Dr. Bryan H. Long

Professor of Physics

Division of Science and Mathematics

Contact information:
Email: blong@columbiastate.edu
Phone: 931-540-2695
Fax: 931-540-2845
Office: Warf - 223

Education:

BS and MS in Mathematics at MTSU
    Thesis: A Model of Lobachevskian Geometry using Linear Fractional Transformations
MA in Physics at Fisk University
    Thesis: Infrared and Raman Spectra of Lead-Borate Glass
DA in Chemistry at MTSU
    Dissertation: A quantum Chemical Study of Carbon Monoxide Adsorption on Models of MgO (001) Surface

Additional graduate work at Texas A&M University

Hobbies:

Hiking, bicycling, photography, reading.

    Current books:    Executive Power by Vince Flynn
                               The Third Option by Vince Flynn
                               Adobe Camera Raw fro Digital Photographers Only  by Rob Sheppard

Most recent books:    The Screwtape Letters by C. S. Lewis
                                  Covert Ops The CIA's Secret War in Laos by James E. Parker, Jr.
                                 The Bell Witch An American Haunting by Brent Monahan
                                 Chancellorsville 1863: the Souls of the Brave by Ernest B. Furgurson 
                                 Silver Star by H. Jay Riker
                                  Night Over Water by Ken Follett
                                  1776 by David McCullough
                              
                           
                                                                                          
                  "I hope we shall be taught to copy his example and to prefer the love of liberty in this time of public danger to all the soft pleasures of domestic life and support ourselves with manly fortitude amidst all the dangers and hardships that attend a state of war."

                                Nathanael Greene from the book 1776 by David McCullough                                                                
                                  
                                  

            “General Kragle considered him the most immoral and destructive leader in the nation's 225-yeaar history. While President of the United States, he had been impeached but not convicted. He had been convicted, however, of perjury and other crimes and accused, sometimes with cause, of everything from murder and bribery to violations of campaign law and selling nuclear secrets to the Chinese.
    He had kept the peace all right-by kowtowing to and kissing the ass of every two-bit ragtag despot or would-be guerrilla terrorist in the world. It was he, in the General's opinion, who personally elevated Yasser Arafat from an aging cold-blooded terrorist to the statue of a world leader."

                                     From Operation Deep Steel by Charles W. Sasser

Pets:

We have a cat named Gilead. Gilead is an orange tabby we found by the road. Apparently he had been dropped off in the country. He was named Gilead by our daughter because he was a great comfort to us as we lost two cats, one to coyotes and another to illness. Gilead now weights 17 pounds and is not fat, just a large cat. We also had a rooster, Chanticleer. Chanticleer is blind in one eye. He wandered onto our property four years ago and lived in the woods beside our house. He was here for about two years and has moved on to a farm in the area.

Research Interests:

Dr. Long is an adjunct professor and participates in research with the Optical Materials Group at Fisk University. The Optical Materials Group is involved with the development of new optical materials for applications in the areas of lasers, waveguide devices, and biosensors. Materials being studied include rare-earth and transition-metal doped glasses and glass-ceramics for waveguide devices, porous glass-ceramics for biomedical applications, and (in collaboration with the Materials Science and Applications Group) transition-metal doped II-VI semiconductor crystals which are promising materials for near-infrared laser applications. For additional information about the Fisk University Physics Department go to www.fisk.edu/physics.

Most recent Publication:

J. C. Paquet, B. H. Long, S. H. Morgan, "The Application of Ab Initio Methods for Predicting the Structure of Alkali Metal Borate Glass", Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Oak Ridge, TN November 12, 2004.

Bryan Long, Steven Morgan, Andrey Zavalin, "Ab Initio Calculation of the Structure of Boron Oxide Glass", Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society, Auburn, AL, October 31, 2002.

This page was last updated on Tuesday, 08 January 2008