Research projects by faculty

Robin Bjorkquist

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Laura DeGroot

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Cody Leary

• Entangled spin-orbit photon modes
• Quantum “memory” in photons
• Unified dynamics of electrons and photons
• Optical “tractor beam”

Susan Lehman

• Granular Materials and Criticality: Predicting Earthquakes and Avalanches

Niklas Manz

Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction

• Black-hole horizon analogue
• Light-sensitive BZ waves in non-homogeneously illuminated systems
• Propagating reaction-diffusion waves around obstacles
• Standing waves (Effect of fluid flow on 1D reaction-diffusion waves)

Miscellaneous reaction-diffusion systems

• Propagating fire fronts in 1D and 2D systems
• Geographic Tongue as a reaction-diffusion system
• The history of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction

Science history

• The history of the Belousov-Zhabotinsky reaction