Granular Hopper
Spherical granular particles falling through a glass hopper
Ray tracing Granular materials
Gallery
A collection of research visualizations, computational art, scientific imagery, photography, and creative explorations
Möbius Racers
A glass mobius strip, with spherical racer particles traversing its one side
Ray tracing
Asteroid Belt Planet
A planet with an asteroid belt and an orbiting satellite
Ray tracing
Twisting Sculpture
A twisting glass sculpture amongst other sculptures
Ray tracing
To Dad
I can still hear your piano notes playing all around me
Photography
Chicago by Day
Chicago city skyline during the day.
Photography
Chicago by Night
Chicago city skyline at night
Photography
Jamming and Cracking of Cornstarch Suspension Under Shear
A non-Newtonian fluid reveals its solid form when under shear forces
Granular materials
Two Neighboring Dynamical Attractors in Optical Matter
Visualization of two neighboring dynamical attractors in an optical matter structure, showing the complex phase space behavior of these systems.
Electromagnetism
Elasticity of Optical Matter
Stress-strain relationship of optical matter structures under mechanical deformation.
Electromagnetism
Phase Separation of Four Species of Optically Bound Nanoparticles
Phase separation of optically bound nanoparticles in an optical trap
Electromagnetism
Nanoscale Core-Satellite Meta-Atom
A meta-atom composed of a dielectric core decorated with silver nanoparticles
Electromagnetism
Optical Matter Array
An assembly of optically bound metal nanoparticles in a tightly focused laser beam.
Electromagnetism
Flow of Electromagnetic Energy Around a Nanoscale Optical Matter Machine
Streamlines of the Poynting vector around a hexagonal nanoparticle array composed of seven metal nanoparticles
Electromagnetism
Electromagnetic Field Contours Around Three Metal Nanoparticles
Created with Paraview
Electromagnetism
Lollapalooza Timelapse
Chicago (2022)
Photography
Thawing of Lake Michigan
Overlooking Grant Park and Adler Planeterium (Chicago - Winter, 2022)
Photography