Research Areas

Hector Ochoa
Radar Signal Processing; Compressive Radar; Antenna Radiation and Simulation; Parallel Computing (Early stages); Twisted Coiled Polymer Actuators; Diverse Interesting EE Projects

Dan Bruton
SAE Baja Vehicle Design and Construction; Engineering Design Projects; Circuit Design and Construction; Computer Modeling and Software Development; Near Space Projects; Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Minor Planet Discoveries and Observations; Exoplanet Observations; Eclipsing Binary Stars

Christopher J. Aul
Mechanical design, combustion, light-based diagnostics, chemical kinetics, gas dynamics, shock waves, imaging

Carl Ziegler
Exoplanet characterization and validation High resolution imaging Transit photometry Binary star statistics Starplanet interactions

Robert Friedfeld
Thin Film Solar Cells, Atomic Force Microscopy, Scanning Tunneling Microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Xray Diffraction

Harry Downing
Pedagogical, in particular two areas. 1. Develop publishable demonstration items for intro level classes 2. Develop PHYS 1305 (was PHY 101) experiments for the visually impaired. Hopefully they will be publishable.

Joe Musser
Light Scattering from Oxalate Crystals in Leaves; Environmental Sensing; Classical and Quantum Optics; Photonic Structures in Nature; Laser Physics; Ocean Optics; Optical cavities

Collin Timmons
Microcontrollers (PIC and Arduino) Custom USB Devices Digital Systems Programming

Matthew Beauregard
Computational Science, Numerical Analysis, Mathematical Biology, Partial Differential Equations, Quenching and blow-up phenomena

James Adams
Radiative Transfer (Simulation of Light Scattering in Atmosphere-Ocean Systems), Photogrammetry (Camera Models and Geometry), Computational Biology (Modeling of Disease Dynamics SIR, SEIR, etc.)

Hacer Varol
IoT security, IoT Power Management, Space Communication Network, Engineering Education

Walter Trikosko
Microcontrollers (Arduino) High Tc superconductivity, Demonstration Apparatus, Staying out of Trouble