Interdisciplinary Physics

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Several researchers have interdisciplinary ties with other departments on campus and at other institutions. There are many physicists in other science and engineering departments at Oregon State University, and there is a long history of physics graduate students obtaining Ph.D. degrees in Physics under the supervision of faculty members in other departments. Likewise, Physics faculty supervise the Ph.D. projects of students from other departments. OSU Physics has ties of this nature to Chemistry, Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Biophysics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Science and Math Education.

Materials Science Interdisciplinary degree
Physics participates in an interdisciplinary degree program in Materials Science, which offers both the M.S. and the Ph.D. degree.

Oksana Ostroverkhova
Oksana Ostroverkhova maintains collaborations with organic chemists R. J. Twieg (Kent State University) and J. E. Anthony (University of Kentucky) on a PRF-supported project on nanoscale optoelectronic switches. A project on photorefractive polymers for 3D updateable displays is conducted in collaboration with materials scientist N. Peyghambarian (College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona). At OSU, she collaborates with Sundar Atre of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering on frequency-selective nanocomposites.

Yun-Shik Lee
Yun-Shik Lee collaborates with Ted Norris at the University of Michigan, and Matin Fejer and Konstantin Vodopyanov at Stanford University on several THz generation and manipulation projects. On the project of control of quantum coherence in semiconductor nanostructures, John Prineas in University of Iowa grows semiconductor nanostructures, and Stephan Koch and Mackillo Kira at the University of Marburg perform theoretical calcuations on many-body interactions in semiconductors. He also has a close collaboration with an industrial parter, Vlad Kozlov of Microtech Instruments. At OSU, he collaborates with Wei Kong of Chemistry, Shing Ho of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Brian Paul of Industrial Engineering.

Janet Tate
Janet Tate's group has a strong collaboration with Douglas Keszler's group in Chemistry, and with John Wager's group in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This collaboration is concerned with transparent electronics and has been funded by the National Science Foundation as a Focused Research Group (FRG) for several years.

Corinne Manogue
Corinne Manogue of Physics and Tevian Dray of mathematics have a joint research effort called "The Bridge Project" that investigates the differences between how mathematics is taught and how physicists use it. Emily van Zee from Science and Math Education also collaborates on several education projects.

Rubin Landau
Rubin Landau is active in the development of computational physics and computational science educational materials. These are multidisciplinary fields combining applied mathematics, computer science, and physics/science, and apply all the disciplines within a problem-solving framework that has shown itself to be an effective pedagogical approach. The materials are in the forms of three textbooks and online courses.

	Navigation 2008: One hundred years of Physics Department Info People Research Seminars and Events Courses Graduate Programs Undergraduate Programs Computer support Alumni Giving back SiteMap	Home Interdisciplinary Physics Overview Several researchers have interdisciplinary ties with other departments on campus and at other institutions. There are many physicists in other science and engineering departments at Oregon State University, and there is a long history of physics graduate students obtaining Ph.D. degrees in Physics under the supervision of faculty members in other departments. Likewise, Physics faculty supervise the Ph.D. projects of students from other departments. OSU Physics has ties of this nature to Chemistry, Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Oceanography, Biophysics, Mathematics, Computer Science, and Science and Math Education. Materials Science Interdisciplinary degree Physics participates in an interdisciplinary degree program in Materials Science, which offers both the M.S. and the Ph.D. degree. Oksana Ostroverkhova Oksana Ostroverkhova maintains collaborations with organic chemists R. J. Twieg (Kent State University) and J. E. Anthony (University of Kentucky) on a PRF-supported project on nanoscale optoelectronic switches. A project on photorefractive polymers for 3D updateable displays is conducted in collaboration with materials scientist N. Peyghambarian (College of Optical Sciences, University of Arizona). At OSU, she collaborates with Sundar Atre of Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering on frequency-selective nanocomposites. Yun-Shik Lee Yun-Shik Lee collaborates with Ted Norris at the University of Michigan, and Matin Fejer and Konstantin Vodopyanov at Stanford University on several THz generation and manipulation projects. On the project of control of quantum coherence in semiconductor nanostructures, John Prineas in University of Iowa grows semiconductor nanostructures, and Stephan Koch and Mackillo Kira at the University of Marburg perform theoretical calcuations on many-body interactions in semiconductors. He also has a close collaboration with an industrial parter, Vlad Kozlov of Microtech Instruments. At OSU, he collaborates with Wei Kong of Chemistry, Shing Ho of Biochemistry and Biophysics, and Brian Paul of Industrial Engineering. Janet Tate Janet Tate's group has a strong collaboration with Douglas Keszler's group in Chemistry, and with John Wager's group in Electrical and Computer Engineering. This collaboration is concerned with transparent electronics and has been funded by the National Science Foundation as a Focused Research Group (FRG) for several years. Corinne Manogue Corinne Manogue of Physics and Tevian Dray of mathematics have a joint research effort called "The Bridge Project" that investigates the differences between how mathematics is taught and how physicists use it. Emily van Zee from Science and Math Education also collaborates on several education projects. Rubin Landau Rubin Landau is active in the development of computational physics and computational science educational materials. These are multidisciplinary fields combining applied mathematics, computer science, and physics/science, and apply all the disciplines within a problem-solving framework that has shown itself to be an effective pedagogical approach. The materials are in the forms of three textbooks and online courses.

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