Dr. Gregory Crawford
Division of Engineering, Brown University
Dr. Crawford’s research interests include liquid crystals, polymers, and their application in electro-optic devices. His display and photonics laboratory focuses on liquid crystal and polymer materials for flat panel display, telecommunications and electro-optic applications. Dr. Crawford’s research focuses around liquid crystal technologies, that are being used increasingly for various applications such as electronic displays in wristwatches, calculators, laptop computers, and even the large-area desktop computer market. Liquid crystals are also an important component in high-strength fibers, and naturally occur in the cell membranes of many biological systems. Dr. Crawford's basic research at Brown University is guided by current needs in the information display and photonics industry involving spatial light modulators for displays, projectors, and optical processing; elements for integrated optics and the fiber optics industry; reflective displays and notch filters; switchable windows; and novel uses of polymer microstructures for electro-optic applications.

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