Advanced Optical Materials

  • Vanderbilt University

    Justus Ndukaife leads innovative research to create better thermal emitters, improve energy sources

    Justus Ndukaife, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and Chancellor Faculty Fellow, is leading novel research that has developed all-metal thermal emitters to improve the stability of infrared light sources for applications, like gas sensors, that operate under extreme environmental conditions. The research, “Engineering Thermal Emission with… Read More

    Nov. 11, 2025

  • Vanderbilt University

    Optical computing at sub-picosecond speeds developed at Vanderbilt

    Justus Ndukaife, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering and Chancellor Faculty Fellow, is leading novel research that has developed all-metal thermal emitters to improve the stability of infrared light sources for applications, like gas sensors, that operate under extreme environmental conditions. The research, “Engineering Thermal Emission with… Read More

    Jan. 19, 2021