Novel Materials Alumni






Dr. Xiunu (Sophie) Lin
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2007-2008
Assistant Professor, Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KT


Dr. Joshua Martin
Ph.D in Applied Physics, Spring 2009
Ph.D Thesis: "Methods of Thermoelectric Enhancement in Silicon-Germanium Alloy Type I Clathrates and in Nanostructured Lead Chalcogenides"
National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellowship at NIST


Dr. Dongli Wang
Postdoctoral Research Associate 2006-2007
Semiconductor Manufacture International Corporation, Shanghai, China


Holly Rubin
M.S. in Physics, Summer 2006
M.S. Thesis: "Transport Properties of the Single-Crystal Clathrates Ba7.5Al13Si29, Eu0.27Ba7.22Al13Si29, and Sr0.7Ba6.85Al13Si29"
Materials Physicist at Oerlikon, Inc.


Grant Fowler
M.S. in Physics, Summer 2006
M.S. Thesis: "Assessing the Role of Filler Atoms in Skutterudites and Synthesis and Characteriztion of New Filled Skutterudites"
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Houston, Texas


Matt Beekman
M.S. in Physics, Spring 2006
M.S. Thesis: "Synthesis and Characterization of Type II Silicon and Germanium Clathrates"
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2002-2003
Undergraduate Research: "Thermal Properties of Elemental Si136: A Guest-free Clathrate Material"
Presidential Fellow in Applied Physics Ph.D. Program, USF


Randolph Ertenberg
M.S. in Physics, Fall 2003
M.S. Thesis: "CoGe1.5Se1.5: Structural and transport properties characterization"
Software Engineer


Peter Bumpus
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2006
Undergraduate Research: “Wet Synthesis of PbTe Nanoparticles”
Graduate student studying Geophysics, Department of Geology, USF


Sara Erickson
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2005
Undergraduate Research: "Optimization of Thermoelectric Properties of the Type I Clathrates Ba8Ga16Si30 and Ba8Ga16Ge30"
Presidental Fellow at Florida International University


Matthew James Budd
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2004
Undergraduate Research: "Hall Measurements on Clathrate Thermoelectric Materials"
Graduate student in Electrical Engineering, USF


Jes Hester
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2003
Undergraduate Research: "Calibration of the heating ability of thermoelectric coolers"


Luke Caraker
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2002
Undergraduate Research: "Skutterudite Materials Research"
Physicist/Tactician with NAVSEA, United States Navy Naval Surface Warfare Center
2006 Performance Excellence Award Recipient


Eric Townsend
Undergraduate Student, Physics, 2002
Undergraduate Research: "Densification of MgB2 Powders"




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