Dr. Yogendra Gupta is the Director of the Institute for Shock Physics, a multidisciplinary research organization with an emphasis on shock wave and high pressure research on materials. State-of-the-art computational and experimental facilities are used to investigate phenomena over a significant range of length and time scales.
Dr. Phil Marston performs research in physical acousitcs and optics. One topic is the radiation pressure of high-amplitude sound and its applications to bubble and droplet dynamics and to the dynamics of of fluids in low gravity. The image at right was taken 9 April, 2003, by cosmonaut Nikolas Budarin aboard the ISS in near-zero gravity conditions. It shows an air bubble inside a water droplet on a plant in the “space garden.”
Dr. Matt McCluskey investigates semiconductors under large pressures. His group uses infrared spectroscopy combined with diamond-anvil cells to probe defects in semiconductors, and studies the optical changes of semiconductors under shock compression.
Faculty
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Marc Weber
Marc Weber
Research Associate, Center for Materials Research/Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 527 or ETRL 016
Phone: (509) 335 8145 or (509) 335 7872
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: m_weber at wsu.eduResearch:
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Anya Guy
Anya Guy
Teaching Assistant Professor
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 1248
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: anya.guy at wsu.eduResearch: Chaos, Semiclassical Mechanics, and Symmetry Violation
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Matthew McCluskey
Matthew McCluskey
Professor of Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 646
Phone: (509) 335-5356
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: mattmcc at wsu.eduResearch: High-pressure and Semiconductor Physics
Website: (Link)
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Yogendra M. Gupta
Yogendra Gupta
Regents Professor of Physics
Director of Institute for Shock Physics
Creighton Distinguished Professor, Institute for Shock Physics
Phone: (509) 335-7217
Fax: (509) 335-6115
E-mail: ymgupta at wsu.eduResearch: Shock Waves and High Pressure Compression of Condensed Material
Website: (Link)
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Philip L. Marston
Philip L. Marston
Professor of Physics
Office: Webster Physical Sciences 738A
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Phone: (509) 335-5343
Fax: (509) 335-7816
E-mail: marston at wsu.edu
Research: Physical Acoustics and Optics
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Hergen Eilers
Hergen Eilers
Adjunct Professor
Senior Scientist
Applied Sciences Laboratory
Institute for Shock Physics
Washington State University
Phone: (509) 358-7681
E-mail: eilers@wsu.edu
Research: Optical properties of materials and their applications.Website: (Institute for Shock Physics)
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James Hawreliak
James Hawreliak
Associate Professor
Phone: : (509) 335-1901
E-mail: : james.hawreliak@wsu.eduResearch: High Energy Density Physics
Website: Institute for Shock Physics
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