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Department of Physics and

Engineering Technology

Annual Report 2018

Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

Department of Physics

and Engineering Technology

Annual Report 2018

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

Department Faculty

Naz Afarin Fallahian...........14

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

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

Ghassan Ibrahim...............19

Nada Jevtić........................20

Fan Jiang...........................22

Joseph Kulik.....................23

Biswajit Ray......................24

Peter Stine.......................27

David R. Simpson.............26

Ju Xin...............................29

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Department of Physics and Engineering Chair’s Summary 2016 Peter Stine

Department Update

From monitoring radiation in our environment to detecting subtle oscillations in distant stars, the faculty and students in the Department of Physics and Engineering at Bloomsburg University have had an exciting year. We offer undergraduate students a comprehensive education in Physics, Health Physics, and Electronics Engineering Technology. Through our many laboratory courses, co-ops, internships, and independent research projects, we offer hands-on, real world experiences. With our primary focus on undergraduate education, our interests encompass a wide variety of topics including ultra-cold atoms, photovoltaic energy harvesting, radiation safety, radio frequency identification, game playing robots, alternative energy, and asteroseismology.

Enrollment

At the start of 2018, 102 students majored in disciplines within the department with Electronics Engineering Technology comprising the largest group.

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Graduating Seniors Twelve students graduated from the Department during 2018.

Promotion John Huckans was promoted to Professor of Physics. Dr. Huckans specializes in ultracold atomic physics and has studied the collisional properties of rubidium and lithium atoms. He regularly performs research in quantum magnetism using chromium and strontium atoms at the Laboratoire de Physique des Lasers at Paris Nord in France. He has published over 20 peer-reviewed journal articles and presented his work at numerous national and international conferences. Sabbaticals Naz Fallahian continued her sabbatical during the summer of 2018 to gather and organize the RadNet data collection to examine variations in radiation levels in Bloomsburg, Pittsburgh, and Philadelphia using a radiation monitoring system on the roof of Andruss Library. The monitoring stations collect information on beta and gamma radiation and transmits the information to the National Radiation and Environmental laboratory. The data from the Bloomsburg station show fluctuations in gamma and beta radiation. Dr. Fallahian examined radionuclides of Be-7, Cs-137, Pb-210, Pu-238, Pu-239, K-40, Ra-228, Na-22, U-234, U-235, and U-238.


Nathaniel Greene spent the 2017-2018 academic year studying micro hydroelectric systems. His work included site visits to multiple facilities in US and Europe, and evaluation of prospective sites, and mechanical design.

Water intake unit designed by Ned Greene for the Town of New Woodstock, NY.

System installed by SUNY Morrisville faculty and students. Water flows through an 8-inch-diameter penstock to a turbine and generator. The Town Hall in Cazenovia, NY receives the benefit of renewable electrical energy (via remote net metering).


Senior Design Projects Electronics Engineering Technology seniors presented senior design projects in December 2018 They included:

• A Maze-solving Robot (Charles Brochyus, Oliver Blasi, and Mitchell Kile).• A Multi-Stage, High Powered Magnetic Launcher (Amanda Bevilacqua, Robert

Sherman, Keric Rollman, Tyler Gockley)


Research Presentations Students presented results of research from independent study projects at The College of Science & Technology Research and Scholarship Day, April 13 2018.

• Brett Logan, Caleb Frantz, and Ben Greenwald “Rubidium-87: Source oven replacement andlaser controllers.”

• Richard Gusick, Michael Sowash, “Feasibility Study for a potential Microhydroelectric Site.”• Justin Reccek “Mass Loss in Silver Coins.”

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 2018, students were placed in the following co-ops:

• Shawn Hale: Retlif Laboratories• Adam Beck and Lewis Kamano: ISS Solutions• Cameron Farr: First Energy• Emily Mottern: Thermal Product Solutions

Physics internship: • Richard Gusick: Dyco, Inc.


Student Volunteer Work

Four Health Physics students participated in the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) drill conducted at the Susquehanna Nuclear Power Station on October 18, 2018. Pictured above from left to right are a FEMA evaluator, Jarrett Willis (BU Student), a Pennsylvania Emergency Management Agency (PEMA) evaluator, Anna Guernsey (BU health physics major), Troy Prutzman ( BU radiation safety officer), Michael Karchner (BU health physics major) and Tanner Ambrose (BU health physics major). The drills are held every other year to evaluate government’s ability to protect public health and safety within the 10-mile Emergency Planning Zone.

Guest Speakers & topics

The following speakers presented to the Department of Physics and Engineering during 2018:

William Phillips delivered a talk entitled “Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe” on March 30, 2018. Dr. Phillips was the winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on laser cooling.


David Allard, director of the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s Bureau of Radiation Protection spoke with Health Physics students on the status of the profession on February 2, 2018.

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

The Department has three research laboratories:

• The Astrophysics Laboratory is used to process time series data for a variety of types of stars.The laboratory is used for asteroseismology to study pressure waves in variable stars from datacollected from the Kepler Space Telescope and the Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS).The laboratory is used to study a variety of types of variable stars including the central star of aplanetary nebula, delta Scuti stars, gamma Doradus stars, and solar–like stars.

• The ultra-cold Atomic Physics Laboratory is currently in its final assembly stage and will be usedto cool 87Rb atoms to temperatures of approximately 140 µΚ, at which the length and time scalesof important quantum mechanical properties can be recorded using conventional CCD (10 µmspatial resolution) cameras and 1 µs time resolution. Initial experiments following finalconstruction are aimed at achieving all-optical quantum degeneracy in conjunction with noveloptical lattice geometries. The laboratory has four optical tables, three 780 nm diode lasers, one1W tapered amplifier and one 30W fiber laser. The main experimental chamber is pumped bytwo turbomolecular pumps, one ion pump, and one non-evaporable getter, thus providing UHVpressures in the low 10-10 Torr regime. A series of sophisticated water-cooled magnets have beenconstructed to generate the precise magnetic fields need for slowing, cooling, and trapping of therubidium-87 gas. Several extremely complicated optical set-ups are in place to tune and controlthe lasers. A specialized high quantum-efficiency camera is in use to image the atomicgases. The experiment is controlled with microsecond precision by a custom LabVIEW program.

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


Graduating Seniors

Spring 2018 Austin Markey (Physics) Michael Sowash (Physics) Richard Gusick (Physics) Zhipeng Li (Physics) Timothy Mackiw (Physics) Anastasia Timofeeva (Physics)

Fall 2018 Amanda Bevilacqua (Electronics Engineering Technology) Charles Brochyus (Electronics Engineering Technology) Tyler Gockley (Electronics Engineering Technology) Keric Rollman (Electronics Engineering Technology) Robert Sherman (Electronics Engineering Technology) Anna Guernsey (Health Physics)

Publications by faculty and students (2016 to 2018)

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 Library with Standard HP Survey Instruments”, Vol. 115, No. 1, July 2018, Health Physics, The Radiation Safety Journal.

B. Ray, R. Chambers, N. Henry, and P. Karcher, “End-of-semester control system design projects bysenior-level EET students,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., June 2018.

J.H. Huckans, W Dubosclard, E Marechal, O Gorceix, B Laburthe-Tolra, M Robert-de-Saint-Vincent, “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 andsimulation,” Journal of Engineering Technology, pp. 18-27, Spring-2017.

B. Ray, “An Inexpensive Control System Experiment: Modeling, Simulation, and LaboratoryImplementation of a PID Controller-Based System,” Proc. American Society for Engineering EducationAnnual Conference, New Orleans, LA, June 26-29, 2016.

Vajdic, S. and Jiang, F., A Hands-on Approach to the Teaching of Electronic Communications Using GNU Radio Companion and the Universal Software Radio Peripheral, Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC 2016), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 5, 2016.

N. R. Greene, T. Gill, & S. Eyerly, “Finding the Effective Mass and Spring Constant of a Force Probe from Simple Harmonic Motion,” The Physics Teacher, v. 54, 138-141. Cover story for March 2016.


Olsen, A, Simpson, D, King, S. Survey of Policies and Practices for the Inspection of Lead Aprons at Medical Facilities; Health Physics, July 2016 Vol. 111, No. 1 page S94; (abstract)

I. B. Spielman, J. H. Huckans, B. Laburthe-Tolra, J. V. Porto, and W. D. Phillips, “Quantum and classicaldynamics of BEC in a large-period optical lattice,” NIST Publication (2016).

Dubil, C., Stacy, S., Dendler, J., Simpson, D., Fallahian, N., Bloomsburg University; Investigation of Indoor Radon Levels in Bloomsburg University Campus Building; Health Physics, July 2016 Vol. 111, No. 1 page S98; (abstract).

Presentations by faculty and students (2016 to 2018)

Ian Birdwell, “Cosmic Ray Activity on Dusk of 24th Solar Cycle,” at the National Collegiate Honors Council Conference in Boston, Nov. 9-11, 2018.

P. Stine and N. Jevtic; “Local Projective Noise Reduction Techniques for TESS Data” TESSAsteroseismic Consortium/Kepler Asteroseismic Consortium Conference; Aarhus Denmark; July 8 – 132018.

N. Jevtić, S. Shaffer, P. Stine A nonlinear look at TESS simulated data -Embedding finite-lengthoversampled noisy time series TASC4/ KASC11 Workshop: Aarhus , Denmark, July 2018.

N. Jevtić, P. Stine Nonlinear noise reduction on TESS simulated light curves, 11th Chaotic Modelingand Simulation International Conference, 2018, June, 2018, Rome, Italy.

P. Stine and N. Jevtic “From Light Curves to Phase Space” 2018 Central Pennsylvania ConsortiumAstronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018.

N. Jevtic and P. Stine “From Kepler to TESS” 2018 Central Pennsylvania Consortium Astronomer’sMeeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018.

G. Ibrahim, “Simple, Low-cost IoT/UHF RFID-based Lab Equipment Identification andTracking System”, 2018 ASEE Annual conference, June 24-27, 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/TSRadiological 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 forprofessional Health Physicists sponsored by the DOE Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/TrainingSite in Oak Ridge, TN, June 20, 2017.

D. Simpson, four lectures in a course conducted by the Oak Ridge Associated Universities entitledRadiation Safety Officer Training in Oak Ridge TN. On August 21 and 22, 2017.

Rachel Yenney, “Shedding Red Light on Ultra-Cold Strontium Gasses”, Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium Held at Bloomsburg University, August, 2017.

Jevtic, N., Stine, P., Timothy Keiper, Bryan Semon, Ryan Vincent, “Harmonic Oscillations in Kepler Red Giant Stars” 2016 CPC Astronomer’s Meeting, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg PA. April 9, 2016.

Dubil, C., Cuff, S., Stacy A., Dendler, J., Simpson, D., Fallahian, N. “Investigation of indoor radon levels in Bloomsburg University Campus Buildings”; 61th annual meeting of the Health Physics Society; Spokane, Washington. 17-21 July 2016.

B. Semon, T. Keiper, P. Stine, N. Jevtic, “Analysis of Harmonic Variations in Red Giant Stars” 36thAnnual Central Pennsylvania Consortium Astronomers' Meeting, Gettysburg College April 9, 2016.

D. Simpson, Criticality and Nuclear Radiation, lecture and associated lab given as part of courses forprofessional Health Physicists sponsored by the DOE Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/TrainingSite in Oak Ridge, TN, March 15 and June 21, 2016.

D. Simpson, series of lectures for the course, Radiation Safety Officer, 2016 Oak Ridge AssociatedUniversities; Oak Ridge TN. August 22-26, 2016

• Inventory Control and Records for HP programs• Security of Radioactive Materials• Radiation Sources and Equipment• Organizational Structure of HP Programs


Courses offered

Spring 2018 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 302 Mechanics; Dynamics PHYSICS 310 Modern Atomic Physics PHYSICS 315 Electronics PHYSICS 317 Digital Electronics PHYSICS 400 Advanced Physics Laboratory PHYSICS 460 Applied Health Physics PHYSICS 492 Physics Research 1 PHYSICS 493 Physics research 2

Summer 2018 PHYSICS 110 Introduction to Astronomy PHYSICS 201 Introduction to Physics 1 PHYSICS 202 Introduction to Physics 2

Fall 2018 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 316 Digital Electronics PHYSICS 320 Nuclear Radiations 1 PHYSICS 330 Radiation Physics PHSYCIS 422 Thermodynamics PHYSICS 450 Introduction to Quantum Mechanics PHYSICS 492 Physics Research 1 PHYSICS 493 Physics research 2

Winter 2018 PHYSICS 110 Introduction to Astronomy


Other Faculty achievements

• Naz Fallahian became a certified health physicist with the American Board of Health Physics.• Biswajit Ray received a grant to develop an indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting module.

Student awards

The following students from the Department of Physics & Engineering received awards:

P. James Moser Scholarship Mitchell Kile Outstanding Student of Physics Zhipeng Li and Timothy Mackiw Outstanding Sophomore in Physics Dario D’Amato Outstanding Achievement inElectronics Engineering Technology Charles Brochyus and Mitchell Kile

Cum laude graduates Zhipeng Li Timothy Mackiw Anastasia Timofeeva

Sigma Pi Sigma inductees: Ian Birdwell Charles Brochyus Vrunda Desai Zhipeng Li Jarret Willis

Jarret Willis, Vrunda Desai, and Ian Birdwell were inducted into the Physics honor society, Sigma Pi Sigma.


Student organizations There are two independent student organizations with interests closely related to the Department: The Society of Physics Students and the student chapter of the IEEE.

IEEE, student chapter, Bloomsburg University IEEE is a professional organization for the advancement of technology. During Fall 2018, the group built an FM radio.

Officers: President: Kyle Higgins Vice President: John viola Secretary: Vinny Barbati Treasurer: Cody Silfies

Society of Physics Students The Society of Physics Students held two successful donut fundraisers which raised over $200 each. With this funding, the group travelled (with 7 people, including two health physics majors) to Rhode Island State Nuclear Center to observe a live research reactor, and the Benton Foundry to observe the industrial metallurgical process there.

Officers: President: Ian Birdwell Vice President: Ben Greenwald Secretary: Dario D'Amato Treasurer: Alec Dragos


Naz Afarin Fallahian Associate Professor

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, Pocatello, Idaho, Ph.D, Applied Physics with emphasis on Health Physics (2005-2008) Alzahra University, Tehran, Iran, M.S. Physics (1995-1997) University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran, B.S. Applied Physics (1988-1992)

Publications

Dubil, C.*, Cuff, S.*, Stacy A.*, Dendler, J.*, Simpson, D., Fallahian, N. Investigation of indoor radon levels in Bloomsburg University Campus Buildings. Health Physics Journal, July 2016, Vol.111, No.1, p.S98.

2018 Professional Activities

• Completed a sabbatical research project.• Participated in 2018 Health Physics Society Professional Development School on

Medical Radiation Safety.• Participated in the 63rd Health Physics Society Annual Meeting.

2018 Awards/Funding

• American Board of Health Physics Certificate.• COST Professional Experience Grant (PEG) for an undergraduate student research

project.• Faculty Professional Development Travel Funds.• Reassigned time to advise COST undeclared students.

2018 Teaching

Spring 2018: Radiation Biology (Biology 411-01) General Physics 1- lecture (Physics 211-01) General Physics 1- lab (Physics 211-01A)

Fall 2018: Nuclear Radiations 1 (Physics 320-01) General Physics 1- lecture (Physics 211-01) General Physics 1 – lab (Physics 211-01A) General Physics 1 – lab (Physics 211-01B)


2018 Service Activities • Chapter advisor for the Sigma pi Sigma Physics Honor Society.• Chair of the Department Promotion Committee• Member of the Health and Human Services Expo Focus Group.• Member of the Department’s five year review committee.• Served in the University Open House held on Sept. 29th, as well as Major and Minors

fair on October 3, 2018.• Main contact for the US EPA Radiation Monitoring System in Bloomsburg.• Member of the Department committees: Curriculum, Faculty Evaluation, Search and

Screen, and Tenure.• Member of the University Wide Committee: International Faculty Association-chair of

the scholarship committee.


Nathaniel R. Greene, Ph.D. Professor

Scholarly Interests General physics and physics education 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

Recent Publications

N. R. Greene & J. C. Brunskill, “Design of a Solar Tracking Interactive Kiosk,” Physics Education v. 52, n. 1 (2017)

N. R. Greene, T. Gill, & S. Eyerly, “Finding the Effective Mass and Spring Constant of a Force Probe from Simple Harmonic Motion,” The Physics Teacher, v. 54, 138-141. Cover story for March 2016.

2018 Teaching

Fall: General Physics II (PHYSICS 212) Intro Physics I lab (PHYSICS 201)

2018 Scholarly and Service Activities

• Prepared feasibility study for 16 kW micro hydroelectric system (Mumford, NY)• Designed upgrades to municipal micro hydroelectric system (New Woodstock, NY)• Maintenance of BU-designed dual-fuel heating system at Bloomsburg Recycling Center• Reviewer, The Physics Teacher magazine• Chair, Department Evaluation Committee• Organizing Committee, COST Pathways in Science & Technology


John H. Huckans, PhD Professor 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, Dan McGann, Alex Shepard, Ben Greenwald, Jacob Morris, James Catarroja

Education

University of Maryland, PhD, 2006 Johns Hopkins University, MS, 1996 Cornell University, Bachelors, 1986

2016-2018 Publications

JH Huckans, W Dubosclard, E Marechal, O Gorceix, B Laburthe-Tolra, M Robert-de-Saint-Vincent, “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).

IB Spielman, JH Huckans, B Laburthe-Tolra, JV Porto, WD Phillips, “Quantum and Classical Dynamics of BEC in a Large-Period Optical Lattice,” https://www.nist.gov/publications/ (2016).

2018 Teaching

Spring 2018: Science of Sound (206) General Physics II (212) Advanced Physics Laboratory (400)

Fall 2018: Science of Sound (206) Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (450)


https://www.nist.gov/publications/

2018 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, College of Science and Technology Research Day Committee, BU• Member, Protestant Campus Ministries Board• Organizer, William D. Phillips (Nobel laureate, physics) Visit to Bloomsburg University• Chair, Physics Department Search and Screen Committee, Bloomsburg University


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

2018 Teaching

Spring: Communication Systems (ENGTECH.441) Manufacturing Processes (ENGTECH.321)

Fall: RF Effects & Measurements (ENGTECH.461) Senior Design Project (ENGTECH.491) Circuit Analysis (ENGTECH.141)

Publication

G. Ibrahim, “Simple, Low-cost IoT/UHF RFID-based Lab Equipment Identification andTracking 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


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) Member: Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Science Consortium (TASC)

Education

University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, Physics, 2003 Yale University, New Haven, CT, Engineering and Applied Science, 1982

Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) Related Activities

Member: TESS Data for Asteroseismology Coordinated Activity (T’DA - formerly Working Group 0) TASC Working Groups: (a) Oscillations in solar-type stars (WG-2), (b) Oscillating stars in clusters (WG-3), (c) Main Sequence AF "classical" pulsators (WG-4), (d) Compact pulsators (WG-8)

Associate Editor: Nonlinear Time Series Analysis Related Activities (continuing) International Quarterly Journal of Nonlinear Science CMSIM (Chaotic Modeling and Simulation), ISSN 2241-0503, http://www.cmsim.eu/journal_issues.html

Conference Presentations 2018

N. Jevtić, S. Shaffer, P. Stine A nonlinear look at TESS simulated data -Embedding finite-lengthoversampled noisy time series TASC4/ KASC11 Workshop: Aarhus , Denmark, July 2018 (poster)

N. Jevtić, P. Stine Nonlinear noise reduction on TESS simulated light curves, 11th ChaoticModeling and Simulation International Conference, 2018, June, 2018, Rome, Italy (oral)Accepted: To appear in “The Springer Proceedings in Complexity” Skiadas, H., Lubashevsky, I,Eds.

Workshop Participation: TESS Data for Asteroseismology (T'DA) 5th Workshop Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 8-10th Oct, 2018. Oral Presentation at the 233rd Meeting of the American Astronomical Society

Seatle, WA: TESS: Early Results and Future Plans I: Extracting Asteroseismology from TESS FFIs: The TASOC Pipeline D. Buzasi; et al. (including N. Jevtic)


http://www.cmsim.eu/journal_issues.html



2018 Teaching:

Spring: Principles of Physical Science 1 (PHYS-103) (two sections) Introduction to Astronomy (PHYS-110) Independent Study (PHYS-491)

Summer: Introduction to Astronomy (on-line) (PHYS-110)

Fall: Principles of Physical Science 1 (PHYS-103) (two sections) Introduction to Astronomy (PHYS-110)


• University-wide Grievance Committee• COST Curriculum Committee• Departmental service - Committees: Evaluation, Search and Screen, Curriculum• Open-house hosting


Fan Jiang, Ph.D. Assistant Professor

Research Interests Software defined radio, wireless communications and networking, ad-hoc wireless network, error- control coding

Education University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering (2006) University of Nebraska-Lincoln, M.S., Electrical Engineering (2001) Central-South University of Technology, Changsha, China, B.S., Electrical Engineering (1989)


Vajdic, S. and Jiang, F., A Hands-on Approach to the Teaching of Electronic Communications Using GNU Radio Companion and the Universal Software Radio Peripheral, Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Integrated STEM Education Conference (ISEC 2016), Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, March 5, 2016.

2018 Teaching Spring: Electronics (54-315)

Electronics Laboratory (54-315-01A) Computer Electronics (54-317)

Fall: Introductory Physics I (54-201-01, 54-201-02) Introductory Physics I Laboratory (54-201-01A, 54-201-02A)

2018 Service Activities TPC member,

• 2019 2nd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Computational and CommunicationParadigms and 1st International Symposium on Computer Vision and Machine Intelligence inMedical Image Analysis, February 25-28, 2019, Sikkim, India (ICACCP-2019 & ISCMM-2019)

• 2018 10th IEEE/PES Asia-Pacific Power and Energy Engineering Conference, October 7-10,2018, Sabah, Malaysia, (APPEEC)

• 2018 7th International Conference on Advances in Computing, Communications andInformatics, September 19-22, 2018, Bangalore, India, (ICACCI-2018)

• 2018 3rd Cloudification of the Internet of Things Conference, July 2-4, 2018, Paris, France,(CIoT 2018)

o Department Representative to the forum,o Department Committees: five-year review, curriculum, search & screen, BU Science Iditarod


Joseph Kulik, Ph.D. Adjunct Professor

Scholarly Interests

Materials and condensed matter physics, nanotechnology, transmission electron microscopy and scanning-transmission electron microscopy, electron scattering, electron optics

Education

University of California, Berkeley, PhD,1987, Physics Massachusetts Institute of Technology, SB, 1979, Physics

2018 Teaching

Spring: Mechanics: Dynamics (PHYS-302) General Physics I, Lecture and Lab (PHYS-211) Applied Physics for the Health Sciences, Lab instructor (PHYS-107)

Fall: Principles of Physical Science (PHYS-103) Introductory Physics 1, Lab instructor (PHYS-201)


Biswajit Ray, Ph.D. Professor Coordinator, Electronics Engineering Technology

Scholarly Interests Energy harvesting technologies, and Modeling and simulation of hybrid energy-storage systems High reliability power electronics for commercial and military avionics Application of IoT technologies for industrial control and automation

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

Recent Publications (2016-2018) • B. Ray and J. Viola, “A single-stage power module for indoor photovoltaic energy

harvesting systems,” accepted for publication and presentation at the 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 designprojects by senior-level EET students,” Proc. ASEE Annual Conf., June 2018

• B. Ray, “Designing hybrid energy storage systems: A tool for teaching system-levelmodeling and simulation,” Journal of Engineering Technology, pp. 18-27, Spring-2017

• B. Ray, “An Inexpensive Control System Experiment: Modeling, Simulation, andLaboratory Implementation of a PID Controller-Based System,” Proc. ASEE AnnualConference, June 2016

2018 Teaching Spring: Linear Signals and Systems (ENGTECH-331)

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

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

2018 Professional Activities • “Development of an indoor photovoltaic energy harvesting power module,” B.U.

Research and Scholarship Mini-Grant ($3,965)• Recruited a new member for the Electronics Engineering Technology program’s

Industrial Advisory Board from Talen Energy• Recruited two new companies for EET co-op opportunities: Lutron Electronics, and

Multi-Dimensional Integration


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• Helped place six Electronics Engineering Technology students in five Pennsylvaniacompanies for the required six-month industry co-op experience

2018 Service Activities • 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 TechnologyPartnership, PA

• Reviewer, DOE-SBIR and NASA-CAN grant proposals


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


Olsen, A, Simpson, D, King, S. Bloomsburg University and Penn State Hershey Medical Center; Survey of Policies and Practices for the Inspection of Lead Aprons at Medical Facilities; HEALTH PHYSICS, July 2016 Vol. 111, No. 1 page S94; abstract of presentation given at the 61st annual meeting of the Health Physics Society July 17-21, 2016, Spokane, Washington.

Dubil, C., Stacy, S., Dendler, J., Simpson, D., Fallahian, N., Bloomsburg University; Investigation of Indoor Radon Levels in Bloomsburg University Campus Building; HEALTH PHYSICS, July 2016 Vol. 111, No. 1 page S98; abstract of presentation given at the 61st annual meeting of the Health Physics Society July 17-21, 2016, Spokane, Washington.

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 Library with Standard HP Survey Instruments”, Vol. 115, No. 1, July 2018, Health Physics, The Radiation Safety Journal

2018 Teaching

Spring: Applied Physics for Health Sciences (lecture and 2 associated labs) (Phys107) Applied Health Physics (Phys460)

Fall: Contemporary Energy: (Phys123) Energy Sources and Environmental Effects (2 sections) (Phys105) Intro Physics Lab (Phys 201)


• Volunteer for the radiological emergency response team (PaRAP) for the State of Pennsylvania.• Arranged for Bloomsburg student and staff participation in the 2018 FEMA evaluated

emergency drill at the nearby Susquehanna Nuclear Power Station in October 2018.


Peter Stine, Ph.D. Professor Chair

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

2018 Presentations

P. Stine and N. Jevtic; “Local Projective Noise Reduction Techniques for TESS Data” TESSAsteroseismic Consortium/Kepler Asteroseismic Consortium Conference; Aarhus Denmark; July8 – 13 2018.

N. Jevtic, S. Shaffer, and P. Stine; “A Nonlinear Look at TESS Simulated Data: Embeddingfinite-length oversampled Noisy Time Series” TESS Asterosiemic Consortium/KeplerAsteroseismic Consortium Conference; Aarhus Denmark; July 8 – 13 2018.

P. Stine and N. Jevtic “From Light Curves to Phase Space” 2018 Central PennsylvaniaConsortium Astronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018.

N. Jevtic ad P. Stine “From Kepler to Tess” 2018 Central Pennsylvania ConsortiumAstronomer’s Meeting; Dickinson College, Carlisle PA April 21, 2018.

2018 Teaching

Spring: Energy: Sources and Environmental Effects (PHYSICS 105) Electronics and Instrumentation for Audiologists (AUDSLP 606) Physics Research 1 (PHYSICS 492)

Summer: Introduction to Astronomy (PHYSICS 110) Fall: Principles of Physical Science (PHYSICS 103)

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


Service Activities • Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Committee on Collaborative Programs• Peer reviewer, Chaos: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Nonlinear Science, American

Institute of Physics Member, Engineering Committee• Host, Departmental Session for Husky Decision Days Member, Faculty Professional

Development Travel Committee• Department of Physics & Engineering Technology Curriculum Committee


Ju Xin Professor

Scholarly Interests

Molecular Physics, Laser Spectroscopy, and Optics.

Education

Marquette University—Milwaukee, WI, USA, MS in Computer Science, 2001. Stockholm University - Stockholm Sweden, Ph.D. of Physics, 1995. Shanxi University - Taiyuan, Shanxi, China, BS of Physics, 1982.

2018 Teaching

Spring: Principles of Physical Science (PHYS.103) General Physics II Lab (PHYS.212L)

Modern Atomic Physics (PHYS.310) Fall: Principles of Physical Science (PHYS.103) Introductory Physics I Lab (PHYS.201L)

2018 Activities Research Activities: Collaborating with John Huckans in ultra-cold atoms project, mentored and mentoring more than dozen students. Contributed two papers titled: “Energy and Sustainability: Beijing—Water Shortage, Mitigations and the Future,” and “Energy and Sustainability: Frankfurt, Germany, A Model City for A Green Future” for the book titled “Cities around the World – Struggles for Solutions to Urban Life” ISBN: 1-4408-5385-1 edited by Jing Luo (Department of Language & Cultures) for publisher ABC-CLIO, LLC. The book is set for publication in 2019.

Manuscript currently under written: “Low-Power Laser Beam Profiling Using A Smart Phone” Bryan Semon, Stephan Vajdic, John. Huckans, and Ju. Xin, targeted journal for publication: Physics Teachers;

Service activities: University-wide Promotion Committee; Department Search & Screen Committee, Faculty Evaluation Committee, Curriculum Committee, Sabbatical and Tenure Committee.


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