Publications

Physics education research

  • J. Wilson, B. Pollard, J. M. Aiken, M. D. Caballero, H. J. Lewandowski, Classification of open-ended responses to a research-based assessment using natural language processing. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 18 010141 (2022).

  • B. Pollard, R. Hobbs, R. Henderson, M. D. Caballero, H. J. Lewandowski, Introductory physics lab instructors’ perspectives on measurement uncertainty. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 17 010133 (2021).

  • B. Pollard, A. Werth, R. Hobbs, H. J. Lewandowski, Impact of a course transformation on students’ reasoning about measurement uncertainty. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16 020160 (2020).

  • I. Descamps, T. Moore, B. Pollard, Views from students and professors in a nonmajor introductory physics course: What is interdisciplinarity? Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 16, 020118 (2020).

  • N. Sulaiman, B. Pollard, H. J. Lewandowski, Impact on students’ views of experimental physics from a large introductory physics lab course. 2020 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2020).

  • B. Pollard, M. F. J. Fox, L. Ríos, H. J. Lewandowski, Creating a coupled multiple response assessment for modeling in lab courses. 2020 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2020).

  • M. F. J. Fox, B. Pollard, L. Ríos, H. J. Lewandowski, Capturing modeling pathways using the Modeling Assessment for Physics Laboratory Experiments. 2020 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2020).

  • G. M. Quan, B. Gutmann, J. C. Corbo, B. Pollard, C. Turpen, The Access Network: Cultivating Equity and Student Leadership in STEM. 2019 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2020).

  • H. J. Lewandowski, B. Pollard, C. G. West, Using custom interactive video prelab activities in a large introductory lab course. 2019 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2020).

  • B. Pollard, R. Hobbs, D. R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski, Methodological development of a new coding scheme for an established assessment on measurement uncertainty in laboratory courses. 2019 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2020).

  • L. Ríos, B. Pollard, D. R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski, Using think-aloud interviews to characterize model-based reasoning in electronics for a laboratory course assessment. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 15, 010140 (2019).

  • B. Pollard, H. J. Lewandowski, Transforming a large introductory lab course: impacts on views about experimental physics. 2018 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2019).

  • H. J. Lewandowski, D. R. Bolton, B. Pollard, Initial impacts of the transformation of a large introductory lab course focused on developing experimental skills and expert epistemology. 2018 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2019).

  • D. R. Dounas-Frazer, L. Ríos, B. Pollard, J. T. Stanley, H. J. Lewandowski, Characterizing lab instructors’ self-reported learning goals to inform development of an experimental modeling skills assessment. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 14, 020118 (2018).

  • L. Ríos, B. Pollard, D. R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski, Pathways to proposing causes for unexpected experimental results. 2018 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2018).

  • H. J. Lewandowski, D. Bolton, B. Pollard, Initial Impacts of the transformation of a large Introductory lab course focused on developing experimental skills and expert epistemology. 2018 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2018).

  • B. Pollard, R. Hobbs, J. T. Stanley, D. R. Dounas-Frazer, H. J. Lewandowski, Impact of an introductory lab course on students’ understanding of measurement uncertainty. 2017 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2018).

  • H. J. Lewandowski, R. Hobbs, J. T. Stanley, D. R. Dounas-Frazer, B. Pollard, Student reasoning about measurement uncertainty in an introductory lab course. 2017 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2018).

  • H. J. Lewandowski, N. D. Finkelstein, B. Pollard, Studying Expert Practices to Create Learning Goals for Electronics Labs. 2014 Phys. Educ. Res. Conf. Proc. (2015).


Nano-optics

  • B. Metzger, E. Muller, J. Nishida, B. Pollard, M. Hentschel, M. B. Raschke, Purcell-Enhanced Spontaneous Emission of Molecular Vibrations. Phys. Rev. Lett. 123, 153001 (2019).

  • S. Berweger, G. Qiu, Y. Wang, B. Pollard, K. L. Genter, R. Tyrrell-Ead, T. M. Wallis, W. Wu, P. D. Ye, P. Kabos, Imaging Carrier Inhomogeneities in Ambipolar Tellurene Field Effect Transistors. Nano Lett. 19, 1289–1294 (2019).

  • E. A. Muller, B. Pollard, H. A. Bechtel, R. Adato, D. Etezadi, H. Altug, M. B. Raschke, Nanoimaging and Control of Molecular Vibrations through Electromagnetically Induced Scattering Reaching the Strong Coupling Regime. ACS Photonics. 5, 3594–3600 (2018).

  • B. Pollard, M. B. Raschke, Correlative infrared nanospectroscopic and nanomechanical imaging of block copolymer microdomains. Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 7, 605–612 (2016).

  • B. Pollard, F. C. B. Maia, M. B. Raschke, R. O. Freitas, Infrared Vibrational Nanospectroscopy by Self-Referenced Interferometry. Nano Lett. 16, 55–61 (2016).

  • B. Metzger, B. Pollard, I. Rimke, E. Büttner, M. B. Raschke, Single-step sub-200 fs mid-infrared generation from an optical parametric oscillator synchronously pumped by an erbium fiber laser. Opt. Lett. 41, 4383–4386 (2016).

  • E. A. Muller, B. Pollard, H. A. Bechtel, P. van Blerkom, M. B. Raschke, Infrared vibrational nanocrystallography and nanoimaging. Sci. Adv. 2, e1601006 (2016).

  • E. A. Muller, B. Pollard, M. B. Raschke, Infrared Chemical Nano-Imaging: Accessing Structure, Coupling, and Dynamics on Molecular Length Scales. J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 6, 1275–1284 (2015).

  • B. Pollard, E. A. Muller, K. Hinrichs, M. B. Raschke, Vibrational nano-spectroscopic imaging correlating structure with intermolecular coupling and dynamics. Nat. Commun. 5, 3587 (2014).