UVa's Science and
Engineering of Laser Interactions with Matter (SELIM) Graduate Training &
Research Program
http://faculty.virginia.edu/igert/selim/
Monday, September 30
3-5 pm., Chemistry 3rd floor
Atrium
Refreshments provided
Tours of UVa Ultrafast
Laser Facility
http://faculty.virginia.edu/camos/virtualtour/
at 3:30 pm and 4:30 pm
Chemistry:
“Microcanonical
Unimolecular Rate Theory at Surfaces: Dissociative Chemisorption of Methane on
Pt(111) and Ni(100)”, Heather Abbot- Chemistry
“Broadband
Sum Frequency Generation in the CAMOS Lab”, Kristin Buck- Chemistry
“A Study
of Intramolecular Vibrational Energy Redistribution (IVR) in Terminal
Acetylenes Using Picosecond Pump-Probe Spectroscopy”, Pam Crum – Chemistry
“Rotational Spectroscopy of Excited Vibrational States by Fourier Transform Microwave Spectroscopy”, Kevin Douglas- Chemistry
"Multiple
Wavelength Detection for Electrophoresis on a Microchip Using an
Acousto-Optical Tunable Filter (AOTF)", James Karlinsey- Chemistry
“Solvent
Induced Dephasing and Intramolecular Vibrational Coherence in the Vibrational
Dynamics of Terminal Acetylenes”, Brooks Pate- Chemistry
“Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Tip Induced Dissociation of Molecules on Pt(111)”, Todd Schwendemann - Chemistry
"Conformational Isomerization Kinetics of Hexafluoropropanol in Gas and Solution Phase", Yehudi Self-Medlin – Chemistry
“A
Simple Competition Between Intramolecular Vibrational Redistribution (IVR) and
Solvent-Induced Vibrational Energy Transfer (VET) for the Acetylenic C-H
Stretch Fundamental”, Hyun Yoo- Chemistry
“Surface Photochemistry of CO2 on Pt(111): Exploiting e- Transfer to Create an Å-scale Molecular Accelerator”, Rob Zehr- Chemistry
Physics:
“Controlling
the Fragmentation Branching Ratios in Intense Field Ionization
of
Clusters”, Bob Jones- Physics
"Shaping
and Retrieval of the Complex Amplitude and Phase of Ultrafast Laser
Pulses",
Dan Pinkham- Physics
"Implementation
of a Stable Dichroic Atomic Vapor Laser Lock”, Jessica Reeves- Physics
"Dielectronic
Recombination from a Continuum of Finite Bandwidth in
Crossed
Electric and Microwave Fields", Edward Shuman- Physics
“Evidence
for Pondermotive-Gradient Field-Ionization in an Intense Focused
Laser
Beam”,
Eric Wells - Physics
Engineering Physics:
"Study
and Characterization of Quasi-Phase-Matched Nonlinear Optical Interactions in
Periodically Poled Ferroelectrics", Greg Jennings- Engineering Physics/Physics
“Wide Field of View Gas Filter
Correlation Radiometer for Sounding Rocket Deployment”, Clayton Nunnally- Engineering Physics/ Mechanical and Aerospace
Engineering
"Simulation
of Bayesian Measurements for Heisenberg-Limited Interferometry", Raphael Pooser –
Engineering Physics/Physics
Materials Science:
“Ultraviolet
Emitting SrS:Te Thin Films”, Jim Fitz-Gerald – Materials Science
“Novel Application of Matrix
Assisted Pulsed Laser Evaporation Methods for the Development of Biodegradable
Powder Coatings and Thin Films: Microelectronics and Medical Industries”, Andrew Mercado, Materials
Science
“Production
and Control of Nanoscale Porosity in Amorphous Ice Films”, Devin Pugh – Materials Science
Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
"Ultrafast
Carrier Dynamics in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon Films for
Photovoltaics", Robert Stevens- Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Norfolk State University:
“Angle-Resolved
XPS Study for Determination of Depth and Thickness of Surface Contamination on
GaAs(001)”, Ed Gilman- Norfolk State University, Physics
Invitation
to University Community:
Dear
Folks,
In
the spirit of building community amongst people at UVa who employ lasers and
modern optical techniques in their research and training activities, I invite
you to come to our SELIM Open House this coming Monday afternoon. This event
will be from 3-5 pm in the Chemistry Building Atrium and will feature poster
presentations by our SELIM graduate students who are currently drawn from 6
departments from across the Schools of Engineering and Arts & Sciences.
There will also be tours of our UVa Ultrafast Laser Facility at 3:30 and 4:30
pm which will begin by collection of interested parties from the Chemistry
Building Atrium. Note that we are interested in expanding collaborative
activities with other faculty and students and that our Ultrafast Laser
Facility (with 20 fs, 100 fs and 2 ps pulse duration lasers and tuning ranges
from 10 micron wavelength in the infrared to 10 nm in the extreme ultraviolet)
is open to all UVa researchers. A UVa end station at Jefferson Lab's Free
Electron Laser (FEL) in Newport News, Va also provides access to the world's
most powerful FEL - 10 kW tunable in the IR. Food and drink will be provided at
our Open House. We hope to see you Monday!
With
best regards,
Ian
Harrison
Director,
SELIM Program