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Ursula J. Gibson

Adjunct Professor of Engineering

1-603-646-3243
Ursula.J.Gibson@Dartmouth.edu

Education

A.B., Physics, Dartmouth College 1976
M.S., Physics, Cornell University 1978
Ph.D., Physics, Cornell University 1982

Research Interests

Electromagnetic properties of nanoscale materials; materials science; properties of periodic structures in reduced dimensions and small length scales; Langmuir-Blodgett and vapor deposition of optical coatings; protein crystal growth; nanoparticle and nanowire growth.

Selected Publications

"Over 40% transverse Kerr effect from Ni¬80Fe20," D. A. Allwood, P. Seem, S. Basu, P. J. Fry, U. J. Gibson, and R. P. Cowburn, Appl. Phys. Lett., 92 no. 8, (2008)
"Low temperature growth and characterization of Cl-doped ZnO nanowire arrays," J. Cui, Y. Soo, and U. J. Gibson, J. Phys. Chem. C, 112 (12), 4475-4479, (2008)
"Longitudinal magneto-optic Kerr effect detection of latching vortex magnetization chirality in individual mesoscale rings," S. R. Bowden, K. K. Ahmed, and U. J. Gibson, Appl. Phys. Lett., 91, 232505 (2007)
"Low Temperature Fabrication of Single Crystal ZnO Nanopillar Photonic Bandgap Structures," J. Cui and U.J. Gibson, Nanotechnology 18;155302 (6pp) (2007)
"Detection of functional states of molecularly imprinted thin films with multi-cycling nanoindentation," Joseph J. BelBruno, Asta Richter, Sara E. Campbell and Ursula J. Gibson, Polymer 48, Issue 6, pp 1679-1687 (2007)
"Improved longitudinal magneto-optic Kerr effect signal contrast from nanomagnets with dielectric coatings," L.F. Holiday and U.J. Gibson, Opt. Express 14, 13007-13013 (2006)
"Optical coatings for improved contrast in longitudinal magneto-optic Kerr effect measurements," P.R. Cantwell, D.A. Allwood, H.A.M. Macleod and U.J. Gibson, J. Appl. Phys. 100, 093910 (2006)
"Synthesis and magnetic properties of Co-doped ZnO nanowires," Jingbiao Cui, Qi Zeng, and Ursula J. Gibson, J. Appl. Phys. 99, 08M113 (2006)
"Orientation of optically trapped nonspherical birefringent particles," Singer W, Nieminen TA, Gibson UJ, et al., Phys Rev E 73(2): Art. No. 021911 Part 1 FEB (2006)

Awards

Fulbright Fellow, Finland, Fall 2008

Professional Activities

Visiting Professor, University of Tampere (Finland), United States Air Force Academy, Chalmers University (Sweden), University of Queensland (Australia), NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
Optical Society of America, Director-at-large
American Vacuum Society, thin films executive committee and editorial board

News

Seven Dartmouth professors win Fulbrights
Dartmouth News
November 24, 2008
Complex Problems Don’t Respect Disciplinary Boundaries
Dartmouth Life
December 1, 2006
Two Dartmouth graduate programs win prestigious federal grants
Dartmouth News
September 6, 2006
Two Graduate Programs Win Federal Grants
VOX of Dartmouth
June 26, 2006

In Dartmouth Engineer Magazine

Cummings and Goings: New and Departing Profs
Summer 2010
Engineering in Medicine: Behind every great medical advance, there's a great engineer
Summer 2009
Kudos
Winter 2009
Kudos
Summer 2008
Lab Reports: Pollution-Detecting Molecules
Summer 2008
Women of Thayer School: What life's really like in engineering
Fall 2005