys. B 45, 185502 (2012), selected for IOPSelect, arXiv:1201.5798.

E. K. Abalo, K. A. Milton, and L. Kaplan, “Scalar Casimir Energies of Tetrahedra and Prisms,” J. Phys. A 45, 425401 (2012), arXiv:1202.0908.

L. H. Ying and L. Kaplan, “Systematic Study of Rogue Wave Probability Distributions in a Fourth-Order Nonlinear Schrödinger Equation,” J. Geophys. Res. 117, C08016 (2012), arXiv:1207.2130.

A. Matthew Smith, D. B. Uskov, M. Fanto, L. H. Ying, and L. Kaplan, “Theory and Experimental Requirements of Imperfect Two-Qubit Linear Optical Photonic Gates,” Proc. SPIE 8400, 840015 (2012).

A. Ziletti, F. Borgonovi, G. L. Celardo, F. M. Izrailev, L. Kaplan, and V. G. Zelevinsky, “Coherent Transport in Multi-Branch Circuits,” Phys. Rev. B 85, 052201 (2012), arXiv:1109.1575.

E. K. Abalo, K. A. Milton, and L. Kaplan, “Scalar Casimir Energies of Tetrahedra,” QFEXT 11 Conference Proceedings, Int. J. Mod. Phys. Conf. Ser. 14, 230 (2012).

A. Matthew Smith, D. B. Uskov, L. H. Ying, and L. Kaplan, “Imperfect Linear-Optical Photonic Gates with Number-Resolving Photodetection,” Phys. Rev. A 84, 032341 (2011), arXiv:1105.4211.

L. H. Ying, Z. Zhuang, E. J. Heller, and L. Kaplan, “Linear and Nonlinear Rogue Wave Statistics in the Presence of Random Currents,” invited article for Nonlinearity 24, R67 (2011), arXiv:1207.2162.

B. S. Davis and L. Kaplan, “Poynting Vector Flow in a Circular Circuit,” Am. J. Phys. 79, 1155 (2011), arXiv:1207.2173.

L. Kaplan and Y. Alhassid, “Dynamical Effects and Fluctuations of Interaction-Matrix Elements for a Ballistic Quantum Dot,” Phys. Rev. B 83, 205312 (2011), arXiv:0909.3295.

L. Kaplan, “Quantum Vacuum Energy in Graphs and Billiards,” Proceedings of Symmetries in Nature, Symposium in Memoriam Marcos Moshinsky, AIP Conference Proceedings 1323, 153-163, ed. by L. Benet, P. O. Hess, M. Torres, and K. B. Wolf (2010), arXiv:1101.0563.

E. K. Abalo, K. A. Milton, and L. Kaplan, “Casimir Energies of Cylinders: Universal Function,” Phys. Rev. D 82, 125007 (2010), arXiv:1008.4778.

G. L. Celardo, A. M. Smith, S. Sorathia, V. G. Zelevinsky, R. A. Senk'ov, and L. Kaplan, “Transport through Nanostructures with Asymmetric Coupling to the Leads,” Phys. Rev. B 82, 165437 (2010), arXiv:1007.5247.

A. M. Smith and L. Kaplan, “Integrating Random Matrix Theory Predictions with Short-Time Dynamical Effects in Chaotic Systems,” Phys. Rev. E 82, 016214 (2010), arXiv:1006.5733.

D. B. Uskov, A. M. Smith, and L. Kaplan, “Generic Two-Qubit Photonic Gates Implemented by Number-Resolving Photodetection,” Phys. Rev. A 81, 012303 (2010), arXiv:0908.2482.

R. Höhmann, U. Kuhl, H.-J. Stöckmann, L. Kaplan, and E. J. Heller, “Freak Waves in the Linear Regime: A Microwave Study,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 093901 (2010), arXiv:0909.0847.

A. M. Smith and L. Kaplan, “Method to Modify Random Matrix Theory Using Short-Time Behavior in Chaotic Systems,” Phys. Rev. E 80, 035205(R) (Rapid Communication) (2009), arXiv:0907.5037.

G. L. Celardo and L. Kaplan, “Superradiance Transition in One-Dimensional Nanostructures: An Effective Non-Hermitian Hamiltonian Formalism,” Phys. Rev. B 79, 155108 (2009), arXiv:0901.0305.

S. A. Fulling, L. Kaplan, K. Kirsten, Z. H. Liu, and K. A. Milton, “Vacuum Stress and Closed Paths in Rectangles, Pistons, and Pistols,” J. Phys. A 42, 155402 (2009), arXiv:0806.2468.

E. J. Heller, L. Kaplan, and A. Dahlen, “Refraction of a Gaussian Seaway,” J. Geophys. Res. 113, C09023 (2008), arXiv:0801.0613.

L. Kaplan and Y. Alhassid, "Interaction Matrix Element Fluctuations in Ballistic Quantum Dots: Random Wave Model," Phys. Rev. B 78, 085305 (2008), arXiv:0802.2410.

E. J. Heller, L. Kaplan, and F. Pollmann, "Inflationary Dynamics for Matrix Eigenvalue Problems," Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 105, 7631 (2008), arXiv:0712.4093.

Dr. Glasser's research interests include Quantum Information & Nonlinear Optics, combined with Machine Learning.

Recent Publications

“Machine learning assisted quantum state estimation," Sanjaya Lohani, Brian T. Kirby, Michael Brodsky, Onur Danaci, and Ryan T. Glasser, in press, Machine Learning: Science and Technology (2020).

"Phase-sensitive amplification via multi-phase-matched four-wave mixing," Erin M. Knutson, J. Sam Cross, Sara Wyllie, Ryan T. Glasser, in press, Optics Express (2020).

"Dispersion characterization and pulse prediction with machine learning," Sanjaya Lohani, Erin M. Knutson, Wenlei Zhang, and Ryan T. Glasser, OSA Continuum 2, 3438-3445 (2019).

"Multimode four-wave mixing with a spatially structured pump," Jon D. Swaim, Erin M. Knutson, Onur Danaci, and Ryan T. Glasser, Optics Letters 43, 2716-2719 (2018).

"Turbulence correction with artificial neural networks," Sanjaya Lohani and Ryan T. Glasser, Optics Letters 43, 2611-2614 (2018).

"On the use of deep neural networks in optical communications," Sanjaya Lohani, Erin M. Knutson, Matthew O’Donnell, Sean D. Huver, and Ryan T. Glasser, Applied Optics 57, 4180-4190 (2018).

J.B. Clark, R.T. Glasser, Q. Glorieux, U. Vogl, T. Li, K.M. Jones, and P.D. Lett, “Quantum mutual information of an entangled state propagating through a fast-light medium,” Nature Photonics, Advanced online publication 25 May (2014).

U. Vogl, R.T. Glasser, J.B. Clark, Q. Glorieux, T. Li, and P.D. Lett, “Advanced quantum noise correlations,” New J. Phys. 16, 013011 (2014).

U. Vogl, R.T. Glasser, Q. Glorieux, J.B. Clark, N.V. Corzo-Trejo, and P.D. Lett, “Experimental characterization of Gaussian quantum discord generated by four-wave mixing,” Phys. Rev. A Rapid Comm. 87, 010101(R) (2013).

R.T. Glasser, U. Vogl, and P.D. Lett, “Stimulated generation of superluminal light pulses via four-wave mixing,” Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 173902 (2012).

R.T. Glasser, U. Vogl, and P.D. Lett, “Demonstration of images with negative group velocities,” Optics Express 20, 13702 (2012).

U.Vogl, R.T. Glasser, and P.D. Lett, “Advanced detection of information in optical pulses with negative group velocity,” Phys. Rev. A Rapid Comm. 86, 031806(R) (2012).