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
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