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Rafael Garcia

Assistant Professor

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Office: Olin Hall, 014L
Phone: +1-508-831-5342
Fax: +1-508-831-5886
garcia@wpi.edu

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Educational Background

B.A., Cornell University
M.S., Penn State University
Ph.D., Penn State University

Research & Teaching Interests

Phase transitions in fluids; finite size effects; measurement of forces in liquid crystals; superconductivity.

IQP Advising Interests

Philosophy; history; history of technology; history of science; Computers & education; Patent law & intellectual property; scientists in court - the role of experts; history of law & technology.

Recent Publications

R. Garcia, S. Jordan, J. Lazzaretti, and M. H. W. Chan, "Quartz Microbalance Study of Thick He-4 Films near the Superfluid Transition," J. Low Temp. Phys. 134, 527 (2004).
R. Garcia and M. H. W. Chan, "Boundary Conditions and Critical Casimir Forces in Helium," Physica B 329, 238 (2003).
R. Garcia, S. Sheidemantel, K. Knorr and M. H. W. Chan, "Critical Adsorption in a Well-defined Geometry," Phys. Rev. E. 68, 056111 (2003).
R. Garcia and M. H. W. Chan, "Critical Casimir Force near the Tricritical Point of Helium-3-Helium-4 Mixtures," Phys. Rev. Lett. 88, 06101 (2002).
R. Garcia and M.H.W. Chan, "Critical Fluctuation-Induced Thinning of Helium-4 Films near the Superfluid Transition," Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1187 (1999).

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