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  • Professor of Chemistry | Department of Chemistry | waldowda@plu.edu | 253-535-7533 | Application of Ring Opening Metathesis Polymermization to Polymer Battery Electrolytes and other membranes Use of macro and microphase separation techniques in energy related materials Statics and kinetics of phase separation in multi-component polymer blends both in bulk and as thin films Physical characterization technique include: light scattering optical and atomic force microscopy neutron scattering Monte Carlo techniques Use of metathesis, anionic, and controlled radical synthetic techniques to produce new materials for macro and microphase separation applications Polymer/structure relationships studied via spin-lattice relaxation measurements of local segmental dynamics in polymers Promoting the teaching and learning of research in an undergraduate setting via incorporation of research activities in traditional courses development of Internet resources for undergraduate research an active and externally funded local undergraduate research program Incorporation of information technology in lecture and laboratory settings .

    , 1989-1991 Ph.D., Chemistry, University of Wisconsin, 1989 B.A., Chemistry, Math, and Physics, Augustana College, 1984 Areas of Emphasis or Expertise Solid Polymer Electrolytes for Battery Applications Polymer physics Scattering using light, X-Rays, and Neutrons Polymer Blends Block Copolymers Nanomorphology Polymer Synthesis and Characterization Atomic Force Microscopy Responsibilities CHEM 115 – General Chemistry I Lab CHEM 116 – General Chemistry II CHEM 341 – Physical Chemistry I CHEM 343

  • Professor of Physics | Department of Physics | louie@plu.edu | 253-535-7653 | My research interests are plasma etching issues, carbon nanotubes and scanning probe microscopy.

    flaws around rivets in airplane skins using eddy currents, carbon nanotube conduction and their use in a magnetic tunnel junction. NF3-etched GaAs using XPS (X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy) in collaboration with Professor Fumio Ohuchi in the Department of Materials Science at the University of Washington. Related the electrical and structural damage in materials – such as silicon and gallium arsenide – to their Raman spectra, which are obtained by laser light scattering measurements. The Raman

  • Professor Emeritus of Physics | Department of Physics | tangka@plu.edu | 253-535-7539 | K.T.

    Kwong-Tin (K.T.) Tang Professor Emeritus of Physics Phone: 253-535-7539 Email: tangka@plu.edu Status:Emeritus Professional Biography Education Postdoctoral Study, Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley & Harvard University Ph.D., Physics - Dissertation: "Elastic and Reactive Scattering in the (H, H2) System", Columbia University, 1965 M.A., Mathematics - Thesis: "Random Walk and Diffusion Processes", University of Washington, Seattle, 1959 B.S., Engineering Physics, University of

  • Assistant Professor | Department of Computer Science | alexandra.bacula@plu.edu | 253-535-7523 | I am a former ballet dancer turned roboticist who is passionate about the intersection of arts and technology and exploring how each practice can inform the other.

    , Timing, and Spacing."." International Journal of Social Robotics Vol. 14 (9),, November, 2022: pp. 1965-1993. Bacula, Alexandra, Amy LaViers.. " "Character Synthesis of Ballet Archetypes on Robots Using Laban Movement Analysis: Comparison Between a Humanoid and an Aerial Robot Platform with Lay and Expert Observation"." International Journal of Social Robotics Vol. 13, 2020: pp. 10471062.. Biography I am a former ballet dancer turned roboticist who is passionate about the intersection of arts and

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  • Clinical Instructor of Nursing | School of Nursing | kdiaz@plu.edu | I earned my BSN at Northern Arizona University and my Masters in Nursing at PLU as a Family Nurse Practitioner.

    prevention. I have lived and worked in the Pacific Northwest my entire career. I have been married to my husband Mike for 27 years and have two grown daughters that all are the light of my life! I love the beach, hiking, and fresh cut flowers.

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  • Poetry | MFA in Creative Writing - Low Residency | Jennifer Elise Foerster is the author of three books of poetry, Leaving Tulsa (2013), Bright Raft in the Afterweather (2018), and The Maybe-Bird (2022), and served as the Associate Editor of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. She is the recipient of a NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, a Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellowship, and was a Wallace Stegner Fellow in Poetry at Stanford.

    Jennifer Foerster Poetry Biography Biography Jennifer Elise Foerster is the author of three books of poetry, Leaving Tulsa (2013), Bright Raft in the Afterweather (2018), and The Maybe-Bird (2022), and served as the Associate Editor of When the Light of the World Was Subdued, Our Songs Came Through: A Norton Anthology of Native Nations Poetry. She is the recipient of a NEA Creative Writing Fellowship, a Lannan Foundation Writing Residency Fellowship, a Hermitage Artist Retreat Fellowship, and

  • Associate Professor | Department of Computer Science | caora@plu.edu | 253-535-7409 | My research interest is mainly focused on developing and applying machine learning and data mining techniques to solve biomedical problems, such as human genome data analysis and protein structure predictions.

    Articles Cao, R., Cheng, J., and Zhong, Z. "SMISS: A protein function prediction server by integrating multiple sources." International Journal of Computational Intelligence in Bioinformatics and Systems Biology R. Cao, C. Freitas, L. Chan, M. Sun, H. Jiang, Z. Chen. "ProLanGO: Protein Function Prediction Using Neural Machine Translation Based on a Recurrent Neural Network." Molecules 2017: R. Cao, B. Adhikari, D. Bhattacharya, M. Sun, J. Hou, J. Cheng. "QAcon: single model quality assessment using

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  • Associate Professor of English | Department of English | solveig.robinson@plu.edu | 253-535-7241 | Dr.

    of Eliza Cook’s Songs of Labor." Victorian Poetry Vol. 39.2, 2001: "'Amazed at Our Success': The Langham Place Editors and the Emergence of a Feminist Critical Tradition." Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 29.2, 1996: "Editing Belgravia: M.E. Braddon’s Defense of 'Light Literature'." Victorian Periodicals Review Vol. 28.2, 1995: Accolades Regency Advancement Award, 2006 Wang Center International Travel Grant, 2004 American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship, 1998–99 Mellon

  • Chair of Earth Science | Earth Science | lechlear@plu.edu | 253-535-7744 | My research centers on mountain building processes and regional climate change and the associated influences of each on atmospheric dynamics.

    , Vancouver, BC (2014) 2014 Goldschmidt Conference, Clumped isotope paleothermometry in soil carbonate, Sacramento, CA (2014) 2013 Fall Meeting, AGU, Paleoclimate of the last glacial maximum revealed by fossil groundwaters, San Francisco, CA (2013) 2012 Fall Meeting, AGU, Improving stable isotope-based reconstructions of Sierra Nevada paleotopography using insights from regional air parcel trajectories, San Francisco, CA (2012) Selected Articles Lechler, A. R., Niemi, N. A., Hren, M. T., and Lohmann, K. C

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  • Contingent Faculty of Marriage and Family Therapy | Marriage and Family Therapy | youngsy@plu.edu | | I have been a part of the PLU family since 2008, where I provide supervision to Master Degree students at the PLU Marriage and Family Therapy Clinic.

    find peace of mind using all of my education, job experience and personal experiences of life. In my spare time, I like to garden and I am a serious sports fan. My favorite sport is baseball. I currently live in Puyallup but I have also lived in Tacoma, Los Angeles, California and Boston, Massachusetts. I am a member of the WAMFT (Washington Association of Marriage and Family Therapy), and an AAMFT Approved Supervisor.