Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Department of

Physics and Engineering

Annual Report 2019

Bloomsburg University of

Pennsylvania Department of

Physics and Engineering

Annual Report 2019

Chair Summary..................1

Department Faculty

Naz Afarin Fallahian...........15

Nathaniel R. Greene..........16

John H. Huckans................17

Ghassan Ibrahim...............18

Nada Jevtić........................19

Fan Jiang...........................20

Biswajit Ray......................21

Peter Stine.......................23

David R. Simpson.............22

Ju Xin...............................24

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Department of Physics and Engineering Chair’s Summary 2019 Peter Stine

Department Update

The Department of Physics and Engineering had a busy 2019. Our faculty and student community of scholars conducted research on topics including Rydberg physics, protecting cities from climate change, the efficiency of human locomotion, designs for photovoltaic energy harvesting, and identifying faint oscillations in stars. Our Electronics Engineering Technology majors designed and built an Engine Control Unit and an Energy Efficient Homestead.

The year included our visit from ABET for accreditation of the Electronics Engineering Technology program and the PASSHE five-year reviews of our Physics and Health Physics programs. We also saw the retirements of two of our long-term faculty members: David Simpson and Ghassan Ibrahim. We wish them well for the future and will certainly miss them at Bloomsburg.

This report lists some of the highlights of the department for the past year.

A laser glowing in the UltraColdBloom Laboratory

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Enrollment

As of fall, 2019, 88 students majored in disciplines within the department, with Electronics Engineering Technology comprising the largest group.

Graduating Seniors The department graduated 14 seniors during 2019 including:

8 in Electronics Engineering Technology 4 in Physics 2 in Health Physics

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Retirements Dr. David Simpson retired from Bloomsburg University after sixteen years of service. He served as a director of our Health Physics program, whose discipline is designed to protect the public from harm from radiation. Dr. Simpson’s research focused on health effects of radiation and led to published results on topics including lead aprons in hospitals, indoor radon levels, and the misuse of handheld x-ray fluorescence devices. He always included BU students as co-investigators in his research. During his years at Bloomsburg, Dr. Simpson served as a volunteer for the radiological emergency response team (PaRAP) for the State of Pennsylvania. He encouraged volunteerism with his undergraduate students. For many years, he served as the University’s radiation safety officer. Dr. Ghassan Ibrahim retired from Bloomsburg University after Fall 2019 after fifteen and a half years of service. He was an integral part of our Electronics Engineering Technology program. He taught a variety of course in his specialty including radio frequency effects and communications systems. He completed vital work to ensure continued program accreditation by ABET. He served with our industrial advisory board and frequently volunteered to promote the University. Dr. Ibrahim’s research focused on applications of radio frequency identification systems. His projects included a method for tracking blood units in medical centers and a “smart box” for securing delivery of controlled substances. He investigated the problems associated with radio frequency identification in environments with fluorescent lighting.

David Simpson Ghassan Ibrahim

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Senior Design Projects Electronics Engineering Technology seniors presented senior design projects in December 2019. They included: Engine Control Unit (Steve Kunkelman, Mark Minier, Joe Intrieri, Shawn Hale) Energy Efficient Homestead (Adam Beck, Cameron Farr, Lewis Kamamo, Emily Mottern) Research Presentations Students presented results of research from independent study projects at The College of Science & Technology Research day in April , 2019.

• Jarrett A. Willis “Investigation of Potential Sources of Release of Fission Products in the Environment in the Absence of Nuclear Incidents” (First place award: Field based research).

• KateLynne Pursel “Delta Scuti Hybrids” • Ian Birdwell “Cosmic Ray Activity on the Dusk of the 24th Solar Cycle” (First place award: Lab based

research).

2019 COST research day award winners

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Electronics Engineering Technology co-ops As part of the Electronics engineering Technology program, students gain practical experiences by working in a six month co-operative program with industry. In 2019, the following students were placed in co-ops: Barbati, Vincent ISS Solutions, Inc. Bridi, Caleb GES Automation Technology Catarroja, James Autoneum North America Desai, Vrunda L3 Harris – Electron Devices Div. Gonzalez, Matthew Advanced HVAC Services McCloud, Mitchell L3 Electron Devices Reyes-Zambrano, Roberto Bloomsburg University, College of Science & Technology Sisco, Kyle Werbel Microwave, LLC Viola, John Tobyhanna Army Depot Zalanzy, Daniel Martz Technologies, Inc. Zoumas, Andrew Sechan Electronics, Inc. Zoumans, Dean Sechan Electronics, Inc. Career Day On October 25, 2019, the Department hosted a Physics & Engineering panel at the College of Science & Technology Career Day. We welcomed the following alumni: Steve Zosh ’15, EET, Keystone Communications Mark Edwards ’87, Math, iDirect Government Technologies Scot Hawkins ’98, Physics, Carpenter Technology Corporation Nafiz Karabudak, friend of BU, Lockheed Martin Corporation Harrison Ludewig ’17, Physics, HP, Oregon Health and Science University Thomas Malkemes ’09, Secondary Ed. Physics, Mahanoy Area School District Dan Sampson ’17, Physics, Concord Plastics Dale Sinnott ’89, Physics, Raytheon Company Owen Wesstrom ’06, EET, Keystone Communications

COST Pathways in Science and Technology Event, Physics and Engineering Panel - October 25, 2019.

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PLC workshop for students Grantek presented a four-hour hands-on workshop on campus. The program, which was completed by nineteen electronics engineering technology students, presented an overview of systems integration, PLC software and hardware, and programming and testing.

Above participants in the Grantek PLC workshop

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Where are the EET graduates employed? A 2019 survey of alumni from our EET program showed that graduates are employed in the following places:

• Geisinger Health System • Boeing Company • Valmet Inc. • Dentsply Sirona • Snyder Hoffman Associates • Compression Components and Service • Schneider Electric • GES Automation • TAIT Towers • Retlif Testing Lab • Raytheon • Grantek Systems Integration • Sargent and Lundy • Lockheed Martin • Lycoming Engines • WBA Automation • Evo Integration • Penn State Applied Research Lab • GEA Refrigeration • Shiva Science and Technology • PPL Electric Utilities • Structural Integrity Associates • JMP Solutions • Henkel/Dial Corporation • Aerospace Corporation • Keystone Communications • New Enterprise Stone and Lime Company • Insteel Wire Products • AECOM

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2019 Meeting participation by students Students attended the following professional meetings:

• Annual meeting of the Health Physics Society; Orlando, Florida. July 2019 (Tanner Ambrose) • Pennsylvania Astronomy Research Consortium Meeting; Gettysburg College, April 27, 2019 (Katelynne

Pursel) • Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics, Milwaukee

Wisconsin, May 27 to May 31 2019 (Dario D’Amato, Andrew Clickard) • STEM Undergraduate Research Confernce, Kutztown university November 2, 2019 (Katelynne Pursel,

Juliette Gudknecht).

Tanner Ambrose (Health Physics) – recipient of the Health Physics Society full travel grant and member of the HPS

Student Support Committee at 64th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, Orlando, FL, July 2019.

Dario D’Amato, Andrew Clickard, and John Huckans at the Meeting of the American Physical Society Division of Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics.

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Visiting Scholar Pierre Bataille from the University of France visited the department during the summer and fall semesters to conduct research in the UltraCold laboratory. Pierre delivered a lecture “High Spin Magnetic Quantum Gasses” on September 13, 2019.

Pierre Bataille delivering a lecture on High Spin Magnetic Quantum Gasses

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Laboratories The Department of Physics & Engineering has nine laboratories dedicated to teaching.

• Physical Science laboratory • Two laboratories for General Physics • Industrial Technology Laboratory • Electronics Laboratory • Radio Communications Laboratory • Advance Physics Laboratory • Nuclear Physics Laboratory • Health Physics Laboratory

In 2019, we received new oscilloscopes with function generators that will serve our Electronics Engineering Technology majors in our Manufacturing Processes laboratory. The Communications Systems Laboratory received new digital multimeters and new soldering irons. We upgraded the labVolt modules for our Electrical Machines and Power Systems course, General Physics laboratories received new equipment including new dynamic tracks, photogate pulley systems, sine wave generators, string vibrators, and centripetal force kits. upgraded the function generators and vector network analyzer for engineering technology labs and replaced the projectile launchers for the general physics labs. The nuclear physics laboratory received new amplifier/pulsers and power supplies. Research labs include: The Astrophysics Laboratory, in which ongoing investigations focused on analyzing delta Scuti and gamma Doradus variable stars as observed by the Kepler Space Telescope and the recently launched Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).

Ultracold Bloom is designed to produce temperatures close to absolute zero to produce Bose Einstein condensates.

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• The Power Electronics Laboratory, where activities include modeling and simulation of hybrid energy-storage systems consisting of aircraft generators, ultracapacitors, Li-Ion batteries, and flywheel subsystems and PSpice simulation of 3 GHz RF power limiters, including SiC PIN diodes.

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Graduating Seniors Spring 2019

Oliver Blasi (Electronics Engineering Technology) Mitchell Kile (Electronics Engineering Technology) Anthony Vilanti (Physics) Michael Karchner (Health Physics) Jarett Sidisky (Health Physics)

Spring 2019 Daniel Williams (Physics) Fall 2019

Adam Beck (Electronics Engineering Technology) Cameron Farr (Electronics Engineering Technology) Shawn Hale (Electronics Engineering Technology) Joseph Intrieri (Electronics Engineering Technology) Sebastian Kopinetz (Physics) Mark Minier (Physics and Electronics Engineering Technology) Emily Mottern (Electronics Engineering Technology)

Recent Publications by faculty and students A. R. Comeford, C. E. Mungan & N. R. Greene, “A simple measurement of the relative efficiency of human locomotion,” Physics Education, v. 54 (2019) D D’Amato, JH Huckans, “A tunable ECDL at 480 nm for 87Rb Rydberg physics,” Bulletin of the American Physical Society Volume 64 (2019). Ju Xin, “Bejing, China: Battling Water Shortage” in the book “Cities Around the World: Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life” ISBN: 978-1-4408-5385-2; 5387-6; 5388-3; 5386-9, edited by Jing Luo.P70-74, 2019 Ju Xin, “Frankfurt, Germany: Protecting the City from Climate Changes” in the book “Cities Around the World: Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life” ISBN: 978-1-4408-5385-2; 5387-6; 5388-3; 5386-9, edited by Jing Luo. P79-86, 2019 B. Ray and J. Viola, “A single-stage power module for indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting systems,” Proc. Asia-Pacific Int. Conf. on Engineering and Natural Sciences (APICENS), Mar. 2019 N.Jevtic, S. Shaffer, and P. Stine “Nonlinear Noise Reduction on TESS Simulated Data” 11th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference – CHAOS2018, Christos Skiadas and Ihor Lubashevsky, editors; Springer 2019. B. Ray, R. Chambers, N. Henry, and P. Karcher, “End-of-semester control system design projects by senior-level EET students,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., June 2018 JH Huckans, W Dubosclard, E Marechal, O Gorceix, B Laburthe-Tolra, M Robert-de-Saint-Vincent, “Note on the reflectance of mirrors exposed to a strontium beam,” arXiv:1802.08499 (2018). N. R. Greene & J. C. Brunskill, “Design of a Solar Tracking Interactive Kiosk,” Physics Education v. 52 (1), January 2017. A. P. Belles, J. Huckans, T. S. Klinger, and J. M. Hranitz, "Call characteristics of island and mainland Fowler's toad," Integrative and Comparative Biology vol. 57, pp. E12-E12 (2017). B. Ray, “Designing hybrid energy storage systems: A tool for teaching system-level modeling and simulation,” Journal of Engineering Technology, pp. 18-27, Spring-2017

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Recent Presentations by faculty and students Nada Jevtić , P. Stine, S. Charpinet “A novel tool to preview amplitude spectra and estimate asterosiesmic information retention in corrected light curves: Average Mutual Information” TASC5/ KASC12 Workshop: 22-26 July 2019; and MIT TESS Science Conference I, MIT July 29- Aug 2, 2019, Cambridge, USA N. Fallahian, D. Zhang, T. A. Ambrose*, D. R. Simpson. Investigation of Variations in Gamma Rays Detected by the EPA Air Monitoring Systems Located in Pennsylvania. 64th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, Orlando, FL July 2019. Nada Jevtić, P. Stine Nonlinear noise reduction on TESS simulated light curves, 11th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, CHAOS2018, June, 2018, Rome, Italy (oral) (To appear in “The Springer Proceedings in Complexity” Skiadas, C. H., Lubashevsky, I (Eds.), 2019). D. Buzasi; L. Carboneau; A. Chontos; O. Hall; R. Handberg; N. Jevtic; J. Johnson; M. Lund; D. Stello; J. Zinn,”TESS: Early Results and Future Plans I: Extracting Asteroseismology from TESS FFIs: The TASOC Pipeline” January 2019 Meeting of the AAS, Seatle, WA (Oral) P. Stine and N. Jevtic; “Local Projective Noise Reduction Techniques for TESS Data” TESS Asterosiesmic Consortium/Kepler Asteroseismic Consortium Conference; Aarhus Denmark; July 8 – 13 2018. Nada Jevtić, S. Shaffer, P. Stine “A nonlinear look at TESS simulated data -Embedding finite-length oversampled noisy time series” TASC4/ KASC11 Workshop: TESSting Stellar Astrophysics, Aarhus , Denmark, 8-13 July 2018 (poster) P. Stine and N. Jevtic “From Light Curves to Phase Space” 2018 Central Pennsylvania Consortium Astronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018. N. Jevtic and P. Stine “From Kepler to Tess” 2018 Central Pennsylvania Consortium Astronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018. N. Jevtić, P. Stine, “ Looking Toward TESS: Who needs long light curves? A nonlinear look at one-month long light curves of Kepler A and F stars” TASC3/KASC10 Workshop:, Birmingham, UK, July 2017 Jevtić et al. “Combining Nonlinear Noise Reduction with in-Painting in the Analysis of Variable Star Light Curves” N. 10th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation Conference, CHAOS2017, June, 2017, Barcelona, Spain D. Simpson, “Overview of the Radiological Emergency Assistance Center Training Site (REAC/TS Radiological Training for Hospitals and Responders”, Governor’s Emergency Preparedness Summit, Radiological Officers Specialty Session, Hershey, PA on October 1, 2017. D. Simpson, “Criticality and Nuclear Radiation,” lecture and associated lab given as part of courses for professional Health Physicists sponsored by the DOE Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site in Oak Ridge, TN, June 20, 2017. D. Simpson, four lectures in a course conducted by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities entitled Radiation Safety Officer Training in Oak Ridge TN. On August 21 and 22, 2017

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Courses offered Spring 2019 ENGTECH 180 Computer Aided Design ENGTECH 231 Electrical Machines and Power Systems ENGTECH 241 Electrical Instrumentation and Data Acquisition ENGTECH 331 Linear Systems & Signals ENGTECH 381 Engineering Applications in Industry ENGTECH 431 Industrial Process Control ENGTECH 441 Communications Systems PHYSICS 103 Principles of Physical Science PHYSICS 105 Energy: Sources & Environmental Effects PHYSICS 110 Introduction to Astronomy PHYSICS 202 Introduction to Physics 2 PHYSICS 206 Science of Sound PHYSICS 211 General Physics I PHYSICS 212 General Physics 2 PHYSICS 310 Modern Atomic Physics PHYSICS 314 Electricity and Magnetism PHYSICS 315 Electronics PHYSICS 317 Digital Electronics PHYSICS 492 Physics Research 1 PHYSICS 493 Physics research 2

Summer 2019 PHYSICS 103 Principles of Physical Science PHYSICS 110 Introduction to Astronomy PHYSICS 201 Introduction to Physics 1 PHYSICS 202 Introduction to Physics 2

Fall 2019 ENGTECH 101 Introduction to Engineering Technology ENGTECH 141 Circuit Analysis ENGTECH 380 Coop in Industry ENGTECH 461 RF Effects & Measurements ENGTECH 491 Senior Design Project PHYSICS 103 Principles of Physical Science PHYSICS 105 Energy: Sources & Environmental Effects PHYSICS 110 Introduction to Astronomy PHYSICS 123 Contemporary Physics PHYSICS 201 Introduction to Physics I PHYSICS 206 Science of Sound PHYSICS 211 General Physics I PHYSICS 212 General Physics 2 PHYSICS 301 Mechanics: Statics PHYSICS 316 Digital Electronics PHYSICS 318 Optics PHYSICS 492 Physics Research 1 PHYSICS 493 Physics research 2

Winter 2019 PHYSICS 110 Introduction to Astronomy

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Naz Afarin Fallahian, Ph.D. Associate Professor Certified by the American Board of Health Physics

Scholarly Interests Study of the effects of low-dose ionizing radiation on human health, radiation dosimetry, radon monitoring, and subjects related to Medical Health Physics.

Education Idaho State University, Ph.D., Applied Physics-Health Physics (2005-2008) Alzahra University, M.S., Physics (1995-1997) University of Tehran, B.S., Applied Physics-Solid State (1988-1992)

2019 Publications/Presentations (* shows students’ names) • N. Fallahian, D. Zhang, T. A. Ambrose*, D. R. Simpson. Investigation of Variations in Gamma Rays Detected

by the EPA Air Monitoring Systems Located in Pennsylvania. 64th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, Orlando, FL July 2019.

• J. A. Willis*, N. Fallahian. D. R. Simpson. Investigation of Potential Sources of Release of Fission Products in the Environment in the Absence of Nuclear Incidents. COST research day, April 2019.

2019 Professional Activities/Funding • COST Professional Experience Grant (PEG), Spring 2019. • Mentored an undergraduate student for a research project, who became the first-place winner in the field-based

research category during the COST career day in April 2019. • Guided an undergraduate student to receive a full travel grant from the Health Physics Society to participate in

the 64th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, Orlando, FL, July 2019. • Prepared four proposals for making major changes to the Health Physics curriculum and course offering.

Teaching Spring 2019: Nuclear Radiations 2 (Physics 420-01)

General Physics 1- lecture (Physics 211-01 and 02) General Physics 1- lab (Physics 211-01A and 02A) Radiation Biology (as an Independent Study)

Summer 2019: Introductory Physics 1- lecture (Physics 201-21) Introductory Physics 1- lab (Physics 201-21A)

Fall 2019: Health Physics (Physics 360-01) General Physics 1- lecture (Physics 211-01) General Physics 1 – lab (Physics 211-01A) Intro Physics 1 – lab (Physics 201-01B)

2019 Service Activities • Sigma pi Sigma Honor Society - chapter advisor • COST Research Day committee – member • Bloomsburg University open house events, Sept. 28th and October 19th • Bloomsburg University Majors and Minors fair, October 2, 2019 • Department committees: Curriculum, Faculty Evaluation, Search and Screen, Five-year review, and Tenure • Bloomsburg University Open Educational Resources - working group member • Bloomsburg University International Faculty Association committee-chair of the scholarship committee

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Nathaniel Greene, Ph.D. Professor

Scholarly Interests General physics, alternative energy Education Boston University, Ph.D. in Physics 1997 Boston University, M.A. in Physics, 1992 Antioch College, Yellow Spring, Ohio, B.S. in Physics, 1986 Publications A. R. Comeford, C. E. Mungan & N. R. Greene, “A simple measurement of the relative efficiency of human locomotion,” Physics Education, v. 54 (2019) N. R. Greene & J. C. Brunskill, “Design of a Solar Tracking Interactive Kiosk,” Physics Education v. 52, n. 1 (2017) Teaching Spring: CAD Engineering Graphics (ENGTECH 180)

Electrical Machines and Power Systems (ENGTECH 231) Physics Research 1 (PHYSICS 492)

Fall: General Physics 2 (PHYSICS 212) Mechanics: Statics (PHYSICS 301) Physics Research 2 (PHYSICS 493)

Service Activities Chair, Departmental Evaluation Committee Organizing Committee, COST Pathways in Science & Technology Coordinator, BU-Penn State 3+2 Engineering program Maintenance of BU solar PV array and solar kiosk Reviewer, The Physics Teacher magazine Mentor for high school student research project

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John H. Huckans, PhD Professor, Department of Physics and Engineering, Bloomsburg U Group Leader, Ultra-cold Atomic Physics Laboratory, Bloomsburg U Invited Professor, Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers, Paris 13

Research Areas Laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms (rubidium, chromium, strontium), ultra-cold atoms in optical lattices, quantum degeneracy in reduced dimensions, condensed matter analogs, Rydberg states

Research Group Ju Xin, Ph.D. (co-Principal Investigator); Student Researchers: Dario D’Amato, Andrew Clickard, Ben Greenwald, Jacob Morris Education University of Maryland, PhD, 2006 Johns Hopkins University, MS, 1996 Cornell University, Bachelors, 1986

2017-2019 Publications

D D’Amato, JH Huckans, “A tunable ECDL at 480 nm for 87Rb Rydberg physics,” Bulletin of the American Physical Society Volume 64 (2019). JH Huckans, W Dubosclard, E Marechal, O Gorceix, B Laburthe-Tolra, M Robert-de-Saint-Vincent, “Note on the reflectance of mirrors exposed to a strontium beam,” arXiv:1802.08499 (2018). AP Belles, JH Huckans, TS Klinger, JM Hranitz, “Call Characteristics of Island and Mainland Fowler’s Toad,” Integrative and Comparative Biology 57 (2017).

2019 Teaching Spring 2019: Audiology 606, General Physics 212, Independent Study, Physics Research Fall 2019: Introductory Physics 201, Independent Study, Physics Research

2019 Service Activities Advisor, Bloomsburg University Chapter of the Society of Physics Students Advisor, STEM Explorers Club 42, Lenni Lenape District, Columbia Montour Council, BSA Committee Member, Troop 20, Lenni Lenape District, Columbia Montour Council, BSA Coach, U15 Team, Bloomsburg AYSO #504, Blue Sombrero, American Youth Soccer Organization Instructor, Physics GRE Preparatory Classes, Bloomsburg University Member, Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Awards Committee, BU Member, Protestant Campus Ministries Board Chair, Physics Department Search and Screen Committee, Bloomsburg University

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Ghassan Ibrahim, Ph.D. Professor

Scholarly Interests RF Systems with emphasis on RFID systems and their applications Digital signal processing and their applications

Education North Carolina State University at Raleigh, PhD Engineering, 1981

2019 Teaching Spring: Communication Systems (ENG TECH--441), Manufacturing Processes (ENGTECH--321) Fall: RF Effects & Measurements (ENG TECH – 461), Senior Design Project (ENGTECH.491), Circuit Analysis (ENGTECH.141) Publication G. Ibrahim, “Simple, Low-cost IoT/UHF RFID-based Lab Equipment Identification and Tracking System”, 2018 ASEE Annual conference, June 24-27, 2018

2018 Service Activities

Search and screen committee EE program development committee Faculty evaluation committee Advisor, IEEE student organization EET ABET Accreditation committee Engineering Technology Industrial Advisory Board

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Nada Jevtić, Ph. D. Assistant Professor

Scholarly Interests Astrophysics of variable stars, analysis of variable-star light curves, nonlinear time series analysis Member: Kepler Space Telescope Asteroseismic Science Consortium (KASC),

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite Asteroseismic Science Consortium Data analysis workgroup (TASC) Education University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Physics, 2003 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Engineering and Applied Science, 1982 Publications and Presentations • Nada Jevtić , P. Stine, S. Charpinet “A novel tool to preview amplitude spectra and estimate asterosiesmic

information retention in corrected light curves: Average Mutual Information” TASC5/ KASC12 Workshop: 22-26 July 2019; and MIT TESS Science Conference I, MIT July 29- Aug 2, 2019, Cambridge

• Nada Jevtić, S. Shaffer, P. Stine “A nonlinear look at TESS simulated data -Embedding finite-length oversampled noisy time series” TASC4/ KASC11 Workshop: TESSting Stellar Astrophysics, Aarhus , Denmark, 8-13 July 2018 (poster)

• Nada Jevtić, P. Stine Nonlinear noise reduction on TESS simulated light curves, 11th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, CHAOS2018, June, 2018, Rome, Italy (oral) (To appear in “The Springer Proceedings in Complexity” Skiadas, C. H., Lubashevsky, I (Eds.), 2019).

• Nada Jevtić and P. Stine “Looking Toward TESS: Who needs long light curves?” A nonlinear look at one-month long light curves of Kepler A and F stars, TASC3/ KASC10 Workshop: TESSting Stellar Astrophysics, Birmingham, UK, 16-21 July 2017 (poster)

• Nada Jevtić, B. Semon, T. Keiper, P. Stine “Combining Nonlinear Noise Reduction with in-Painting in the Analysis of Variable Star Light Curves,” 10th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, CHAOS2017, June, 2017, Barcelona, Spain (oral)

• D. Buzasi; L. Carboneau; A. Chontos; O. Hall; R. Handberg; N. Jevtic; J. Johnson; M. Lund; D. Stello; J. Zinn,”TESS: Early Results and Future Plans I: Extracting Asteroseismology from TESS FFIs: The TASOC Pipeline” January 2019 Meeting of the AAS, Seatle, WA (Oral)

• 11th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, CHAOS2018, June 2018, Rome, Italy (co-chair) June 6th, 2018 12:00-13:30 Optics-Solitons-Systems-Stability-Stochastic

• 10th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference, CHAOS2017, June 2017, Barcelona, Spain (co-chair) May 30th, 2017 14:30-16:00 Optical Systems

Teaching Spring: Introduction to Astronomy (PHYSICS 110) Principles of Physical Science (PHYSICS 103) – 2 sections

Introduction to Electricity and Magnetism (PHYSICS 314) Summer: Introduction to Astronomy (PHYSICS 110) Fall: Introduction to Astronomy (PHYSICS 110) Principles of Physical Science (PHYSICS 103)

Physics Research 1 (PHYSICS 492) Astrophysics: Stars (Physics 340) Service Activities Head Departmental Search and Curriculum Committees COST Curriculum Committee

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Fan Jiang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Scholarly Interests Error-control coding, software defined radio, wireless communications Education University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE PhD, Electrical Engineering, 2006 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE MS, Electrical Engineering, 2001 Central South University, Changsha, China BS, Electrical Engineering Teaching Spring: Electronics (PHYSICS 315)

Computer Electronics (ENGTECH 317) Introductory Physics II (PHYSICS 202)

Summer: Electronics (PHYSICS 315) Fall: Principles of Physical Science (PHYSICS 103) Service Activities Member, Faculty Recognition Committee Member, Science Iditarod Preparation Member, COST Curriculum Committee Member, Department of Physics & Engineering Technology Search & Screen Committee Chair, Department of Physics & Engineering Technology Curriculum Committee Host, Majors/Minors Fair Host, Open House

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Biswajit Ray, Ph.D. Professor and Program Coordinator Electronics Engineering Technology (EET)

Scholarly Interests Energy harvesting technologies; Modeling and simulation of hybrid energy-storage systems; High reliability power electronics for commercial and defense applications Education University of Toledo, Ohio, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, India, M. Tech., Electrical Engineering University of Calcutta, India, B.E., Electrical Engineering Publications and Presentations B. Ray and J. Viola, “A single-stage power module for indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting systems,” Proc. Asia-Pacific Int. Conf. on Engineering and Natural Sciences (APICENS), Mar. 2019 B. Ray, R. Chambers, N. Henry, and P. Karcher, “End-of-semester control system design projects by senior-level EET students,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., June 2018 B. Ray, “Designing hybrid energy storage systems: A tool for teaching system-level modeling and simulation,” Journal of Engineering Technology, pp. 18-27, Spring-2017 Teaching Spring: Linear Signals and Systems (ENGTECH-331)

Cooperative Education in Industry I (ENGTECH-380) Engineering Applications in Industry I (ENGTECH-381) Industrial Process Control (ENGTECH-431)

Summer: Cooperative Education in Industry I (ENGTECH-380)

Fall: Introduction to Engineering and Technology (ENGTECH-101) Electronic Instrumentation and Data-Acquisition (ENGTECH-241)

Cooperative Education in Industry I (ENGTECH-380) Service Activities Led the 2019-20 ABET-ETAC accreditation site visit for the EET program Organized a day-long PLC Workshop for the EET students (offered by Grantek Systems Integration) Organized industry presentations by Lutron Electronics and Multi-Dimensional Integration Placed thirteen EET students in nine Pennsylvania and two New Jersey companies for the required six-month industry co-op experience Technical Program Reviewer, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference Technical Reviewer, IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems Member, Microelectronics Technical Review Committee, Ben Franklin Technology Partnership, PA Reviewer, DOE-SBIR and NASA-CAN grant proposals

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David R. Simpson, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Coordinator of the BU Health Physics Program

Certified by the American Board of Health Physics

Scholarly Interests

Medical Health Physics, Radiation Safety, Response to Radiation Accidents, Criticality Safety

Education University of Illinois, Urbana Il., PhD, Nuclear Engineering 1981

University of Illinois, Urbana Il., MS, Nuclear Engineering 1975

Northwestern University, Evanston Il., BS Science Engineering, 1973

Pubications N. Fallahian, D. Zhang, T. A. Ambrose*, D. R. Simpson. Investigation of Variations in Gamma Rays Detected by the EPA Air Monitoring Systems Located in Pennsylvania. 64th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society, Orlando, FL July 2019. J. A. Willis*, N. Fallahian. D. R. Simpson. Investigation of Potential Sources of Release of Fission Products in the Environment in the Absence of Nuclear Incidents. COST research day, April 2019. Krout, C.L., Simpson, D., Gunter, R. J., Bass, N., Guernsey, A. M., Karchner, M. A.: (Bloomsburg U.); “Student Investigation of a New Device for Creating a Digital Lirary with Standard HP Survey Instruments”, Vol. 115, No. 1, July 2018, Health Physics, The Radiation Safety Journal Simpson, D., “Overview of the Radiological Emergency Assistance Center Training Site (REAC/TS) Radiological Training for Hospitals and Responders”, invited lecture presented to the Governor’s Emergency Preparedness Summit, Radiological Officers Specialty Session, Hershey PA, Oct. 1, 2017.

2019 Teaching Spring: Applied Physics for Health Sciences (lecture and 2 associated labs) (Phys107)

Applied Health Physics (Phys460)

Service Activities volunteer for the radiological emergency response team (PaRAP) for the State of Pennsylvania

Departmental Search & Screen Committee Departmental Curriculum Committee

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Peter Stine, Ph.D. Professor

Scholarly Interests Astrophysics, Kepler Space Telescope data analysis, red giant stars, planetary nebulae, time series analysis Education Penn State University, University Park, PA; PhD, Astronomy, 1990 Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT; BA, Astronomy, 1984 Publications and Presentations N.Jevtic, S. Shaffer, and P. Stine “Nonlinear Noise Reduction on TESS Simulated Data” 11th Chaotic Modeling and Simulation International Conference – CHAOS2018, Christos Skiadas and Ihor Lubashevsky, editors; Springer 2019. P. Stine and N. Jevtic; “Local Projective Noise Reduction Techniques for TESS Data” TESS Asterosiesmic Consortium/Kepler Asteroseismic Consortium Conference; Aarhus Denmark; July 8 – 13 2018. N. Jevtic, S. Shaffer, and P. Stine;”A Nonlinear Look at TESS Simulated Data: Embedding finite-length oversampled Noisy Time Series” TESS Asteroseismic Consortium/Kepler Asteroseismic Consortium Conference; Aarhus Denmark; July 8 – 13 2018. P. Stine and N. Jevtic “From Light Curves to Phase Space” 2018 Central Pennsylvania Consortium Astronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018. N. Jevtic and P. Stine “From Kepler to Tess” 2018 Central Pennsylvania Consortium Astronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018. Teaching Spring: Energy: Sources and Environmental Effects (PHYSICS 105) Principles of Physical Science (PHYSICS 103)

Physics Research 1 (PHYSICS 492) Summer: Introduction to Astronomy (PHYSICS 110) Fall: Energy: Sources and Environmental Effects (PHYSICS 105)

Digital Electronics (PHYSICS 316) Physics Research 1 (PHYSICS 492)

Winter: Introduction to Astronomy (PHYSICS 110) Service Activities Dean’s Council Host, Departmental Session for Husky Decision Days Member, Faculty Professional Development Travel Committee Department of Physics & Engineering Technology Curriculum Committee

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Ju Xin, Ph.D. Professor

Scholarly Interests Molecular physics, optics and lasers, renewable energy. Education Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden, PhD. Physics, 1995. Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI, MS. computer science, 2001. Shanxi University, Taiyuan, Shanxi China, BS. Physics, 1982. Publications and Presentations Contributed two articles in the book “Cities Around the World: Struggles and Solutions to Urban Life” ISBN: 978-1-4408-5385-2; 5387-6; 5388-3; 5386-9, edited by Jing Luo. On the topic of Energy and Sustainability: “Bejing, China: Battling Water Shortage” P70-74; and “Frankfurt, Germany: Protecting the City from Climate Changes” P79-86. Teaching Summer 2019: Introductory Physics II (PHYSICS 202: lecture & Lab) Fall 2019: Energy: Sources & Environmental Effects (Physics 105)

Optics (PHYSICS 318: lectures & labs) Introductory Physics I-Lab (PHYSICS 201L)

Spring 2020: Introductory Physics II (PHYSICS 202: Lectures & 2 lab sections) Modern & Atomic Physics (PHYSICS 310)

Service Activities Department of Physics & Engineering Curriculum Committee Department of Physics & Engineering Tenure Committee Department of Physics & Engineering Search Committee Participated at the annual Major & Minor fair

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