List of Students

Ph.D. Students

  1. Ping Chen graduated with a MS degree in Microelectronics from Nanjing University, China. In September 2002, he joined University of Cincinnati,  and is  currently working towards his PhD degree in the Electronics, Materials and Devices area in the  Department of ECECS. He has taken courses in  VLSI, Device Fabrication, Photonics and Telecommunication. He is investigating nature of  Intermediate Phases in semiconducting  glasses by thermal, optical and  a nuclear method.  His long term goals include working in a semiconductor / optoelectronics company or research institution in R&D.
    Email: chenpg@ececs.uc.edu

  1. Deassy Novita hails from Indonesia. She graduated with a B.S degree in Electrical Engineering from the department of ECECS at University of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA in June 2003.  Since fall 2003, she is a fulltime graduate student in the department and is working towards a Ph.D. degree. She is interested in Microfabrication, and Electronic & Photonic Materials  Devices. Her long term goals is to work in the area of semiconductor and  electronic devices in industrial position, or research institution in R&D.
    Email: novitadi@ececs.uc.edu

  1. Mingji Jin. Before joining ECECS Department of UC in 2005, she was a graduate student of Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) and the Texas Center for Superconductivity at University of Houston. She is currently doing research on the photo-induced effects in chalcogenide thin films.
    Email: jinm@ececs.uc.edu
     

  1. Rhonda R. Myers graduated with her MS degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Cincinnati in 2005, and is actively working toward her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering.  Rhonda received both her BS degree in Electrical Engineering and Professional Practice Achievement Certificate from the University of Cincinnati in 2002.  She has worked for P&G (St. Bernard, OH and Cincinnati, OH), Emerging Concepts, Inc. (Cincinnati, OH), EnteraTech, Inc. (Hilliard, OH), Kodak Versamark, Inc. (Dayton, OH), and at U.C.  Her past research interests included BioMEMS, lab-on-a-chip, microfabrication, and microfluidics, and more recently include solid state physics and solid electrolytes.  Her long term goal is to become a professor of electrical engineering in an academia-setting.
    E-mail: myersrr@ececs.uc.edu

  1. Ninghua Wang comes from northern China. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science from Peking University in June 2005. He joined Department of ECECS at University of Cincinnati in fall 2005. He is interested in electronic materials and devices and is currently working on intermediate phases in oxide glasses.  
     

  2. Email: wangna@email.uc.edu
     

 

M.S. Students

  1. Vamsikrishna Rompicharla graduated with a B.Tech degree in Electrical Engineering from Nagarjuna University, Guntur, India in April 2002. He joined University of Cincinnati as a full time Masters Student in September 2002. He has done course work in the fields of MEMS, Solid-state physics, and VLSI. He is interested in Electronic Materials and MEMS. He is currently examining the self-organization effects in the sodium germanate glasses using Raman scattering and MDSC. His long-term goal is to work in the area of Glass Science industry.      Email:  rompicvk@ececs.uc.edu 

  1. Chad Holbrook hails from the Northern Kentucky area. He graduated with a B.S. in Physics and Mathematics from Northern Kentucky University in the fall of 2005. He has interest in electronics, materials and devices and plans to work towards a Masters Degree. He is currently working on solid electrolyte glasses. His long term goal is to pursue a career in industry on electronic devices or an R&D position with a research institution.

    Email:  holbrocm@email.uc.edu

 

Recent graduates and their Career Paths
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  1. Udaya K Vempati (2005). Mr Udaya Vempati joined the group in September 2002. In May 2005, he defended his Masters Thesis titled "Reversibility Windows, Non-aging and Nano Scale Phase Separation in Bulk Germanium-Phosphorus-Sulfide Glasses". He will continue his study at Material Science Department, Johns Hopkins University.


     
  2. Fei Wang (2004). She joined the group in Sep 2000. She defended Master thesis entitled "The Intermediate Phase and Stress in Ge¼Se¾-yIy Glasses" in Oct 2002 and her PhD dissertation entitled, "Self-organization and Stress in Network Glasses" in Nov, 2004. She is now faculty at Dept of Electrical Engineering, California Polytechnic State Univ.


     
  3. Tao Qu (2004). Tao joined University of Cincinnati in fall of 2000. He defended his PhD dissertation entitled, "Non-aging and Self-organization in network glasses" in Jan, 2004. He is currently working at Nokia in Irving, TX.



     
  4. Luichun Cai (2003). Mr. Liuchun Cai  joined the activities of the research group in January 2001. For the past two years he has examined nanoscale phase separation effects in glasses. He defended his Masters Thesis entitled, "Molecular Structure of (Ga2S3)x(GeS2)1-x glasses by Raman scattering and T-modulated DSC" in May, 2003. Later he joined Material Science Department, University of Minnesota for further graduate studies.

     
  5. Swapnajit Chakravarty (2003). Dr. Swapnajit Chakravarty works for KLA-Tencor as Applications Development Engineer in the Reticle and Photomask Inspection Division (RAPID) at San Jose, California. He is involved with developing new standards for reticle and photomask defect inspection for 65nm node and beyond in the semiconductor industry. Earlier he graduated with a PhD from the University of Michigan and a Masters degree from the University of Cincinnati, both in Electrical Engineering. His Masters Thesis in UC is entitled "Self-Organization and Aging in Network Glasses".

  6. Daniel Georgiev (2003). Daniel G.Georgiev defended his Ph.D. Thesis in January 2003. The title of his thesis is "Molecular Structure and Intermediate Phases in Group V binary Chalcogenide Glasses". It was recognized as an outstanding thesis by the Department of Electrical, Computer Engineering and Computer Science.  Dr. Daniel Georgiev is now Assistant Professor at University of Toledo as of 2007.
     

 

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