Publications
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Physics education research
A. Werth, B. Pollard, R. Hobbs, H. J. Lewandowski, Investigating changes in student views of measurement uncertainty in an introductory physics lab course using clustering algorithms. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 19 020146 (2023).
M. Vignal, G. Geschwind, B. Pollard, R. Henderson, M. D. Caballero, H. J. Lewandowski, Survey of physics reasoning on uncertainty concepts in experiments: An assessment of measurement uncertainty for introductory physics labs. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 19 020139 (2023).
L.M. Dana, B. Pollard, Sara Mueller, Professional contexts of physics instructional labs: More than technical support. Phys. Rev. Phys. Educ. Res. 19 020127 (2023).
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).