Biography
Research interests
- Optical diagnostics and imaging
- Laser-material interactions
- Material-gas interactions
- Hypersonic wind tunnels
I am interested in applying laser diagnostics and spectroscopy to various flow environments to understand material response in extreme conditions. With experience in developing laser diagnostics for hypersonic applications, I am currently engaged in a project that advances absorption spectroscopy in LLNL’s Energy Matter Interaction Tunnel to enhance material selection for high-temperature applications.
Current position(s)
Postdoctoral Researcher; Materials Science Division
Subject Matter Expertise
Spectroscopy, hypersonics, optical diagnostics, pulsed lasers
Education
- PhD, Physical Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2024
- BS, Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2018
Publications
2024 2 publications
- Smotzer, M., Buen,Z. D., Broslawski, C. J., Britt, A., Morreale, B. J., North, S. W., & Bowersox, R. D. (2024). Nitric Oxide Planar Laser Induced Fluorescence Rotational Thermometry Characterization of a Hypersonic Boundary Layer. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 1518)https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-1518.
- Broslawski, C., Buen, Z. D., Britt, A.,Smotzer, M.,North, S. W., Bowersox, R. D., & Morreale, B. J. (2024). Thermomechanical Relaxation of Vibrationally Excited NO in a Hypersonic Turbulent Boundary Layer. In AIAA SCITECH 2024 Forum (p. 2123).https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2024-2123.
2020 1 publication
- Buen, Z. D., Broslawski, C.,Smotzer, M.,Kuszynski, J. E., North, S., & Bowersox, R. D. (2020). Towards vibrationally excited nitric oxide monitoring (VENOM) in a laminar, hypersonic boundary layer. In AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (p. 1275).https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-1275.
2019 1 publication
- Erwin, J. D.,Smotzer, M.,& Coe, J. V. (2019). Effect of strongly coupled vibration–cavity polaritons on the bulk vibrational states within a wavelength-scale cavity. The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 123(6), 1302-1306.https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b09913.
2016 1 publication
- Andrews, J. H.,Smotzer, M.,Latronica, B., & Crescimanno, M. (2016). Linear distributed Bragg cavity effects on optical limiting in two-and three-level media. JOSA B, 33(12), E102-E108.https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAB.33.00E102.