Rate My Professor Erik Blair

Blair's research centers on quantum-dot cellular automata (QCA), low-power molecular computing, and open quantum systems. His investigations explore power dissipation and quantum decoherence in clocked molecular QCA devices, molecule-environment interactions modeled via Schrödinger’s equation or Lindblad equations, field-driven electron transfer, and the stabilizing effects of environmental decoherence on QCA bits. He is part of a team advancing mixed-valence molecules for faster, room-temperature QCA operation. Key publications include "Power Dissipation in Clocking Wires for Clocked Molecular Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata" (Journal of Computational Electronics, 2010), "Electric-Field-Driven Electron-Transfer in Mixed-Valence Molecules" (The Journal of Chemical Physics, 2016), "Clock Topologies for Molecular Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata" (Journal of Low Power Electronics and Applications, 2018), "Electric-Field Inputs for Molecular Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata Circuits" (IEEE Transactions on Nanotechnology, 2019), and "Environmental Decoherence Stabilizes Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata" (Journal of Applied Physics, 2013). Blair teaches ELC 4366/5396 Quantum Mechanics for Engineers, ELC 4396/5396 Introduction to Quantum Computing, electrical circuits, and electronic communication systems. His contributions extend to multidisciplinary modeling of nanometer-scale molecular computing dynamics and quantum models for olfaction involving inelastic electron transfer spectroscopy.