Big Ideas,
Real Impact!
The fastest way to kill a big dream is to introduce it to a small mind. Dream BIG, and work as hard as humanly possibly to make that dream come true. See this 2-minute video from Prof. Burns describing what impact his research has done, and the vision of his research going forward.
The BEAM (Burns’ Electronic and Advanced Materials) lab gained the origins of it’s name because the lab focuses it’s research on studying electronic and advanced materials for space, defense, energy, and electronics applications.
For characterization purposes, the lab uses electron beams to characterize materials, and ion and photon beams to take a material from its equilibrium position to process their structure.
Our group logo (shown above) captures an entire story. The central sphere represents the structure of an atom, while the small particles interacting with the atom represent electrons. These electrons contribute to particle emission in the form of auger electrons, x-rays, secondary electrons, backscattered electrons, elastically scattered electrons, inelastically scattered electrons, absorbed electrons, electron-hole pairs, etc…
This logo captures how we explore the unknown intricacies in materials that lead to transformative solutions on a global scale.