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David D. Allred
Professor
Contact Information
Office N265 ESC
Phone (801) 422-3489
Lab Phone (801) 422-1666
Cell Phone (801) 400-8277
Email Send a message
Website http://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/allred/web
Schedule
Office Hours MF 13:10 - 14:00 & W1330-1420 & if I am in.
Tu 1410-14:30
Research Meetings Tu 1700 - 1750 pm Thin film & XUV N288 ESC
Th 1000 XUV optics N345 ESC
W noon to 1330 Mars Rover Competition Rover loft Building B38 (east of Clyde)
Tu 1300-1400; Fiber Optic Blackbody sensor. 435 Crabtree
Tu 1500 Carbon Nanotubes N209 ESC (w Davis & Vanfleet)
Thursday 1300 Writing Group.
TThF 1400-1730 Research (usually in 521/518 & U234ESC)
Assignments W Colloquium 4 pm
Internships, Freshman activities and recruitment, NASA promotion
Research
Group Atomic, Molecular, and Optical
Specialty Thin films, Extreme Ultraviolet Optics, Nanostructures-MEMS, Mars Simulations, alternate energy issues (solar. batteries etc.)
Research Site http://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/allred/web/research.php
Projects
Mirror for Lunar Observatory
University Rover Challenge
Yttrium oxide films increase in thickness when exposed to VUV light in air. Why?
Atomic layer and chemical vapor infiltration of carbon nanotube forests.
Ultrahigh Temperature Black Coatings for Optical Fiber Temperature Measurement
Background
Learn about the group and the Mars (club) research effort. You can write the Rover at: byumarsrover@googlegroups.com

Go to Allred resume. http://www.physics.byu.edu/faculty/Allred/CV/cv12.htm

Scan down to see recent student presentations, page 4 for papers and page 10 for thesis.
 
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