Trent University
MyTrent
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA
  • Campus Locations
    • Peterborough
    • Durham GTA
    • Online
  • Academics
    • Undergraduate Programs
    • Graduate Programs
    • Trent Online
    • Summer Courses
    • Continuing Education
    • Study Abroad
    • Academic Calendar
    • Academic Timetable
    • Academic Skills Centre
    • Academic Advising
    • Library
    • Centre for Teaching and Learning
  • Admissions
    • Undergraduate
    • Thinking of Applying
    • Already Applied
    • Received an Offer
    • Accepted My Offer
    • Graduate
    • International
    • Indigenous
    • Returning to Trent
    • Transfer
  • Services & Support
    • Academic Advising
    • Academic Skills Centre
    • Administrative Departments
    • Alumni Services
    • Athletics
    • Campus Security
    • Careerspace
    • Colleges
    • Communications
    • Conferences
    • Financial Aid
    • Financial Services
    • Health & Wellness
    • Indigenous Services
    • Information Technology
    • International Students
    • Learning Support
    • Parking
    • Printshop
    • Recruitment
    • Registrar's Office
    • Residence & Housing
    • Student Clubs
    • TrentU Card
  • Research
    • Research at Trent
    • Research Centres
    • Find an Expert
    • Resources
  • Give to Trent
  • About Trent
    • About Trent
    • Careers
    • Giving to Trent
    • Governance
    • How to Find Us
    • Media
    • News & Events
    • President's Office
    • Staff Directory
    • Trent Facts
    • Contact Us
  • Future Students
    • Undergraduate
    • Thinking of Applying
    • Already Applied
    • Received an Offer
    • Accepted My Offer
    • Graduate
    • International
    • Indigenous
    • Returning to Trent
    • Transfer
  • Current Students
  • The Colleges of Trent
  • Alumni
  • Apply
  • Visit
  • Give
  • Peterborough
  • Durham GTA
  • Map
  • Careers
  • Directions
  • Library
  • Site Map
  • Bookstore
Trent University
Staging Content API
  • Welcome
  • Faculty Listing

Rayf Shiell

Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 07/29/2019 - 15:41
First Name
Rayf
Last Name
Shiell
Email
rayfshiell@trentu.ca
Phone
705-748-1011 ext. 7023
Location
Science Complex 213
Campus
Peterborough
Job Title
Associate Professor
Accreditation
B.A. (Oxford), Ph.D. (Newcastle)

Learn more about Professor Rayf Shiell and his research.

Home Department
Physics and Astronomy
Program Affiliation
Materials Science M.Sc.
Materials Science Ph.D.
Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods M.A.
Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods M.Sc.
Big Data Analytics: Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods M.Sc.
Financial Analytics: Applied Modelling and Quantitative Methods M.Sc.
Areas of Expertise
Physics
Optics
Lasers
Publications
A. L. Adams-McNichol, R. C. Shiell and D. A. Ellis, "Accurate, Photoresistor-Based, Student-Built Photometer and Its Application to the Forensic Analysis of Dyes", J. Chem. Educ., 96, 1143-1151 (2019).
T. McCurdy, K. Volterman, R. Shiell, M. Zeadin, K. Dunn, J. De Melo and P. Helli, "Enhancing Two-stage Collaborative Exams by Incorporating Immediate Feedback", Discussions on University Science Teaching: Proceedings of the Western Conference on Science Education, 1, Article 9 (2017).
A. D. Slepkov, A. J. Vreugdenhil, and R. C. Shiell, "Score Increase and Partial-Credit Validity When Administering Multiple-Choice Tests Using an Answer-Until-Correct Format", J. Chem. Educ., 93, 1839-1846 (2016).
R. C. Shiell and A. D. Slepkov, "Integrated testlets: A new form of expert-student collaborative testing", Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching, VIII, 201-210 (2015).
A. D. Slepkov and R. C. Shiell, "Comparison of integrated testlet and constructed-response question formats", Phys. Rev. ST Phys. Educ. Res., 10, 020120-1 - 020120-15 (2014).
L. M. Ugray and R. C. Shiell, "Elucidating Fermi’s Golden Rule via bound-to-bound transitions in a confined hydrogen atom", Am. J. Phys., 81, 206-210 (2013).
M. J. Romerein, J. N. Philippson, R. L. Brooks and R. C. Shiell, "Calibration method using a single retarder to simultaneously measure polarization and fully characterize a polarimeter over a broad range of wavelengths", Appl. Opt., 50, 5382-5389 (2011).
R. C. Shiell, J. N. Philippson and M. D. R. Ugray, "Microcontroller-Based Imaging System Utilizing a CMOS Image Sensor Array", US Patent 7,990,544 (August 2, 2011).
J. N. Philippson, R. C. Shiell, E. Reinhold and W. Ubachs, "Observation of molecular hyperfine structure in the extreme ultraviolet: the HF C-X spectrum", J. Chem. Phys., 129, 174310 (2008).
J. N. Philippson, M. Ugray, T. J. Toai and R. C. Shiell, "Compact angle-resolved optical spectrum analyzer using a programmable microcontroller approach", J. Opt. A: Pure Appl. Opt., 9, 1024-1029 (2007).
M. Ugray, J. E. Atfield, T. G. McCarthy and R. C. Shiell, "Microcontroller-based wavemeter using compression locking of an internal mirror reference laser", Rev. Sci. Instr., 77, 113109 (2006).
R. C. Shiell, E. Reinhold, F. Magnus and W. Ubachs, "Control of diabatic vs adiabatic field dissociation in a heavy Rydberg system", Phys. Rev. Lett., 95, 213002 (2005).
F. Magnus, A. L. Boatwright, A. Flodin and R. C. Shiell, "Optical pumping and electromagnetically induced transparency in a lithium vapour", J. Opt. B: Quantum Semiclass. Opt., 7, 109-118 (2005). Look here for other IOP journals.
R. C. Shiell, "Rydberg states, their properties and spectroscopy", Handbook of Molecular Physics and Quantum Chemistry, Wiley, 3, 423-448, (2003).
F. R. Bennett, A. D. J. Critchley, G. C. King, I. R. McNab and R. C. Shiell, "The Infrared Spectrum of NO2+: theory", Chem. Phys. Lett., 372, 557-562 (2003).
S.G. Cox, A.D.J. Critchley, P. Kreynin, I.R. McNab, R.C. Shiell and F.E. Smith, "High resolution spectroscopy and structure of molecular dications", Phys. Chem., Chem. Phys., 5, 663 (2003).
R. Abusen, S. G. Cox, A. D. Critchley, A. N. Hughes, F. Kemp, I. R. McNab, R. C. Shiell and F. E. Smith, "Coaxial ion beam/laser beam spectrometer for investigating infrared spectra of doubly positively charged molecules (molecular dications)", Rev. Sci. Instrum., 73 241-254 (2002).
R. C. Shiell and T.G. Wright, "ZEKE Spectroscopy: Into the new millennium", Ann. Rep. Prog. Chem. Sect. C., 98, 375-419 (2002).
R. C. Shiell, X. K. Hu, Q. J. Hu and J. W. Hepburn, "Threshold Ion-Pair Production Spectroscopy (TIPPS) of H2 and D2", Faraday Discuss., 115, 331-343 (2000).
R. C. Shiell, X. K. Hu, Q. J. Hu and J. W. Hepburn, "A determination of the bond dissociation energy (D0(H-SH)) - Threshold Ion-Pair Production Spectroscopy (TIPPS) of a triatomic molecule", J. Phys. Chem. A, 104, 104, 4339-4342 (2000).
R. Abusen, F. Bennett, S. Cox, I. R. McNab, D. N. Sharp, R. C. Shiell and C. A. Woodward, "Hyperfine resolved infra-red spectrum of the molecular dication DCl2+", Phys. Rev. A., 61, 050501(R)-050504(R) (2000).
G. K. Jarvis, R. C. Shiell, J. W. Hepburn, Y. Song and C. Y. Ng, "Pulsed field ionization-photoion spectroscopy using two-bunch synchrotron radiation: time-of-flight selection scheme", Rev. Sci. Instrum., 71, 1325-1331 (2000).
R. C. Shiell, M. Evans, S. Stimson, C.-W. Hsu, C. Y. Ng and J. W. Hepburn, "A ZEKE photoelectron study of the 3 2SIGMA+ and D 2PI states of CO+ ", Chem. Phys. Lett., 315, 390-396 (1999).
A. S. Beatty, R. C. Shiell, D. Chang and J. W. Hepburn, "Resonance enhanced multiphoton ionization spectroscopy of jet cooled 12C32S2 and 12C34S32S from 45 500 to 48 000 cm-1", J. Chem. Phys., 110, 8476-8484 (1999).
R. C. Shiell, M. Evans, S. Stimson, C.-W. Hsu, C. Y. Ng and J. W. Hepburn, "Characteristics of correlation satellites below 25 eV in xenon probed by pulsed-field-ionization-zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy", Phys. Rev. A, 59, 2903-2909 (1999).
R. Abusen, F. R. Bennett, I. R. McNab, D. N. Sharp, R. C. Shiell and C. A. Woodward, "An infrared spectrum of the molecular dication (doubly positively charged molecule), DCl2+", J. Chem. Phys., 108, 1761-1764 (1998).
R. C. Shiell, M. Evans, S. Stimson, C.-W. Hsu, C. Y. Ng and J. W. Hepburn, "High resolution study of low-lying correlation satellites below 25 eV in xenon probed by pulsed-field-ionization-zero-kinetic-energy photoelectron spectroscopy", Phys. Rev. Lett., 80, 472-475 (1998).
S. Cvejanovic, R. C. Shiell and T. J. Reddish, "The double ionization cusp in the threshold photoelectron spectrum of helium", J. Phys. B: At. Mol. Opt. Phys., 28, L707-L717 (1995).
I. R. McNab and R. C. Shiell, "Laser spectroscopy", Phys. Educ., 29, 164-169 (1994).
Areas of Research

Atomic, molecular and optical physics. Optical and biomechanical properties of the cornea.

Media Database
Yes
Trent University Logo

Trent University respectfully acknowledges it is located on the treaty and traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishnaabeg. We offer our gratitude to First Peoples for their care for, and teachings about, our earth and our relations. May we honour those teachings.

The Campaign For
Momentous
Action Research Leadership Debate Performance Connection Discovery Ideas Places Stewardship Support Possiblity

Peterborough

1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, ON Canada, K9L 0G2

Toll Free: 1-855-MY-TRENT

Campus Map

Durham Greater Toronto Area

55 Thornton Road South
Oshawa, ON Canada, L1J 5Y1

Phone: 905-435-5100

Campus Map

Social Media Directory
  • Contact
  • Directions
  • Site Map
  • Accessibility
  • Privacy
  • @ Copyright 2026 Trent University