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RECENT PH.D. THESES:

All theses can be downloaded from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database       

2009:

  • Arif Ozbay, Noise and transport studies in spin valve structures; Adviser: Edmund Nowak.
  • Gokce (Aisha) Cehreli, Current and resistance fluctuations in magnetic tunnel junctions; Adviser: Edmund Nowak.
  • Rong Cao, ; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
  • Thomas F. Ekiert, Jr., Synthesis and characterization of self-assembled nanostructured iron particles formed in the presence of citrate, Adviser: Karl M. Unruh.
  • Ralitsa L. Dragomirova, Spin-dependent shot noise in semiconductor and graphene nanostructures; Adviser: Branislav K. Nikolic.

2008:

  • Takahiro Moriyama, Nonlocal and local magnetization dynamics excited by a RF magnetic field in magnetic multilayers; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
  • Weigang Wang, Spin-dependent transport in magnetic tunnel junctions and diluted magnetic semiconductors; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
  • Hao Zhu, Material design and synthesis for desirable magnetic and optic properties; Adviser: John Xiao
  • Xiaokai Zhang, Novel magnetic composites for high-frequency applicaitons; Adviser: John Xiao.
  • Meijun Lu, Silicon heterojunction solar cell and crystallization of amorphous silicon; Adviser: Robert Birkmire.
  • Bindiya Arora, Modeling of atomic systems for quantum information and atomic clocks; Adviser: Marianna Safronova.
  • Rupsi Pal, Development of non-linear coupled-cluster single-double method and calculation of properties of atoms with one and two valence electrons; Adviser: Marianna Safronova.
  • Eugenia Iskrenova-Tchoukova, All-order approach to high-precision atomic calculation; Adviser: Marianna Safronova
  • Basmah Riaz, A study of circumstellar disk properties in low-mass stars and brown dwarfs; Adviser: John Gizis.
  • Shahida Dar, TEV scale leptogenesis, primordial monopoles, and supersymmetry at LHC; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
  • Chin-Aik Lee, Selected topics in unified field theory; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
  • Benjamin A. Breech,  Topics in solar wind turbulence; Adviser: William H. Matthaeus.
  • Isaac Ghebregziabher, Radiation and photoelectron dynamics in ultrastrong laser fields; Adviser: Barry C. Walker.
  • Sasikumar Palaniyappan, Relativistic rescattering and multielectron ionization of atoms and molecules in ultra-strong laser fields; Adviser: Barry Walker
  • Abdul K. Rumaiz, Cobalt doped TiO2: A possible candidate for dilute magnetic semiconductors (2008); Adviser: S. Ismat Shah.

2007:

  • Liviu P. Zarbo, Mesoscopic spin Hall effect in semiconductor nanostructures; Adviser: Branislav K. Nikolic.
  • Abdullah Ceylan, Core/shell structured magnetic nanoparticles synthesized by inert gas condensation; Adviser: S. Ismat Shah.
  • Souleymane Omar Diallo, A neutron scattering study of the momentum distribution of atoms in liquid and solid helium; Adviser: Henry R. Glyde
  • V. Nefer Senoguz, Aspects of inflationary models and unification; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
  • Antony D. Dichiara, Ionization measurements of argon, krypton and xenon atoms with Petawatt- to Exawatt-per-square-centimeter laser fields; Adviser: Barry C. Walker.
  • Yushan Wang, First-principles investigations on electronic structures of pristine and doped anatase TiO2; Adviser: Doug Doren
  • Hongli Wang, A study of the structural, microstructural and magnetic properties of EePt and CoPt type nanoparticles; Adviser: George C. Hadjipanayis.

RECENT PH.D. JOB PLACEMENT:

  • Ralitsa L. Dragomirova, Ph. D.  2009; postdoc at the Department of Computational Biology, School of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh.
  • Takahiro Moriyama, Ph.D.  2008; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Cornell University.
  • Weigang Wang, Ph.D.  2008; postdoc at the Department of Physics, The Johns Hopkins University.
  • Meijun Lu, Ph.D.  2008; research scientist at DuPont.
  • Rupsi Pal, Ph.D. 2008; postdoc at Naval Research Lab, Stennis Space Center, Mississippi.
  • Isaac Ghebregziabher, Ph.D.  2008; postdoc at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
  • Eugenia Iskrenova-Tchoukova, Ph.D.  2008; postdoc  at the Department of Chemistry, Michigan State University.
  • Basmah Riaz, Ph.D.  2008; postdoc at the Instituto de Astrofisica de Canarias, Spain.
  • Hao Zhu, Ph. D.  2008; research scientist at Spectrum Magnets.
  • Xiaokai Zhang, Ph. D. 2008; research scientist at Spectrum Magnets.
  • Liviu P. Zarbo, Ph.D.  2007; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Texas A&M University
  • Souleymane Omar Diallo, Ph.D.  2007; postdoc at Ames Laboratory, Iowa.
  • V. Nefer Senoguz; Ph.D.  2007; postdoc at the Department of Physics & Astronomy, University of Kansas.
  • Antony D. Dichiara, Ph.D.  2007; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Ohio State University.
  • Yushan Wang, Ph.D.  2007; postdoc at the Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University.
  • Hongli Wang, Ph.D. 2007; postdoc at QPS LLC.
  • Akin-Ojo Omololu, Ph.D.  2006; postdoc at the Department of Chemistry, Boston University.