Dr. Gary R. Pickrell

Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Associate Professor

Email: Pickrell@vt.edu

Qualifications

1994 Ph.D., Materials Engineering Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, USA
1987 M.S., Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State University, USA
1985 B.S., Ceramic Engineering, Ohio State University, USA

Publications

1. Gary Pickrell, Karen Kokal, and Anbo Wang, Sapphire Photonic Crystal Fibers, Neal Pfeiffenberger, Optical Engineering, 49(9), 1-3, 2010. (OE number 090501)
2. Cheng Ma, Brian Scott, Gary Pickrell, and Anbo Wang, Porous capillary tubing waveguide for multigas sensing, Opt. Lett. 35, 315-317, 2010.
3. C. Ma, B. L. Scott, G. R. Pickrell, A. Wang, Porous Capillary Tubing Waveguide for High-Temperature Carbon Monoxide Detection, Photonics Technology Letters, IEEE, 22(5), 323-325, March 1, 2010
4. B. L. Scott, K. Wang, and G. Pickrell, Fabrication of n-Type Silicon Optical Fibers, IEEE Photonics Technol. Lett. 21, 1798-1800, 2009.
5. B. Scott, K. Wang, V. Caluori, and G. Pickrell, Fabrication of silicon optical fiber, Opt Eng, 48, 100501, 2009.
6. Prabhakaran Munusamy, Mohamed N. Seleem, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Gary R. Pickrell, Synthesis and characterization of magnetic silica xerogels containing antimicrobials for targeting intrace llular pathogens, Journal of Bionanoscience, 3(1), 16-21, 2009.
7. Mohamed N. Seleem, Prabhakaran Munusamy, Ashish Ranjan, Hamzeh Alqublan, Gary Pickrell, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Silica-antibiotic hybrid nanoparticles for targeting intracellular pathogens, Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy, 53(10), 4270-4274, 2009.
8. Prabhakaran Munusamy, Mohamed N. Seleem, Hamzeh Alqublan, Ron Tyler, Nammalwar Sriranganathan, Gary Pickrell, Targeted drug delivery using silica xerogel systems to treat diseases due to intracellular pathogens, Materials Science & Engineering, C: Materials for Biological Applications, 29(8), 2313-2318, 2009.
9. Anbo Wang, Yizheng Zhu, Gary Pickrell, Optical fiber high-temperature: sensors, Optics & Photonics News, 20(3),27-31, 2009.
10. Gary Pickrell, Cheng Ma and Anbo Wang, Bending induced loss in random hole optical fibers, Optics Letters, 33(13), 1443-1445, 2008
11. B. Alfeeli, G. Pickrell, M. Garland and A. Wang, Behavior of Random Hole Optical Fibers Under Gamma Ray Irradiation and its Potential Use in Radiation Sensing Applications, Sensors, 7(5), 676-688, 2007
12. Bassam Alfeeli, Gary Pickrell and Anbo Wang,Sub-Nanoliter Spectroscopic Gas Sensor, Sensors, 6(10), 1308-1320, 2006.
13. Juncheng Xu, Xingwei Wang, Kristie L. Cooper, Gary R. Pickrell, Anbo Wang, Miniature temperature-insensitive Fabry-Perot fiber-optic pressure sensor, Photonics Technology Letters, 18(10), 1134-1136, 2006.
14. H. Shibru, K. L. Cooper, G. R. Pickrell, A. Wang, Optimization of Layer by Layer Electrostatic Self-assembly Processing Parameter for Optical Biosensing, Optical Engineering, 45(2), 1-6, 2006.
15. B. Yu, A. Wang and G. Pickrell, Analysis of Fiber Fabry-Perot interferometric sensors using low-coherence light sources, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24(4), 1758-1768, 2006.
16. Y. Zhu, K. L. Cooper, G. R. Pickrell, and A. Wang, Fiber Tip Pressure Sensor for High Temperature Applications, Journal of Lightwave Technology, 24(2), 861-872, 2006.
17. Preface: Special Issue of Photonic Sensors for Chemical, Biological, and Physical Parameter Detection, Gary Pickrell, Sensors, 6(8), 783-784, 2006.
18. Yibing Zhang, Gary R. Pickrell, Bing Qi, Ahmad Safaai-Jazi and Anbo Wang, Single-crystal Sapphire Based Optical Polarimetric Sensor for High Temperature Measurement, Sensors, 6(8), 823-834, 2006.
19. Nitin Goel, Roger Stolen, Dan Kominsky, Gary Pickrell, Core Suction Technique for Fabrication of Optical Fiber Preforms, Optics Letters, 31(4), 438-440, 2006.
20. Gary R. Pickrell, Navin J. Manjooran, Nitin Goel, Dan Kominsky, Silicon Induced In-Situ Hole Formation in Optical Fibers, Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids, 352(6-7), 500-504, 2006.