Faculty Profile for Dr. Wilhelmus Geerts

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Dr. Wilhelmus Geerts
Professor — Physics
RFM 3228
phone: (512) 245-1821
Scholarly/Creative Work
Awards
Grants
Service

Biography Section

Biography and Education

 Professor Physics, Texas State University, 2021-currnet
Associate Professor Physics, Texas State University, 2009-2021
Sabbatical Los Alamos National Lab, 2008-2009
Tenure track Assistant Professor, Texas State University, 1997-2008
Postdoctoral Research Associate NHMFL, 1995-1997
STA Fellow, ETL Tsukuba, 1992-1995
PhD. Physics University of Twente, 1992
MSc. Electrical Engineering University of Technology Eindhoven 1987
Propadeutic Electrical Engineering University of Technology Eindhoven 1984

Teaching Interests

 Any method that increases student engagement in my classes and labs. I'm mesmerized by tutorials, clicker questions, the use of mini-lectures by students, and class-wide discussions to supplement chalk board lectures and enhance the learning going on in my class room.

Research Interests

 Magnetic, optical and electrical properties of materials, magneto-elastic properties, magneto-plastic properties, measurement techniques, adaptive optics, materials properties of transition metal oxides and properties of transition metal oxide - silicon heterojunction devices, magnetic anisotropy in permalloy thin films.

Selected Scholarly/Creative Work

  • Henderson, L., Zamora, S., Ahmed, T. N., Belduque Correa, M. C., Tate, J. S., Chen, Y., & Geerts, W. J. (2021). Altering Magnetic Properties of Iron Filament PLA Using Magnetic Field Assisted Additive Manufacturing (MFAAM). Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 538. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmmm.2021.168320
  • Shook, J., Scolfaro, L. M., Borges, P. D., & Geerts, W. J. (2019). Structural stability and electronic properties of XTO2 (X= Cu, Ag; T=Al, Cr): An ab initio study including X vacancies and Mg doping. Solid State Sciences, 88, 48.
  • Petersen, J. E., Scolfaro, L. M., Borges, P. D., & Geerts, W. J. (2019). Symmetry considerations on band filling and first optical transition in NiO. European Physics Journal B, 92, 232.
  • Khadka, M., Arigbabowo, O., Tate, J. S., & Geerts, W. J. (n.d.). The Magnetic Anisotropy of Field-Assisted 3D printed Nylon Strontium Ferrite composites. In AIP Advances. AIP.
  • Cantrell, S. R., Welch, E., Scolfaro, L., & Geerts, W. J. (2023). Opto-electronic properties of carbon doped NiO. J. Phys. and Chem. Solids, 174, 111110. https://doi.org/j.jpcs.2022.111110

Selected Awards

  • Award / Honor Nominee: 2023 Presidential Award for Scholarly/Creative Activity, department of Physics. February 1, 2023 - May 30, 2023
  • Award / Honor Recipient: 25 year at TxState, TxState. January 1, 2022 - December 31, 2022
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the alpha Chi National College Society. September 1, 2015
  • Award / Honor Recipient: Favorite Professor, Alfred H. Nolle Chapter of the Alpha Chi National College Honor Society, TxState. September 1, 2013
  • Award / Honor Nominee: 2012 award for Service, Department of Physics. January 1, 2012 - December 1, 2012

Selected Grants

  • Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Principal), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Co-Principal), Myers, Thomas H (Co-Principal), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Co-Principal), Zakhidov, Alexander (Co-Principal), Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Miyahara, Yoichi (Co-Principal). Enhanced Optical, Electrical, and Magnetic Measurement capabilities for Materials and Device Studies in Research and Education, Department of Defense, Federal, $278778. (Submitted: August 28, 2020, Funded: May 10, 2021 - May 9, 2023). Grant.
  • Komogortsev, Oleg, Griffith, Henry Keith, Geerts, Wilhelmus J. iSTATE: An Augmented Reality Platform Technology for Eye Tracking-Based Human State Assessment, $10000. (Funded: April 1, 2019 - March 31, 2020). Grant.
  • Holtz, Mark W (Principal), Chen, Yihong (Supporting), Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Supporting), Droopad, Ravindranath (Supporting), Li, Jian (Co-Principal), Myers, Thomas H (Supporting), Piner, Edwin L (Supporting), Theodoropoulou, Nikoleta (Supporting), Zakhidov, Alexander (Supporting). System of Integrated Characterization of Electronic Devices and Materials, U.S. AFOSR, Federal, $332086. (Funded: August 15, 2017 - August 14, 2018). Grant.
  • Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Principal), Scolfaro, Luisa M (Co-Principal). Study of Migration and Diffusion in Hybrid Halide Perovskites Solar Cell, Texas State University, $15994.99. (Submitted: October 1, 2023, Funded: January 1, 2024 - May 31, 2025). Grant.
  • Geerts, Wilhelmus J (Principal), Tate, Jitendra S (Co-Principal), Chen, Yihong (Co-Principal), Droopad, Ravindranath (Other), Rhodes, Christopher Peter (Other). MRI: Development of triaxial Vibrating Sample Magnetometry for Research and Education, NSF, Federal, $119461. (Submitted: January 19, 2022, Funded: September 2022 - August 2024). Grant.

Selected Service Activities

Member
Library liaison for MSEC
January 1, 2022-Present
Chair
Graduate College scholarship committee COSE
February 2021-Present
Member
Graduate college scholarship committee
February 2017-Present
Chair
Alumni committee Physics
January 2017-Present
Chair
scholarship committee Physics
January 2017-Present