Materials Science and Engineering Alumni:
Class of 2011
2011 Graduates Photo Gallery (May and December)
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The undergraduate 2011 Senior Capstone team. Front Row, left to right: Professor Ray Phaneuf, Nicholas Strnad, Tricia Alward, Robert Thompson, Coit Hendley, Iain Kierzewski, and William Schoenfelder. Back row, left to right: Michael Meadows, Tunji Godo, and Ninoska Moratin. You can learn more about these students' work by reading " MSE Capstone 2011: Improving Targeted Alpha Therapy" »
May 2011 B.S. Graduates
Iain Kierzewski
Michael Meadows
Ninoska Moratin
Nicholas Strnad
Robert Thompson
May 2011 M.S. Graduates
Michael Carrier
Linmaris Santiago
May 2011 Ph.D. Graduates and Dissertations
Ping-Yen Hsieh: "Syntheses, Structures and Properties of Nanoporous Metal-Organic Framework Materials." Advisor: Robert M. Briber
Mark Kujawski: "Polymer Composites for Sensing and Actuation." Advisor: Elizabeth Smela (Mechanical Engineering)
Shu-Ju Tsai: "Spectroscopic Enhancement from Noble Metallic Nanoparticles." Advisor: Raymond Phaneuf
Brian Watson: "Processing of Cellulose for the Advancement of Biofuels." Advisors: Isabel Lloyd and Steven Hutcheson (Cell Biology & Molecular Genetics)
Shu-Ju Pheobe Tsai (right) with her advisor, Professor Ray Phaneuf.
August 2011 M.S. Graduates
Adam Karcz
Aloysius Obodoako
Tong Ren
May 2011 Ph.D. Graduates and Dissertations
Parag Banerjee: "Exploiting Process Synergy Between Anodic Aluminum Oxide Nanotemplates and Atomic Layer Deposition: From Thin Films to 3D Nano-Electronic Devices." Advisor: Gary Rubloff
Dwight Hunter: "Fabrication and Characterization of Magnetostrictive Thin Films Using the Combinatorial Method." (Advisor: Ichiro Takeuchi)
Sang Hak Shin: "Thermodynamics and Structure of Polyethylene Oxide in Ethanol and Water Mixtures." (Advisor: Robert Briber)
December 2011 B.S. Graduates
Tricia Alward
Joshua Emmer
Olatunji Godo
William Schoenfelder
December 2011 M.S. Graduates
Marie Baronette
Yen Hao Chen
December 2011 Ph.D. Graduates and Dissertations
Hyunsuk Chun: "Abnormal Grain Growth in Magnetostrictive Galfenol Rolled Sheet." (Advisor: Alison Flatau, Department of Aerospace Engineering)
Michael Gaither: "Ultra-Small Scale Mechanical Properties Measurement." (Co-Advisors: Isabel Lloyd and Robert Cook [NIST])
Kwan Lee: "Synthesis and Characterization of Functional One-Dimensional Nanostructures." (Advisor: Min Ouyang, Department of Physics)
Florian Weilnboeck: "Plasma Interactions with Masking Materials for Nanofabrication." (Advisor: Gottlieb Oehrlein)
Zane Wyatt: "The Effect of Phase Constitution and Morphology on Room Temperature Deformation Behavior of Binary Titanium Alloys." (Advisor: Sreeramamurthy Ankem)
