Past Group Members

PHD | MS | Visiting Professors | Postdoctors | Former Undergraduates

PHD

• Jiangkai Zuo, 1989

  Thesis: "Effects of impurities on 2D phase transition and ordering kinetics of a chemisorbed overlayer: W(112)(2x1)-O"
  Awards: Huntington Award, AVS Graduate Student Award, Nottingham Award
  Current: Motorola

• Kyung-Ho Park, 1989

  Thesis: "Growth and characterization of large lattice mismatch heteroeptaxial systems Ag/Si(111) and Ag/Si(100)"
  Current: Vice President, PK, LTD. (Photomask Division), Korea

• Hong-Ning Yang, 1991
  

  Thesis: "High resolution low energy electron diffraction study of thermal instability of Pb surfaces"
  Awards: Huntington Award, AVS Graduate Student Award, Sigurd Varian Fellow Award
  Current: Motorola

• David McKenna, 1992

  Thesis: "Effect of substrate misorientation on a heretoepitaxial film with large lattice mismatch Ag/Si"
  Current: Wireless communication

• Fook Yun Liew, 1992

  Thesis: "Morphology and magnetic properties of Fe/Au(001): a HRLEED and SMOKE study"
  Awards: MRS Graduate Student Award
  Current: U. of Singapore

• Yuan Long He, 1993

  Thesis: "Correlation of magnetic and structural properties of ultrathin ferromagnetic Fe/Au (001) films"
  Awards: Huntington Award
  Current: Intel

• Kai Fang, 1993

  Thesis: "Growth and structural properties of Pb"
  Current: Wall Street

• Anthony Chan, 1996

  Thesis: "Scanning tunneling microscopy construction and its application to study of rough surfaces"
  Current: Applied Materials

• Qi Jiang, 1996

  Thesis: "Structural and magnetic properties of ultrathin Co films on Cu(001) surface: a combined HRLEED and SMOKE study"
  Awards: Huntington Award, Karen & Lester Gerhardt Award
  Current: Iomega

• Yiping Zhao, 1999

  Thesis: "In plane light scattering from fractal surfaces - principles and applications"
  Awards: Huntington Award, AVS Graduate Student Award, MRS Graduate Student Award
  Current: Assistant Professor, University of Georgia

• Ray Gamache, 1999

  Thesis: "Coexistence of polar and longitudinal SMOKE of epitaxially grown Co(111)/Cu(111)(1x1)R30o/Si(111) from 15 ML to 89 ML"
  Current: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren

• John Wedding, 2000

  Thesis: "Aspect of defect-induced roughening in silicon epitaxy on Si(111)"
  Awards: Huntington Award, Karen & Lester Gerhardt Award
  Current: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren

• Jason Drotar, 2002

  Thesis: Temporal evolution of surface structure and morphology in thin-film growth and etching processes
  Awards: Intel fellowship recipient, AVS Graduate Student Award
  Current: Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren

• Deli Liu, 2004

  Thesis: "Mechanical Characterization of Isolated Nanostructures"
  Awards: Walter Eppenstein Good Teaching Award, RPI 2002;
  Student Poster Award, NY Nanotech Symposium, August 2002;
  Harry F. Meiners Fellowship Award, RPI, summer 2001 and 2002
  Current: WPI Physics Department

• Samuk Pimanpang, 2006 June 20

  Thesis: "Chemical modification of polymeric surfaces to promote wettability and reactivity"
  Awards: Gordon Conference Poster Award
  Current: Assistant professor of physics in Tailand

• Fu Tang, 2006 July 24

  Thesis: "Study of texture evoluation under oblique angle deposition by reflection high energy electron diffraction"
  Awards: Am Vacuum Society Graduate Student Award, Lester Gerhardt Award
  Current: ASU Physics Department; ASM America AZ

• Dexian Ye, 2006

  Thesis: "Shadowing growth by physical vapor deposition"
  Awards: AVS Thin Film Division Student Award, Founders Award of Excellence, Hillard B. Hungtington Award, Walter Eppenstein Award, Lester Gerhardt Award
  Current: Virginia Commonwealth University

• Xueti Tang, 2007 June 18

  Thesis: "Magneto-transport and magnetization reversal of electrodeposited multilayer nanowires"
  Awards: MMM student travel award
  Current: Grandis Company, CA

• Paul Morrow, 2008 May 30

  Thesis: "Magnetoresistivity of individual multilayered magnetic nanowires by non-magnetic scanning tunneling microscope"
  Awards: One of finalists of Lemelson-Rensselaer Student Prize, GAANN Fellow
  Current: NIST, Gaithersburg, MD; Intel, OR

• Churamani Gaire, 2008 August

  Thesis: "Deformation behavior of amorphous silicon nanostructures under monotonic and cyclic loading."
  Awards: Founders Award of Excellence
  Current: Global Foundries, NY

• Patrick Snow, 2011 August

  Thesis: "Epitaxy of Ge on biaxially textured Ge and CaF2 buffer layers through nanoepitaxy."
  Current: Global Foundries, NY

 MS

• Qian Jiping, 1991

  Thesis: "Construction of scanning tunneling microscope"

• Ralph Adame, 1995

  Thesis: "Light scattering from surfaces and interfaces"

• Nathaniel Fried, 1995

  Thesis: "Adapting the optics for an existing surface magneto-optic Kerr effect experiment to measure the absolute Kerr rotation of He-Ne light"

• James Anderson, 1998

  Thesis: "Magnetic anisotropy of Cobalt thin films deposited on glass and silicon substrates"

• Tom Jennings, 1999

  Thesis: "Statistical models of copper deposition in non-uniform environments"

• Yuan Wen, 2008

  Thesis: “Characterization of CdTe/CaF2 thin film”

• Min Wu, 2009

  Thesis: "Thermal Conductivity Measurement of Microwires and Nanowires Using Three Omega Method and Scanning Probe Microscopy "

• Joseph Palazzo, 2011 May

  Thesis: “Rate dependence of CaF2 nanorod growth on amorphous substrates”

• Xiaoyu Wang, 2011 May

  Thesis: “Rectification of self-assembled Fe-Porphyrin islands measured by conductive AFM”

Visiting professors who spent extensive time in our lab

• C.-F. Cheng, 1997   Professor in Shandong Normal U., China
  
  
• Hang Gi Min, 1996   Professor in Hongik U., Korea
  
  
• Y.-J. Wu, 1995   National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan
  
  
• T.-B. Deng, 1990   Hong Kong Baptist U.

Postdoctors

• Min Li, 1996  Headway Technology, CA

• Hong Ning Yang, 1997   Motorola

• Hengda Liu, 1999

• Yiping Zhao, 1999   University of Georgia

• Boquan Li, 2000

• Quentin Hudspeth, 2001  

• J.P. Singh, 2004 IIT Delhi

• Asit Kar, 2006-2007   now in India

• Fu Tang, 2006-2008   ASM America, AZ

• Churamani Gaire, 2008-2011   Global Foundries, NY

• Yu Liu, 2010-2012   Applied Materials, MA

• Paresh Shimpi, 2011-2012   Global Foundries, NY

Former undergraduates

• Don Murphy, Rensselaer, 1989

  Project: "Construction of field ion microscopy and testing of ultra high vacuum ion pump"

• Albert Cerussi, Rensselaer, Summer 1990

  Project: "A study of scanning tunneling microcopy"

• Karrin Kwolek, Rensselaer, Spring & Summer 1991   Howard Hughes Medical Foundation fellowship recipient

  Project: "Studies in surface physics: scanning tunneling microscopy and SMOKE studies of ultrathin iron films"

• Steve Bedell, SUNY-Albany, Summer 1992

  Project: "Pulse generation and surface modification using a scanning tunneling microscope"

• Daniel Byrne, SUNY-Albany, Summer 1992

  Project: "Nanometer scale alteration of Gold surface with STM (scanning tunneling microscope)"

• Robert Cutler, Summer 1993

  Project: "Diffraction from reconstructed surfaces with incommensurate domain walls"

• Ben Poserow, Binghamton U., Summer 1994

  Project: "Low energy electron diffraction investigation of the layer distribution of thin film Co deposited onto Cu(001)"

• Ali Naraghi, Rensselaer, Fall 1994

  Project: "Ultrahigh vacuum technology"

• Charles Seegel, Rensselaer, Summer 1995   now in industry

  Project: "Setup of the measurement of absolute Kerr rotation angel from ferromagnetic thin films"

• Irene Wu, Northwestern U., Summer 1996

  Project: "Light scattering characterization of rough surfaces"

• Paul Bilodeau, Rensselaer, Summer 1996   now at U. of Maryland

  Project: "Low frequency dynamic studies of the magnetic coercivity of ultrathin films of Co/Si in high vacuum"

• Ueyn Block, New Mexico Tech., Summer 1997   now at Stanford U.

  Project: "Characterization of anisotropic rough surface"

• Tom Jennings, Rensselaer, Summer 1997   now at MIT

  Project: "Data collection and analysis tools for experiments in ferromagnetic resonance"

• Jeff Warrender, Binghamton U., Summer 1997   now at Harvard U.

  Project: "Hysteresis loops of Co films measured by SMOKE"

• Adam Hopper, U. of New Hampshire, Summer 1998   now at Yale U.

  Project: "Monte Carlo Simulation of vapor deposition polymerization in the submonolayer growth regime"

• Lin Song, Rensselaer, Summer 1998

  Project: "Magnetoresistance measurements on Co thin films using four-point probe technique"

• Jonathan Strand, Pacific Lutheran U., Summer 1998   now at U. of Minnesota

  Project: "Magnetic anisotropy direction of Co thin films on glass using magneto-optic Kerr effect"

• Bill Quayle, Rensselaer, Summer 1998   now at U. of Wisconsin-Madison

  Project: "Light scattering from dielectric thin films: effects of surfaces and interfaces"

• Matt Stowe, Rensselaer, Summer 1998

  Project: "Characterization of surface roughness for smooth Silicon using the in plane incidence light scattering"

• Larry Drummy, Renseelaer senior, Spring 1998

  Project: "Scanning tunneling image processing"

• Robert Stevens, Rensselaer senior, 1998

  Project: "Animation of STM and construction of an evaporation source"

• John Maiden, Hamilton College, Summer 1999   U. of Wisconsin-Madison

  Project: "Measurement of magnetoresistance of thin Co films"

• Christine White, Florida State U., Summer 1999   Barry Goldwater Fellowship recipient

  Project: "Monte Carlo simulation of the growth of a thin epitaxy film"

• Matt Hunwardsen, Pacific Lutheran U., CA, Summer 2000 REU

  Project: "Monte Carlo simulation of vapor deposition of polymers"

• Daniel Hosey, Bucknell U., PA, Summer 2000 REU

  Project: "Instrumentation and Measurement of Low Energy Electron Diffraction"

• Douglas Vrooman, Rensselaer Senior, Spring 2000

  Project: "The physics of magnetic resonance imaging"

• Steve Hughes, Rensselaer Senior, Fall 2000

  Project: "Characterization of Si surface roughness using atomic force microscopy"

• Ken Nagle, Middlebury College, Summer 2001 REU

  Project: "Characterization of amorphous silicon films by atomic force microscopy using silicon nitride and multi-walled nanotube tips"

• Paul May, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, Summer 2002 REU

  Project: "Measurements of Thermal Properties by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy"

• Kevin McGrath, Xavier University, Summer 2002 REU

  Project: "An Examination of the Magnetic Properties of Nanostructured Co/Si Film"

• Dan Rainville, Siena College, Summer 2002 REU

  Project: "Characterizing the Morphology of Poly-lysine on Glass"

• Andrew Herr, Rensselaer Junior, Fall 2002

  Project: "Hertz theory for soft mechanical systems"

• Jefferey Blummy,Rensselaer Sophomore

  Project: "Nanolithography using AFM"

• Daniel Constantino, The College of NJ, Summer 2003

  Project: "Growth of magnetic Structures Using Electrodepostion"

• Kaitlin C. Fort, Rensselaer, Spring 2004

  Project: "Data Acquisition of Temperature Measurement "

• Warren Towne, Rensselaer, Spring 2005 and Summer 2005

  Project: "Experimental Study of the Mechanical Property of Slanted Copper Nanorods"

• Judah Henry, Grove City College, PA, Summer 2006 REU

  Project: "SurfaceMmagnetic Anisotrophy of Vertical Ni Nano-Columns as Revealed by
  Magneto-Optical Kerr Effect"

• Philip Clemmer, Grove City College, PA, Summer 2009 REU

  Project: "Growth and characterization of semiconductor films in a biaxial buffer layer on amorphous substrates"

• Justin Chen, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, Summer 2010 REU

  Project: "Electrical Properties of Biaxial Oriented Germanium Films Grown on Biaxial CaF2"

• Robert Spivey, Rensselaer 2011 Spring

  Project: "Hydrogen storage in Mg nanoblades"

• Steve Rigos, Grove City College, Grove City,PA, Summer 2011 REU

  Project: "Nanoscale magnesium composites for hydrogen storage"

• Jesse Thompson, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, Summer 2011 REU

  Project: "Magneto-optic Kerr effect characterization of magnetic self-assembled monolayers"

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