January 2021

New publications:

• Jason Stoke co-authored a book chapter: Chapter 8 Materials and Device Characterization by Optical Probes, Prakash Koirala, Jason A. Stoke, Nnikolas J. Podraza, and Robert W. Collins. In the book “The world Scientific Reference of Amorphous Materials”. https://doi.org/10.1142/9789811215612_0008.
• Andrés Aragoneses published his research: I. Gunther, Arjendu K. Pattanayak, and A. Aragoneses “Ordinal patterns in the Duffing oscillator: Analyzing powers of characterization“, Chaos, 32, 023104 (2021).

Outreach activities coming soon:

• Merging the Frontiers of Knowledge: Avatar as a possible world. A cross-disciplines panel with Rebecca Brown, Nigel Davies, and Andrés Aragoneses. Thursday March 4th, at 7:30 PM.
  • • • • • • • On YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqAQFrSDamE&feature=youtu.be 2_Frontiers_Avatar
              • Flyer: 2_Frontiers_Avatar

January 2021

Papers published:

• Tony Masiello published his research: T. Masiello, S. Ray, J.W. Vant, C.S. Brauer, T.A. Blake, “The high-resolution infrared analysis of the ν₃and ν₆bands of CD₃Br, C₅D₈”, Journal of Molecular Spectroscopy, 376, 111405 (2021).” With Sierra Ray (EWU Physics student) and John Vant (EWU chemistry student).
• Andrés Aragoneses published his research: D. Spichak, D. Kupetsky, and A. Aragoneses “Characterizing complexity of non-invertible chaotic maps in the Shannon–Fisher information plane with ordinal patterns“, Chaos, Solitons, and Fractals, 142, 110492 (2021). With David Spichak (EWU student).

Funded projects:

• FACULTY GRANTS FOR RESEARCH AND CREATIVE WORKS has granted: Jamie Manson (Low-dimensional magnets composed of amino acids), Ashley Lamm (Polymerization of Benzodiazaborole), Andrés Aragoneses (Characterizing noise in photonic neurons), Tony Masiello, and Eric Abbey.

Outreach activities coming soon:

• Merging the Frontiers of Knowledge: The World of doctor Who. A cross-disciplines panel with Jessica Allen, Kevin Decker, and Andrés Aragoneses. Thursday Feb. 4th, at 7:30 PM. A Zoom webinar at https://ewu.zoom.us/s/95625109668

New equipment:

• The Dean found money in the ISC budget for the purchase of a Bruker 400 MHz NMR with solid state capabilities. This will be the only solid state NMR in the Spokane area. The instrument will arrive in early June.