Susan Y. Lehman
Victor J. Andrew Professor of Physics; Pre-Engineering Advisor
Biography
My research interests are all within the broad area of condensed matter physics. My main research interest currently focuses on critical phenomena in granular systems. Previously, I have worked on a range of experimental systems including optoelectronic materials and block copolymers.
Courses Taught
- Physics of the Physical Sciences
- Modern Physics
- Electronics for Scientists
- Physics Revolutions
- Condensed Matter
- Modern Optics
- Quantum Mechanics
- Junior Independent Study
Selected Publications & Presentations
- āUniversal Aspects of Cohesion,ā Susan Y. Lehman, Lilianna E. Christman*, D. T. Jacobs, Nathan S.D.E.F. Johnson*, Paroma Palchoudhuri*, Catherine E. Tieman*, Avi Vajpeyi*, Elliot R. Wainwright*, Justine E. Walker*, Ian S. Wilson*, Michael LeBlanc, Louis W. McFaul, Jonathan T. Uhl, and Karin A. Dahmen, Granular Matter 24: 35 (2022).
- āModeling and Measuring the Absorption-Induced Expansion of Swellable Organically Modified Silica,ā Paul A. Bonvallet, John F. Lindner, Brian Corbin*, Duncan Crow*, Ryan Reffner*, Theresa Albon Riedl*, Susan Y. Lehman, and Paul Edmiston, AIP Advances 10: 065136 (2020).
- āAvalanches on a conical bead pile: scaling with tuning parametersā, S. Y. Lehman, Elizabeth Baker*, Howard A. Henry*, Andrew J. Kindschuh*, Larry C. Markley*, Megan B. Browning*, Mary E. Mills*, R. Michael Winters IV*, D. T. Jacobs, Granular Matter 14, 553-561 (2012).
- āMeasurements of the quantum-confined conduction band energy in the wetting layer surrounding individual In0.4Ga0.6As quantum dots by cross-sectional ballistic electron emission microscopyā, C. Marginean, J. P. Pelz, S. Y. Lehman, and J. G. Cederberg, Physical Review B 82, 035304 (2010).
- āHeat Capacity of the liquid-liquid mixture nitrobenzene and dodecane near the critical pointā, Nathan J. Utt*, S.Y. Lehman, and D.T. Jacobs, Chem Phys 127, 14505 (2007).
* designates undergraduate co-authors
Independent Study Advising
- Daniel (Dani) Halbing, The Effect of Varying Paneling Characteristics on Soccer Ball Flight, 2021
- Katherine (Katie) Shideler, Energy Conservation: Harnessing Excess Thermal Energy and Converting to Electricity by Use of the Thermoelectric Effect, 2021
- Henry Whyte, Avalanches on a Conical Bead Pile, 2021
- Adam Deeley, Studying Avalanches on a Conical Bead Pile, 2020
- David Morrow, An Investigation of Angle of Repose and Surface Activity of a Conical Bead Pile, 2019
- Gabriel Dale-Gau, Employing a system of pressure sensors to characterize avalanche dynamics over a conical bead pile, 2018
- Kyle McNickle, A Visual Investigation of Criticality: Avalanche Classification on a Conical Bead Pile, 2018
- Zane Thornburg (Physics and Chemistry), An Investigation into the Lambert-Beer Law in Incoherent Broad-Band Cavity-Enhanced Absorption Spectroscopy (2018)
- Laura Grace, Period Doubling in Bubbling from a Submerged Nozzle, 2016
- Nathan Johnson, Charge Carrier Characteristics in Doped Semiconductor Heterostructures, 2016
- Paroma Palchoudhuri (Physics and Math), An Experimental and Mathematical Study of Avalanche Behavior, 2016
- Nathan Stone, Critical Systems: An Exploration of Cohesion and the Moments of Distribution, 2016
- Joseph Smith (Physics and Math), Topological Defects in Nematic Liquid Crystals and the Behavior Induced by Adding Polystyrene Microspheres to 5CB, 2015
- Evan Hagedorn (Physics and Chemistry), Understanding the Origin of Swelling Force in Organically Modified Silica, 2015
- Elliot Wainwright (Physics and Math), Avalanches on a Critical Conical Bead Pile: Exploration of Tuning Parameter Space and Mathematical Foundations, 2015
- Ian Wilson, The Effects of Magnetic Cohesion and Drop Height on a Conical Bead Pile, 2014
- Dan Axe, Temperatureās Effects on Expansion Force of OsorbĀ®, 2013
- Lily Christman, The Effects of a Magnetic Field on a Conical Bead Pile
- Lorenzo Dumancas, Optimization of BEEM Techniques
- Amanda Logue, Understanding the Expansion of a Swellable Silicate, 2011
- Heather Moore, Continuous Wave Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy, 2010
- Martha Roseberry, Finicky Freezing: Investigations into the Causes of the Mpemba Effect, 2009
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