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Physcis Research Program
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Faculty Chair and Associate Professor of Physics Ph.D.,
Gravitational Physics, The Pennsylvania State University, 2002
garrison@uhcl.edu |
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| Research: Numerical Cosmology |
| The current focus of this research involves understanding the interaction between gravitational waves and plasma fields, primarily as it applies to structure formation in the early universe. This work is both theoretical and computational in nature and involves the use of supercomputers, advanced data visualization techniques and parallel code development. Also, determining the initial conditions of the gravitational and plasma fields of the early universe is a major part of this work. | | |
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Professor of Chemistry and Physics
Ph.D., Inorganic Chemistry, Northwestern University, 1993
lu@uhcl.edu |
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| Research: Materials Science |
| Design and synthesis of new magnetic, porous, fire-resistant and conducting polymeric materials and novel metal-organic framework polymers. Interested in new materials applications in aerospace, fuel cell, pollution prevention, energy storage, molecular separation, magnetism and catalysis. | | |
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Associate Professor of Physical Chemistry and Physics
D.Phil., Theoretical Chemistry, Oxford University, 1981
macdermott@uhcl.edu |
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| Research: Chirality as a Signature of Life |
| Calculation of atomic and molecular parity-violating effects, in particular the parity-violating energy difference (PVED) between enantiomers; also the possible role of parity-violation in selecting biomolecular chirality (use of L-amino acids rather than D in biology), and the use of chiroptical methods to detect chirality as a signature of life on other planets in the solar system and beyond. | |
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Program Chair of Physical Sciences
Assistant Professor of Physics
PhD., High Energy physics & Cosmology, Quaid-i-Azam University, 1988
Masood@uhcl.edu |
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| Research: High Energy Astroparticle Physics and Applications of Quantum Mechanics |
| Properties of neutrinos in hot and dense media; Properties of neutrinos in different extensions of the standard model and in hot and dense media. CP violation in the lepton sector. Study of leptogenesis that lead to baryogenesis and inflation. Applications of thermal field theories to astroparticle physics and cosmology; Renormalization of gauge theories at finite temperatures and densities. Effects of background magnetic field on the propagating particles through the polarized and un-polarized media. Change in the properties of such media is studied in detail. This work has some applications to condensed matter physics also. Some of the special applications of quantum mechanics and statistical physics in biophysics, quantum chemistry, information theory and quantum computation are also studied. |
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Some of the research time is spend on the improvement in Physics Education also. | |
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Ph.D., Plasma Physics, College of William and Mary, 1982
shebalin@uhcl.edu |
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| Research: Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence |
| Theoretical and numerical studies of homogeneous turbulence in magneto-fluids, including statistical mechanics and coherent structure formation. General interest in the nonlinear dynamics of particles and fields. |
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Research Associate in Physics
Ph.D., electrical engineering, University of Genoa, 1990
tarditi@uhcl.edu |
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| Research: Plasma Physics |
| Research in plasma physics is being carried on at the theoretical, computational and experimental level with applications to plasma-spacecraft interaction, space plasma physics, electric propulsion and magnetic fusion. Theory and computation efforts are currently focused on MHD/fluid modeling of magnetic reconnection and of the formation, transport and acceleration of magnetically confined plasmoids. Experimental research is underway to study high-pressure plasma sources and field reversed configuration plasmas with applications ranging from electric propulsion, to hypersonic flight plasma airfoil, to fusion research. | |
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