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Rafael Garcia

Assistant Professor

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, K. Osborne, and E. Subashi, "Validity of the "Sharp-Kink Approximation" for Water and Other Fluids," J. Phys. ChemJ. Phys. Chem. B, 112, 8114 (2008).

• R. Garcia, E. Subashi, and M. Fukuto, "Thin-Thick Coexistence Behavior of 8CB Liquid Crystalline Films on Silicon," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 197801 (2008).

• A. Ganshin, S. Scheidemantel, R. Garcia and M. H. W. Chan, "Critical Casimir force in He-4 films: Confirmation of Finite-size Scaling," Phys. Rev. Lett. 97 075301 (2006).

   

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