Reseach & Creative Activity

2017 Peer Reviewed Publications

Eun-Hwa Kim, Nicola Bertelli, Jay R. Johnson, Ernest Valeo, and Joel Hosea.  2D full-wave simulations of waves in                     space and tokamak plasmas.  European Physical Journal Web of Conferences 157, 02005, 2017.

Ji Liang, Yu Lin, Jay R. Johnson, Zheng-Xiong Wang, and Xueyi Wang.  Ion acceleration and heating by kinetic Alfven                    waves associated with magnetic reconnection.  Physics of Plasmas 24, 102110, 2017.

Yu Lin, Simon Wing, Jay R. Johnson, X. Y. Wang, J. D. Perez, and L. Cheng.  Formation and transport of entropy                  structures in the magnetotail simulated with a 3-D global hybrid code.  Geophysical Research Letters                                44(12), 58925899, 2017.

Peter Porazik and Jay R. Johnson.  Conductivity tensor for anisotropic plasma in gyrokinetic theory.  Physics of                           Plasmas 24(5), 052121, 2017.

Simon Wing, Jay R. Johnson, and Enrico Camporeale.  Dawndusk asymmetries in the auroral particle precipitation                      and their modulations by substorms.  Pp. 255-272, in Stein Haaland, Andrei Runov, and Colin Forsyth (eds.),                  Dawn-Dusk Asymmetries in Planetary Plasma Environments.  John Wiley & Sons: Hoboken, NJ, 2017.

Hyun Kwon.  The design focused engineering outreach to a middle school using Arduino Projects.  Processdings of                      the ASME 2017 International Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers and Information in                      Engineering Conference.  Volume 8, 2017.

 

2017-2018 Faculty Research Grants

 

New Faculty Research Grants

Jay Johnson (Engineering).  Neutral Basis for Auditory Scene Analysis.

Gunnar Lovhoiden (Engineering). Near Infrared Imaging Lab.

Boon-Chai Ng (Engineering), Exploration of the use of Di-Electrico-Active Polymer (DEAP) as a large strain gage.

 

Faculty Research Grant Renewals

Hyun Kwon (Engineering), Paper Biosensors and Mobile Apps for Affordable Detection of Cancer Biomarkers.

 

2017-2018 External Research Grants

Federal Grants

Peter Chi and Jay R. Johnson.  Understanding the Occurrence of High-M Waves in the Magnetosphere and its                            Relationship to Solar Wind Conditions,  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Princeton Plasma                       Physics Laboratory, US Department of Energy subaward), (2017-2018).

Peter Damiano, Chris Chaston, Art Hull, and Jay R. Johnson.  GEM: Comparing Simulations of Electron Acceleration                in Kinetic Alfven Waves with Observations from the Van Allen Probes in teh INner Magnetosphere,  National                    Science Foundation (Princeton Plasma Physics Laborator subaward), (2016-2018).

Peter Damiano, and Jay R. Johnson.  An Investigation of Electron Acceleration and Energy Transport by Alfven                           Waves in the Jovian Magnetosphere, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (University of Alaska,                        Fairbanks subaward), (2017-2019).

Jay R. Johnson and Simon Wing.  Comparting Global Gyrokinetic Simulations of Ballooning Instability in the Near-                     Earth Plasma Sheet with Wave Observations Associated with Substorm Onset, National Aeronautics and                           Space Administration (2016-2019).

Jay R. Johnson and Simon Wing. Identifying Causal Relationship in Stellar Activity Cycle Dynamics, National                                 Aeronautics and Space Administration (2016-2018).

Eun-Hwa Kim, Hyomin Kim, and Jay R. Johnson. GEM Collaborative Research: Global Propagation Characteristics of                  Electromagnetic Ion Cyclotron Waves, National Science foundation (Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory                        subward), (2017-2020).

Yu Lin, Jay R. Johnson, Vassilis Angelopoulus, J. Perez, and X. Wang. Global Coupling of Fast Flows in the                                         Magnetotail to Kinetic Scales by Alfvenic Processes, National Aeronautics and Space Administration                                  (Auburn University subaward), (2017-2020).

Yu Lin and Jay R. Johnson. GEM: Mode Conversion and Kinetic Alfven Waves at the Magnetopause and Their Effects                    in the Magnetosphere, National Science Foundation (Auburn University subaward) (2016-2018).

Katariina Nykyri, Jay R. Johnson, Peter Delamere, and Eun-Hwa Kim. Cross-Scale Wave Coupling Process in Kelvin-                   Helmholtz Structures in the Magnetospheric Boundary Layer, National Aeronautics and Space                                              Administration (Embry Riddle Aeronautical University subaward), (2017-2020)

Simon Wing and Jay R. Johnson, Solar Wind Driving of Upward Field-aligned Currents, National Aeronautics and                           Space Administration, (2015-2018).

Hyun Kwon, Rodney Summerscales, and Padma Tadi Uppala. RUI: Development of a Portable ECL                                           Immunosensor with Mobile Technologies, National Science Foundation (2017-2020). 

 

2017 - 2018 Undergraduate Research Scholars

 

Daniel Bronakowski (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Exploration of the Use of Dielectric Electro-Active Polymer, DEAP, as a large strain gage. Fall 2017, Spring 2018

James Carson (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), COMSOL simulation of diffusion and ECL reaction. Fall 2017

Jisu Choi (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), Mobile app development for ECL biosensor. Summer 2017

Samuel Dronen (Boon-Chai Ng, Engineering), Exploration of the use of dielectric electo-active polymer, DEAP, as a large strain gage. Summer 2017, Fall 2017, Spring 2018

Daniel Marsh (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), Electrochemilumine scent paper based biosensor. Summer 2017

William Mzumara (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), Development of an ECL biosensor for chemistry education. Spring 2018

Jonathan Swerdlow (Hyun Kwon, Engineering), Mobile app development for ECL biosensor. Summer 2017

Justin Wiley (Lauber Martins, Physics), Thermodynamic study of a regenerative absorption refrigeration system, Summer 2017

Jacob Willard (Jay Johnson, Engineering), Using relativistic electron beams to determine magnetic connectivity in the magnetosphere. Summer 2017