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Lia Krusin-Elbaum

Lia Krusin-Elbaum is a physics topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lia Krusin-Elbaum rather than just read about it. In short: Lia Krusin-Elbaum is a physicist whose research studies the design, fabrication, and electrochemical properties of complex nanostructures including nano-scale quantum electronics, superconductors, spintronics, and topological insulators. She is a professor of physics at the City College of New York.

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Reference excerpt

Lia Krusin-Elbaum is a physicist whose research studies the design, fabrication, and electrochemical properties of complex nanostructures including nano-scale quantum electronics, superconductors, spintronics, and topological insulators. She is a professor of physics at the City College of New York.

Education and career Krusin-Elbaum completed her Ph.D. at New York University in 1979. Her dissertation, Magnetic properties of aluminosilicate glasses in very weak magnetic fields, was supervised by Samuel J. Williamson. She came to work for IBM at the Thomas J. Watson Research Center as a postdoctoral researcher in 1979, and in 1981 she became a permanent research staff member there. She was head of the complex materials research team from 1989 until 2009; in 2010 she moved to her present position as a professor at the City College of New York.

Recognition Krusin-Elbaum was elected as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1993, after a nomination from the APS Division of Condensed Matter Physics, "for fundamental work on the magnetic properties of high temperature superconductors".

References

External links LiaKrusinLab

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Lia Krusin-Elbaum

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Lia Krusin-Elbaum claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In physics, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Lia Krusin-Elbaum before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lia Krusin-Elbaum ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lia Krusin-Elbaum

In research: Lia Krusin-Elbaum appears in physics research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lia Krusin-Elbaum in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lia Krusin-Elbaum is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics American condensed matter physicists, American women physicists, City College of New York faculty, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lia Krusin-Elbaum outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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Frequently asked questions

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Why does Lia Krusin-Elbaum matter?

Because it connects several physics ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Lia Krusin-Elbaum?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

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