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Speakers: Pierre Deymier, Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engr, UofA
Title: An overview of research challenges and opportunities at UArizona New Frontiers of Sound (NewFoS) Science and Technology Center (STC)
Abstract: The newly funded National Science Foundation (NSF) New Frontiers of Sound (NewFoS) Science and Technology Center (STC) exploits the extraordinary properties of topological acoustics (TA) to address grand challenges in the areas of quantum information science, telecommunication and sensing. NewFoS explores the analogies between phase of TA waves and quantum mechanics to offer a classical alternative (phase computing) to quantum computing without the drawback of quantum decoherence. NewFoS discovers and utilizes TA waves with one-way propagation (immune to back scattering) to reduce power loss due to reflection in surface acoustic wave devices used in 5G and >5G telecommunication technologies. NewFoS is developing modalities to exploit the topological properties (such as the geometric phase) of seismic waves for remote and continuous monitoring of the thawing of the permafrost in the arctic as the result of climate change.
Pierre A. Deymier
Director, New Frontiers of Sound Science and Technology Center
Professor, Dept. of Materials Science and Engr.
Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) Fellow Ambassador
Craig M. Berge Faculty Fellow
Member of the BIO5 Institute
Member of the Applied Mathematics graduate interdisciplinary program
The University of Arizona