Optical spectroscopy is a powerful and non-invasive tool to measure thermal properties in a wide range of materials. Temperature dependent optical properties change, such as reflectivity, transmissivity, have to be pre-determined in order to extract thermal properties from optical measurements. In this project, the student will learn how to conduct optical measurements in metals and semiconductors and calibrate their optical property change with temperature. The ultimate goal is to establish a database that includes most of the common metals and semiconductors used in industry. This database will be open to all academic users.
Undergraduate students at their Junior or Senior years; have taken heat transfer class (ME339) and heat transfer labs (ME139L); ability to work independently; experience with optical measurements is a plus;
1 position available, 3/20/2017~7/20/2017
Work under graduate student, perform temperature and optical measurements, analyze data and help establish a database. The student is expected to work for 10~15 hours per week, with a rate of $10/hour.
