Domain Coarsening in Rapidly Quenched Magnetic Systems ---------->		Stress Chains in Granular Materials ---------->
Cellular Automata Models of Flowing Granular Materials ---------->		Origins of Stars and Planets ---------->
Luminescent Solar Concentrators, Photosynthesis ---------->		Chaotic Orbital Evolution of Two Closely Spaced Planets ---------->

Areas of current interest include nonlinear dynamics, pattern formation, granular and fluid media, solar and wind energy, planetary and interstellar astrophysics, comet formation, biophysics, and polymers.

Undergraduate students are strongly encourage to participate in research with faculty and most of the work described here involves undergraduates.
Additional information is included under each faculty members.