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Dr. Michael Escuti

Assistant Professor

| Biography

Prior to joining NCSU he spent two years with the functional-polymers group at Eindhoven University of Technology (the Netherlands) as a post-doctoral fellow. His PhD research at Brown University on organic electro-optical materials and their use in photonics and flat-panel displays has been recognized by the International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) with the Glenn H. Brown Award (2004) and by the Optical Society of America with the OSA/New Focus Student Award (2002) at the CLEO/QELS Conference. He continues to pursue interdisciplinary research topics in

...... Liquid Crystals and Light-Emitting Polymer Photonics

...... Optofluidics

...... Nanolithography

| Education

  1. 2002 - PhD in Electrical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI
  2. 1999 - MS in Electrical Engineering, Brown University, Providence, RI
  3. 1997 - BS in Electrical & Computer Eng., Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

| Primary Research Interests

  1. Nanoelectronics and Photonics (Including Nanotechnology, Optical Materials and Photonic Devices)

| Selected Publications

  1. Optical Engineering 44, in print (2004), M.J. Escuti and G.P. Crawford, “Holographic Photonic Crystals”, special issue on Volume Holographic Diffractive Optical Elements"
  2. Optics Letters 28, 522-524 (2003), M.J. Escuti, J. Qi, and G.P. Crawford, “A tunable fcc photonic crystal formed in holographic-polymer dispersed liquid crystals”
  3. Journal of Applied Physics 95, 2386-2390 (2003), M.J. Escuti, D.R. Cairns, and G.P. Crawford. “Optical-strain characteristics of anisotropic polymer films fabricated from a liquid crystal diacrylate”
  4. Physical Review E 66, 021710 (2002), M. Vilfan, B. Zalar, A.K. Fontecchio, M. Vilfan, M.J. Escuti, G.P. Crawford, and S. Zumer, “Deuteron NMR study of molecular ordering in a holographic-polymer-dispersed liquid crystal”
  5. Applied Physics Letters 75, 3264-3266 (1999), M.J. Escuti, C.C. Bowley, G.P. Crawford, and S. Zumer, “Enhanced dynamic response of the in-plane switching LCD mode through polymer stabilization”

| Awards and Honors

  • 2004 - International Liquid Crystal Society (ILCS) Glenn H Brown Award for Outstanding PhD Dissertation
  • 2002 - Optical Society of America (OSA) New Focus Student Award, Top Winner
  • 2001 - Materials Research Society (MRS) Graduate Student Silver Award
  • 2001 - Sigma Xi Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award, Brown University
  • 2000 - Rhode Island House of Representatives Citation of Excellence in Science Education
  • 1997 - Drexel University Citation of Excellence in Engineering Design