Carlo U. Segre

Classes: Spring 2020

• PHYS 406 - Fundamentals of Quantum Theory II
  Applications of quantum mechanics, including: time-independent perturbation theory, the variational method, the WKB approximation, time-dependent perturbation theory, the adiabatic approximation, scattering, quantum paradoxes and other advanced topics as time permits. Tuesday and Thursday 11:25-12:40 in room 204 Stuart Building. An Internet section is also available.
• PHYS 570/597 - Introduction to Synchrotron Radiation
  This is a graduate course which introduces advanced students to the production, manupulation and use of synchrotron radiation in research. The course will include optional visits to beamlines at the Advanced Photon Source at Argonne National Laboratory and tutorials on use of analysis software for powder diffraction and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Students will give a final presentation on a mutually agreed upon synchrotron research paper and will write a General User Proposal for the Advanced Photon Source as a final project. The class meets Tuesdays and Thursdays 17:50-18:15 in room 241 Rettaliata Engineering Center. An Internet section is also available.

Questions and Answers about studying physics

Are you interested in studying physics or becoming a physicist? As an advisor to undergraduate and graduate physics students, I have heard and answered many questions over the years. You can ask your questions directly and read my posts on College Confidential as "xraymancs".

Topics might include:

• Can I get involved in research as an undergraduate?
• How do I choose a graduate program?
• I am interested in X, can I specialize as an undergraduate?

History of physics at Illinois Tech

Since 2009, I have been interested in the history of physics at Illinois Institute of Technology including its predecessors, Armour Institute of Technology and Lewis Institute. Through the work of my Introduction to the Profession class each year, we have been able to flesh out a timeline of physics faculty and we are building biographies of as many as possible. The results can be found in the Illinois Tech Physics Faculty Timeline.

Recent research presentations from my group

We were funded by the ARPA-e RANGE program from 2014 to 2015 to develop a battery based on nanoelectrofuels. Over the past four years, I have given a number of talks on this and other related projects. My research group has also presented posters at a number of conferences over the past few years.

I am a member of Benefunder and one of the participants in their Clean Energy Impact Fund. Benefunder works with donors and the nation's researchers across all fields of study, including healthcare and life sciences, advanced technologies, the environment, and the arts and humanities. It's goal is to allow donors and researchers to build meaningful relationships using the disciplines of wealth management in a way that facilitates long-term charitable funding for research and low overhead.

Our research was highlighted in the September 2013 issue of International Innovation - North America.

Current and Former Students

None of the research I have worked would have been possible without the graduate students who have studied with me at Illinois Tech.

Current Ph.D. Students
		Hao Lin		Chemistry Department
		Kamil Kucuk		Physics Department
		Otavio Marques		Mechanical, Materials, and Aerospace Engineering Department
		Ning Su		Physics Department
Former Ph.D. Students
1987	--	Kaijun Zhang		GMCs, Shanghai, China
1991	--	Justin Akujieze		Chicago State University
1991	--	David Marx		Illinois State University
1992	--	Paolo Radaelli		Oxford University
1994	--	Zuning Wang		Alcatel-Lucent, Naperville, IL
1995	--	Roberta Zasadzinski		Schuler Scholar Program, Lake Forest, IL
1996	--	Beihai Ma		Argonne National Laboratory
1999	--	Ahmet Cansiz		Istanbul Technical University
2003	--	Nadia Leyarovska
2007	--	Stanislav Stoupin		Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source
2009	--	Shanshan Liu		Knowles Corp., Itasca, IL
2009	--	Thomas Brennan		Ferris State University
2010	--	Qingying Jia		Northeastern University
2012	--	Hasitha Ganegoda		CTS Corp., Lisle. IL
2013	--	Michael Wojcik		Argonne National Laboratory
2015	--	Christopher Pelliccione		Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, CT
2018	--	Medani Sangroula		Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2018	--	Shankar Aryal		Argonne National Laboratory
2019	--	Hilal Saglam		Yale University
2019	--	Yujia Ding		Illinois Institute of Technology
2020	--	Elahe Moazzen		Northwestern University
Former M.S. Students
1989	--	Mark Kleefisch		Gas Technology Institute, Des Plaines, IL
1995	--	Herman Cease		Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL
1997	--	Trudy Bolin		X-ray Consultant, Chicago, IL
2010	--	Leonardo de Melo		IUPUI Ph.D. program
2017	--	Nick Goldring		RadiaSoft LLC, Denver, CO
2017	--	Nathaniel Beaver		Northeastern University Ph.D. program

Biographical Information

I am a "midwesterner", having spent my early years in Lincoln, Nebraska; Madison, Wisconsin; and Urbana, Illinois. I received my B.S. in physics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1976. I then entered my bi-coastal period, first obtaining a Ph.D. in physics from the University of California, San Diego in 1981 Professors Bernd Matthias and M. Brian Maple and then spending two years as a post-doc with Prof. Mark Croft at Rutgers University in New Jersey. I have been on the IIT faculty since 1983 with a one-year sabbatical in Trieste, Italy at the International Centre for Theoretical Physics. I have over 150 refereed publications. A full Curriculum Vitae is also available.

Education:
B.S. in Physics, 1976, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
B.S. in Chemistry, 1976, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
M.S. in Physics, 1977, University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. in Physics, 1981, University of California, San Diego

Professional Societies:
American Physical Society
American Chemical Society
Materials Research Society
The Electrochemical Society
American Association for the Advancement of Science (Fellow)
Sigma Xi (President of IIT Chapter 2005-2016; North Central Region Director 2016-2022)
International Centre for Diffraction Data (Fellow)

Research Interests:
My research centers around the structure and electronic properties of complex materials including superconducting, magnetic, catalytic, and energy storage materials.
Experimental techniques used in my research include; material synthesis through arc-melting, powder metallurgy, and advanced chemical methods; structural characterization of the samples performed by x-ray powder diffraction and xray absorption fine structure; and measurement of electronic properties by resistivity, magnetic susceptibility, and x-ray absorption spectroscopy. Specific topics of interest include:

• structural and electrochemical properties of advanced battery materials;
• in-situ structural studies of catalytic materials for use in fuel cells;
• structural and electronic properties of magnetoelectric materials and other perovskite materials prepared in the form of nanoparticles and thin films;
• local structural studies of structural materials for use in nuclear reactors, including in-situ corrosion studies and characterization of nano-crystalline inclusions in steels;
• development of x-ray optics for synchrotron radiation experimentation.

I also am an active participant in the IIT Center for Synchrotron Radiation Research and Instrumentation (CSRRI), serving as Center Director and Deputy Director of the Materials Research Collaborative Access Team (MRCAT) which operates an experimental facility for materials research at the Advanced Photon Source (APS). I have been involved in the development of crystal optic devices for delivery and detection of x-rays at synchrotron beamlines.

Finally, I am a Debian Developer. I package scientific data analysis software for the Debian GNU/Linux Project.

Last Update December 21, 2019 by segre@iit.edu