Research Group

Group, Summer 2009
L to R: Dan, John, Chris 1 (visiting from Emporia State U), Chris 2,
Sekhar (from Prof. Baltus' group) and JP

Group, Summer 2008
From left: Chris 1 (visiting from Emporia State U), Jianping, Greg, Dan, Chris 2,
Pubudu and Sekhar (collaborating with us from Prof. Ruth Baltus' group)

Group, Fall 2006
From left: Pubudu, Chris, Jianping (JP), Brian, Jenn and Zach

Group, Summer 2005
From left: Katie, Pubudu, Sarah, Chris 1, Maria, Scott, Kankoe, Chris 2

John Garland - Ph. D. Candidate

Christopher Sulyma - Ph.D. Candidate

Jianping Zheng - Ph.D. Candidate

Gregory Zenger - Undergraduate (ECE & Physics Double Major, Class of 2009)

Former Graduate Students

Pubudu Goonetilleke - Ph.D., 2008. Thesis: Electrochemical Investigations of Advanced Materials for Microelectronic and Energy Storage Devices Postgraduation employment: Intel Corp.

Brian Klug -M.S., 2007. Postgraduation employment: Systems Engineer, Raytheon.

Jennifer Hubbley - M.S., 2006. Postgraduation employment: Systems Engineer, Raytheon.

Christopher Pettit - Ph.D., 2006, Thesis: Electrochemical impedance and surface plasmon resonance studies of reactions at solid-liquid interfaces. Postgraduation employment: Assistant Professor of Physics, Emporia State University, Kansas.

Kankoe Assiongbon - Ph.D., 2005. Thesis: Kinetics of electrochemically controlled surface reactions on bulk and thin film metals studied with Fourier transform impedance spectroscopy and surface plasmon resonance techniques. Postgraduation employment: Research Scientist in South Africa

Katherine Masaryk - M.S., 2005. Thesis: Langmuir and Frumkin Isotherms for analyzing electrosorption reactions in the framework of potentiodynamic impedance spectroscopy.

Jin Lu- Ph. D., 2004, Chemical Engineering (co-advised with Professor S.V. Babu) Thesis: Relative roles of chemicals and abrasives in metal and dielectric chemical mechanical planarization. Postgraduation employment: Micron

Michael Walters - Ph.D., 2003. Thesis: Investigation of adsorption reactions on Au and Ta using electrochemical techniques and optical second harmonic generation.
Postgraduation employment: Senior Optical Process Engineer, Corning Inc.

Maurice Lovell - Ph.D., 1999 Thesis: Second Harmonic Generation Studies of Polycrystalline Copper and Molybdenum in Aqueous Media. Postgraduation employments: Postdoctoral Associate Kansas State University, Optical Scientist Richardson Grating Laboratory, Rochester, NY.

Kevin Kriescher- M.S., 1998.
Postgraduation emplyment: Lumen Intellectual Property Services, CA.

Gabor Nagy - Ph.D., 1996 Thesis: Optical Second Harmonic Generation Studies of Electrochemical Interfaces. Postgraduation employments: Postdoctoral Fellow; Columbia University, Cornell University Nano-fabrication Laboratory, Scientist; Rockwell International.

James Delaney - Undergraduate Physics Major, B.S., 1995; Continued as a Graduate student, M.S., 1996. Postgraduation employments: US SPRINT; Systems Engineer, Lucent Technologies.

Steven Hotaling - Ph.D., 1995. Thesis : The Influence of Transition Metal Dopants on the Properties of Bismuth-Metal-Oxide Sillenites Grown by Czochralski and Hydrothermal Techniques.Postgraduation employment: USAF Rome Labs, NY.

Renhe Gao - Ph.D., 1993. Thesis : Thermodynamic and Electronic Aspects of Electrodeposition on Metals. Postgraduation employments: Research Associate at University of Maryland, College Park., Azino Corp.

Troy Hewitt - Undergraduate Physics Major, B.S., 1991; Continued as a Graduate Student, M.S., 1992. Thesis: Electrochemical and Optical Studies of Metal-Liquid Interfaces.
Postgraduation employment: Research Fellow, Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst., NY.

Former Undergraduate Students (Click here for more details)

Zachry Lewis - Undergraduate Physics Major (Class of 2008), McNair Research Scholar, 2006

Scott A. Aefsky - Undergraduate Physics Major (Class of 2006)

Sarah Phillips - Undergraduate Physics Major (Class of 2007), McNair Research Scholar, 2005

Maria Darling - Undergraduate Physics Major (Class of 2006), McNair Research Scholar, 2004, 2005

Chritopher Sulyma- Physics Major, Class of 2005 (continuing as a graduate student in our group)

Jennifer Hubbley- Physics Major, Class of 2005; McNair Research Scholar, 2003, 2004

Samuel Emery - Physics Major, Class of 2004; McNair Research Scholar, 2002, 2003

David Marr- Physics Major, Class of 2002

Nse Etukudo - Electrical Engineering Major, Class of 2002; McNair Research Scholar, 2000, 2001

Amy Hall - Chemistry Major, Class of 2001

Daniel Zimmerman - Physics Major, Class of 2001

Brian Baseel - Physics Major, Class of 2003; HEOP Research Scholar, 2000

Mark Decker - Physics Major; HEOP Research Scholar, 2000

Ryan Kenner - Physics Major, Research Participant, 2000

Bryan Shepardson - Electrical Engineering and Computer Engineering Major, Class of 2004; CU Honors Program Research Scholar, 2000

David Biss - Physics Major, Class of 1999

Francis Bock - Physics Major, Class of 1998

Peter Arcadi - Physics Major; McNair Research Scholar, 1997, 1998

Thomas Wu - NSF Young Scholar, 1992

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