List of works
Poster
Stimulated Raman Scattering in CH₄ and CO₂ gas mixtures for LiDAR Applications
Date presented 08/2025
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium, 08/2025, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Poster
Computational Project to Determine Raman Spectra of Interacting Gases
Date presented 08/2025
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium, 08/2025, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
In this study, the Raman spectra of CO2 and CH4 was computed individually and interacting with simulated pressure using the software Gaussian. The computational data was then compared to experimental data collected in the lab and also to the different basis sets used during calculations.
Poster
Computational Study to Determine the Band Gap of Organic Fluorophores
Date presented 08/2024
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, 08/2024, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
Studying the energy of a band gap in molecules has valuable applications in semiconductor physics. The energy of a band gap refers to the energy difference between the Highest Occupied Molecular Orbital (HOMO) and Lowest Unoccupied Molecular Orbital (LUMO) or the top of the valence band and the bottom of the conduction band. A lower band gap energy corresponds to higher efficiency or lower wavelength. Studying the conductivity of organic molecules is a very useful field since organic compounds are more versatile and cheaper to produce than regular silicon semiconductors. This has a wide array of applications, especially in LEDs and micro processing units.
Poster
Cascading Raman in Gas Filled Hollow-Core Optical Fibers: Development and Validation
Date presented 08/2024
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, 08/2024, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
This research project involved designing, constructing, and testing our adaptation of a setup from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Our focus was on creating a gas-filled hollow-core optical fiber system, capable of facilitating cascading Stimulated Raman Scattering (SRS) on gases at pressures up to several bar.
Poster
Date presented 04/20/2023
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase, 04/20/2023, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
The main purpose of this research was to design, build, and demonstrate the use of an ultra-visible and near-infrared spectrophotometer to measure spectra of light source samples to find electromagnetic properties such as spectral wavelength and intensity of the light.
Poster
Solvatochromism involving Rhodamine-6G
Date presented 2021
Student Scholar Symposium & Faculty Research Showcase, 2021, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
The solvatochromic shift of a molecular fluorophore is the change in the absorption and emission spectra and is caused by the dipole interactions that take place between it and the solvent. Rhodamine-6G (R6G) was used because it is a good example of a molecular fluorophore that exhibits this phenomena. In most organic solutions, Rhodamine-6G becomes aqueous and acts similar to a salt. forming an organic ionic molecule and an ionized Chlorine atom. This ionic molecule is affected by the polarity of the solution into which it is dissolved.
To better understand the solvatochromic shifting of Rhodamine-6G, the dipole interactions must be further researched. This can be done by measuring R6G spectra of different solutions and calculating the Stokes Shift. The Stokes Shift is the difference between the peak absorption wavelength and peak emission wavelength. These peaks allow for the calculation of the dipole moments in each solution. There are several methods to determine dipole moments and change in dipole moments. The most commonly used methods were developed by Lippert-Malaga,
Bakhs.h..ie. v, Catalan, Kamlet-Taft, Reichardt, and Bilot-Kawski.
Poster
Solvatochromism Of NNDAP-O-CH3
Date presented 2021
Summer Undergraduate Research Program, 2021, University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida
The solvatochromic properties of a novel fluorophore, 4-[2-[2-(dimethylamino)-3-pyridyl]ethynyl]anisole (NNDAP-O-CH3), developed by Dr. Tanay Kesharwani of The University of West Florida was studied. The absorption and emission spectra of the fluorophore in various solvents were measured. The ground state and singlet excited state dipole moments were determined using the Bilot-Kawski, Lippert-Mataga, Bakhshiev, and Reichardt correlation methods. The magnitude to which a certain solvent property contributes to the observed solvatochromic shifts was investigated using both Kamlet-Taft and Catalan models. The experimental system and environment are being computationally modeled in Gaussian16. Predictions of the software will be compared to experimental evidence to propose structural and dynamic factors contributing to the phenomenon as well as to predict other properties of the molecule.