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Professional Activities Report: Physics

January 1, 2009 – December 31, 2014

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Summary

The Department of Physics was established in 1935. Our mission is “the advancement of Physics through excellence in research and the extension of scientific heritage through education.” Over the years the department has created and nurtured a unique blend of applied and fundamental research to improve our understanding of the world around us and to respond to the needs of our community. Our research efforts are primarily in the areas of acoustics, computational physics, cosmology, Earth and planetary sciences, environmental physics, ion beam physics, geophysics, and materials science (physics.louisiana.edu). The department consists of six full-time research-oriented faculty, one instructor, four emeritus professors, and about 50 undergraduate and graduate students. We offer both Bachelor’s of Science (BS) and Master’s of Science (MS) degrees in Physics. The department has partnered with the School of Geosciences to build an interdisciplinary doctoral program which will focus on research in energy, the environment, and the physics of the Earth.

This report summarizes the professional accomplishments of the research-active physics faculty from 2009 to 2014. Since 2009 the physics faculty have served as Principal or Co-Principal Investigators on 38 research grants totaling $8,809,851, which, on average, amounts to $209,758 per year per faculty member. Since 2009, we have published 86 peer-reviewed journal articles (2.05 per faculty per year), seven book chapters, and 17 conference proceedings papers. The expertise of the physics faculty is recognized by invitations to deliver 27 plenary and invited international conference talks and to serve as referees of 36 scientific journals, including Science and Nature. The faculty also authored and co-authored 25 conference presentations and organized 10 special sessions and meetings. Our faculty pride themselves in educating future scientists and teachers; we served as chairs and co-chairs on 28 MS Thesis and Doctoral dissertation committees.

Publications, Presentations, Editorships, and Talks

Refereed Journal Papers (Published)

  1. V. Faraoni, J.B. Dent, and E.N. Saridakis, “Covariantizing the interaction between dark energy and dark matter”, Phys.Rev. D90 (2014) 6, 063510, arXiv:1405.7288 [gr-qc].

  2. J.B. Dent, L.M. Krauss, and H. Mathur, “Killing the Straw Man: Does BICEP Prove Inflation at the GUT Scale?”, Phys.Lett. B736 (2014) 305, arXiv:1403.5166 [astro-ph.CO].

  3. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, K.N. Bhat, M.D. Aggarwal, and B.G. Penn, Incorporating Strongly Triboluminescent Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium into Simple Polymers, Polymer Journal, 46(2), 111-116 (2014).

  4. K.N. Bhat, R.S. Fontenot, R. Surabhi, W.A. Hollerman, M.D. Aggarwal, and T.R. Alapati, Measurement of the Triboluminescent Properties for Europium and Samarium Tetrakis Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium, Electronic Materials Letters, 10 (6), 1149-1153 (2014).

  5. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, C.A. Owens, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Effects of added dibutyl phosphate on the luminescent properties of europium tetrakis dibenzolylmethide triethylammonium, Journal of Luminescence, Electronic Publication, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jlumin.2014.10.026

  6. Fourel, Loic, Saskia Goes, and Gabriele Morra. "The role of elasticity in slab bending." Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15.11 (2014): 4507-4525.

  7. N. P. Butterworth, R. D. Muller, L. A. Quevedo, J.M.B. O’Connor, K.C. Hoernle, G. Morra, 2014, Pacific Plate slab pull and intraplate deformation in the early Cenozoic, Solid Earth Discussions, 6, 1–45, 2014, doi:10.5194/sed-6-1-2014 

  8. J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, E.N. Saridakis, and J.-Q. Xia, "Cosmology with non-minimal derivative couplings: perturbation analysis and observational constraints", JCAP 1311 (2013) 058, arXiv:1309.4746.

  9. J.B. Dent, L.M. Krauss, S. Sabharwal, and T. Vachaspati, "Damping of Primordial Gravitational Waves from Generalized Sources", Phys.Rev.D {88} 084008 (2013), arXiv:1307.7571.

  10. J.L. Newstead, T.D. Jacques, L.M. Krauss, J.B. Dent, and F. Ferrer, "The Scientific Reach of Multi-Ton Scale Dark Matter Direct Detection Experiments", Phys.Rev.D {88} 076011 (2013), arXiv:1306.3244.

  11. L.M. Krauss and J.B. Dent, "Higgs Seesaw Mechanism as a Source for Dark Energy", Phys.Rev.Lett. {111} (2013) 061802, arXiv:1306.3239.

  12. S. De, J.B. Dent, and L.M. Krauss, "CDM and baryons as distinct fluids in a linear approximation for the growth of structure", Phys.Rev.D {88} (2013) 023510, arXiv:1302.0941.

  13. N.F. Bell, J.B. Dent, A.J. Galea, T.D. Jacques, L.M. Krauss, and T.J. Weiler, "Searching for Dark Matter at the LHC with a Mono-Z", Phys.Rev.D {86} (2012) 096011, arXiv:1209.0231.

  14. J.B. Dent, D.A. Easson, and H. Tashiro, "Cosmological Constraints from CMB distortion", Phys.Rev.D {86} (2012) 023514, arXiv:1202.6066.

  15. S.Basilakos, J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, L. Perivolaropoulos, and M. Plionis, "Looking beyond Einstein's gravity with the evolution of linear bias", Phys.Rev.D. {85} (2012) 123501.

  16. S.-H. Chen and J.B. Dent, "A new approach to the vacuum of inflationary models", Class.Quant.Grav. {29} (2012) 085002, arXiv:1012.4811.

  17. N.F. Bell, J.B. Dent, A.J. Galea, T.D. Jacques, L.M. Krauss, and T.J. Weiler, "W/Z Bremsstrahlung as the Dominant Annihilation Channel for Dark Matter, Revisited.", Phys.Lett.B {706} 6-12 (2011), arXiv:1104.3823.

  18. N.F. Bell, J.B. Dent, T.D. Jacques, and T.J. Weiler, "Dark Matter Annihilation Signatures from Electroweak Bremsstrahlung", Phys.Rev.D {84} (2011) 103517, arXiv:1101.3357.

  19. Y.-F. Cai, S.-H. Chen, J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, and E.N. Saridakis, "Matter Bounce Cosmology with the f(T) Gravity", Class.Quant.Grav. {28} (2011) 215011, arXiv:1104.4349.

  20. Y.-Zen Chu, J.B. Dent, and T. Vachaspati, "Magnetic Helicity in Sphaleron Debris", Phys.Rev.D {83} (2011) 123530, arXiv:1105.3744.

  21. Y.-F. Cai, J.B. Dent, and D.A. Easson, "Warm DBI Inflation", Phys.Rev.D {83} 101301 (2011), arXiv:1011.4074.

  22. A. Akintunde and A. Petculescu, “Infrasonic attenuation in the upper mesosphere-lower thermosphere: a comparison between Navier-Stokes and Burnett predictions,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 136, 1483-1486 (2014)

  23. A. C. Raga, J. Cauto, A. Rodŕıguez-Gonzalez, and A. Petculescu, “The strong/weak shock transition in cylindrical and planar blast waves ,” Rev. Mexicana Astron. Astrof́ısica 50, 145-150 (2014)

  24. J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, and E.N. Saradakis, "f(T) gravity mimicking dynamical dark energy. Background and perturbation analysis", JCAP {2011} (2011) 009, arXiv:1010.2215.

  25. N.F. Bell, J.B. Dent, T.D. Jacques, and T.J. Weiler, "W/Z Bremsstrahlung as the Dominant Annihilation Channel for Dark Matter", Phys.Rev. D {83} (2011) 013001, arXiv:1009.2584.

  26. S.-H. Chen, J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, and E.N. Saradakis, "Cosmological perturbations in f(T) gravity", Phys.Rev.D {83} 0023508 (2011), arXiv:1008.1250.
    J.B. Dent, T.W. Kephart, and S. Nandi, "Natural fermion mass hierarchy and mixings in family unification", Phys.Lett.B {697} (2011) 367-369, arXiv:0908.3915.

  27. J.C. Bueno-Sanchez, J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, and L. Perivolaropoulos, "Parametrization for the Scale Dependent Growth in Modified Gravity", JCAP {1009} 021 (2010) arXiv:1004.4905.

  28. L.M. Krauss, K. Jones-Smith, H. Mathur, and J.B.Dent, "Probing the Gravitational Wave Signature from Cosmic Phase Transitions at Different Scales", Phys.Rev. D {82} 044001 (2010) arXiv:1003.1735.

  29. J.B.Dent, S. Dutta, and R.J. Scherrer, "Thermal Relic Abundances of Particles with Velocity-Dependent Interactions", Phys.Lett. B {687} 275-279 (2010),  arXiv:0909.4128.

  30. H. Pas, S. Pakvasa, J.B. Dent, and T.J. Weiler, "Closed timelike curves in asymmetrically warped brane universes", Phys.Rev.D {{80}}, 044008 (2009), gr-qc/0603045.

  31. J.B. Dent, S. Dutta, and L. Perivolaropoulos, "New Parametrization for the Scale Dependent Growth Function in General Relativity", Phys.Rev.D {{80}}, 023514 (2009), arXiv:0903.5296.

  32. J.B.Dent, L.M. Krauss, and G.D. Starkman, ``Late Time Decay of the False Vacuum, Measurement, and Quantum Cosmology'', Int. J. Mod. Phys. D {{17}} 2501-2505 (2009), arXiv:0810.4574.

  33. J.B.Dent and S.Dutta, ``On the dangers of using the growth equation on large scales'', Phys. Rev. D {{79}}, 063516 (2009), arXiv:0808.2689.

  34. J.B. Dent, S. Dutta and T.J. Weiler, ``A new perspective on the relation between dark energy perturbations and the late-time ISW effect'', Phys. Rev. D {{79}}, 023502 (2009), arXiv:0806.3760.

  35. G. A. Glass, J. F. Dias, A. D. Dymnikov, L. M. Houston, and B. Rout, “Direct Etching of SiO2 and Al2O3 by 900 KeV Gold Ions”, Journal of Micro/Nanolithography, MEMS and MOEMS, Vol. 8, No,. 1, 013013, DOI: 10:1117/1.3082185 (2009).

  36. Houston, L.M., Glass, G.A., and Dymnikov, A.D., “Sign-bit Amplitude Recovery in Gaussian Noise”, Journal of Seismic Exploration, 19: 249-262 (2010).

  37. K.N. Bhat, R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, T.R. Alapati, and M.D. Aggarwal, Effects of Adding Caffeine on the Triboluminescent Properties of Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium, International Journal of Chemistry, 2: 165-172 (2013).

  38. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, K.N. Bhat, and M.D. Aggarwal, Effects of Added Uranium on the Triboluminescent Properties of Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium, Journal of Luminescence, 134(2), 477-482 (2013).

  39. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Effects of Dimethyl Methylphosphonate on the Triboluminescent Properties of Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium, Sensors & Transducers Journal, 149(2), 109-115 (2013).

  40. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, K.N. Bhat, and M.D. Aggarwal, Effects of Crystallite Grain Size on the Triboluminescent Emission for EuD4TEA, Advanced Materials Letters, 4(8), 605-609 (2013).

  41. L. Kobakhidze, C. Guidry, W.A. Hollerman, and R. Fontenot, Detecting Mechanoluminescence From ZnS:Mn Powder Using a High Speed Camera, IEEE Sensors Journal, 13(8), 3053-3059 (2013).

  42. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, K.N. Bhat, S.W. Allison, and M.D. Aggarwal, Luminescent Properties of Lanthanide Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium Compounds, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics 7:30 (2013).

  43. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, T.R. Alapatia, and M.D. Aggarwal, Triboluminescent Properties of Dysprosium Doped Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium, ECS Journal of Solid State Science and Technology, 2(9), 384-388 (2013).

  44. K.N. Bhat, R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Triboluminescent Research Review of Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium (EuD4TEA) and Related Materials, International Journal of Chemistry, 1(1), 100-118 (2012).

  45. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, M.D. Aggarwal, and K.M. Nguyen, Comparison of the triboluminescent yield and decay time for europium dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium synthesized using different solvents, CrystEngComm, 14(4), 1382-1386 (2012).

  46. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, M.D. Aggarwal, K.N. Bhat, and S.M. Goedeke, A Versatile Low-Cost Laboratory Apparatus For Testing Triboluminescent Materials, Measurement, 45(3), 431-436 (2012).

  47. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Innovative Triboluminescence Study of Multivitamin Doped Europium Tetrakis, Crystal Research and Technology, 45(5), 573-578, Paper shown on journal cover (2012).

  48. W.A. Hollerman, R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, M.D. Aggarwal, C.J. Guidry, and K.M. Nguyen, Comparison of Triboluminescent Emission Yields for Twenty-Seven Luminescent Materials, Optical Materials 34(9), 1517-1521 (2012).

  49. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, K.N. Bhat, and M.D. Aggarwal, Synthesis and Characterization of Highly Triboluminescent Doped Europium Tetrakis Compounds, Journal of Luminescence, 132(7), 1812-1818 (2012).

  50. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, K.N. Bhat, and M.D. Aggarwal, Comparison of Triboluminescent Light Yield Versus Impact Energy for Europium Tetrakis and ZnS:Mn Powders, Journal of Theoretical and Applied Physics, 6, 15 (2012).

  51. W.A. Hollerman, R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, and M.D. Aggarwal, Measuring the Process Variability in Triboluminescence Emission Yield for EuD4TEA, Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 43(11), 4200-4203 (2012).

  52. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, and S.M. Goedeke, Initial Evidence of a Triboluminescent Wavelength Shift for ZnS:Mn Caused by Ballistic Impacts, Materials Letters, 65, 1108-1110 (2011).

  53. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Triboluminescent Materials for Smart Sensors, Materials Today, 14, 292-293 (2011).

  54. R.S. Fontenot and W.A. Hollerman, Measuring Triboluminescence From ZnS:Mn Produced by Ballistic Impacts, Journal of Instrumentation, 6, T04001 (2011).

  55. G. Morra, D. Muller, L. Quevedo, M. Seton, 2013, Organization of the tectonic plates in the last 200 Myrs, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, V 373, P 93–101

  56. G. Morra, R. Geller, S. T. Grilli, S.-I. Karato, S. King, S.-M. Lee, P. Tackley, and D. A. Yuen, 2013, Subduction Dynamics and Seismic Hazards, submitted to EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, V 94(13), P 125–126, doi: 10.1002/2013EO130008

  57. G. Morra, D. A. Yuen and S.-M. Lee, 2012, Subduction: From Mantle Flow to Great Earthquakes, EOS Transactions of the American Geophysical Union, V 93(45), P 457, doi:2012EO450007

  58. L. Quevedo, B. Hansra, G. Morra, N. Butterworth, R. D. Mueller, 2012, Oblique Mid Ocean Ridge Subduction Modelling with the Parallel Fast Multipole Boundary Element Method, Computational Mechanics, doi:10.1007/s00466-012-0751-5

  59. L. Quevedo, G. Morra, R. D. Mueller, 2012, Global Paleo-Lithospheric Models for Geodynamical Analysis of Plate Reconstructions, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, V 212–3, P 106–13

  60. N. Butterworth, L. Quevedo, G. Morra, R. D. Mueller, 2012, Influence of overriding plate geometry and rheology on subduction, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, V 13, Q06W15, doi:10.1029/2011GC003968

  61. Y. van Dinther, G. Morra, F. Funiciello, F. Rossetti, C. Faccenna, 2012, Exhumation and subduction erosion in orogenic crustal wedges: insights from numerical models, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, V 13, Q06003, doi:10.1029/2011GC004011

  62. G. Morra, L. Quevedo, R. D. Mueller, 2012, Spherical dynamic models of top-down tectonics, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, V 13, Q03005, doi:10.1029/2011GC003843

  63. F. A. Capitanio and G. Morra, 2012, The bending mechanics in a dynamic subduction system: Constraints from numerical modelling and global compilation analysis, Tectonophysics, V 522–3, P 224–234, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2011.12.003

  64. S. Goes, F. A. Capitanio and G. Morra, 2011, Signatures of downgoing plate-buoyancy driven subduction in Cenozoic plate motions, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, V 184(1–2), P 1–13, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.10.007

  65. G. Morra, D. A. Yuen, L. Boschi, P. Chatelain, P. Koumoutzakos and P. Tackley, 2010, The fate of the slabs interacting with a smooth viscosity discontinuity in the mid lower mantle, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, V 180(3–4), P 271–282, doi:10.1016/j.pepi.2010.04.001

  66. F. A. Capitanio, G. Morra, S. Goes, R. F. Weinberg and L. Moresi, 2010, India-Asia convergence driven by the subduction of the Greater Indian continent, Nature Geoscience, V 3, P 136–9, doi: 10.1038/NGEO725

  67. Y. van Dinther, G. Morra, F. Funiciello and C. Faccenna, 2009, Role of the overriding plate in the subduction process: Insights from numerical models, Tectonophysics, V 484(1–4), P 74–86, doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.08.038

  68. F. A. Capitanio, G. Morra and S. Goes, 2009, Dynamics of plate bending at the trench and slab-plate coupling, Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems, V 10, Q04002, doi: 10.1029/2008GC002348

  69. A. Petculescu and R. Kruse, “Predicting the characteristics of thunder on Titan: A framework to assess the detectability of lightning by acoustic sensing,” J. Geophys. Res. Planets 119, 2167-2176 (2014).

  70. A. Petculescu and R. M. Lueptow, Quantitative acoustic relaxational spectroscopy for real-time monitoring of natural gas: a perspective on its potential, Sensors and Actuators - B: Chemical 169, 121-127 (2013).

  71. A. Petculescu and P. Achi, “A model for the vertical sound speed and absorption profiles in Titan’s atmosphere based on Cassini-Huygens data,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 131, 3671-3679 (2012).

  72. A. Petculescu and J. Riner, “Constraining the minute amount of audible energy radiated from binary collisions of light plastic spheres in conditions of incomplete angular coverage of the measured pressure,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128, 1575-1577 (2010).

  73. J. Riner and A. Petculescu, “Non-Hertzian behavior in binary collisions of plastic balls derived from impact acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128, 132-136 (2010).

  74. J.B Restorff, M. Wun-Fogle, K.B. Hathaway, A.E. Clark, T. A. Lograsso, and G. Petculescu, “Tetragonal Magnetostriction and Magnetoelastic Coupling in Fe-Al, Fe-Ga, Fe-Ge, Fe-Si, Fe-Ga-Al, and Fe-Ga-Ge Alloys,” J. Appl. Phys. 111, 023905 (2012).

  75. G. Petculescu, P. K. Lambert, A. E. Clark, K. B. Hathaway, Q. Xing, T. A. Lograsso, J. B. Restorff, and M. Wun-Fogle, “Temperature dependence of magnetoelastic properties of Fe100-xSix (5J. Appl. Phys. 111, 07A921 (2012).

  76. G. Petculescu, K. L. Ledet, M. Huang, T. A. Lograsso, Y. N. Zhang, R. Q. Wu, M. Wun-Fogle, J. B. Restorff, A. E. Clark, and K. B. Hathaway, “Magnetostriction, elasticity, and D03 phase stability in Fe-Ga and Fe-Ga-Ge alloys,” J. Appl. Phys. 109, 07A904 (2011).

  77. G. Petculescu, A. O. Mandru, W. Yuhasz, T. Lograsso, M. Wun-Fogle, J. B. Restorff, A. E. Clark, K. Hathaway, "The effect of partial substitution of Ge for Ga on the elastic and magnetoelastic properties of Fe-Ga alloys," J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09A926 (2010).

  78. M. Huang, A. O. Mandru, G. Petculescu, A. E. Clark, M. Wun-Fogle and T. A. Lograsso, “Magnetostrictive and elastic properties of Fe100-xMox (2 J. Appl. Phys. 107, 09A920 (2010).

  79. G. Petculescu, J. B. LeBlanc, M. Wun-Fogle, J. B. Restorff, W. C. Burton, J. X. Cao, R. Q. Wu, W. M. Yuhasz, T. A. Lograsso, A. E. Clark, “Magnetoelasticity of Fe100-xGex (5IEEE Trans. Magn. 45, 4149 (2009).

  80. G. Petculescu, J. B. LeBlanc, M. Wun-Fogle, J. Restorff, D. Wu, T. Lograsso, A. Clark, “Magnetoelastic coupling in Fe100-xGex single crystals with 4J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07A932 (2009).

  81. E. Clark, J.-H. Yoo, J. R. Cullen, M. Wun-Fogle, G. Petculescu, and A. Flatau, "Stress Dependent Magnetostriction in Highly Magnetostrictive Fe100-xGax, 20J. Appl. Phys. 105, 07A913 (2009).

  82. Chiquet, R.A., Ma, B., Ackleh, A.S, Pal, N., and Sidorovskaia, N. (2013). “Demographic analysis of sperm whales using matrix population models,” Ecological Modelling 248, 71– 79

  83. Ilyazov, R., R., Khilko, A., Khobotov, A., Yakhno, V. , Sanin, A. , Sanina, O., Sidorovskaya, N. , Figovsky, O., and Yakhno, T. (2012) “Dynamics of molecular self-assembly of drying liquid drop components: utilization of the phenomenon,” "Scientific Israel - Technological Advantages" (SITA-Journal), 14(1), 32 p.

  84. Ackleh, A., Ioup, G.E., Ioup, J.W., Ma, B., Newcomb, J., Pal, N., Sidorovskaia, N., and Tiemann, C. (2012). “Assessing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill impact on marine mammal population through acoustics: endangered sperm whales,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 131 (3), pp. 2306-2314.

  85. Tiemann, Chris O., Jaffe, Jules S. , Roberts, Paul L. D. , Sidorovskaia, N., Ioup, George E. , Ioup, Juliette W. , Ekimov, Alexander , Lehman, Sean K. (2011). “Signal and image processing techniques as applied to animal bioacoustics problems,” Acoustics Today 7 (3), pp. 35-43. (invited featured article)

Refereed Journal Papers (Accepted)

  1. J.B. Dent, “Review of the possible role of self-ordering scalar fields in production of a stochastic background of gravitational waves”, Accepted for publication by the International Journal of Modern Physics D

  2. R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, C.A. Owens, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Effects of added dibutyl phosphate on the luminescent properties of europium tetrakis dibenzolylmethide triethylammonium, Journal of Luminescence, 158, 428-434 (print copy)

  3. R.S. Fontenot, C.A. Owens, K.N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, and M.D. Aggarwal, Magnesium tetrakis dibenzoylmethide triethylammonium: A novel blue emitting phosphor, Materials Letters, 146, 9-11.

  4. Y. van Dinther, Taras V. Gerya, P. Martin Mai, Luis A. Dalguer, G. Morra, 2013 The seismic cycle at subduction thrusts: insights from coupled seismo-thermo-mechanical geodynamic models, Journal of Geophysical Research, DOI: 10.1002/2013JB010380

  5. G. Petculescu et al, "Effects of Zn Additions to Highly Magnetoelastic FeGa Alloys" in Journal of Applied Physics, final decision on Oct. 9th, 2014: accepted for publication

  6. G. Petculescu et al, "Rhombohedral Magnetostriction in Dilute Iron (Co) alloys" in Journal of Applied Physics, final decision on Nov. 24th, 2014: accepted for publication

Book Chapters

  1. Ross S. Fontenot, Kamala N. Bhat, W.A. Hollerman, and Mohan D Aggarwal, Highly Triboluminescent Europium Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium, Chapter 3, Europium: Synthesis, Characteristics and Potential Applications, Edited by Mohamed Said Attia Moustafa, Nova Publishers, Approved for publication, 2013.

  2. G. Morra, D. A. Yuen, S.M. Lee, S. Zhang, Cenozoic Volcanism in Eastern Asia from partial melts in the transition zone, in AGU Geophysical Monograph Series, Subduction Dynamics, Eds. Morra, Yuen, King, Lee, and Stein, Wiley, in Press, 2014

  3. K. Regenauer-Lieb, T. Poulet, D. Siret, F. Fusseis, J. Liu, K. Gessner, O. Gaede, G. Morra, B. Hobbs, A. Ord, H. Muhlhaus, D. A. Yuen, R. Weinberg, G. Rosenbaum, 2009, First Steps Towards Modeling a Multi-Scale Earth System, in Advances in Geocomputing, Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, V 119, P 1–25, doi: 10.1007/978-3-540-85879-9_1

  4. “Magnetoelasticity of bcc Fe-Ga Alloys”, by G. Petculescu, R. Q. Wu and R. McQueeny, in Handbook of Magnetic Materials, Vol. 20 edited by K. H. J. Buschow, North Holland, 2012, pp.123-226.

  5. Sidorovskaia, N., Ackleh, A., Ma, B., Tiemann, C., Ioup, J.W, and Ioup, G.E. (2014).”Passive acoustic monitoring of environmental impact of oil exploration inthe Gulf of Mexico,“ in Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II, Springer (accepted for publication)

  6. Sidorovskaia, N.A., Ackleh, A.S., Ma, B., Tiemann, C.O, Ioup, J.W., and Ioup, G.E. “Passive acoustic monitoring of environmental impact of oil exploration in the Gulf of Mexico,” in book: “Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life II,” Popper, Arthur, Hawkins, Anthony (Eds.), Springer (to be published in 2015, accepted for publication)

  7. Ioup, G.E., Sidorovskaia, N.A., et al. “Environmental Acoustic Recording System (EARS) in the Gulf of Mexico,” In book “Listening in the Ocean: new discoveries and insights on marine life from autonomous passive acoustic recorders,” Whitlow Au (Ed.), Springer (submitted to the editor, under review)

Conference Proceeding Papers

  1. W.A. Hollerman, R.S. Fontenot, K.N. Bhat, M.D. Aggarwal, C.J. Guidry, and K.M. Nguyen, Review of Triboluminescence Impact Research at Projectile Speeds of 1 m/s to 6 km/s, Procedia Engineering, 58, 392-400 (2013).

  2. W.A. Hollerman, R.S.Fontenot, B.M. Broussard, S.M. Goedeke, and C.J. Guidry, Developing Impact Marking Projectiles Using Triboluminescent Materials, Abstract Published in the Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 17th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter (Chicago, IL), http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2011.SHOCK.Y4.2 (2011).

  3. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, B. Payne, and B.M. Broussard, Measuring Mechanoluminescence Generated During Ballistic Impacts, Abstract Published, Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 16th APS Topical Conference on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, http://meetings.aps.org/link/BAPS.2009.SHOCK.N1.4, (2009).

  4. R.S. Fontenot, W.A. Hollerman, M.S. Steuart, and B.M. Broussard, Measuring Mechanoluminescence Generated During Ballistic Impacts, Shock Compression of Condensed Matter 2009: Proceedings of the American Physical Society Topical Group On Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, 1195, 1413-1416 (2009).

  5. J.R. Meriwether et al. “Geomorphic and Ecological Effects of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita on Coastal Louisiana Marsh Communities” One of several co-authors, USGS Report, 2010, 185 pages.

  6. J.R. Meriwether et al. “Post Hurricanes Assessment, 137Cs and 210Pb Analyses of Cores from Breton Sound, LA,” to Gregg Snedden, USGS. May 2009

  7. J. R. Meriwether, Leigh Anne Sharp, and Greg Steyer. “Mapping the Sediment Deposition of Hurricane Ike’s Storm Surge,” Proceedings of the 55th Annual Radiobioassay and Environmental Radiochemical Measurements Conference. San Antonio, TX, October 2009.

  8. G. Morra, L. E. Quevedo, D. A. Yuen, P. Chatelain, 2011, Ascent of Bubbles in Magma Conduits Using Boundary Elements and Particle, in Procedia Computer Science, V 4, P 1554–1562, doi: 10.1016/j.procs.2011.04.168

  9. L. Quevedo, G. Morra, R. D. Mueller, 2010, Parallel Fast Multipole Boundary Element Method for Crustal Dynamics, Proceeding 9th World Congress and 4th Asian Pacific Congress on Computational Mechanics, doi: iopscience.iop.org/1757-899X/10/1/012012

  10. A. Petculescu, “A physical model for predicting the sound speed and attenuation coefficient in Titan’s atmosphere based on Cassini-Huygens data,” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics, ICA-ASA 2013

  11. T. G. Leighton and A. Petculescu, “Extraterrestrial music,” Proceedings of the 1st EAA Congress on Sound and Vibration, European Acoustics Association and Slovenian Acoustical Society (EuroRegio 2010) 2010

  12. T.G. Leighton and A. Petculescu, “The sound of music and voices in space. Part 1: Theory, Part 2: Modeling and simulation,” Acoustics Today 5, 17-29 (2009)

  13. Malekhanov, A.I., Sidorovskaia, N.A., Khil’ko, A.I., Borodina, E.L., Smirnov, I.P. (2013) “Formation of stable space-time structures at propagation of broadband pulses in oceanic waveguides and their destruction at randomly distributed inhomodenities,” Proceedings of the XIV L.M. Brekhovskikh’s conference , Москва, ГЕОС 2013 г., pp. 384-387 [In Russian with summary translated in English]

  14. Сидоровская, Н.А., Ioup, G.E., Ioup, J.W., Tashmukhambetov, A.M., Ekimov, A.E. (2011). “Использование пассивных акустических методов для изучения влияния индустриальной деятельности человека на морскую мегафауну ”, [ N.A. Sidorovskaia, G.E. Ioup, J.W. Ioup, A.M. Tashmukhambetov, A.E. Ekimov, “ Using passive acoustic methods to study anthropogenic noise impact on oceanic megafauna,” ] In “Ocean acoustics”, Proceedings of the XIII th L.M. Brekhovskikh’s conference , Москва, ГЕОС 2011 г., pp. 270-276 [In Russian with summary translated in English]

  15. Ioup, G.E., Ioup, J.W., Pflug, L.A., Tashmukhambetov, A.M., Sidorovskaia, N.A., Schexnayder, P., Tiemann, C.O., Bernstein, A., Kuczaj, S.A... Rayborn, G.H., Newcomb, J.J., Carlson, R., and Ekimov, A.E. (2009). “EARS Buoy Applications by LADC:  I.  Marine Animal Acoustics,” Proceedings of the OCEANS 2009 MTS/IEEE BILOXI Conference, ISBN CD-ROM: 978-0-933957-38-1, 9 pages, 2009

  16. Newcomb, J.J., Tashmukhambetov, A.M., Ioup, G.E., Ioup, J.W., Sidorovskaia, N.A., Stephens, J.M., Rayborn, G.H., and Summerfield, P. (2009). “EARS Buoy Applications by LADC:  II.  3-D Seismic Airgun Array Characterization,” Proceedings of the OCEANS 2009 MTS/IEEE BILOXI Conference, ISBN CD-ROM: 978-0-933957-38-1, 7 pages, 2009

  17. Rosenfield, D. A., Caruthers, J. W., Nechaev, D. A., Sidorovskaia, N.A., Ioup, G. E., Ioup, J. W., and Yaremchuk, M. I. (2009) “Using Acoustic Tomography to Monitor Deep Ocean Currents in the Eastern Gulf of Mexico,” Proceedings of the OCEANS 2009 MTS/IEEE BILOXI Conference, ISBN CD-ROM: 978-0-933957-38-1, 3 pages, 2009

Plenary and Keynote Presentations

  1. Gabriele Morra, Subduction, megathrusts and underwater landslides: What the 2011 Japanese tsunami has taught us about tsunami hazard - South Western Louisiana Geophysical Society, 2014.

  2. William A. Hollerman, Making Bullets Glow in the Dark: Inventing Hybrid Luminescent Ammunition, International Infantry & Joint Services Small Arms Systems Symposium, Exhibition & Firing Demonstration, National Defense Industrial Association, Las Vegas, NV, May 19, 2009.

Invited Conference / Workshop Talks

James B. Dent

  • Aspects of Inflation Workshop, Texas A\&M University, April 2011.

William A. Hollerman

  • Triboluminescent Materials: Uses in Smart Sensors and Technology, 8th Energy, Materials, and Nanotechnology (EMN) Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 22, 2014

  • Triboluminescence and its Properties, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Technology Transfer Office, Huntsville, AL, August 16, 2012.

  • Inexpensive Student-Based Payload Projects, NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality (AAQ) Mini-Workshop, Port Canaveral, Florida, March 27, 2012.

  • Overview of the Student-Related Payload Projects at UL Lafayette, Next Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, March 2, 2011.

  • Overview of the Space-Related Research Projects at UL Lafayette, Baton Rouge Astronomical Society, Baton Rouge, LA, April 12, 2010.

  • Overview of the Student-Based Balloon and Rocket Payload Projects at UL Lafayette, NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality (AAQ), Kennedy Space Center, FL, March 19, 2009.

John J. Matese

  • “Searching the Catalogue of Cometary Orbits for Evidence of an Impulsive Component of Oort Cloud Flux”. Lille Observatory Workshop, “Dynamics and Formation of the Oort Could”; 27-30 September (2011); Lille, France

Gabriele Morra

  • University of Lausanne - special workshop for the 50 years of Yuri Podlatchikov, 2014.

  • Organization of the Tectonic Plates in the past 200 Myrs. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2013.

  • Applications of the Multipole Boundary Element Method in Geodynamics, Mathematical Methods in Geosciences, Padua, June 2013.

  • Slabs and plumes crossing a broad density/ viscosity discontinuity in the mid lower mantle, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, December 2010.

Andi Petculescu

  • “Assessing the detectability of thunder from potential cloud-to-ground lightning on Titan: a model based on Cassini-Huygens measurements,” 3rd Workshop on Titanʼs Past, Present and Future. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, 8-10 April 2014

  • Molecular acoustics: theory and applications, Universite de Montreal, Canada, June 2013.

  • Molecular acoustics: modeling sound propagation in polyatomic gases, University of New Orleans, February 2012.

  • Alien Soundscapes: From Toccatas to Thunder, ASA Midsouth Meeting, National Center for Physical Acoustics, October 2009.

Gabriela Petculescu

  • “The effect of partial substitution of Ga with Ge on the elastic and magnetoelastic properties of GALFENOL,” 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio TX, Oct 2009.

Natalia Sidorovskaia

 

  • Natalia Sidorovskaia, Christopher O. Tiemann, George E. Ioup, and Juliette W. Ioup, "Passive acoustic monitoring to assess marine mammal population trends in vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 128(4) Pt.2, 160th ASA Meeting/7th Iberioamerican Congress of Acoustics, 17 th Mexican Congress on Acoustics, Cancun, Mexico, 15-19 November 2010, p. 2384 (2010).

  • Sidorovskaia, N., P. Schexnayder, G. E. Ioup, J. W. Ioup, C. O. Tiemann, A. Ekimov, J. Sabatier (2010). “Contextual rhythmic analysis of beaked whale clicks for passive acoustic identification,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 127 (3) Pt. 2, 159th ASA Meeting/NOISE-CON, Baltimore, Maryland, 19-23 April, 2010, p. 2004.

  • Ioup, J.W., George E. Ioup, Lisa A. Pflug, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, Philip Schexnayder, Christopher O. Tiemann, and Alan Bernstein (2010). “Acoustic Identification of individual beaked whales using self-organizing maps for automated classification of clicks in Littoral Acoustic Demonstartioon Center (LADC) data,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 127 (3) Pt. 2, 159th ASA Meeting/NOISE-CON, Baltimore, Maryland, 19-23 April, 2010, p. 2004.

  • Ioup, J.W., George E. Ioup, Lisa A. Pflug, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, Christopher O. Tiemann, and Charles Thompson (2010). “Clustering classification methods for acoustic applications including the analysis of clicking whale data,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 127 (3) Pt. 2, 159th ASA Meeting/NOISE-CON, Baltimore, Maryland, 19-23 April, 2010, p. 2042.

  • Ioup, G. E., J. W. Ioup, L. A. Pflug, C. O. Tiemann, N. A. Sidorovskaia (2010). Using click change detection to modify cluster analysis for acoustically identifying individual sperm whales with changing aspect,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 127 (3) Pt. 2, 159th ASA Meeting/NOISE-CON, Baltimore, Maryland, 19-23 April, 2010, p. 2004.

  • Ioup, G. E., J. W. Ioup, L. A. Pflug, C. O. Tiemann, A. Bernstein, N. A. Sidorovskaia 2009). “Identifying individual clicking whales acoustically I: From click properties,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 126 (4) Pt. 2, ASA Fall 2009 Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 26-30, 2009, 2165.

  • Sidorovskaia, N., P. Schexnayder, G. E. Ioup, J. W. Ioup, C. O. Tiemann, A. Bernstein, A. Ekimov, J. Sabatier (2009). “Identifying individual clicking whales acoustically II: From click rhythms,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 126 (4) Pt. 2, ASA Fall 2009 Meeting, San Antonio, TX, October 26-30, 2009, 2165.

  • George E. Ioup, Juliette W. Ioup, Arslan M. Tashmukhambetov, Lisa A. Pflug, Joal J. Newcomb, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, "Environmental acoustic recording system (EARS) buoys for marine animal acoustics,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am., 125 (4) Pt. 2, ASA Spring 2009 Meeting, Portland, Oregon, April 2009, 2616.

  • George E. Ioup, Juliette W. Ioup, Lisa A. Pflug, Arslan M. Tashmukhambetov, Natalia A. Sidorovskaia, Charles Thompson, and Christopher O. Tiemann, “Identifying individual clicking whales acoustically amid the clutter of other clicking whales,” J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 124 (4(2)), p. 2500, October 2008. (The 156th Acoustical Society of America meeting, November 10-14, 2008, Miami, Florida)

Colloquia and Seminar Talks

James B. Dent

  • Invited Seminar on Inflation given at the University of New Orleans, April 2014

  • Invited Seminar, Arizona State University, November 2013

  • Public Lecture, SMART Festival, Lafayette, LA, October 2013

  • Invited Talk, LSU-S, October 2013

  • Invited Seminar, Vanderbilt University, April 2013

  • Invited Colloquium, University of Louisiana-Lafayette, Feb 2012

  • Invited Seminar, University of New Mexico, March 2011

  • Invited Seminar, University of Melbourne, March 2011

  • Invited Seminar, Texas A\&M University, November 2010

  • Invited Seminar, Vanderbilt University, October 2009

  • Invited Seminar, Washington University, St. Louis, September 2009

William A. Hollerman

  • Using Luminescent Materials to Detect Space Radiation, UL Lafayette Physics Seminar, Lafayette, LA September 10, 2014.

  • Capabilities of the Louisiana Accelerator Center, Engineering Directorate, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC), Huntsville, Alabama, April 3, 2013.

  • Effects of Ionizing Radiation on Materials, Lecture to students in a 600 Level Course in Materials Science/Applied Physics, Department of Physics, Alabama A&M University, February 12, 2013.

  • Beyond Glow Ammo: Behind the Scenes at a Student-Inspired Research and Development Program:

    • Department of Chemistry and Physics, Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA, March 23, 2012.

    • Department of Physics, University of New Orleans, New Orleans, LA, February 22, 2012.

    • Department of Physics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Lafayette LA, February 11, 2011.

  • Recent Advances in Triboluminescence Research:

    • Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Albuquerque, NM, September 3, 2010.

    • Structures and Controls Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, OH, June 21, 2010.

  • Advances in Triboluminescence Research, NSF-RISE Workshop, Development and Study of Advanced Materials and Nanophotonics, Alabama A&M University, Normal, AL, July 9, 2010.

Gabriele Morra

  • Fractal Plate Tectonics and Global Plate Reorganizations" - University of Texas at Dallas - Geosciences Dep - Department Seminar, 2014

  • "Subduction, megathrusts and underwater landslides: what the 2011 Japanese tsunami has taught us about tsunami hazards" - University of Texas at Dallas - Geosciences Dep -Lunch Seminar, 2014

  • "Plate tectonics, megaquakes and underwater landslides: what the 2011 Japanese earthquake taught us about tsunami hazard" - University of New Orleans - Physics Dep. - Department Seminar, 2014

  • Seminar talk at the Department of Physics, UL Lafayette, September 11, 2013

  • Seminar talk at the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Seoul National University, November, 2010

  • Seminary talk at the School of Geosciences, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia, 2009

Andi Petculescu

  • Molecular acoustics: theory and applications, Universite de Montreal, Canada, June 2013 (invited).

  • Molecular acoustics: modeling sound propagation in polyatomic gases, University of New Orleans, February 2012 (invited).

  • Alien Soundscapes: From Toccatas to Thunder, ASA Midsouth Meeting, National Center for Physical Acoustics, October 2009 (invited).

Gabriela Petculescu

  • “Elastic Interactions in Ferromagnetic Fe-based Alloys,“ ONR Summer Faculty Program – Seminar Series, NSWC at Carderock, MD and also broadcasted, July 8th, 2014.

  • “Elastic Interactions in Ferromagnetic Fe-based Alloys,” University of New Orleans, Physics Department Seminar, Feb 2012.

  • "Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy and its role in understanding magnetoelasticity in Fe-based alloys," George Mason University, Physics Department Seminar, Jan 2010.

Natalia Sidorovskaia

  • Seminar, Institute of Applied Physics (Russia), November 2012.

  • Seminar, Nizhny Novgorod State University (Russia), November 2012.

  • Seminar, Physics Department, UL Lafayette November 2011.

  • “Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center – LADC: Assessing the long-term impact and recovery of marine mammal populations after the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico,” Marine Mammal Commission, May 11, 2011 New Orleans.

  • “Modeling Short Term Dynamics of Marine Mammal Populations Near the BP Oil Spill Site (Gulf of Mexico),” Poster, LSU, April 2011.

Contributed Talks

James B. Dent

  • PHENO 2010 Madison, WI, May 2010.

  • Miami Conference, December 2009.

Gary A. Glass

  • “High energy heavy ion assisted wet etch of silicon”, Jack Manuel, Bibhudutta Rout, Gary A. Glass, 21st International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2010), August 9-13, 2010, Forth Worth, TX.

  • “Fish gelatin thin film standards for biological applications of PIXE”, James W. Deaton, Jack Manuel, Gary A. Glass, 21st International Conference on the Application of Accelerators in Research and Industry (CAARI 2010), August 9-13, 2010, Forth Worth, TX.

  • “High energy heavy ion lithography”, Gary A. Glass, 3rd International Meeting on recent developments in the study of radiation effects in matter, 24-28 October, 2010, Gramado, Brazil.

William A. Hollerman

  • Europium Tetrakis Dibenzoylmethide Triethylammonium: A Bright Functional, 8th Energy, Materials, and Nanotechnology (EMN) Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 24, 2014.

John J. Matese

  • “Searching the WISE Preliminary Catalog for Massive Planets in the Oort Cloud”. Joint Session of the European Planetary Science Congress / Division of Planetary Science – American Astronomical Society; 02-07 October (2011); Nantes, France.

Andi Petculescu

  • A physical model for predicting the sound speed and attenuation coefficient in Titan’s atmosphere based on Cassini-Huygens data, ICA-ASA 2013, Montreal, Canada, June 2013.

  • Modeling thunder propagation and detectability on Titan, 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 31 Oct–4 Nov 2011 (Seattle, WA).

  • Gasdynamic modeling of strong shock wave generation from lightning in Titans troposphere, 161st Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 31 Oct–4 Nov 2011 (Seattle, WA).

  • The characteristics of thunder on Titan, 159th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 19–23 April 2010 (Baltimore, MD).

  • Extraterrestrial music, 1st EAA-SAS Congress on Sound and Vibration (EuroRegio 2010), 15–18 September 2010 (Ljubljana, Slovenia).

  • Constraining the acoustic energy radiated from collisions of polypropylene balls, 159th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 19-23 April 2010 (Baltimore, MD).

  • Using sound radiation to characterize binary collisions of polypropylene balls, 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, 18–22 May 2009 (Portland, OR).

Gabriela Petculescu

  • “Response of ultrasound to aluminum alloys sensitization,” IEEE International Ultrasonics Symposium, Chicago, IL Sept. 4th, 2014.

  • 2 contributed talks given by collaborators on common projects at 59th MMM conference, Honolulu, HI, Nov. 2014.

  • “A search for new iron-based magnetostrictive materials,” International Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College PA, May 2013.

  • “Tetragonal Magnetostriction and Magnetoelastic Coupling in Fe-Al, Fe-Ga, and Fe-Ga-Al Alloys,” International Workshop on Acoustic Transduction Materials and Devices, State College PA, May 2012.

  • “Temperature dependence of magnetoelastic properties of Fe100-xSix (5

  • “Magnetostriction, elasticity, and D03 phase stability in Fe-Ga and Fe-Ga-Ge alloys,” 55th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, Atlanta GA, November 2010.

  • “Magnetostrictive and elastic properties of Fe100-xMox (2

  • “The effect of partial substitution of Ge for Ga on the elastic and magnetoelastic properties of Fe- Ga alloys,” 11th Joint MMM–Intermag Conference, Washington, DC, January 2010.

  • “Iron-galium (Galfenol) transduction alloys: Magnetic and mechanical properties,” 158th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Antonio TX, Oct 2009.

  • “Magnetoelasticity of Fe100-xGex (5

Natalia Sidorovskaia

Journal Referees

James B. Dent

  • Monthly Notices of the Royal Society (2013)

  • Astroparticle Physics (2013)

William A. Hollerman

  • Journal of Luminescence (2009-Present)

  • IEEE Sensors Journal (2012-Present)

  • Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics (2012-Present)

  • IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science (1998-Present)

Gabriele Morra

  • Geophysical Journal International

  • Journal of Geodynamics

  • Journal of Geophysical Research

  • Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors

  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters

  • Acta Geotechnica

  • Geoscience Frontiers

  • Tectonophysics

  • Annuals of Geophyiscs

  • Science

Andi Petculescu
 

  • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

  • Icarus

  • Planetary and Space Sciences

  • IEEE Sensors

Gabriela Petculescu

  • Elsevier, Physica B

  • IEEE Transactions on Magnetics

  • Journal of Applied Physics

  • Journal of Alloys and Compounds

  • Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

  • Wave Motion

  • Europhysics Letters

  • Journal of Materials Science

  • Nature

  • National Science Foundation

Natalia Sidorovskaia

  • Journal of Acoustical Society of America

  • Canadian Acoustics Journal

  • Physics Essays

  • AIP

  • McGraw-Hill, Addison Wesley

Other

Organized Special Sessions and Conferences

James B. Dent

  • Organizing Committee for the SMART Festival, Lafayette, October 2013

  • Organizing Committee for the Primordial Magnetism Workshop held at ASU, April 2011

  • Organizing Committee for the New Directions in Cosmology Workshop held at ASU, January 2012.

William A. Hollerman

  • Meeting Organizer and Host, NASA Academy of Aerospace Quality (AAQ) Expert User Group, October 20, 2014.

  • Innovative Phosphor-Based Sensors for Extreme Environments, Tutorial, 9th Annual IEEE Conference on Sensors, Waikoloa, HI, November 1, 2010.

  • Developing Impact Marking Projectiles Using Triboluminescent Materials, 17th International Conference of the American Physical Society Topical Group on Shock Compression of Condensed Matter, Chicago, IL, July 1, 2011.

Gabriele Morra

  • The geodynamics of plate tectonics, Session at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, December 2012.

  • First international conference on geodynamics. Title of the conference "Slab Dynamics". Jeju Island, South Korea. August 2011. Main organizer and Chief Editor of the following AGU Book.

Natalia Sidorovskaia

  • Special Session of the Acoustical Society of America: “Acoustics and the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill I”, November 2010, Cancun.

Graduate Student Production

Graduate Students

James B. Dent

Chair of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Chase Gaudet, December 2013

Gary A. Glass

Chair of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Ramu Mangalagiri, Summer 2009

Gobind Basnet, Spring 2009

James Deaton, Summer 2010

Jack Manuel, Fall 2011

Dustin Phillips, Fall 2011

Henry Luyombya, Summer 2011

Boyko Perfanov, Fall 2011

William A. Hollerman

Chair of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Ross S. Fontenot, Spring 2010

Brandon T. Payne, Fall 2010

Mark Roberts, Spring 2011
Lika Kobakhidze, Fall 2012

Member of the Ph.D. Committee

Ross S. Fontenot, May 2013, Alabama A&M University

Noah Bergeron, February 2014, Louisiana Tech University

Member of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Gobind Basnet, Spring 2009

James W. Deaton, Fall 2010.

Dustin Z. Phillips, Fall 2011.

Henry Luyombya, Fall 2011.

Boyko Perfanov, Fall 2012.

Gabriele Morra

University of Roma Tre, Master Student: Ylona van Dinther, Spring, 2009.

Andi Petculescu

Chair of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Akinjide Akintunde, Spring 2014

Joshua Riner, Spring 2011

Gabriela Petculescu

Chair of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

C. U. Chukwunonye, May 2014

Kobe Ledet, Fall 2012

Andra Mandru (thesis), Spring 2010

Jared LeBlanc, Spring 2009

Natalia Sidorovskaia

Chair of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Fatemeh Karbalaei Saleh, Spring 2014

Anca Niculescu, Spring 2010 (Non-Thesis option)

 

Member of the Ph.D. Committee

Arslan Tashmukhambetov, July 2009, Department of Physics, UNO

 

Member of the Committee, Master of Science in Physics, UL Lafayette

Ross Fontenot, Spring 2010

Andra Mandru, Spring 2010

Jack Manuel, Summer 2011

Boyko Perfanov, Fall 2012

Joshua Riner, Spring 2011

Mark Roberts, Spring 2011

Lika Kobakhidze, Fall 2012

Funding

External Funding

James B. Dent

  • PFUND Grant, $8050, 2013

Gary Glass

  • Novel Delivery Modes for Small Molecule Inhibitors of Medulloblastoma, Children's Brain Tumor Foundation, 2008-2010, $150,000.

  • Elementary MSP, LA Dept of Education, 2008-2009, $24,215.

  • MRI: Acquisition of Advanced Scanning Proton Microprobe, National Science Foundation, 2008-2010, $127,120.

  • Optimization of Proton Beam Radiography System at Los Alamos National Laboratory, US Dept of Energy, 2009, $31,432.

  • Installation of Magnetic Quadruple Focusing System at The University of Massachusetts – Lowell, 2011 $114,000.

  • ARRA: MRI-R2: Development of Electrostatic High Energy Focused Ion Beam (HEFIB) Nanoprobe System, National Science Foundation, 2010-2013, $610,879.

  • Installation of Magnetic Quadrupole Doublet Focusing System at Amethyst Research Coporation, Office of Naval Research, 2010-2011, $206,000.

William A. Hollerman

  • Feasibility of EuD4TEA-Based Sensors to Detect Space Radiation, Louisiana Space Grant (LaSPACE) Consortium, $28,700, 2014-2015, Principal Investigator, Submitted, April 2014, Awarded August 2014.

  • Procurement of a First Generation EMCO LabKit Apparatus for, Louisiana Board of Regents Pilot Funding for New Research (PFUND), $10,000, 2014-2015, Principal Investigator, Submitted April 2014, Awarded August 2014

  • CajunSat III (HASP 2007), Louisiana Space Grant (LaSPACE) Consortium, $28,418, 2007-2009, Principal Investigator.

  • Developing Practical Hybrid Luminescent Ammunition, U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, $99,951, 2007-2009, Principal Investigator.

  • Special Travel for Aerospace Researchers and Students (STARS), Louisiana NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR), Principal Investigator:

  • Goddard Space Flight Center and NASA Ames Research Center, $3,310, January and February 2008.

  • Building a Robust Geiger Counter to Fly on the HASP Balloon, Louisiana Space Grant (LaSPACE) Consortium, $52,150, 2009-2011, Principal Investigator.

  • Developing Prototype Hybrid Luminescent Ammunition (HLA), U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center (ARDEC), Picatinny Arsenal, New Jersey, $630,000, 2009-2011, Principal Investigator.

  • Collecting High-Speed Camera Data From Microwave Induced Visible Electroluminesence, Links with Industry, Research Centers, and National Labs (LINK), Louisiana Board of Regents, $4,000, Principal Investigator.

John Meriwether

  • Forest Hydrology and accretion modeling to evaluate the impacts of Hurricane Sandy , US Geological Survey, Co-PI, $315,000, 2013-2016.

Gabriele Morra

  • A Fast Multipole Approach to Modeling Tsunami Waves, Board of Regents - pFund. $10,000 (PI), 2014-….

  • Computational Development of the Fast Multipole - Boundary Element Method for Modeling Three Dimensional Geodynamic Problems, Board of Regents - RCS. $119,000 (PI), 2014-….

  • Planet-scale reorganizations of the plate–mantle system, Australian Research Council Discovery Grant, AUD 300,000 ($262,747 USD), 2009-2012

Andi Petculescu

  • Interstitial Gas Effects on Granular Dynamics. The “Pure Granular” State (BoR: LEQSF (2007-10)-RD-A-37), $131,638, 2007-2011.

  • Faculty Development Grant to organize Mini-Workshop on Terrestrial Planets, $580, 2008.

  • LaSPACE Travel Grant for two-week research stay at Caltech (Department of Geophysics and Planetary Sciences), $1850, 2008.

  • Computational Fluid Dynamics Simulation of Thunder on Titan (Louisiana Space Consortium LURA Award #51968), $6,000, 2011-2012.

  • Pilot Study: Modeling Thunder on Titan, as a Tool to Corroborate Titanian Lightning (Louisiana Space Consortium LURA Award #44305), $6,000, 2011-2012.

  • Understanding Infrasound Absorption in the Lower Thermosphere as a Step Toward Quantitative Infrasonic Aeronomy (BoR/NSF–EPSCOR: LEQSF (2013)-PFUND-339), $10,000, 2013.

  • Understanding Infrasound Absorption in the Lower Thermosphere as a Step Toward Quantitative Infrasonic Aeronomy ($10,000, NSF–EPSCOR: LEQSF (2013)-PFUND-339): Jan 2014-Dec 2014

Gabriela Petculescu

  • RCS grant, LA Board of Regents Support Fund, amount: $121,000, 2007-2011

  • ONR grant # N00014-10-1-0809, amount: $10,000, 2010

  • NASA–LaSPACE award # NNX10AI40H, amount: $20,000, 2010-2011

  • NSF-LINK award NSF(2013)-LINK-81, amount $6,000, 2013

  • ONR Summer Fellowship, total amount $102,000, (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013)

  • “Enhanced-Magnetostriction Materials and Iron Stability,” NSF(2013)-LINK-81, $6,000, completed Sept. 2014.

  • SFRF – ONR, including $20,000, laboratory space w/ instrumentation not available at ULL, samples, and physics student for 10 weeks, May-July 2014.

Natalia Sidorovskaia

  • “Development of the Ocean Acoustic propagation Model for the Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) environment”, Information Technology Initiative (ITI), UL Lafayette, $49,164.

  • “Modeling of Short-Term and Long-Term Marine Mammal Population Trends in the Vicinity of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Using Passive Acoustic Monitoring Cues,” NSF RAPID, $192,197, August 2010-December 2011 (granted to UL: Mathematics and Physics Depts.)

  • Source Characterization Study 2007 (Data Analysis/Modeling Component) Amnd. 2; OGP; $34,016 to UL, August 2010-June, 2011.

  • Travel grant from the Russian ministry of education, $10,000 (2012-2013).

  • Travel Grant from the organizing committee of the International Conference on “The Effects of Noise on Aquatic Life,” Budapest, August 11-16, 2013, $3,000 (2013).

  • Travel Grant from the American Petroleum Institution $3,000 (2013).

  • Littoral Acoustic Demonstration Center (LADC)”, $5,238,174 ; BP/GOMRI, RFP IV (awarded for 2015-2017, Lead PI).

Awards/ Honors

James B. Dent

  • The Dr. and Mrs. Sammie W. Cosper Endowed Professorship, 2014-2017

  • Blavatnik Award Nominee for UL-Lafayette, 2014

  • Rising Star Award for the College of Sciences, 2014

  • Blavatnik Nominee for UL-Lafayette, 2013.

Gary A. Glass

  • Dr. and Mrs. Sammie W. Cosper/BORSF Endowed Professor of Physics, 2008-2011.

William A. Hollerman

  • Innovator Award, UL Lafayette Research Office, Completed research as part of the non-burning tracer patent, May 2013.

Gabriela Petculescu

  • Innovator award – UL Lafayette for academic year 2013-2014

  • Office of Naval Research Summer Faculty Research Fellow, at Naval Surface Warfare Center, West Bethesda MD: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013.

Natalia Sidorovskaia

  • Coca-Cola/BORSF Endowed Professorship, 2014-2017

  • 2013 – Fellow of the Acoustical Society of America (to be awarded in December 2013)

Other Professional Activities

James B. Dent

  • Member, American Physical Society

  • Member, American Association of Physics Teachers

Gary A. Glass

  • Associate Editor for Radiation Effects and Defects in Solids, 2009-2010

William A. Hollerman

  • Patents

  • W.A. Hollerman, N.P. Bergeron, and B.M. Broussard, Hybrid-Luminescent Munition Projectiles, U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Patent Number 8,402,896, March 26, 2013.

  • Memberships

  • American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

  • IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Society

  • International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE)

  • Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society

Gabriele Morra

  • Memberships

Andi Petculescu

  • Memberships

  • Acoustical Society of America

  • American Physical Society

  • Audio Engineering Society

  • Associate Editor for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America

  • Co-Editor for JASAʼs first Special Issue “Acoustic and Related Waves in Extraterrestrial Environments”

Gabriela Petculescu

  • Memberships

  • Acoustical Society of America

  • American Physical Society

  • Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Society

  • Patent: System and Methods for Determining the Degree of Sensitization Using an Ultrasonic Sensor, filed Sept 2nd, 2014

  • Part of approved proposal to Oak Ridge National Lab CNMS, ID: CNMS2014-256. Project Title: “Investigation into the BCC Structure of Iron and its anomalies above 400 K.” This grant provides access to the User Nanoscience Research Program at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS) for one week for our group.

Natalia Sidorovskaia

  • Memberships

  • Acoustical Society of America

  • American Geophysical Union

  • Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society

  • Active in the Technical Committees on Underwater Acoustics and Signal Processing;

  • Participated in organizing the 75th Anniversary meeting of Acoustical Society of America; - Chairing the session at the 75th Anniversary meeting of Acoustical Society of America;

  • Participated in four Technical Program Organizing Meetings for Signal Processing, Underwater acoustics, and Animal Bioacoustics Technical Committees.