CMUXE undergraduate researchers receive 2016 Society for Applied Spectroscopy award
Payson Dieffenbach and Liesl Krause will accept their certificates at the evening poster session of the SAS Great Scientific Exchange (SciX) meeting on September 18 in Minneapolis, MN.
Both students conducted their research at Purdue’s Center for Materials Under eXtreme Environment (CMUXE). CMUXE is directed by Dr. Ahmed Hassanein, the Paul L. Wattelet Distinguished Professor of Nuclear Engineering.
Dieffenbach was recognized for his undergraduate research on the effect of laser wavelength, spot size, and magnetic field on laser-induced plasmas. He recently completed his junior year in Purdue’s School of Nuclear Engineering. He began his research at CMUXE after his sophomore year, and his continuing research interests include the fundamentals of laser-produced plasmas, laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS), and spark-induced breakdown spectroscopy (SIBS) for various applications.
Krause was recognized for her undergraduate research, including the use of spectroscopy in the characterization of cold atmospheric plasma (CAP) to biomedical applications. She recently graduated from Villanova University, and will be starting as a graduate student in the Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering at Purdue this fall. Krause carried out her undergraduate research at CMXUE during the summer of 2015.
The Center for Materials Under eXtreme Environment (CMUXE) is a research unit at Purdue which promotes nuclear, material science, plasma research, and education. Learn more about CMUXE at: https://engineering.purdue.edu/CMUXE/
Learn more about the Society of Applied Spectroscopy (SAS) at: http://www.s-a-s.org/