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Dr. Jianwei Wang
478.757.6603
Associate Professor of Physics
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| Teaching and Research Interests: | * Implement "Peer Instruction" pedagogy to foster active class participation and to encourage independent thinking * Adopt "Just In Time" Teaching pedagogy to improve the mismatch between what I try to teach and what students learn * linear and nonlinear optical (NLO) properties of materials for optical switch, power limiting and organic LED |
| Courses: | * PHYS 1011 Physical Science I * PHYS 1111 Introductory Physics I * PHYS 1112 Introductory Physics II * PHYS 2211 Principle of Physics I * PHYS 2212 Principle of Physics II |
| Education: (All institutions attended and degrees or credentials earned) | * PhD and MS in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics, University of Georgia * BEng in Photoelectronic Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin, P. R. China |
| Professional Experience: | * Research Associate and Postdoctoral Associate, University of Alabama at Birmingham * Engineer, Beijing Free Electron Laser Lab, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, P.R.China |
| Publications and Scholarships: (Last 5 Years) | * J. L. Freeman, Jianwei Wang, Yuanlin. Zhang, T. P. HaJ. L. Freeman, Q. Zhao, Y. Zhang, J. Wang, C. M. Lawson, and G. M. Gray, Synthesis, Linear and Nonlinear Optical Properties of Phosphonato-Substituted Bithiophenes Derived from 2,2-Biphenol, Dalton Trans. 42 (2013) 14281-14297. * Qun Zhao, J. L. Freeman, Jianwei Wang, Yuanlin. Zhang, T. P. Hamilton, C. M. Lawson, and G. M. Gray, Syntheses, X-ray crystal structures and optical, fluorescence and nonlinear optical characterizations of diphenylphosphino-substituted bithiophenes, Inorg. Chem. 51(2012) 2016. * Qun Zhao, Jianwei Wang, Jason L. Freeman, Makeba Murphy-Jolly, Ashley M. Wright, Debra J. Scardino, Nathan I. Hammer, Christopher M. Lawson, and Gary M. Gray, Syntheses, and Optical, Fluorescence and Nonlinear Optical Characterization of Phosphine-Substituted Terthiophenes, Inorg. Chem. 50 (2011) 2015-2027. * Jianwei Wang, Qun Zhao, Christopher M. Lawson, Gary M. Gray, Nonlinear Optical Absorption and Fluorescence of Phosphine-Substituted Bithiophenes in the Violet-Blue Spectral Region, Optics Communications, 284 (2011) 3090-3094. * T. M. Pritchett, Jianwei Wang, Christopher M. Lawson, Qun Zhao and Gary M. Gray, Excited-state Absorption Cross Sections of a Phosphine-substituted Bithiophene, Nonlinear Optics (NLO) Topical Meeting and Tabletop Exhibit, July 12-17, 2009, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA * T.M. Pritchett, Jianwei Wang, C. M. Lawson, Qun Zhao and Gary M. Gray, Characterization of Nonlinear Absorption in Phosphine-Substituted Bithiophenes, The Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), May 31-June 5, 2009, Baltimore, Maryland, USA * Q. Zhao, S. B. Owens Jr., G. M. Gray, J. Wang, and C. M. Lawson, Syntheses, Characterizations and X-ray Crystal Structures of 5,5’-Bis(Diphenylphosphino)2,2’-bithiophene Derivatives, Ph2(X)P(C4H2S)2P(X)Ph2 (X = O, S and CH3+ I-), Main Group Chemistry, 6 (2007) 215-229. * R. Turos-Matysiak, M. Ginberg, J. W. Wang, W. M. Yen and R. S. Meltzer, Luminescence of BAM under High Pressure: the Eu2+ Sites, J. of Luminescence, 122-123 (2007) 107-109. * R. Turos-Matysiak, Hairong. Zheng, J. W. Wang, W. M. Yen, R. S. Meltzer, T. ukasiewicz, M. wirkowicz, M. Grinberg, Pressure dependence of the 3P0 → 3H4 and 1D2 → 3H4 Emission in Pr3+:YAG, J. of Luminescence, 122-123 (2007) 322-324. * Jianwei Wang, R. Turos-Matysiak, M. Grinberg, W.M. Yen and R. S. Meltzer, Mixing of the f2(1S0) and 4f5d states of Pr3+ in BaSO4 under High Pressure, J. of Luminescence, 119-120 (2006) 473. |
| Awards and Honors: | * Faculty Development Research Grant, Middle Georgia State University * Career Enhancement Awards from University of Alabama at Birmingham * Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award grant by University of Georgia |
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