Present GraduateStudents Supervised

Alan Yue, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected: 2007

Ryan Monson, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2007

Joanna Dodd, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2007

Max Kresch, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2007

Shu Miao, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2007

Rebecca Stevens, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2008

Matthew Lucas, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2008

Michael Winterrose, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2009

Li Chen, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2010

Justin Purewall, Materials Science, Ph.D. expected 2010

Former Ph.D. Students Supervised

1. Douglas Harvey Pearson, “Measurements of White Lines in Transition Metals and Alloys Using Electron Energy Loss Spectrometry”, Ph.D. in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, September 30, 1991.

presently: Associate, Jones Day, Washington D.C.

2. Hao Ouyang, “Grain Boundaries of Nanophase Materials”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, October 12, 1992.

presently: Professor of Materials Science, National Chung Hsing University, Taiwan

3. James Kozo Okamoto, “Temperature-Dependent Extended Electron Energy Loss Fine Structure Measurements from K, L23, and M45 Edges in Metals, Intermetallic Alloys, and Nanocrystalline Materials”, Ph.D. in Applied Physics, California Institute of Technology, May 6, 1993.

presently: Attorney at Law, deGuzman Okamoto & Benedicto LLP, 2672

Bayshore Pkwy, Suite 509, Mountain View, CA

4. Lawrence Anthony, “Kinetics of Disorder®Order Transformations in Highly Nonequilibrium Materials”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, May 24, 1993.

formerly: Assistant Prof. of Physics, Toledo Univ., present address unknown.

5. Zheng-Qiang Gao, “The Kinetics of Ordering, Grain Growth, and Chemical Segregation in Nonequilibrium Fe3X Alloys (X = Al, Si, and Ge)”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, May 18, 1994.

presently: Pilkington Aerospace, California.

6. Liubo Hong, “Structures and Stabilities of Nanocrystalline Materials Synthesized by Mechanical Alloying and Modeled as Driven Alloys”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Sept. 25, 1995.

presently: Director, Process Integration Engineering, Magic Technologies, 463 S. Milpitas Blvd., Milpitas, CA 95035.

7. Tab Allen Stephens, “Chemical Environment Selectivity in Mössbauer Diffraction”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, May 14, 1996.

presently: Motorola Research, Austin, TX

8. Laura Jeanne Nagel, “Vibrational Entropy Differences in Materials”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, June 18, 1996.

presently: Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology, West Texas A&M Univ., Amarillo, TX

9. Heather Nicole Frase, “Vibrational and Magnetic Properties of Mechanically Attrited Ni3Fe Nanocrystals”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, April 9, 1998.

presently: member of technical staff, Institute for Defense Analyses, Alexandria, VA

10. Charles K. Witham, "The Effects of Alloy Chemistry on the Electrochemical and Hydriding Properties of Ni-Substitutted LaNi5", Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, June 4, 1999.

presently: technical staff, JPL, deceased Aug. 2002.

11. Ushma Kriplani, "Kinematical Mössbauer Diffraction from Polycrystalline 57Fe", Ph.D. in Physics, California Institute of Technology, April 18, 2000.

presently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Argonne National Lab.

12. Adrian Hightower, "Lithium Electronic Environments in Rechargeable Battery Electrodes", Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, July 14, 2000.

presently: Assistant Professor of Physics, Occidental College.

13. Yun Ye, "Interaction of Hydrogen with Novel Carbon Materials", Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, August 8, 2000.

presently: member of the Technical Staff, Siebel Systems

14. Michael E. Manley, "From Elementary Excitations to Microstructure: the thermodynamics of metals and alloys across length scales," Ph.D. in Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, April 25, 2001.

presently: Technical Staff Member, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, CA

15. Nathan R. Good, "The Influence of Texture on the Magnetoelastic Properties of Cold Rolled Polycrystalline TbDy Alloys" Pd. D. in Applied Physics, May 24, 2001.

presently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena CA.

16. Peter D. Bogdanoff, "The Phonon Entropy of Metals and Alloys: The effects of thermal and chemical disorder" Ph.D. in Materials Science, Nov. 20, 2001.

presently: Director of Research at a startup company, Pasadena, CA.

17. Jason Graetz, “Electronic Environments and Electrochemical Properties of Lithium Storage Materials”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, May 7, 2003.

presently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Brookhaven National Lab.

18. Jiao Lin, "Mössbauer Diffractometry: Principles, Practice, and an Application to a Study of Chemical Order in 57Fe3Al, ”, Ph.D. in Materials Science, May 10, 2004.

presently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech.

19. Yvan Reynier, "Electrode Thermodynamics and Kinetics for Lithium-Ion Btteries" (co-advised with Dr. Rachid Yazami, CNRS, Directeur de These). Ph.D. in Materials Science, Grenoble Univeristy, France. May 25, 2005.

presently: Postdoctoral Fellow, CNRS, Grenoble.

20. Tabitha L. Swan-Wood, "Vibrational Entropy Contirbutions to the Phase Stability of Iron and Aluminum Based Binary Alloys", Ph.D. in Materials Science, August 12, 2005.

presently: Part-Time Physics Faculty, Physics Dept., California State Univ. Channel Islands.

21. Yasunori Ozawa, "Aging Study of Positive Electrode Materials for Lithium Ion Batteries" (main adviser was Dr. Rachid Yazami, CNRS, Directeur de These). Ph.D. in Materials Science, Grenoble Univeristy, France. October 19, 2005.

presently: Technical Staff, Enax Co., Japan.

22. Alexander B. Papandrew, "The Effects of High Pressure on the Vibrational and Magnetic Properties of Iron-Based Materials" Ph.D. in Materials Science, January 23, 2006.

presently: Technical Staff, Superprotonic, Pasadena CA.

23. Olivier Delaire, "The Phonon Entropy of BCC Transition Metals and Alloys: Effects of Impurities and of a Martensitic Phase Transition" Ph.D. in Materials Science, May 12, 2006.

presently: Postdoctoral Fellow, Caltech.