Stacy Holander Gleixner
One Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0082
Stacy.gleixner@sjsu.edu
www.engr.sjsu.edu/sgleixner
EDUCATION
Stanford University; Stanford, CA
Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering; April 1998
M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering; January 1994
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA
B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering; June 1992
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
Associate Professor in Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering; August 2006 –
present
Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering; August 1999 –
2006
 Received the 2002 College of Engineering Excellence in Teaching Award which
is given to one faculty member annually.
 Received the 2008 Dean Newnan Excellence in Teaching Award for Faculty in
the Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering
 2007-2008 SJSU Teacher Scholar: Designed an educational research project on
“Exploring SJSU's Dual Mission of Professional Preparation and Liberal
Education: Understanding Why Our Students Want a College Degree”
 Teach undergraduate and graduate classes in semiconductor processing,
renewable energy, electronics materials, materials characterization, kinetics, and
introductory materials science.
 Lead-PI and Director of a multi-university curriculum development program on
“Development of Project Based Modules for Introduction to Materials
Engineering” (National Science Foundation sponsored for $350,000).
 Co-developed a new course in advanced thin film processing that integrates
statistics and design of experiments into the labs and a new course on MEMS
fabrication and design.
 Developed the College of Engineering’s Renewable Energy Engineering
 Developed a summer workshop in microelectronics processing for community
college and high school educators.
 Designed service learning project for renewable energy class at a local after
school program for elementary school children
Portland Community College; Portland, OR
Instructor in Microelectronics Technology; June 1998- August 1999
San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
Instructor for Solid State Kinetics; Spring 1998
DeAnza Community College; Cupertino, CA
Instructor for Properties of Materials; Autumn 1995
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
Associate Professor in Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering; August 2006 –
present
Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering; August 1999 –
2006
 Co-advised the winner of San Jose State’s Outstanding Master’s thesis in 2002.
 Advised 13 undergraduate and 41 Master’s students in research projects related
to alternative energy (solar cells and fuel cells), semiconductor processing and
MEMS (Micro-Electro Mechanical Systems) structures.
 Collaborative research projects with Agilent, AMD, Applied Materials, Coherent,
Hitachi, Intel, IBM, Infinera, Jets Technology, JSR Micro, Komag, LAM
Research, Motech, Novellus, Seagate, and TYCO.
 Co-PI on National Science Foundation grant for $478,817 and Society of
Manufacturing Engineers grant for $70,000 as well as a number of funded
projects with the State of California and industry.
Stanford University; Stanford, CA
Research Assistant: Autumn 1993 - March 1998
Thesis Topic: “Point Defect Mechanisms in Diffusion and Interdiffusion in
HgTe/CdTe Systems”
Toshiba Corporation; Kawasaki, Japan
Visiting Researcher; Summer 1996
Digital Equipment Corporation; Hudson, MA
Engineering Intern; Summer 1992
Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Cambridge, MA
Undergraduate Research Assistant; January 1991-Spring 1992
Intel Corporation; Chandler, AZ
Engineering Intern; January & Summer 1991; Summer 1990
Texas Instruments; Attleboro, MA
Engineering Intern; Summer 1989
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE
San Jose State University; San Jose, CA
Associate Professor in Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering; August 2006 –
present
Assistant Professor in Department of Chemical & Materials Engineering; August 1999 –
2006
 Received the 2010 College of Engineering’s Award for Outstanding Service
 Member of the Academic Senate Executive Committee, Chair of Instruction and
Student Affairs Committee (May 2009 – present)
 College of Engineering Representative to the Academic Senate (May 2008present)
 Associate Chair of the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department (August
2008 – present)
 Graduate Coordinator for the Chemical and Materials Engineering Department
(January 2005 – present)
 Director of the College of Engineering’s Microscale Process Engineering Center:
This includes managing a budget of about $50K per year, coordinating the
faculty users group, and staffing and supervising courses that use the lab
(August 2007- present)
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College and University Committees:
SJSU’s Instruction and Student Affairs Committee, Chair (May 2009 –
present, member since August 2008)
College of Engineering’s Graduate Studies Committee (August 2006 –
present)
NCAA Athletics Self-Study Academic Integrity Sub-Committee (Fall 2010 –
present)
Provost Search Committee (May 2009- December 2009)
SJSU’s Student Success Committee (January 2009-May 2009)
College of Engineering’s Dean’s Review Committee (May 2008- December
2008)
SJSU’s ACE/Sloan Faculty Career Flexibility Initiative (Fall 2007 - May 2009)
SJSU’s Resource Review Board (August 2007 - May 2009)
SJSU’s Graduate Studies and Research Committee (August 2008- May
2009)
SJSU’s Organization and Government Committee (Spring 2004)
SJSU’ Science GE Advisory Panel (Chair August 2006 – May 2006, Member
August 2001- May 2006)
College of Engineering’s Undergraduate Studies Committee (August 2003May 2005)
College of Engineering’s Student Affairs Committee (August 2001- May
2003)
American Society of Engineering Education,
Materials Division, 2005-present, Conference Chair: 6/05-6/07, Division Chair: 6/076/09
Electronic Materials Symposium
Conference Chair 2001- 2002, Conference Committee 1999-2005
Materials Research Society
Spring 2001: Co-organized the Materials Education Symposium
PUBLICATIONS
Grace Yan Yi Lau, Michael C Tucker, Craig P Jacobson, Steven J Visco, Stacy H
Gleixner, and Lutgard C DeJonghe, “Chromium Transport by Solid State Diffusion on
Solid Oxide Fuel Cell Cathode,” Journal of Power Sources 195, 7540-7547, (2010).
S.H. Gleixner, E. Douglas, O. Graeve, “Engineering Project Laboratory Modules
for an Introduction to Materials Course”, Procs. 2008 American Society for
Engineering Education 989, (2008).
S. J. Lee, S. Gleixner, T. R. Hsu, D. Parent, "Implementation of a MEMS
Laboratory Course with Modular, Multidisciplinary Team Projects", Proceedings
of the ASEE Annual Meeting 2007, Honolulu, HI, Paper 2007-1572 (2007).
S.H. Gleixner, E. Douglas, O. Graeve, “PRIME Modules: Teaching Introduction
to Materials Engineering in the Context of Modern Technologies”, Procs. 2007
American Society for Engineering Education 1576, (2007).
S. J. Lee, S. Gleixner, T. R. Hsu, D. Parent, "A Development Framework for Hands-On
Laboratory Modules in Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS)", Proceedings of the
ASEE Annual Meeting 2006, Chicago, IL, Paper 2006-2445 (2006).
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Andrew Tzanavaras, Gregory Young, and Stacy Gleixner, "The Microstructure and
Grain Size of Jet Electroplated Copper Films in Damascene Trench Features", Journal
of the Electrochemical Society, 153(7), C509, (2006).
Meow Yen Sim and Stacy Gleixner, “Studying the Etch Rates and Selectivity of SiO2 and
Al in BHF Solutions”, Proceedings of the 16th Annual University/Government/Industry
Microelectronics Symposium, IEEE (2006).
S.H. Gleixner, E. Douglas, O. Graeve, H. Lackritz, L. Demsetz, A. Moll, “Project-Based
Introductory to Materials Engineering Modules on Biomaterials, Solid Oxide Fuel Cells,
Non-Volatile Memory, and Fiber Reinforced Plastics”, Procs. 2006 American Society for
Engineering (2006).
Andrew Tzanavaras, Gregory Young, and Stacy Gleixner, "The Grain Size and
Microstructure of Jet-Electroplated Damascene Copper Films", Journal of the
Electrochemical Society, 152(2), C101 (2005).
David Parent, Eric Basham, Yasser Dessouky, Stacy Gleixner, Gregory Young, and
Emily Allen, “Improvements to a Microelectronic Design and Fabrication Course”, IEEE
Transactions on Education, 48(3), 497 (2005).
S.H. Gleixner, E. Douglas, O. Graeve, H. Lackritz, L. Demsetz, A. Moll, “Development of
Project-Based Introductory to Materials Engineering Modules”, Procs. 2005 American
Society for Engineering Education 1526 (2005).
Yasser Dessouky, David Steele, Emily Allen, Stacy Gleixner, Greg Young, and David
Parent, “Educational Modules Based on Semiconductor Manufacturing for Teaching
Statistical Concepts,” Procs. Of the 34th International Conference on Computers and
Industrial Engineering, 756, (2004).
Stacy Gleixner and Hilary Lackritz, “Use of Collaborative Learning Exercises to Increase
Student Motivation and Learning in an Introduction to Materials Engineering Course,”
Procs. 2004 American Society for Engineering Education 3664 (2004).
Stacy Gleixner, Gregory Young, Linda Vanasupa, Yasser Dessouky, David Parent and
Emily Allen, “Teaching Design of Experiments and Statistical Analysis of Data Through
Laboratory Experiments,” 32nd ASEE/IEEE 2002 Frontiers in Education Conference
T2D, 1, (2002).
Gregory Young, Stacy Gleixner, David Parent, Yasser Dessouky, Emily Allen and Linda
Vanasupa, “Assessment of the Microelectronics Process Engineering Program at
SJSU,” Proceedings of the 2002 ASEE/SEFI/TUB Colloquium, American Society for
Engineering Education (2002).
Emily Allen, Stacy Gleixner, David Parent, Greg Young, Yasser Dessouky and Linda
Vanasupa, “Microelectronics Process Engineering at San Jose State University: A
Manufacturing-Oriented Interdisciplinary Degree Program,” International Journal of
Engineering Education 18 (5) (2002).
Gregory Young, David Parent, Yasser Dessouky, Stacy Gleixner, Emily Allen, and Linda
Vanasupa, “Course Assessment of the Microelectronics Process Engineering Program
at SJSU,” Procs. 2002 American Society for Engineering Education 1526 (2002).
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D. Parent, Y. Dessouky, S.H. Gleixner, G. Young and E. Allen, “Microelectronics
Process Engineering Program at SJSU,” Biennial University/Government/Industry
Microelectronics
Symposium-Proceedings,
14th
Biennial
University/Government/Industry Microelectronics Symposium, Richmond, VA, p 128
(2001).
E. Allen, S. Gleixner, G. Young, D. Parent, Y. Dessouky, and L. Vanasupa,
“Microelectronics Process Engineering: A Non-Traditional Approach to MS&E”, Materials
Research Society Symposium Proceedings: Impacting Society through Materials
Science and Engineering Education (2001).
L. Vanasupa, H. Smith, S.H. Gleixner, G. Young, E.L. Allen “Dealing with Variations in
Measurements and Processes: Experiments for an Undergraduate Laboratory”,
accepted for publication in Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings:
Impacting Society through Materials Science and Engineering Education (2001).
S.H. Gleixner, “Ways That Engineers Can Get Involved In Recruiting Future Materials
Scientists and Engineers”, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings:
Impacting Society through Materials Science and Engineering Education (2001).
S.H. Gleixner, “The Trials and Errors of Collaborative Learning: A New Faculty
Perspective”, Materials Research Society Symposium Materials Science and
Engineering Education in the New Millenium, 632E, e-proceedings HH2.4 (2000).
Presented at American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual Conference,
St. Louis, MO, June 2000.
S.H. Gleixner, “The Edible Microchip: A Hands On Workshop on Semiconductor
Manufacturing”, Materials Research Society Symposium Materials Science and
Engineering Education in the New Millenium, 632E, e-proceedings HH5.2
(2000).Presented at American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE) Annual
Conference, St. Louis, MO, June 2000.
S. Holander-Gleixner, H.G. Robinson, and C.R. Helms, “Derivation of an Analytical
Model to Calculate Junction Depth in HgCdTe Photodiodes”, Journal of Applied Physics,
83(3), 1299 (1998).
S. Holander-Gleixner, H.G. Robinson, and C.R. Helms, “Modeling of HgTe/CdTe
Interdiffusion Using Fundamental Point Defect Mechanisms”, Journal of Electronic
Materials, 27(6), 672 (1998).
S. Holander-Gleixner, H.G. Robinson, B.L. Williams, and C.R. Helms, “Modeling of
Junction Formation and Drive-in in Ion Implanted HgCdTe”, Journal of Electronic
Materials, 26(6), 629 (1997).
S. Holander-Gleixner, H.G. Robinson, B.L. Williams, and C.R. Helms, “Modeling of
Diffusion and Ion Implantation in HgCdTe: A Comparison to Transient Enhanced
Diffusion in Si”, Process Physics and Modeling in Semiconductor Technology, ed. by
G.R. Srinivasan, C.S. Murthy, and S.T. Dunham, The Electrochemical Society, 96(4),
216 (1996).
S.L. Holander, H.G. Robinson, and C.R. Helms, “Fundamental Mechanisms for Hg
Vacancy and Interstitial Modeling in HgCdTe”, Materials Research Society Symposium
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Proceedings: Modeling and Simulation of Thin-Film Processing, ed. by C.A. Volkert, R.J.
Kee, D. J. Srolovitz, and M.J. Fluss, 389, 47 (1995).
C.R. Helms, J.L. Melendez, H.G. Robinson, S. Holander, J. Hasan, S. Halepete,
“Process simulation for HgCdTe infrared focal plane array flexible manufacturing”,
Journal of Electronic Materials, 24(9), 1137 (1995).
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