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
LAYERED 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

Rogers 301E
School of Engineering
& Computer Science
One Bear Place #97356
Waco, TX 76798-7356