Purdue researchers have made a breakthrough demonstration of controlling energy transfer mediated by vacuum fluctuations. They have proposed and demonstrated a non-reciprocal, diode-like Casimir device. Their results were published in Nature Nanotechnology. A striking prediction of quantum mechanics...
Graphene has been hailed a “wonder material,” given its potential in a growing pool of applications and industries, from quantum computing (also see “Getting edgy with graphene”) to healthcare. But it’s also a bit unassuming. While it’s the thinnest material in the world at just one-atom-thick...
Andy Schramka grew up in LaGrange, Illinois, and received his B.S. degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Oklahoma in May 2022. While at Oklahoma, he studied the properties of 3D printed dielectric microspheres. His current work at Purdue University focuses on infrared imaging and...
In this talk, the Prof discussed some of the past and ongoing research in the application of machine learning methods to efficiently guide materials design and discovery efforts. The overarching theme is efficient navigation of the vast search space, which is especially critical when brute-force...