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Fridays, Richardson Library Maker Hub

Walk in anytime between 10:30 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

Other times as posted

Dr. Landahl has been building computers and scientific instruments for over 40 years and is available to help the DePaul community with their projects as the Maker-In-Residence at the Richarson Library’s new Maker Hub. He is an author of over 50 scientific publications and has worked at three different National Laboratories. As an Associate Professor in the DePaul Physics Department he teaches Experimental Physics and Electronics.

Practical Skills

• Electronic circuits and wiring
• Computers, robotics, and Internet-of-Things
• Sensors, remote control, and wireless communication
• Websites and programming
• Cameras, image processing, and optics
• Data acquisition and analysis
• 3D design and fabrication
• Project enclosures
• Working with plastic, wood, plexiglass, metal, and other materials

Some Current Projects

• Smart pixel detectors
• Acoustics demonstrations using Sonic Pi
• Dynamic ePortfolios
• 3D printed mathematical surfaces
• Games based on thermodynamic driving forces
• FPGAs for sensors
• Octave for instrumentation control on the Raspberry Pi

Research Interests

• Intense laser-matter interactions
• Nanoscale transport in semiconductors
• Time-resolved x-ray science

Email and Web

elandahl@depaul.edu

Faculty Profile

Research Website