Electrical & Computer Engineering

Dr. Linda Olafsen

  • Associate Professor

Education

  • PhD, Physics, Duke University (1997)
  • MA, Physics, Duke University (1994)
  • AB, Physics, Princeton University (1991)

Teaching

  • EGR 1301 - Introduction to Engineering
  • ELC 2330 - Electrical Circuit Theory
  • ELC 4323/5396-Solid-State Materials
  • ELC 4324/5396-Introduction to Semiconductor Devices
  • ELC 4325/5396-Fundamentals of Lasers
  • ELC 5302/ME 5302-Engineering Analysis

Research Interests and Opportunities

  • Layred Semiconductor Materials video
  • Photonics
  • Biomedical devices
  • Endovascular navigation and sensing
  • Optoelectronics
  • Semiconductor lasers
  • Semiconductor heterostructures
  • III-V, antimonide-based materials
  • Graphene
  • Wave function engineering
  • Infrared spectroscopy
  • Chemical sensing
  • Glucose monitoring
  • Beam profiling (spatiotemporal)
  • Negative luminescence
  • Thermal management
  • Transparent contacts
  • Mid-infrared LEDs, lasers, and detectors
  • Mid-infrared device applications
  • Infrared countermeasures
  • Chaotic lasers
Dr. Linda Olafsen
Office Location

Rogers 301E

Mailing Address

School of Engineering
& Computer Science
One Bear Place #97356
Waco, TX 76798-7356

Linda's Curriculum Vitae
Curriculum Vitae