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RECENT PH.D. THESES:

All theses can be downloaded from ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Database       

2011:

  • Hassnain Jaffari, Morphological, magnetic and electronic structural studies of nanostructured spinel ferrites; Adviser: Ismat Shah.
  • Chen Xu, Chemical composition of primary cosmic rays with iceCube; Adviser: Tom Gaiser.
  • Hafsa Khurshid, Synthesis and characterization of iron based nanoparticles for novel applications; Adviser: George Hadjipanayis.
  • John Shaw,   ; Adviser: John Gizis.
  • Mary Oksala, Observations and models of centrifugally supported magnetospheres in massive stars; Adviser: Stan Owocki.
  • Xiaoming Kou, Novel microwave properties and "memory effect" in magnetic nanowire array; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
  • Mansoor Rehman, Realistic inflation models and primordial gravity waves; Advisor: Qaisar Shafi.
  • Tareque Aziz, Spectral and statistical study of relaxation processes in two-dimensional guiding center plasma using Penning trap data; Adviser: William Matthaeus.
  • Rizwan Khalid, Sparticle and Higgs spectroscopy for Yukawa and guage-Yukawa unified models; Adviser: Qaisar Shafi.
  • Tulasi Parashar, On kinetic dissipation in collisionless turbulent plasmas; Adviser: Michael Shay.
  • Douglas Rodgers, Turbulent relaxation and meta-stable equilibrium states of an electron plasma; Adviser: William Matthaeus.

2010:

  • Dilara Sultana, Isotropic rare Earth based hard magnets through non-equilibrium process; Adviser: George Hadjipanayis.
  • Levent Colak, Chemically Synthesized Fe-Pt Binary Alloy Nanoparticles; Advisor: George Hadjipanayis.
  • Xin Fan, Microwave Dynamics in Magnetic Materials, Spintronic Devices and Metamaterials; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
  • Tom Madura, Constraining the properties of the eta carinae system via 3-D SPH models of ground- and space-based observations; Adviser: Stanley Owocki.
  • Almas Khan, Predicting theta-13 in a class of unified models; Adviser: Stephen Barr.
  • Xiaojun Wang, Spin-transfer torque effects and spin relaxation in magnetic nanostructures; Adviser: Yi Ji.
  • Bhupender Thakur, Density Matrix Renormalization Group method for large scale nuclear structure calculations; Adviser: Stuart Pittel.
  • Dansha Jiang, Development of many-body perturbation theory and calculation of atomic properties for optical clock; Adviser: Marianna Safronova.
  • Srinivasan Balakrishnan; Structural and magnetic properties of polymer coated iron based nanoparticles for biomedical applicaitons; Adviser: George Hadjipanayis.
  • Lubna Shah, New materials and functionality in spintronic devices; Adviser: John Q. Xiao.
  • Ali Shams, Superfluidity and Bose-Einstein condensation in optical lattices and porous media; a Quatum Monte Carlo study; Adviser: Henry Glyde.

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, Spin dynamics in magnetic thin films and electromagnetic properties of metamaterials; 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.

FIRST JOB AFTER GRADUATION:

  • Chen Xu, Ph.D. 2011; trading system operator at WorldQuant LLC, Old Greenwich, CT.
  • Hassnain Jaffari, Ph.D. 2011; Assistant Professor at Department of Physics, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
  • Tulasi Parashar, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California.
  • Hafsa Khurshid, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at the University of South Florida in Tampa.
  • John Shaw, Ph.D. 2011; Adjunct Professor at West Chester University.
  • Mary Oksala, Ph.D. 2011; postdoc at Astronomical Institute of Czech Academy of Sciences.
  • Taraque Aziz, Ph.D. 2011; pattern processing engineer with RIE technology with IBM in New York.
  • Doug Rodgers, Ph.D. 2011; science analysis applications developer at Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory.
  • Mansoor Ur Rehman, Ph.D. 2011; postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland.
  • Rizwan Khalid, Ph.D. 2011; Assistant Professor at the Center for Advanced Mathematics and Physics (CAMP) affiliated with the National University of Science and Technology (NUST) in Islamabad, Pakistan.
  • Levent Colak, senior development engineer at Seagate Product and Technology Development center in  Minnesota.
  • Xiaojun Wang, Ph.D. 2010; postdoc at Hitachi GST in San Jose, CA.
  • Tom Madura, Ph.D. 2010; postdoc at the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy, Germany.
  • Almas Khan, Ph.D. 2010; instructor, Virginia Tech.
  • Bhupender Thakur, Ph.D. 2010; computational research scientist, Louisiana State University.
  • Ali Shams, Ph.D. 2010; quantitative analyst, Polar Securities, Toronto, Canada.
  • Lubna R. Shah, Ph. D. 2010; postdoc at the Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University.
  • 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.
  • Benjamin A. Breech, Ph.D. 2008; NASA Postdoctoral Fellow Award at Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD.
  • 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