Contact Information:

• Office Location: SI 115
• Phone Number: (216) 523-7520
• Email: p.fodor@csuohio.edu
• Personal Website:

Education:

• B.S., Physics, Babes - Bolyai University, Romania, 1996
• M.S., Physics, Babes - Bolyai University, Romania, 1997
• Ph.D., Physics, Wayne State University, Detroit, 2002

Research Interests:

• Semiconductor Heterostructures and Magnetic Arrays
• Microfluidic Components

Honors and Awards

• College of Sciences and Health Professions, Jearl D. Walker Outstanding Teacher Award, 2011
• Faculty Merit Award for Research and Teaching, Cleveland State University 2008, 2009, 2011.

Classes Frequently Taught

• PHY 493     Advanced Topics in Physics
• PHY 221     College Physics I
• PHY 222     College Physics II
• PHY 497     Independent Study
• PHY 320     Intro to Computational Physics
• PHY 598     Project
• PHY 593     Special Topics in Physics
• PHY 241     University Physics I
• PHY 243     University Physics I (Writing)
• PHY 242     University Physics II
• PHY 244     University Physics II (Writing)

Recent Publications (List of publications)

• P.S. Fodor and T. Peppard, The Physics Teacher 50, 344 (2012) Lenz law demonstration using and ultrasound position sensor.
• P.S. Fodor and M. Kaufman, Modern Physics Letters B 25, 1111 (2011). The evolution of mixing in the staggered herring bone micromixer.
• M. Kaufman and P.S. Fodor, Physica A 389, 2951 (2010) Fluid mechanics in rectangular cavities - analytical model and numeric.
• P.S. Fodor, M. Itomlenskis and M. Kaufman, Europ. Phys. J.: Appl. Phys. 47, 31301(2009) Assessment of mixing in passive microchannels with fractal surface patterning.
• P.S. Fodor, G. Tsoi, and L.E.Wenger , J. Appl. Phys. 103, 07B713 (2008) Investigation of magnetic interactions in large arrays of magnetic nanowires.
• P. Irvin, P.S. Fodor, and J. Levy, Optics Express 15, 11756 (2007) Gigahertz optical spin transceiver.
• P.S. Fodor  and J. Levy, invited topical review, J. Physics: Cond. Matt. 18, S745 (2006) Group IV materials for quantum computation.
• P.S. Fodor, S. Rothenberger, and J. Levy, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 013103 (2005) 320-channel dual phase lock-in optical spectrometer.
• P.S. Fodor, H. Zhu, N.G. Patil and J. Levy, Rev. Sci. Instrum. 75, 2971 (2004) Variable temperature scanning optical and force microscope.
• S.C. Perera, P.S. Fodor, G. Tsoi, L.E.Wenger, and S.L. Brock, Chem. Mater. 15, 4034 (2003) Application of the de-silylation strategies to the preparation of transition metal pnictide nanocrystals: the case of FeP.
• J.A. Aitken, K.L. Stamm, P.S. Fodor, L.E.Wenger, and S.L. Brock, Abstr. Pap. Am. Chem. Soc. 225, 868-INOR Part 2 (2003) Towards diluted magnetic semiconductor (DMS) phosphides.
• P.S. Fodor, G. Tsoi, and L.E.Wenger,  J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7035 (2003) Modeling of hysteresis and magnetization curves for hexagonally ordered electrodeposited nanowires.
• P.S. Fodor, G. Tsoi, and L.E.Wenger,  J. Appl. Phys. 93, 7438 (2003) Zero magnetization states in electrodeposited Co0.45Fe0.55 alloy nanowires.

Projects

• NSF Major Instrumentation Grant, 2011 - 2013, Proposal Title: Acquisition of a field emission scanning electron microscope for multidisciplinary nanotechnology research, Amount awarded $472,113 (PI: P.S. Fodor).
• Engage Learning, CSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, Summer 2011, Proposal Title: Improving fuel usage in microchannel based fuel cells, Amount awarded $5,665 (PI: P.S. Fodor).
• Engage Learning, CSU Undergraduate Research and Creative Achievement, Summer 2011, Proposal Title: Dynamics of linear polymers in a microchannel, Amount awarded $5,665 (PIs: P.S. Fodor and M. Kaufman).
• CSU Summer Undergraduate Engaged Learning, Summer 2010, Proposal Title: Fabrication and characterization of micromixers with biomedical applications, Amount awarded $10,830 (PIs: P.S. Fodor and M. Kaufman).
• General Electric, 2009 - 2010, Experimental coatings deposition, Amount awarded $700 (PI: P.S. Fodor).
• Research Corporation, Cottrell College Science Awards, 2007 - 2009, Proposal Title: Development and characterization of semiconductor - metal nanostructures fabricated through directed self assembly, Amount awarded $43,582 (PI: P.S. Fodor).
• Ohio STEM Learning Network, 2009 - 2010, Proposal Title: STEM graduate fellow - amount awarded $14,222. (Co-PI)