astronomy

Tricia Carmichael

Tricia Carmichael is a astronomy 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 Tricia Carmichael rather than just read about it. In short: Tricia L. Carmichael (née Breen) is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor.

Key takeaways

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Reproduce the core statement of Tricia Carmichael from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Tricia L. Carmichael (née Breen) is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor. She develops new materials for stretchable electronics with a current focus on wearable electronic devices.

Early life and education Carmichael was an undergraduate student at the University of Windsor, where she earned a bachelor's degree in Chemistry. She remained there for her graduate studies, where she worked on zirconium complexes. After graduating Carmichael was a postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. In 1997 she joined the laboratory of George M. Whitesides at Harvard University, where she spent two years as a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) research fellow. She studied charge transport through self-assembled monolayers, and showed that the injection current density was greater in n-alkanethiolates with odd numbers of carbon atoms. She joined the Thomas J. Watson Research Center in 1999, where she worked in research and development. Here she specialised in synthesis and the development of low-cost patterning methods.

Research and career In 2005 Carmichael was appointed to the faculty at the University of Windsor, and promoted to Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in 2016. Her research involves the development of novel materials and fabrication methods stretchable and wearable electronic devices. A challenge for the real-world implementation of these materials is how they will survive machine washing. She has investigated various means to generate conductive threads, including nick immersion gold plating and soft wax screening. Each thread is bathed in a series of chemical washes and coated with a layer of gold only 100 nm thick, making the process cheap and scalable. In 2020 Carmichael demonstrated a stretchable, conformable light emitting fabric that could be used to replace high-visibility clothing. The semi-transparent fabric contains nylon, spandex and gold, whilst the light-emission occurs from zinc sulfide. In 2019 Carmichael and her colleague James Gauld coordinated the first LGBTQ+ in STEM conference in Canada.

Awards and honours NSERC Doctoral Prize for her PhD work Ontario Ministry of Innovation Early Researcher Award NSERC University Faculty Award University of Windsor Impact Award

Selected publications Her awards and honours include:

Forming electrical networks in three dimensions by self-assembly (DOI:10.1126/science.289.5482.1170) High-performance, solution-processed organic thin film transistors from a novel pentacene precursor (doi:10.1021/ja0266621) Design and self-assembly of open, regular, 3D mesostructures (DOI:10.1126/science.284.5416.948) Carmichael serves on the editorial board of the Institute of Physics journal Flexible and Printed Electronics as editor-in-chief, and Cell Press' Chem. She holds more than two dozen patents for her innovations in materials synthesis and electronic device design. She is also currently scientific co-director of the NSERC Green Electronic Network.

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Tricia Carmichael

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Tricia Carmichael claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In astronomy, 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 Tricia Carmichael 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 Tricia Carmichael 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 Tricia Carmichael

In research: Tricia Carmichael appears in astronomy 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 Tricia Carmichael 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: Tricia Carmichael is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 21st-century Canadian chemists, 21st-century Canadian women scientists, Academic staff of University of Windsor, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Tricia Carmichael 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

What is Tricia Carmichael in simple terms?

Tricia L. Carmichael (née Breen) is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the University of Windsor.

Why does Tricia Carmichael matter?

Because it connects several astronomy 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 Tricia Carmichael?

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.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Tricia Carmichael.