Maddie Smotzer

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  • Title
    Postdoctoral Researcher
  • Email
    smotzer1@llnl.gov
  • Phone
    (925) 422-9005
  • Organization
    PLS-MSD-MATERIALS SCIENCE DIVISION

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  

PhD, Physical Chemistry, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, 2024

BS, Chemistry, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, 2018

Selected 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Memberships

Member, AIAA

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