2016
Prof. Fohtung presents an invited talk titled Magneto-electric Coupling Effects using Coherent Diffraction Imaging: Physics Colloquium & Seminar, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg Virginia, March 28th 2016. (03.28.2016)
Prof. Edwin Fohtung presents his groups latest results on Diffraction Imaging at a Physics Colloquium in Virginia Tech, Blacksburg. The work is funded by the LANS/DOE, and DOD.
Prof. Fohtung presents an invited talk at the Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF) Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe-Germany, (03.01.2016).
Prof. Edwin Fohtung presents his groups latest results on tunable non-linear optical elements. This work is a joint collaboration with colleagues at KIT and LANL. The work is funded by the LANS/DOE, and DOD.
2015
Welcome new group members Ayana Ghosh, Mohammad Abdullah-Al-Mamun and Dennis Trujillo (07.30.2015)
Ayana, Mohammad and Dennis join the Fohtung Research Group as PhD research assistants.
Cameron Radosevich is awarded a summer internship at Intel Corp Fab11x located in Rio Rancho, NM (06.02.2015)
Cameron receives a summer internship working at Intel Fab11x location in Rio Rancho, NM.
Douglas Brown is awarded a summer internship at Oakridge National Laboratory ORNL(06.01.2015)
Doug receives a summer internship working with Dr. Tom Pelaia a senior R&D staff and the Applications Leader for Accelerator Physics at ORNL on the Open XAL program.
Prof. Fohtung is named the 2015 Rosen Scholar at Los Alamos National Laboratory(04.02.2015)
Dr. Edwin Fohtung has been named the 2015 Rosen Scholar at the Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE) of Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).The Rosen Scholar is a fellowship created to honor the memory of Louis Rosen, his accomplishments, hard work, and affection for the broad range of science performed at LANSCE. Louis Rosen’s outstanding leadership and scientific career at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) covered six-and-a-half decades and included conception of the Los Alamos Meson Physics Facility (LAMPF), during 1960, that culminated with its commissioning in 1972. LAMPF was a unique nuclear science research tool through the 1990s. Now called Los Alamos Neutron Science Center (LANSCE), the facility continues to play a paramount role in basic sciences and national security needs for the country. From his scientific vision to his kind and effective mentoring, Rosen’s tenure, from the Manhattan Project in 1943 till his passing in 2009, exemplified the best in leadership at all levels.
Prof. Fohtung is appointed Guest Editor of Journal of Optics special issue on ‘coherent diffractive imaging’ (03.20.2015)
The Journal of Optics, specials issue on coherent diffractive imaging is dedicated to publishing peer reviewed articles on progress in diffractive imaging.
Prof. Fohtung presents an invited talk at the minerals metals & materials society (TMS) conference in Orlando, FL (03.16.2015)
Prof. Edwin Fohtung presents his groups latest results on Imaging of Magnetostriction in Nickel nanostuctures using Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging. This work is a joint collaboration with colleagues at NMSU, UCSD and LANL. The work is funded by the LANS/DOE, DOD and NSF.
Prof. Edwin Fohtung receives a Los Alamos National Laboratory ( LANL) funded subcontract award through the Theory-T division (03.05.2015)
Prof. Edwin Fohtung has been awarded a two year $100,000 grant to explore emergent phenomena in correlated oxides and Pb- free ferroelectrics using a combination of advanced coherent photon scattering techniques and theoretical computation. The ultimate goal is to develop new methods of fabricating materials that might be technologically important for new-generation energy research.
Erandi Wijerathna presents a contributed talk at the APS March Meeting in San Antonio, TX (03.04.2015)
Erandi Wijerathna presents her latest results on Strain and defects in Core-Shell Ni-NiO nanoparticle at the Annual American Physical Society (APS) March meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Erandi Wijerathna receives a Graduate Student Travel Award from the NMSU College of Arts & Sciences (02.04.2015)
Erandi Wijerathna receives a $500 USD travel award from the College of Arts and Sciences to support her trip to the Annual American Physical Society (APS) March meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
Welcome new group member Dmitry Karpov (01.09.2015)
Dmitry Karpov joins the Fohtung Research Group as a PhD research assistant.
2014
Article Published in Applied Physics Leters. (10.29.2014)
Our article titled “Curvature-induced and thermal strain in polyhedral gold nanocrystals” has been published in AIP publishing Applied Physics Letters Appl. Phys. Lett. 105, 173108 (2014). This paper details recent advances in using Coherent x-ray diffraction imaging techniques to study the local strain distribution in polyhedral gold nanocrystals.
Prof. Edwin Fohtung receives Department of Defence (DOD) Award through the Air force Office of Scientific Research (AFOSR) (09.15.2014)
Prof. Edwin Fohtung has received a three year $380,000 DOD-AFOSR grant to explore how new types of magnetoelectronic phases can be engineered at the interface between piezoelectric (PZT) and magnetic (LSMO) under extreme conditions.
Douglas Brown receives a 500 USD award (09.04.2014)
Douglas Brown presents his latest results on gradient and density constraints applicable to Iterative Phase retrieval algorithms at the International Workshop on Phase Retrieval and Coherence 2014 poster session in Chicago. He receives a $500 USD award.
Welcome new group members Cameron, Mbatang and Wijerathna (08.18.2014)
Erandi Wijerathna and Richard Mbatang join the Fohtung Research Group as PhD research assistants while Cameron Radesovic joins as an undergradute research assistant.