Some "physical-technology" projects at UM-StL

Internally-initiated education and research infrastructure-projects:

Regional materials, and local biological, scanned tip and electron image lab maintenance and operation.
Web resources on variable size-scale adventures in class.
Discussions of forensic science program possiblities w/Criminology and Chemistry.
Nanomicroscopy consortium in the life and aerosol sciences (proposal).

Courses under development:

"How Things Work" (demo intensive p001 for general studies and continuing ed)
"Emergent Microscopy Practicals" (p306 web/lab course for users of nanomicroscopy data)
"Information Physics" (students and professionals studying code-based phenomena esp. in the life and computer sciences)
"Harmonic Analysis in Nature" (p325 on topics in applied physics)
An honors college seminar on "the natural history of invention".

Current externally-initiated research projects:

Noble metal clusters (Max Bertino/UMRphys, et al.)
CuO2 on Si/Au epi (Jay Switzer/UMRchem, et al.)
TiO2 aerosol catalysts (Pratim Biswas/WUEnvEng et al.)
Flame manufactured nanoparticles (Rich Axelbaum/WUMechEng et al.)
VLSI nucleation and gettering (Jeff Libbert/MEMC et al.)
Copper precipitation in Si (Blake Rowe/UMStLchem et al.)
Nanoparticles in blood (Chris Spilling/UMStLchem et al.)
B-nanotube quantum wires (Bill Buhro/WUchem et al.)
GaInN quantum dots (Dan Leopold/WUphys/cme et al.)
Carbon nitride thin films (Bernard Feldman/UMStLphys et al.)
Meteoritic hematite whiskers (Channon Visscher/WUgeology)
Maleic anhydride PVO catalyst doping (Tim Felthouse/Monsanto)
Fluid TM-SPM medical applications (Jan Ryerse/StLU Med School)
Biomolecule bioscope AFM (Michel Grandbois/MUphysics)

Internally-initiated research projects with recent results:

Spontaneously-forming 10 nm VLSI intrusions (w/ Shu-han Lin et al.)
Interstellar graphite onions: Core-Rim Ratios and Core-Structure (w/ many)
Darkfield location/frequency decompositions (w/ Grant Welland et al.)
Darkfield decomposition of icosahedral twins (w/ Bailey and Bertino)
Stereo lattice imaging (w/ Wentao Qin at Motorola)
University physics thermochapter and anyspeed modernizations
Available-work & correlation-information in the natural history of invention
We-memes, and a six-level niche structure that might be associated therewith

Some earlier projects involving materials microscopy

High-Cycle Fatigue of Al alloys, Mary Malast (Chem Engineering Dept, Washington U)
Steps on H-passivated Silicon (001) at 1075C, Lu Fei (Epi Technology, MEMC)
Order/Disorder in Metals, Sankar Sastry (Mech Engineering Dept, Washington U)
Nanotwins in GSI Silicon, H. Siriwardane (Mitsubshi Si America) & Lu Fei (MEMC)
Fe3O4 MBE on MgO, Kimberly Shaw (SIU-Edwardsville Physics Department)
Carbon Nanotubes, Jia Liu (WU Mech Eng) and Rod Ruoff (WU Physics)
Dodecahedron-based elemental C and Si, P. Fraundorf & regional collaborators.
Alpha-Recoil Track Geochronology via SPM, R. Walker (WU Physics & MCSS)
Work on paint particles with Mikael Nersesyan (Rockwood Pigments).
Syringe ID Roughness, Mauriece Smith (Monsanto)
Mirror polishing compound structure & function, Rich Schuler (UM-StL Physics & Astronomy)

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