http://www.materials.drexel.edu/
Department of
Materials Science & Engineering
2004-2005 Annual Report
September 1, 2004 - August 31, 2005
The mission of the Department of Materials Science and Engineering is to produce
B.S./M.S./Ph.D. graduates who can excel in leadership positions in industry and
academia at national and international levels.
Facts at a Glance
Tenure-Track Faculty FTE
11.2
Auxiliary Faculty FTE
1
Research Faculty FTE
3
Office Staff FTE
3
A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI) Staff FTE
2
Technical Staff FTE
1
Materials Characterization Facility Staff FTE
2
Total Undergraduate Students
81
Total Graduate Students
72
% Domestic Graduate Students
45%
B.S. Awarded (03-04)
9
M.S. Awarded (03-04)
4
Ph.D. Awarded (03-04)
12
New Research Awards
$2.3M
Research Expenditures
$4.5M
% TT Faculty with Federal Funding
89%
Books, Chapters, Editorials
9
Refereed Journal Publications
59
National Awards Won by Faculty, Staff, and Students
41
University Awards Won by Faculty, Staff, and Students
10
Cover photos:
Top left: Elaine Steinke, DREAM Fellow from Cedar Crest College performing research for Dr.
Frank Ko; Bottom right: Matthew Hoban, DREAM Fellow from Lehigh University performing
research for Dr. Michel Barsoum; Top right: image of a silicon nanowire with hexagonal crosssection from the research of Dr. Jonathan Spanier; Bottom left: Metal whiskers (In) on the
surface of a Zr2InC sample held in air, from the recent work of Dr. Michel Barsoum
Annual report compiled, written, and edited by
Dorilona Rose, Program Coordinator of Research and Publications
Faculty Editor: Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos, Associate Department Head
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Note from the Department Head
Our department
ranks in the top
five
MSE
programs in the
U.S.
in
the
category of the
number of B.S.
degrees awarded
per
faculty
member.
This year marks the end of my fifth year as
department head. In that time, the Department
of Materials Science and Engineering has seen
many changes and improvements.
As we
continue to grow as a department, we remain
committed to the highest standards in education
and research.
I am particularly pleased to describe our
outstanding outreach initiatives. At a university,
summer is typically a time when things wind
down. In our department, we are busy as ever
introducing students, high school teachers, and
the general public to materials science and
engineering. We entered our second year of the
NSF-sponsored
Research
Experience
for
Undergraduates Site—DREAM and Research
Experience for Teachers RET-NANO programs.
Our participation in the College of Engineering’s
Summer Engineering Experience @ Drexel
(SEED) was expanded to include a weekly
materials program called “Materials Monday,”
pioneered by Dr. Caroline Schauer. Dr. Schauer
also worked with a group of 8th grade girls from
the Camden County school district in a weeklong outreach program similar to SEED. In
collaboration with the ASM International Liberty
Bell Chapter, the department hosted its first
“Materials Camp,” teaching 21 local high school
students
about
materials
science
and
engineering. Our popular two-day MATE 100
introductory course received a record high 292
applications, which had to be capped to a total
of 240 participants. Our faculty, staff, and
students should be credited with the positive
impact these programs have had on their
participants.
MSE faculty, staff,
and
students
continue
to
receive
national
and international recognition through awards.
Ph.D. student Kristopher Behler (advisor: Yury
Gogotsi) is our newest NSF Graduate Research
Fellow. Dr. Michel Barsoum and Dr. Yury Gogotsi
were both inaugurated as Fellows of the American
Ceramic Society. Further awards news is detailed
within this report.
Soon our research equipment will be moving into
the new Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise
Center. The 155,000 square foot center was
designed
by
the
internationally
renown
architectural firm Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and is
slated to become the focal point of research
activities at Drexel. The prominence of the new
location will give our research activities greater
visibility.
Additionally,
the
Materials
Characterization Facility’s (MCF) new Director of
Spectroscopy Dr. Zhorro Nikolov brings expertise
and experience in instrumentation to our facilities.
I invite you to read the rest of this annual report
to learn about all of our exciting initiatives and
accomplishments from the past year. We are
already well on our way to breaking new records
and implementing new ideas. We welcome you to
visit us on the web at www.materials.drexel.edu to
learn more about our department.
Our research enterprise continues to flourish.
Departmental research expenditures are at an
all-time high of $4.5M. Our Ph.D. production
rate has increased dramatically. This year, 12
new Ph.D. graduates joined our alumni ranks,
and is a record for the department. At the
undergraduate level, there has been steady
growth during the past five years in the number
of undergraduate students in the MSE program.
Surya Kalidindi
Department Head and Professor
skalidin@coe.drexel.edu
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Faculty & Staff
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The Department of
Michel Barsoum (Ph.D., MIT), Distinguished Professor
Materials Science and
Roger Doherty (D. Phil., Oxford, UK), A. W. Grosvenor
Engineering faculty includes
Professor (67% reduced position)
one member of the NAE;
Yury Gogotsi (Ph.D., Kiev Polytechnic, Ukraine) Professor
three NSF CAREER
Surya Kalidindi (Ph.D., MIT), Department Head and Professor
awardees; one Whitaker
Frank Ko (Ph.D., Georgia Tech.), Professor
Young Investigator, NIH
Michele Marcolongo (Ph.D., U of Pennsylvania), Associate
Young Investigator, and
Professor
ARO Young Investigator;
Wei-Heng Shih (Ph.D., Ohio State University), Professor
two ACerS Fellows; two
T. S. Venkataraman (Ph.D., WPI), Professor (50% in physics)
ASM International Fellows;
Antonios Zavaliangos (Ph.D., MIT), Professor
and one SAMPE Fellow.
Christopher Li (Ph.D., University of Akron), Assistant Professor
Caroline Schauer (Ph.D., SUNY Stony Brook), Assistant
Professor
Jonathan Spanier (Ph.D., Columbia University), Assistant Professor
Richard Knight (Ph.D., Loughborough, UK), Auxiliary Professor
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Wan Shih (Ph.D., Ohio State University), Research Associate Professor
Nina Orlovskaya (Ph.D., Ukrainian Academy of Sciences), Research Assist. Professor
Gleb Yushin (Ph.D., North Carolina State University), Research Assistant Professor
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Franco Capaldi, Affiliated Faculty, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Eng. & Mechanics
Jaydev Desai, Affiliated Faculty, Associate Professor of Mechanical Eng. & Mechanics
Bakhtier Farouk, Affiliated Faculty, J. Harland Billings Prof. of Mech. Eng. & Mechanics
Adam Fontecchio, Affiliated Faculty, Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Eng.
Alexander Fridman, Affiliated Faculty, John S. Nyheim Chair Professor of Mechanical
Engineering and Mechanics
Haviva Goldman, Affiliated Faculty, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology and Anatomy
Selçuk Güçeri, Affiliated Faculty, Dean of the College of Engineering
Anthony Lowman, Affiliated Faculty, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering
Bahram Nabet, Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Yen Wei, Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Chemistry
Maggie Wheatley, Affiliated Faculty, Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Science
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Holly Burnside, Nanotechnology
Program Coordinator
Cory Delafield, DNI Program Coordinator
Dorilona Rose, Program Coordinator of
Research and Publications
Judy Trachtman, Educational Programs
and Accounts Coordinator
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Crystal White, Secretary
Dee Breger, Director of Microscopy
Treadwell Blake, Computer Specialist
Zhorro Nikolov, Director of Spectroscopy
Dustin Doss, Technical Staff
Roger Corneliussen, Emeritus Professor
Ihab Kamel, Emeritus Professor
Jack Keverian, Emeritus Professor
Samuel K. Nash, Emeritus Professor
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Harry C. Rogers, Emeritus Professor
Alan Lawley, Emeritus Professor, Fellow
of
the
National
Academy
of
Engineering
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MSE Welcomes New Staff
Dr. Zhorro Nikolov, Director of Spectroscopy, was hired full time
in April 2005 to replace Tim Kelly. Nikolov has an M.S. and Ph.D. in
physics from Sofia University, Bulgaria. He completed a two-year
postdoctoral appointment on Raman studies of interfacial water
structure at the Queen’s University of Belfast, U.K. and has been a
visiting professor in the Department of Chemistry at Hiroshima
University in Japan; the Department of Physics at Lund University in
Sweden; and the Department of Physics at Moscow State University in
Russia. Before coming to the U.S. in 2000, Nikolov was an associate
professor of physics in the Department of Quantum Electronics, Sofia
University, Bulgaria.
Prior to joining Drexel, Dr. Nikolov was a research associate professor
in the Department of Metallurgical Engineering at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah. At the
University of Utah, he worked on vibrational spectroscopic and nonlinear optical studies of surfaces and
interfaces.
Throughout most of his career, Dr. Nikolov has been involved in Raman, FTIR, and laser spectroscopy
applications to research problems. He is a co-author on more than 60 refereed publications.
At Drexel, Dr. Nikolov manages the spectroscopic (Raman and FTIR), X-Ray diffraction, and nanoindenter
instruments, all part of the Centralized Materials Characterization Facility (MCF) and trains students to
work with the instruments and analyze their results. His strong interests in nanotechnology and surface
science and his rich experience in practicing physical characterization methods of analysis will be
beneficial for the education and training of students. His ambitions are to further promote the MCF as a
place for cutting-edge characterization in materials science, biotechnology, and nanotechnology in the
Delaware Valley and nationally.
Holly
Burnside,
Nanotechnology Program
Coordinator, was hired full time in
January 2005 to replace Katrin
Cowan. Holly has a B.S. in physics
from Union College, Schenectady,
NY and an M.S. in communication
from Drexel. She does publicity,
event planning, recruiting, and
coordination
for
educational
programs
in
nanotechnology.
These include NSF-sponsored programs such as the
IGERT Ph.D. fellowship, DREAM-REU, and RET-Nano.
Holly does publicity and event planning for the A.J.
Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI).
Cory
Delafield, Nanotechnology Program
Coordinator, was hired full time
in January 2005 to replace
Johanna Flannery. Cory has a
B.S. in English and Art History
from Lafayette College in
Easton Pennsylvania. Cory 's
responsibilities include
recruitment,
publicity,
and
administrative management for
the
Materials
and
Nanotechnology Consortium. Additionally, she handles
all the finances for the DNI.
Crystal White, Secretary, was hired full time in January 2005 to replace Artheis Staten.
Crystal has more than 10 years of experience in customer service and is currently pursuing
her B.A in Communications at Drexel University. Crystal’s responsibilities include work order
data entry, monitoring, reporting, follow-up, invoicing, and reconciliation. In addition to
clerical support to faculty, staff, and students, she arranges travel itineraries and
coordinates catered events for various conferences and meetings for the department.
Departmental Educational Outreach Initiatives
DREAM Introduces a New Batch of Undergraduates
to Research
The DREAM (Drexel Research Experience in Advanced Materials)
National Science Foundation (NSF)-sponsored Research
Experience for Undergraduates site continues to flourish. In its
second year, DREAM grew to host 13 students, introducing a
new group of engineer-hopefuls to the joys of research.
The following people
were exposed to the
field of materials
science
and engineering this
summer at Drexel:
253 undergraduates
200 high school students
19 high school teachers
17 8th grade girls
The participants for 2005 were selected from over seventy applicants. This year’s “DREAM
team” came from Washington State University, the University of Illinois – Urbana Champaign,
Carnegie Mellon University, McGill University, Duke University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
Lehigh University, Pennsylvania State University, and Cedar Crest College, as well as Drexel.
The DREAM students worked closely with Drexel graduate
students and faculty mentors on various research projects in
one of three main categories: nanomaterials and
nanotechnology, biomaterials and biotechnology, and design
and processing of advanced materials.
DREAM students attended a
series
of
laboratory
demonstrations and seminars
designed to expose them to
a range of topics and
methods
used
in
contemporary
materials
science.
Holly Burnside,
nanotechnology
program
coordinator,
administered
this summer’s program under
the direction of Dr. Surya
(L to R) DREAM student Matthew Montgomery, MSE major at the
Kalidindi and Dr. Antonios
University of Illinois–Urbana Champaign; Ph.D. student Kristopher
Zavaliangos. In September,
Behler; and RET-Nano participant Dr. Ranjini Weerasooriya, a
Burnside
attended
an
chemistry
teacher at Masterman High School, worked together on a
invitation-only
workshop
project to increase the electrical conductivity of PVDF by
specifically for REU grantees,
electrospinning it with multi-walled carbon nanotubes.
featuring a poster session on
Capitol Hill designed to show
legislators the value of REU programs.
For more information, visit http://www.materials.drexel.edu/programs/dream_reu/index.html.
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Department Hosts First ASM International Materials Camp in Partnership
with the Liberty Bell Chapter of ASM International®
“I had a great experience and it
is very likely that I will study to
become a materials engineer.”
~ Materials Camp Participant
The Department of Materials Science and Engineering
hosted a week-long day camp, June 27 through July 1,
dedicated to introducing Philadelphia and South Jersey
high school students to the world of materials science
and engineering, instilling excitement and curiosity
about research and discovery into the 21 “campers.”
The program was comprised of short introductory
lectures given by graduate students followed by handson activities undertaken by the participants
themselves. One day of the camp was devoted to
industry visits to SPS Technologies, Rohm & Haas, and
Solar Atmospheres.
Students’ parents were also
invited to participate in a final celebratory barbecue
and awards ceremony on the final day of the camp.
Largely organized and run by
Using the Japanese and Damascus
select graduate students in the
swords as examples, Ph.D. student Milan
Department of Materials Science
Ivosevic (center) introduced high school
and Engineering and led by
students to the importance of
Ph.D.
student
Elizabeth
microstructure on properties of materials
Hoffman
(advisor:
Michel
Barsoum), the camp had significant guidance from faculty mentor Dr.
Richard Knight.
Sponsors included the ASM International Education
Foundation; the Philadelphia “Liberty Bell” Chapter of ASM
International;
SPS
Technologies; Rohm and
Haas; Solar Atmospheres;
Laboratory Testing, Inc.,
Mittal Steel USA; Boeing
Helicopter; Lockheed Martin Space Systems; Stork MMA
Testing Labs; LECO Corporation; and NJ Dept Corr. Several
members from the Liberty Bell chapter of ASM
International attended camp activities, including Howard
Cheatham, who coordinated the industry tours. The Liberty
Bell Chapter also worked to raise sponsorship money from
the companies listed.
Materials Camp students
Image of a Pattern-Welded
Damascus Steel Microstructure
produced by hand forging of
the alternately arranged sheets
of high (~ 1.5 % C) and low
(~ 0.3 % C) carbon steels
participating in a hands-on lab
Reaching New Heights: Materials Introductory Course Receives RecordBreaking Number of Applicants
This year’s MatE-100 two-credit, two-day advance
elective received a record number of applicants. An
overwhelming 292 freshmen applied to take part in
this year’s course.
Of the 292 applicants, 240
students were admitted to participate in the course
to keep participation to a manageable size—over 50
more participants than last year.
Dr. Roger Doherty points out parts of a
sample as a MATE 100 participant changes
the magnification on the Amray tungsten
gun scanning electron microscope.
Students overwhelmingly enjoyed the hands-on
laboratory activities, which included making slime
and foam polymers, exploring novel ceramics and
superconductors, learning how full and empty soda
cans break in the Instron tester, and a brief
introduction to the field of electron microscopy.
Not Just Another Monday: Materials Monday Comes to the SEED Program
This year’s Summer Engineering Experience @ Drexel
(SEED) program, the College of Engineering’s annual
summer camp for high school students, added a new twist
to its weekly programming. Every Monday, a new group of
high school campers got to experience the diverse and
exciting world of materials science and engineering on
“Materials Monday.” Conceived by Dr. Caroline Schauer,
assistant professor of materials science and engineering and
Amy Campbell, outreach and recruitment coordinator for the
College of Engineering,
“Materials Monday” combined
lectures and labs to provide students with a better
understanding and appreciation for the world of materials.
Dr. Caroline Schauer instructs a
group of 8th grade girls in a lab.
(Photo credit: Elise Wei, Drexel
Photography, Class of 2005)
Students participated in a variety of labs, including
viscosity/silly putty, ceramics, AFM, “slime and foam,” a thermal spray lab where students made
their own zinc coated pencils, SEM, and an electrospinning demo. Dr. Michel Barsoum,
Distinguished Professor of materials science and engineering, entertained the students with his
liquid nitrogen demo and “Stuff of Dreams” presentation on the wonders of the materials world.
“I really enjoyed the
hands-on activities,
including the foam,
slime, and…putty.”
~SEED student
Dr. Caroline Schauer was also a key participant in a four-day camp
sponsored by the College of Engineering that introduced eighth grade
girls from Camden County, N.J. to engineering. Modeled after SEED,
the program immersed 20 middle school girls in hands-on labs and
lectures about engineering, encouraging them to think about careers
in science and engineering.
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Teaching Teachers:
RET-NANO Brings Teachers Back to School as Students
Nineteen high school teachers
from the School District of
Philadelphia, the suburbs of
Philadelphia, and upstate New
York came to Drexel and the
University of Pennsylvania in the
summer of 2005 to learn about
nanotechnology and nanomaterials
research as part of the National
Science
Foundation-sponsored
Drexel/Penn Research Experience
for Teachers in Nanotechnology
(RET-Nano) program.
2005 RET-NANO participants on a field trip to
Environmental Tectonics Corp
This year’s RET-Nano participants
worked on a variety of exciting
research projects, including the
Generation and characterization of atmospheric pressure glow discharges and plasma enhanced
chemical vapor deposition, the Production of green fluorescent protein (GFP), and the
Investigation of cytoskeletal protein unfolding in red blood cells.
RET-Nano is directed by MSE faculty member
Dr. Yury Gogotsi and Dr. Dawn Bonnell,
Director of the University of Pennsylvania’s
NSF-sponsored Nano-Bio Interface Center
(NBIC) and administered by MSE staff
member Holly Burnside and NBIC outreach
coordinator James McGonigle. Additionally,
all faculty in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering mentored one or
more RET teachers.
For more information about the RET-Nano
program, please visit the web site:
http://nano.materials.drexel.edu/ret/.
RET-NANO Fellow Sam Nyachwaya, a
teacher from Simon Gratz High School,
working in Dr. Caroline Schauer’s laboratory
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2005 Graduates
The Ph.D. class of 2004-2005 is not only the largest Ph.D. class in the
history of the department, but also includes some of its highest
achieving students. Three students—Thomas Juliano, Nevin Naguib,
and Gwenaelle Proust—are currently working in national labs,
including the Army Research Laboratory, Argonne, and Los Alamos.
Additionally, Jing Zhang (advisor: Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos), a two
time winner of the Drexel University TA Excellence Award, was
appointed assistant professor in the Department of Mechanical
Engineering at the University of Alaska—Fairbanks. Zhang joins the
ranks of MSE Ph.D. alumni who currently hold faculty positions
including Dr. Sharvan Kumar, Professor of Materials Science, Brown
University, (M.S. 1981, Ph.D. 1984); Dr. Anthony D. Rollett,
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon
Dr. Jing Zhang, Ph.D.
University (Ph.D. 1987); Dr. Maher S. Amer, Associate Professor of
2005, Assistant
Materials, Wright State University, (Ph.D. 1995); Dr. Christopher
Professor, Department
Pastore, Associate Professor of Textile Engineering, School of
of Mechanical
Engineering and Textiles, Philadelphia University, (Ph.D. 1988); Dr.
Engineering, University
Turgay Erturk, Emeritus Professor, Department of Mechanical
of Alaska—Fairbanks
Engineering, University of Massachusetts at Lowell, (Ph.D. 1975); Dr.
Alan R. Greenberg, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Colorado at
Boulder, (B.S. 1969, M.S. 1972, Ph.D. 1978); J. Walter Harrington II, Emeritus Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Villanova University, (Ph.D. 1971); Dr. Robert Kusy,
Professor, Orthodontics and Dental Research, University of North Carolina, (M.S. 1971, Ph.D.
1973); and Dr. Ali Razavi, Associate Professor, Engineering and Physics, Wilkes University
(Ph.D. 1982).
Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Engineering
Ph.D. Degrees Conferred: 2004-2005
Jonathan E. Ayutsede
MSE Ph.D.s
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Dissertation Title: Regeneration of Bombyx
College
of
Engineering
(CoE)
Ph.D.s
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Mori Silk Nanofibers and Nanocomposite
Fibrils by the Electrospinning Process
MSE Ph.D.s/faculty member
1.1
Supervising Professor: Frank Ko
Current position: Infineum USA LP, Linden, N.J.
Lalitkumar Bansal
Dissertation Title: Development of a Fiber Optic Chemical Sensor for Detection of Toxic Vapors
Supervising Professor: Mahmoud El-Sherif
Current position: Research Scientist; Altair Center; Shrewsbury, MA
Steven A. Galen
Dissertation Title: Path Dependence and Strength Anisotropy of
Mechanical Behavior in Cold-Compacted Powders
Supervising Professor: Antonios Zavaliangos
Current position: Senior Research Engineer; Merck & Co., Inc.
Emily Y. Ho
Dissertation Title: Engineering Bioactive Polymers for the Next Generation of Bone Repair
Supervising Professor: Michele Marcolongo
Current position: Senior Research Engineer; Nexgen Spine; Whippany, N.J.
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Thomas Frank Juliano
Dissertation Title: Inducing Phase Transformations Using Depth Sensing Indentation
Supervising Professor: Yury Gogotsi
Current position: Post-Doctoral Researcher; Multifunctional Materials Branch; Army Research
Laboratory; Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
Hoa Le Lam
Dissertation Title: Electrospinning of Single Wall Carbon Nanotube
Reinforced Alinged Fibrils and Yarns
Supervising Professor: Frank Ko
Current position: Research Engineer; DE Technologies, Inc.; King of Prussia, PA
Hongyu Luo
Dissertation Title: Free-Standing PMN-PT Thick Film with Ultrahigh Piezoelectric Coefficients
Supervising Professors: Wei-Heng Shih, Wan Shih
Current position: Senior Technical Professional; Halliburton; Duncan, OK
Jason Michael Lyons
Dissertation Title: Melt-electrospinning of Thermoplastic Polymers: An
Experimental and Theoretical Analysis
Supervising Professor: Frank Ko
Current position: Research Engineer; NovaComp, Inc.; Willow Grove, PA
Stephen A. Mastro
Dissertation Title: Optomechanical Behavior of Embedded Fiber Bragg Grating Strain Sensors
Supervising Professors: Mahmoud El-Sherif, Frank Ko
Current position: Senior Research Engineer; NAVSEA Philadelphia (U.S. Navy); Philadelphia, PA
Nevin N. Naguib
Dissertation Title: Filling and Chemical Modification of Carbon Nanotubes
Supervising Professor: Yury Gogotsi
Current position: Enrico Fermi Scholar and Post-Doctoral Scientist; Materials Science Divison;
Argonne National Laboratory; Argonne, IL
Gwenaelle Proust
Dissertation Title: Identifying the Complete Space of Feasible Anisotropic Properties in
Polycrystalline Microstructures
Supervising Professor: Surya Kalidindi
Current position: Post-Doctoral Researcher; Los Alamos National Laboratory; MST-8,
Structure/Properties Relationships Group; Los Alamos, NM
Jing Zhang
Dissertation Title: Numerical Simulation of Thermoelectric Phenomena in Field Activated Sintering
Supervising Professor: Antonios Zavaliangos
Current position: Assistant Professor; Department of Mechanical Engineering; University of
Alaska, Fairbanks
Master of Science in Materials Engineering
• José Bermudez
• Yi-Shih Chiu
• Douglas Reed Dillon
• Marcie Ann Reilly
Bachelor of Science in Materials Engineering
• Mark A. Fiorentino
• Thomas Oliver Henriksen
• Thomas Paul Holzerman, Jr.
• Marcie Ann Reilly
• Aaron Richard Sakulich
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Daniel L. Solari
Patrick D. Stears
Kelly Lynn VandenBosche
Eva Marie Wagner
Awards and Achievements
Highlighted Awards and Honors
Barsoum and Gogotsi Elected Fellows of ACerS
Dr. Michel Barsoum, Distinguished Professor in the
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, and Dr.
Yury Gogotsi, professor in the Department of Materials
Science and Engineering and director of the A. J. Drexel
Nanotechnology Institute have been elected to be Fellows
of the American Ceramic Society (ACerS).
Dr. Barsoum & Dr. Gogotsi have been recognized at the
Honors and Awards Banquet at the ACerS 107th Annual
Meeting, April 12, 2005 in Baltimore, Maryland.
Hari Duvvuru is Selected for LeaderShape Award
Ph.D. student Hari Duvvuru (advisor: Surya Kalidindi) was one of six students
selected by the ASM International Materials Education Foundation Board of
Trustees and the LeaderShape Selection Committee to receive an Arthur E.
Focke LeaderShape Award. Hari attended ASM International’s LeaderShape
Institute this summer, which helps student leaders develop valuable skills to
help them both professionally and personally. According to ASM International’s
website, “The LeaderShape Institute, the flagship program of LeaderShape,
Inc. is designed to help young people learn to ‘lead with integrity.’ Each
session is comprised of approximately 60 students, ages 17 to 25, sponsored
by various organizations from diverse ethnic, religious and cultural
backgrounds.” Hari was Vice President of MAGNET, the Materials Graduate Student Network in
2004-2005 and was elected to be President for 2005-2006.
Zavaliangos Receives Rafiki Award
Associate department head and professor Dr.
Antonios Zavaliangos is a recipient of the Drexel
University Rafiki Award, or Friend Award. Students of
black/African American descent nominate faculty,
administrators, and staff for the award, regardless of
ethnicity, whom they feel have made a positive
impact on their experience at Drexel University.
Zavaliangos was nominated by Toni Ramsay, a
chemical engineering student, who took freshman
design with him. The award was presented by the
Black History Month Committee at a reception on
February 28, 2005.
Kristopher Behler Receives NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Matthew Cathell Receives Honorable Mention
Nanofibrous materials electrospun
from a solution of polymer and
carbon nanotubes forms a
polymeric mat (SEM image credit:
Davide Mattia and Kris Behler)
Ph.D. student Kristopher Behler
(advisor: Yury Gogotsi) is a recipient
of
this
year’s
NSF
Graduate
Fellowship.
Additionally,
Matthew
Cathell (advisor: Caroline Schauer)
received Honorable Mention. These
highly competitive national fellowships
offer recognition and three years of support for advanced
study to approximately 1,000 outstanding graduate
students in the mathematical, physical, biological,
engineering, and behavioral and social sciences, including
the history of science and the philosophy of science, and
to research-based Ph.D. degrees in science education.
Siddhartha Pathak Receives SURA ORNL Grant
Ph.D. student Siddhartha Pathak
(advisors: Dr. Nina Orlovskaya and Dr.
Surya
Kalidindi)
received
a
Southeastern Universities Research
Association (SURA) Oak Ridge National
Laboratory (ORNL) grant to perform
research at ORNL during the summer
of 2005. The grant provided $5000 to cover his stipend and
supplies from June 1st to August 26th. The research project he
worked on is entitled “Non-linear deformation behavior of
multifunctional MIEC perovskites for SOFC applications.”
Elizabeth Hoffman Receives Sapphire ACerS GEMS Award
Surface steps
1 μm
A colored image of the
layered steps formed
inside closed pores of
La0.8Ca0.2CoO3, revealed
due to fracture of the
material (image courtesy
of Siddhartha Pathak)
Ph.D. student Elizabeth Hoffman
(advisor: Michel Barsoum) is a
sapphire award winner of the
American Ceramic Society (ACerS) Basic Science Graduate
Excellence in Materials Science (GEMS) Awards. As a finalist for the
award, Hoffman presented a talk entitled, “Driving Force and
Mechanism for Spontaneous Metal Whisker Formation” at the
ACerS annual meeting, April 10th-13th in Baltimore, MD. She
received a certificate and a check from the American Ceramic
Society for the award.
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National and International_____________________________________________
Scholarships
Student Travel Grant for North American
Membrane Society (NAMS) 2005; Providence,
RI; $500
•
Ranjan Dash (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Elizabeth Hoffman (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
2005 National Science Foundation Graduate
Resesarch Fellowship
•
Kristopher Behler (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Matthew Cathell (Honorable Mention) (Advisor:
Caroline Schauer)
Student Travel and Professional Development
Award; 30th Annual Meeting and Exhibition of
the Society for Biomaterials; Memphis, TN;
$450
•
Emily Ho (Advisor: Michele Marcolongo)
NSF-IGERT Fellowship
•
Kristopher Behler (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Michael Birnkrant (Advisor: Christopher Li)
•
Elizabeth Hoffman (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
•
Stephen Nonnenmann (Advisor:
Jonathan
Spanier)
•
Jamie Ostroha (Advisor:
Tony Lowman—
Chemical & Biological Engineering)
7th New Jersey Symposium on Biomaterials
Science Travel Award
•
Emily Ho (Advisor: Michele Marcolongo)
•
María Pía Rossi (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
Lawrence Livermore Travel Award Grant; 2005
North American Thermal Analysis Society
(NATAS) Conference; Universal City, CA; $500
•
Lingyu Li (Advisor: Christopher Li)
GAANN Fellowship; Department of Education
•
Joseph Capobianco (Advisor: Wei-Heng Shih)
•
Matthew Cathell (Advisor: Caroline Schauer)
•
John Chmiola (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Donia Said El-Khamy (Advisor: Frank Ko)
•
Christopher Hovanec (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi
and Roger Doherty)
•
John Paul McGovern (Advisor: Wei-Heng Shih)
Center for Powder Metallurgy Technology/Axel
Madsen Award; $1200
•
Andrew Marx (Advisor: Antonios Zavaliangos)
Paper/Poster
Southeastern Universities Research Association
(SURA) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)
grant; $5000
•
Siddhartha Pathak (Advisors: Nina Orlovskaya
and Surya Kalidindi)
Best
Poster
Award;
Student
Poster
Competition; Electrochemical Society Meeting;
Quebec
•
John Chmiola (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
Dragomir Nicolitch Charitable Trust
Scholarship; Studenica Foundation; $3000
•
Dejan Stojakovic (Advisor: Roger Doherty and
Surya Kalidindi)
Best Poster Award; Poster Contest; North
American Membrane Society (NAMS) 2005;
Providence, RI
•
Ranjan Dash (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
H. H. Harris Foundation Scholarship; $2000
•
Christopher Hovanec (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi
and Roger Doherty)
First Prize; Poster Contest; American Society
for
Composites;
20th
Annual
Technical
Conference; Philadelphia, PA
•
Varun Gupta (Advisor: Richard Knight)
Grant-in-Aid of Research; Sigma Xi; $1000
•
Linyou Cao (Advisor: Jonathan Spanier)
Best Poster Award; 32nd Annual Conference of
the North American Thermal Analysis Society
(NATAS); Williamsburg, VA
•
Kishore Tenneti (Advisor: Christopher Li)
Travel Awards
NATO Advanced Study Institute (ASI) Carbon
Nanotubes:
From
Basic Research
to
Nanotechnology; $2000
•
Kristopher Behler (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
Second Prize; Best Poster Awards Competition;
Engineering Ceramics Division (ECD) of the
American Ceramic Society; 29th International
Conference on Advanced Ceramics and
Composites; $300
•
Sandip Basu (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
2005 SAMPE University Research Symposium
International Competition Finalists
•
Jonathan Ayutsede (Advisor: Frank Ko)
•
Nicholas Titchenal (Advisor: Frank Ko)
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Achievement
American Ceramic Society Basic Science
Graduate Excellence in Materials Science
(GEMS) Awards; Sapphire Award Winner
•
Elizabeth Hoffman (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
American Ceramic Society Fellow
•
Michel Barsoum
•
Yury Gogotsi
Arthur E. Focke LeaderShape Award; ASM
International Materials Education Foundation
•
Hari Duvvuru (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi)
Roland B. Snow Award; American Ceramic
Society
•
Z. Goknur Cambaz (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
and Gleb Yushin
American Society for Composites (ASC) Award
in Composites 2004
•
Frank Ko
Regional___________________________________________________________
Paper/Poster
Scholarships
ASM International Liberty Bell Chapter A. W.
Grosvenor Scholarship, $1500
•
Stephen Niezgoda (Advisor: Richard Knight)
ASM International Liberty Bell Chapter
Graduate Student Poster Contest
•
Dejan Stojakovic (First Place; $500) (Advisor:
Roger Doherty and Surya Kalidindi)
•
Hui Li (Second Place; $300) (Advisor: WeiHeng Shih)
•
Davide Mattia (Third Place; $200) (Advisor:
Yury Gogotsi)
ASM International Liberty Bell Chapter Joseph
J. Weisser Memorial Scholarship, $1500
•
Anthony Coratolo (Advisors: Nina Orlovskaya
and Surya Kalidindi)
2005 Delaware Valley Engineers Week Council
Undergraduate Scholarship; $1000
•
Jennifer Vondran (Advisor: Caroline Schauer)
Achievement
2005 Young Member Award; Liberty Bell
Chapter/ASM International
•
Elizabeth Hoffman (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
2005 Philadelphia SWE section scholarship;
Rohm and Haas; $1000
•
Jennifer Vondran (Advisor: Caroline Schauer)
President’s Award; Liberty Bell Chapter/ASM
International
•
Richard Knight
Drexel University_____________________________________________________
Paper/Poster
•
Hakki Yegingil (Advisor: Wei-Heng Shih)
Research Day Award/Emerging Technology:
Graduate
•
Davide Mattia (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
Research Day Award/Emerging Technology:
Undergraduate
•
Adrian Gurga (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
Research Day Award/Business Research
Initiative: Graduate
•
John Chmiola and Ranjan Dash (Advisor: Yury
Gogotsi)
Achievement
Research Day Award/Basic/Applied Science:
Graduate
•
Christopher Hovanec (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi
and Roger Doherty)
Best Dissertation Award in Engineering and
Science
•
Thomas Juliano (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
Rafiki Award
•
Antonios Zavaliangos
Drexel University TA Excellence Award
•
Matthew Cathell (Advisor: Caroline Schauer)
•
Kishore Tenneti (Advisor: Christopher Li)
Research Day Award/Dean's Graduate Award
•
Michael Birnkrant (Advisor: Christopher Li)
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College of Engineering_________________________________________________
Scholarships
Hill Fellowship
•
Emily Ho (Advisor: Michele Marcolongo)
Dean’s Fellowship
•
Kristopher Behler (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Joseph Capobianco (Advisor: Wei-Heng Shih)
•
Matthew Cathell (Advisor: Caroline Schauer)
•
John Chmiola (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Donia Said El-Khamy (Advisor: Frank Ko)
•
Emily Ho (Advisor: Michele Marcolongo)
•
Elizabeth Hoffman (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
•
Joshua Houskamp (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi)
•
Hoa Lam (Advisor: Frank Ko)
•
John Paul McGovern (Advisor: Wei-Heng Shih)
•
Brandon McWilliams (Advisor:
Antonios
Zavaliangos)
•
Stephen Nonnenmann (Advisor:
Jonathan
Spanier)
•
María Pía Rossi (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
•
Jonathan
Thomas
(Advisor:
Michele
Marcolongo)
Arnold H. Kaplan Scholarship; $1000
•
Anthony Coratolo (Advisors: Nina Orlovskaya
and Surya Kalidindi)
•
David Steinmetz (Advisors: Nina Orlovskaya
and Surya Kalidindi)
Kevin J. O’Hara Endowed Scholarship; $1174
•
John Murphy
Achievement
Research Accomplishment Award
•
Yury Gogotsi
Technical Support Staff Achievement Award
•
Dee Breger
Honorable Mention; College of Engineering
Senior Design Competition
•
Aaron Sakulich (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
Koerner Fellowship
•
Joshua Houskamp (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi)
Materials Science and Engineering_______________________________________
Scholarships
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding
Research Award
•
Yury Gogotsi
Arkema Fellowship
•
Kristopher Behler (Advisor: Yury Gogotsi)
A. W. & Dorothy Grosvenor Scholarship,
~$1000
•
Ronald Martin (Advisor: Jonathan Spanier)
•
Andrew Marx (Advisor: Antonios Zavaliangos)
•
Melanie Patel (Advisor: Surya Kalidindi)
•
Kelly Vanden-Bosche
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding
Service Award
•
Surya Kalidindi
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding
Teaching Award
•
Michel Barsoum
Michael J. Koczak Scholarship, $658
•
John Murphy
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding
Staff Award
•
Dorilona Rose
Achievement
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding
Graduate Student Award
•
Elizabeth Hoffman (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
•
Kishore Tenneti (Advisor: Christopher Li)
Graduate Student Research Award
•
Adam Procopio (Advisor: Antonios
Zavaliangos)
Undergraduate Student Research Award
•
David Steinmetz (Advisors: Nina Orlovskaya
and Surya Kalidindi)
Materials Science and Engineering Outstanding
Undergraduate Student Award
•
William Yackabonis
First Place, MSE Senior Design Competition
•
Aaron Sakulich (Advisor: Michel Barsoum)
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Major Research Activities
Barsoum’s, et. al. Work on Metal Whiskers Mentioned in Physics Today
The work of Dr. Michel Barsoum and his collaborators, Ph.D. student Elizabeth Hoffman, Dr.
Roger Doherty, Ph.D. student Surojit Gupta, and Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos, was featured in the
“Physics Update” section of the February 2005 issue of Physics Today. The mention describes
how their work solved a 50+ year-old problem on the growth of spontaneous “whiskers” on
some metals with low melting points, such as tin. Whiskers of this type typically cause electrical
shorts in electronic components and have been implicated in the failure of heart pacemakers,
which have led to recalls, grounding/shorting in avionics radar and relays, and 7 satellite
failures. The researchers compared the whisker formation of two identical surfaces—one was
exposed to air and the other was stored in an evacuated sealed glass tube for a few months.
Since only the one exposed to air resulted in significant whisker growth, it was concluded that
the driving force for whiskers growth was essentially an oxidation reaction where the volume
increase due to the formation of the oxide resulted in the extrusion of the whiskers. Their
results were published in a paper in Physical Review Letters in November of 2004.
Example of spontaneous whisker (In)
growth on Hf2InC
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Kalidindi, et. al. Make Inroads in the field of Microstructure Sensitive Design for
Performance Optimization
The connection between material
Microstructure Hull
microstructure and properties and the
Design
ability to manipulate them through
processing has been the corner stone
of materials science and engineering.
An understanding of such relationships
has not yet been integrated with
modern
design
tools
and
methodologies.
Dr. Surya Kalidindi
and his collaborators have recently
established a rigorous mathematical
framework for Materials Design that
makes major inroads in this direction.
Property Closure
Called Microstructure Sensitive Design
(MSD), this novel methodology is
Schematic description of the MSD framework
comprised of efficient mathematical
representation of the statistics of the material internal structure, their invertible linkage to the
associated effective properties, and the linkage between microstructure evolution and the
available manufacturing paths. MSD provides a rigorous mathematical framework for the
identification of the optimized material microstructures capable of meeting the multi-functional
objectives and constraints stipulated by the designer and quantitative descriptions of processing
paths whereby examples of these microstructures may be manufactured.
This pioneering effort has attracted a substantial amount of funding over the last 2 years. Dr.
Kalidindi’s research is currently being supported by a number of grants, including two grants
from the Office of Naval Research for developing research tools for studying three-dimensional
digital microstructures (collaboration with Dr. Hamish Fraser, OSU) and for studying
microstructure evolution in friction stir welding (collaboration with Dr. Tracy Nelson, BYU), an
Army of Research Office grant for extending MSD to 2-point correlation functions (collaboration
with Dr. Brent Adams, BYU), an Air Force Office of Scientific Research grant for producing high
strength and high toughness Al alloys by equi-channel angular pressing (collaboration with Dr.
Roger Doherty, DU), a National Science Foundation grant for microstructure-propertyprocessing relationships in Ti alloys (collaboration with Dr. Roger Doherty, DU), and an NSFREU Site grant (with Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos). The total funding from these grants exceeds
$2M. Dr. Kalidindi has published over eighty archival journal papers and two book chapters,
and is currently writing a book on MSD with Dr. Brent Adams from BYU. For more information
on Dr. Kalidindi’s research, please visit: http://www.materials.drexel.edu/mmg/.
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Studying the Electronic and Optical Properties of Nanostructures:
Dr. Jonathan Spanier and the MesoMaterials Laboratory at Drexel
The shape and hierarchal organization
of a crystalline nanostructured material
can influence its properties as much as
its finite size. Dr. Jonathan Spanier and
his group are studying the electronic
and optical properties of semiconductor
and functional oxide nanostructures,
which can be prepared with control of
shape and
hierarchal complexity.
Recently, his group has developed a
vapor-phase method for synthesizing
tapered
nanostructured
polyhedra,
composed
of
either
silicon
or
germanium—“nanocones.”
These
nanocones possess a number of unique
structural and property characteristics.
SEM image of an array of silicon nanocones reproduced
Though the typical nanocone base
from L. Cao, L. Laim, C. Ni, B. Nabet, and J. E. Spanier. J.
diameter is 1-2 m, and its length is ~5Amer. Chem. Soc., 127, 13782-3 (2005).
10 m, its tip radius has nearly atomic
sharpness—a mere 1-2 nm. These shape-tunable nanostructures may find application in field
emission, static or scanning probes, and in single-molecule sensing. The process being used by
Spanier’s group produces nanostructures with control of taper angle; such control of taper
angle enables them to study, for example, the effects of conical shape and variation of diameter
on local electric field. Significantly, the silicon and germanium nanocones with which they are
working are not of the expected diamond-cubic (DC) phase, but consist rather of the diamondhexagonal (DH) phase, an ambient-pressure metastable phase. This DH phase is expected to
possess interesting properties distinct from the DC phase.
Spanier and his group are currently involved in studying the electronic transport and optical
property characterizations using a variety of experimental capabilities in the lab, including
scanning probe microscopy and laser spectroscopy. His group is also modeling the growth,
structure, and properties of these and other structures using a variety of computational tools.
This work, including contributions from an undergraduate researcher and co-author Lee Laim,
was recently reported in the J. Amer. Chem. Soc. Communications, and is funded in part by an
ARO Young Investigator Award and by an Innovation Grant from the Nano-Bio Interface Center,
a Nanoscale Science and Engineering Center (NSEC) awarded to the University of Pennsylvania
and Drexel University.
For more information, please visit http://www.materials.drexel.edu/mml.
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New Research Grants
Li Receives DuPont Young Professor Award
Dr. Christopher Li has received a DuPont Young Professor Award for
$75,000 at $25,000 per year for three years. The grant will support the
use of polymer/carbon nanotube hybrid materials for carbon nanotube
separation and energy harvesting applications. Li is one of twelve award
recipients worldwide. Additionally, Ph.D. student Lingyu Li will be
supported as a DuPont Graduate Fellow on this grant.
The following is a list of new awards received during the fiscal year July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005:
PI (Co-PI)
Gogotsi, Yury
Sponsor
Atofina Chemicals, Inc.
Gogotsi, Yury
(Choi, Mun; Ko,
Frank)
Kalidindi, Surya
National Science
Foundation
Kalidindi, Surya
ARO through Brigham
Young University
Kamel, Ihab
Knight, Richard
Mach 1, Incorporated
Albany International
Research Company
Knight, Richard
DuPont
ONR through Ohio
State University
Project Title
Nanoporous Carbide-Derived Carbon
with Tunable Pore Size
Fellowships in the Area of Nanoscale
Engineering and Science
Amount
$120,000
Experimental and Computational
Tools for the Digital Representation
and Prediction
Microstructure Sensitive Design:
Topology, Processing & Design
Integration
Iron Nanofibers as Infrared Obscurant
Feasibility Study: Thermally Sprayed
Polymer-Ceramic/Polymer-Metallic
Coatings
Thermal Spray Release Coating
Samples Prod. and Thermal Spray
Coating of Optical Sensor Probe Tips
$650,000
20
$128,520
$150,781
$34,690
$19,933
$19,012
Knight, Richard
Osram Sylvania
Knight, Richard
NASA (Dryden Flight
Research Center)
Air Force Office of
Scientific Research
Ko, Frank
(Gogotsi, Yury;
Palmese, Giuseppe)
Ko, Frank
Ko, Frank
Ko, Frank
Li, Christopher
Li, Christopher
Li, Christopher
Li, Christopher
Battelle Memorial
Institute
Materials Sciences
Corporation (MSC)
Ben Franklin
Technology Center and
BF Industry Match
AT&T Government
Solutions
National Science
Foundation
American Chemical
Society, Petroleum
Research Fdn.
National Science
Foundation
Orlovskaya, Nina
National Energy
Technology Laboratory
Orlovskaya, Nina
Shih, Wei-Heng
(Shih, Wan Y.)
North Atlantic Treaty
Organisation (NATO)
National Science
Foundation
Spanier, Jonathan
Army Research Office
Spanier, Jonathan
Army Research Office
Spanier, Jonathan
University of
Pennsylvania
National Science
Foundation
Twardowski, Thomas
Zavaliangos,
National Science
Antonios
Foundation
Materials Science and Engineering
HVOF spraying of WC-10% Co-3%Cr
onto Bond Test slugs, 1"x3" coupons,
Almen
Thermal Spray Attachment of High
Temperature Optical Sensors
Request for Support for the 2005
American Society of Composites
Conference
Feasibility of the Formation of Bulky
Electrospun Fiber Battings
High Strength Nanomaterials Fiber for
Lightweight Composite Missle Cases
Mechanical Testing of Reactive
Composites and BF Industry Match
Novel Switchable Grating Structures
CAREER: Complex Hierarachical SelfAssembly Templated by Block
Copolymers Supplement
Explore the Phase Structure and
Morphology of Liquid Crystalline RodCoil Diblock Copolymer
NER: Patterning on Carbon
Nanotubes: Towards Ordered
Multifunctional Nona Hy
Thin Perkovskites Coating for the
Interconnect Materials-SOFC
Interconnect and TSK41876200101Advanced Fuel Cells
Solid Oxide Fuel Cells for Energy
Security
Portable, Reusable Array Piezoelectric
Microcantilever Sensors for Chemical
Terro
Smart Core-Shell Nanowire
Architectures for Multifunctional
Nanscale Decives
Acquisition of An Electron Beam
Nanolithography Attachment System
for Regional
NSEC on Molecular Function at the
NanolBio Interface
Collaborative Research: Thermal
Spray of Multiscale Polymer/Ceramic
Composit
Manufacturing of Nanocrystalline Bulk
Materials by Field Activated Sintering
29 Awards
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$3,710
$42,379
$5,000
$25,001
$15,000
$16,000
$71,195
$5,000
$80,000
$100,000
$40,451
$29,617
$200,000
$149,930
$86,650
$35,375
$41,948
$187,244
$2,257,436
Partnerships with Industry
A. J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI) Launches Materials &
Nanotechnology Consortium
The A.J. Drexel Nanotechnology Institute (DNI), under Director Yury Gogotsi, professor of
materials science & engineering, announces the establishment of the Materials and
Nanotechnology Consortium. The objective of the Consortium is to identify, promote, and
engage in strategic areas of research and education in advanced materials, including
nanotechnology, biotechnology, and bio-nanotechnology. The Consortium has been founded to
meet the needs of industry, government, and academia through interdisciplinary collaborations,
partnerships, dedicated expertise, access to leading-edge materials characterization facilities,
and innovative educational programs.
In conjunction with the Drexel College of Engineering
and the Department of Materials Science and
Engineering, the Materials and Nanotechnology
Consortium invites companies from across the
country to become members of an elite group,
offering members a number of exclusive benefits,
including priority access to Drexel’s world-class
materials characterization facilities, access to Drexel
faculty, surveys of Drexel intellectual property
portfolios, invitations to meetings and events, access
to Drexel students for individually directed projects,
and much more. By becoming a member of the
Consortium, companies will enhance their visibility on
campus and will have increased access to cuttingedge ideas and technology.
Current members
include Nanoblox, Arkema, Kulicke & Soffa, Greene
Tweed, and iCeutica (list current as of September
2005).
“This is the best way for companies to gain access to university resources and a first step
towards establishing sponsored research agreements with individual researchers or units,” says
Gogotsi. “Four membership levels ranging from $5,000 to $50,000 allow us to accommodate
any company or institution. The myriad benefits provide an opportunity for companies
interested in building strategic partnerships with the university.”
The Materials and Nanotechnology Consortium is managed by Consortium Director and
materials faculty member Dr. Richard Knight, who is responsible for the day-to-day operations,
as well as administrative details. The Advisory Board, comprised of Drexel faculty, members of
the Drexel University Office of Research, Consortium industrial members, and one external
agency, advises the Consortium Director and guides the educational and outreach activities of
the Consortium.
For more information, please visit: http://mcf.materials.drexel.edu/
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Drexel University Centralized Materials Characterization Facility Moving to
Bossone Research Enterprise Center
The Drexel University centralized Materials Characterization Facility (MCF), under the direction
of facilities coordinator Dr. Richard Knight, is scheduled to move to the newly opened Bossone
Research Enterprise Center. The MCF will be housed in approximately 3,500 square feet of
dedicated, vibration-isolated space located on the ground floor of Bossone.
Formally organized almost two years ago, the MCF groups together key materials
characterization instruments as a “recharge center” operated in compliance with federal
guidelines. Under the guidance of Dr. Richard Knight, the MCF also includes staff members Ms.
Dee Breger, Director of Microscopy and Dr. Zhorro Nikolov, Director of Spectroscopy, assisted
by Nanotechnology Program Coordinator Cory Delafield.
Since its founding, MCF usage has continued to grow. Analysis of
the MCF usage over a six month period from December 2004
through May 2005 shows a total of 143 unique users, of which 81
were from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, 33
from other College of Engineering departments, 12 from elsewhere
at Drexel University, and 17 external users.
MCF Operations are becoming more streamlined and efficient
through the implementation of an improved web-based
instrument logon for the tracking and billing of equipment usage
on all MCF equipment implemented by undergraduate student
Andrew Marx.
New Bossone Resesarch
Enterprise Center
Looking ahead, the MCF anticipates the addition of a
new Zeiss variable pressure field emission scanning
electron microscope plus several attachments, such as
energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) and wavelength
dispersive spectroscopy (WDS) in late 2005. The
current FEI XL30 scanning electron microscope (SEM)
is an approximately four year old top-of-the-line
instrument capable of ultra high resolution in structural
and compositional imaging in variable pressure and
wet modes (for non-conductive and moist samples), as
well as traditional high vacuum mode, semiquantitative elemental analysis and element mapping,
and crystal orientation imaging. There is a plan in place
to add a tensile stage and the development of fluid
Zeiss Supra 50 SEM
nano-injection capability for this instrument. The new
(image courtesy of www.htiweb.com)
Zeiss Supra 50 SEM is a state-of-the-art SEM
instrument capable of ultra high resolution in structural and compositional imaging in both high
vacuum and variable pressure modes, with attachments for semi-quantitative element analysis,
element mapping, and fully quantitative elemental analysis. In the future, Raman spectroscopy
will be added to the instrument. In addition to these improvements, the move to Bossone will
give the facility more visibility in a high profile high-tech space.
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Major Publications
The journal papers published by the faculty members of the Department of Materials Science
and Engineering at Drexel University from 1994 through 2004 were cited 30% more frequently
than those of competing materials departments, as noted in a recent Thompson ISI
comparative study of the impact of materials science scientific journal papers from 1994 to
2004. Additionally, those papers received 2.4 times the citations of the average journal paper
published in the discipline of materials in that time period.
Among them, the most frequently cited paper overall, with 279 citations (as of 5/7/05), is one
by Dr. Michel Barsoum and his former Ph.D. student, Dr. Tamer El-Raghy (MSE, Ph.D. 1997)
entitled, “Synthesis and Characterization of Ti3SiC2 : A Remarkable Ceramic” and published in
the Journal of the American Ceramic Society [79(7), 1953-1956, 1996], also the most cited
paper in the journal during the last 10 years. Incidentally, El Raghy was the highest cited author
in the same journal with Barsoum second and Dr. Surya Kalidindi and Dr. Antonios Zavaliangos
in 19th and 20th place respectively. There were 5,732 articles published in the journal between
1994 and 2004 by several thousand different authors.
Additionally, “Electrospun Nanofibrous Structure: A Novel Scaffold for Bioengineering,” a paper
coauthored by Department of Materials Science and Engineering Professor Frank Ko (Li, W.J.,
Laurencin, C.T., Caterson, E.J, Tuan, R.S., and Ko, F.K.) was the most downloaded paper of the
Journal of Biomedical Materials Research in 2004.
For more information, please visit:
http://www.materials.drexel.edu/news/2005_spring/materials_publications.html
Citation Information Researchers:
Librarians
Peggy Dominy and Tim Siftar, Information Services
Li, et al. as Cover Article in Advanced Materials
The recent work of Dr. Christopher Li and his collaborators appeared as
the cover article in the May 2, 2005 (Vol. 17, Issue 9) issue of
Advanced Materials. In the article, the team, led by Dr. Li, reported a
unique means to periodically pattern polymeric materials on individual
carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using controlled polymer crystallization. Onedimensional (1D) CNTs were periodically decorated with polymer
lamellar crystals, resulting in nano hybrid shish-kebab (NHSK)
structures. The periodicity of the polymer lamellae varies from 20 - 100
nm. The kebabs are approximately 5 nm thick (along CNT direction)
with a lateral size of ~ 20 nm to micrometers, which can be readily
controlled by varying the crystallization condition. Since the polymer
kebabs can be easily removed, using 1D lithographic technique, these
Journal cover reprinted
unique NHSKs can serve as templates to fabricate a variety of CNTswith permission of
John Wiley & Sons,
containing hybrid materials with controlled patterns on the CNT
Inc. Copyright 2005.
surface. This method thus opens a gateway to periodically patterning
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on CNTs or similar 1D nanowires in an ordered and controlled
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manner, an attractive research field that is yet to be explored.
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Books, Chapters, Editorials
1. M. W. Barsoum, “Physical Properties of the MAX Phases”, Encyclopedia of Materials
Science and Technology, Eds. Buschow, Cahn, Flemings, Kramer, Mahajan and Veyssiere,
Elsevier Science, 2006.
2. M. W. Barsoum, “Nanolayered Kinking Nonlinear Elastic Solids”, Handbook of Nano
Materials, Ed. Y. Gogotsi, CRC Press, 2005.
3. S. N. Basu, J. E. Krzanowski, J. Patscheider, Y. Gogotsi, Surface Engineering 2004 –
Fundamentals and Applications, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, vol.
843 (MRS, Warrendale, PA, 2005).
4. J. Lyons and F. K. Ko, “Nanofibers,” Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology,
Edited by H. S. Nalwa, Vol. 6, pp 727-738 (2004).
5. F. K. Ko, A. El-Aufy, H. Lam, and A. MacDiarmid, “Electrostatically Generated Nanofibers for
Wearable Electronics”, Wearable Electronics, Edited by X.M. Tao, Woodhead (2005).
6. F. K. Ko, “Fabrics” Encyclopedia of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, Edited by G.
Wnek and G. Bowlin, Marcel Dekker (2004).
7. F. K. Ko, “Electrospinning”, Edited by G. Wnek, McGraw-Hill Year Book (September 2004).
8. T. S. Venkataraman and D. H. Thomas, Engineering Applications and Resource Textbook
for Physical Foundations of Engineering I, II and III, Revised and modified Seventh Edition,
John Wiley and Sons (September 2005)
9. T. S. Venkataraman, C. Lane, and J. DiNardo, Undergraduate Physics laboratory Manual,
Revised and added additional experiments in Physics I, John Wiley and Sons (September
2005).
Refereed Journal Publications
1. Z. M. Sun, S. Gupta, H. Ye, and M. W. Barsoum, “Spontaneous Growth of Free-standing
Ga Nanoribbons from Cr2GaC Surfaces,” J. Mater. Res., 20, 2618-2621 (2005)
2. Z. M. Sun, A. Murugaiah, T. Zhen, A. Zhou, and M. W. Barsoum, “Microstructure and
Mechanical Properties of Porous Ti3SiC2,” Acta Mater., 53, 4359-4366 (2005).
3. N. Keawprak, Z. M. Sun, H. Hashimoto, and M. W. Barsoum, “Effect of Sintering
Temperature on the Thermoelectric Properties of Pulse Discharge Sintered (Bi0.24Sb0.76)Te3
Alloy,” J. Alloy Compds., 397, 236-244 (2005).
4. Z. M. Sun, H. Hashimoto, N. Keawprak, A. B. Ma, L. F. Li, and M. W. Barsoum, “Effect of
Rotary-die Equal Channel Angular Pressing on the Thermoelectric Properties of a
(Bi,Sb)22Te3 Alloy,” J. Mater. Res., 20, 895-903 (2005).
5. T. Zhen, M. W. Barsoum and S. R. Kalidindi, “Effects of Temperature, Strain Rate and
Grain Size on the Compressive Properties of Ti3SiC2,” Acta Mater. 53 4163–4171 (2005).
6. J. Chmiola, G. Yushin, R. K. Dash, E. Hoffman, J. E. Fischer, M. W. Barsoum, & Y.
Gogotsi, “Double-Layer Capacitance of Carbide Derived Carbons,” Electrochem. Solid State
Lettrs. 8, A357-A360 (2005).
7. B. Manoun, S. K. Saxena, and M. W. Barsoum, “High Pressure Study of Ti4AlN3 to 55 GPa,”
Appl. Phys. Letts., 86, 101906, 2005.
8. J. E. Spanier, S. Gupta, M. Amer, and M. W. Barsoum, “First-Order Raman Scattering
From the Mn+1AXn Phases,” Phys. Rev. B, 71, 12103, (2005).
9. Z. Wang, S. Zha, and M. W. Barsoum, “Compressibility and Pressure induced Phase
Transformation in Ti3GeC3,” Appl. Phys. Letters, 85, 3453-3455 (2004).
10. M. W. Barsoum, M. Radovic, T. Zhen, and P. Finkel, “Dynamic Elastic Hysteretic Solids
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and Dislocations,” Phys. Rev. Lett., 94, 085501, 2005.
M. K. Drulis, A. Czopnik, H. Drulis, J. E. Spanier, A. Ganguly, and M. W. Barsoum, “On
the Heat Capacities of Ti3GeC2 and Ti3SiC3,” Mater. Sci. & Engin. B, 119, 159-163, 2005.
Z. M. Sun and M. W. Barsoum, “Spontaneous Room Temperature Extrusion of Pb NanoWhiskers from Leaded Brass Surfaces,” J. Mater. Res., 20, 1087-1089 (2005).
R. S. Kumar, S. Rekhi, A. L. Cornelius, and M. W. Barsoum, “Compressibility of Nb2AsC to
41 GPa,” Appl. Phys. Lett., 86, 111904 (2005).
G. Hug, M. Jaoun, and M. W. Barsoum, “XAS, EELS and Full-Potential Augmented Plane
Wave Study of the Electronic Structures of Ti2AlC, Ti2AlN, Nb2AlC and (Ti0.5,Nb0.5)2AlC,”
Phys. Rev. B, 71, 24105 (2005).
M. W. Barsoum, T. Zhen, A. Zhou, S. Basu, and S. R. Kalidindi, “Microscale Modeling of
Kinking Nonlinear Elastic Solids,” Phys. Rev. B., 71, 134101 (2005).
G. Yushin, E. Hoffman, A. Nikitin, H. Ye, M. W. Barsoum, and Y. Gogotsi, “Synthesis of
Nanoporous Carbide-Derived Carbon by Chlorination of Titanium Silicon Carbide,” Carbon,
43, 2075-82 (2005).
A. Ganguly, M. W. Barsoum, and J. Schuster, “The 1300°C Isothermal Section in the Ti
In-C Ternary Phase Diagram,” J. Amer. Cer. Soc., 88, 1290-1296 (2005).
E. N. Hoffman, G. Yushin, M. W. Barsoum, and Y. Gogotsi, “Synthesis of CarbideDerived Carbon by Chlorination of Ti2AlC,” Chem. Mater., 17, 2317-2322 (2005).
A. Souchet, J. Fontaine, M. Belin, T. Le Mogne, J.-L. Loubet, and M. W. Barsoum,
“Ti3SiC2:Tribological Duality,” Tribology Letters, 18, 341-352 (2005).
M. W. Barsoum, E. Hoffman, R. D. Doherty, S. Gupta, and A. Zavaliangos, “Driving
Force & Mechanism of Spontaneous Metal Whisker Formation,” Phys. Rev. Letts., 93,
206104 (2004).
C. Gundlach, W. Pantleon, E. M. Lauridsen, L. Margulies, R. D. Doherty, and H. F.
Poulsen, “In Depth Observation of Microstructure Evolution During Recovery,” Scripta
Materialia, 50, 477-481 (2004).
S. L. Semiatin, N. Stefansson, and R. D. Doherty, “Prediction of the Kinetics of Static
Globularization of Ti-6Al-4V,” Metal and Materials Trans., 36A 1372-1376 (2005).
G. Couturier, R. D. Doherty, C. Maurice, and R. Fortunier, “3D finite element simulation
of the inhibition of normal grain growth by particles,” Acta Materialia, 53 977-989 (2005).
G. Yushin, S. Osswald, V. I. Padalko, G. P. Bogatyreva, Y. Gogotsi, “Effect of
sintering on structure of nanodiamond,” Diamond and Related Materials, 14 (10) 17211729 (2005).
R. K. Dash, G. Yushin, and Y. Gogotsi, “Synthesis, Structure and Porosity Analysis of
Microporous and Mesoporous Carbon Derived from Zirconium Carbide,” Microporous and
Mesoporous Materials 86, 50-57 (2005).
S. Babu, P. Ndungu, J.-C. Bradley, M. P. Rossi, Y. Gogotsi, “Guiding water into carbon
nanopipes with the aid of bipolar electrochemistry,” Microfluidics and Nanofluidics, 1, 284288 (2005).
A. L. Yarin, A. G. Yazicioglu, C. M. Megaridis, M. P. Rossi, Y. Gogotsi, “Theoretical and
experimental investigation of aqueous liquids contained in carbon nanotubes,” Journal of
Applied Physics, 97, 124309 (2005). Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology,
July 4, 2005.
H. Ye, N. Titchenal, Y. Gogotsi, F. Ko, “SiC Nanowires Synthesized from Electrospun
Nanofiber Templates,” Advanced Materials, 17, 1535-1539 (2005).
G. Korneva, H. Ye, Y. Gogotsi, D. Halverson, G. Friedman, J.-C. Bradley, K. G. Kornev,
“Carbon nanotubes loaded with magnetic particles,” Nano Letters, 5 (5) 879-884 (2005).
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D. Mattia, M. Desmaison-Brut, S. Dimovski, Y. Gogotsi, J. Desmaison, “Oxidation
Behavior of an Aluminum Nitride-Hafnium Diboride Ceramic Composite,” J. Europ. Ceram.
Soc., 25, 1789-1796 (2005).
A. G. Yazicioglu, C. M. Megaridis, A. Nicholls, Y. Gogotsi, “Electron Microscope
Visualization of Multiphase Fluids Contained in Closed Carbon Nanotubes,” Journal of
Visualization, 8 (2) 137-144 (2005).
N. N. Naguib, Y. M. Mueller, P. M. Bojczuk, M. P. Rossi, P. D. Katsikis, Y. Gogotsi, “Effect
of Carbon Nanofiber Structure on Binding of Antibodies,” Nanotechnology 16, 567-571
(2005).
S. Osswald, E. Flahaut, H. Ye, Y. Gogotsi, “Elimination of D-Band in Raman spectra of
double-wall carbon nanotubes by oxidation,” Chem. Phys. Lett., 402 (4-6), 422-427
(2005).
K. Cowan and Y. Gogotsi, “The Drexel/UPenn IGERT: Creating a new model for graduate
education in nanotechnology,” J. Mater. Education, 26 (1-3) 147-152 (2004).
K. L. Vyshnyakova, L. N. Pereselentseva, Z. G. Cambaz, G. N. Yushin, Y. Gogotsi,
“Whiskerisation of polycrystalline SiC fibres during synthesis,” British Ceramic
Transactions, 103 (5) 193-196 (2004).
H. Ye, N. Naguib, Y. Gogotsi, “TEM Study of Water in Carbon Nanotubes,” JEOL News,
39 (2) 38-43 (2004).
N. Naguib, H. Ye, Y. Gogotsi, A. G. Yazicioglu, C. M. Megaridis, M. Yoshimura,
“Observation of water confined in nanometer channels of closed carbon nanotubes,” Nano
Letters, 4 (11) 2237-2243 (2004).
V. Kayastha, Y. K. Yap, S. Dimovski, Y. Gogotsi, “Controlling Dissociative Adsorption for
Effective Growth of Carbon Nanotubes,” Applied Physics Letters, 85 (15) 3265-3267
(2004).
S. R. Kalidindi and H. Duvvuru, “Spectral Methods for Capturing Crystallographic Texture
Evolution During Large Plastic Strains in Metals,” Acta Materialia, 53 3613-3623 (2005).
A. Salem, S. R. Kalidindi, and S. L. Semiatin, “Strain hardening due to deformation
twinning in a-titanium: Constitutive relations and crystal-plasticity modeling,” Acta
Materialia, 53 3495-3502 (2005).
M. Ivosevic, R. Knight, S. R. Kalidindi, G. R. Palmese, and J. K. Sutter,
“Adhesive/Cohesive Properties of Thermally Sprayed Functionally Graded Coatings for
Polymer Matrix Composites,” Journal of Thermal Spray Technology, 14, No. 1, 45-51,
(March 2005).
S. Sukigara, M. Gandhi, J. Ayutsede, M. Micklus, and F. Ko, “Regeneration of Bombyx
mori silk by electrospinning- Part 2: Processing optimization and empirical modeling using
response surface methodology,” Polymer 45, 3701-3708 (2004).
D. Katti, K. Robinson, F. K. Ko, and C. T. Laurencin, “Bioresorbable Nanofiber-based
Systems for Wound Healing and Drug Delivery: Optimization of Fabrication Parameters,” J.
Biomed. Mat. Res. 70B: 286-296 (2004).
F. K. Ko and J. Jovicic, “Modeling of mechanical properties and structural design of spider
web,” Biomacromolecules, 5, No. 3 (2004).
J. Ayutsede, M. Gandhi, S. Sukigara, M. Micklus, C. Hung-En, and F. K. Ko, “Regeneration
of Bombyx mori silk by electrospinning – Part 3: Characterization of electrospun nonwoven
mat,” Polymer 46 1625-1634 (2005).
C. Y. Li, L. Li, W. Cai, S. L. Kodjie, and K. K. Tenneti, “Nano-Hybrid Shish-kebab: Polymer
decorated carbon Nanotubes,” Adv. Mater. 17, 1198-1202 (2005). (Cover Article, Cited
by “Faraday Technology Alert-Smart Materials”).
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C. Y. Li, M. J. Birnkrant, L. V. Natarajan, V. P. Tondiglia, R. L. Pamela F. Lloyd,
Sutherland, and T. J. Bunning, “Holographically patterned, thermally switchable Bragg
reflectors,” Soft Matter, 1, 238-242 (2005). (Highlighted in Royal Society of
Chemistry, Chemical Technology News, Sept. 2005, 2, T33).
M. Lugovy, V. Sljunyaev, N. Orlovskaya, G. Blugan, J. Kuebler, and M. Lewis, “Apparent
fracture toughness of Si3N4 based laminates with residual compressive or tensile stresses
in surface layers,” Acta Mater., 53, 289-296, (2005).
N. Orlovskaya, A. Coratolo, C. Johnson, and R. Gemmen, “Characterization of LaCrO3
perovskite coating deposited by magnetron sputtering on an iron based chromium
containing alloy,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 87, 10, 1981-1987, (2004).
G. Blugan, R. Dobedoe, I. Gee, N. Orlovskaya, J. Kuebler, “Failure behavior of high
toughness multilayer Si3N4 and Si3N4-TiN based laminates,” Key Engineering Materials,
290, 175-182, (2005).
N. Orlovskaya, D. Steinmetz, S. Yarmolenko, D. Pai, J. Sankar, and J. Goodenough,
“Detection of temperature and stress induced modifications of LaCoO3 by micro-Raman
spectroscopy,” Phys. Rev. B, 72, 014122-1-7, (2005).
G. Blugan, N. Orlovskaya, M. Lewis, J. Kuebler, “Multilayer silicon nitride laminates
exhibiting high fracture toughness and crack deflection,” Key Engineering Materials, 280283, 1863-1868, 2004.
P. T. Charles, E. R. Goldman, J. G. Rangasammy, C. L. Schauer, M. Chen & C. R. Taitt,
“Fabrication and Characterization of 3D hydrogel microarrays to measure antigenicity and
antibody functionality for biosensor applications,” Biosensor Bioelectronics, 20, 753-764
(2004).
H. Gu, W. Y. Shih, and W.-H. Shih, “Low-Temperature, Single Step, Reactive Sintering
of Lead Magnesium Niobate Using Mg(OH)2-Coated Nb2O5 Powders,” J. Am. Ceram. Soc.,
88[6] 1435-1443 (2005).
A. Markidou, W. Y. Shih, and W.-H. Shih, “Soft-Materials Elastic and Shear Moduli
Measurement Using Piezoelectric Cantilevers,” Rev. Sci. Instrum., 76, 064302 (2005).
G.N. Yushin, A.V. Kvit, Z. Sitar, “Transmission electron microscopy studies of the bonded
SiC-SiC interface,” Journal of Materials Science, 40 (16): 4369-4371 (2005).
G.N. Yushin, A. Aleksov, S.D. Wolter, F. Okuzumi, J.T. Prater, Z. Sitar, “Wafer bonding of
highly oriented diamond to silicon,” Diamond and Related Materials 13 (10): 1816-1821
(2004).
A. Galen and A. Zavaliangos, “Strength Anisotropy in Cold Compacted Ductile and Brittle
Powders,” Acta Materialia, 53, Issue 18, 4801-4815 (2005).
A. Procopio and A. Zavaliangos, “Simulation of multi-axial compaction of granular media
from loose to high relative densities,” Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 53,
Issue 7, 1523-1551 (2005).
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Service Activities
Michel Barsoum
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Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of the American Ceramics Soc., Acta Materialia, Scripta
Materialia, Wear, J. of the Electrochemical Soc., National Science Foundation - Division of
Materials Research., Phys. Rev. Letters, J. Applied Physics, Appl. Phys. Letters, Materials
Science and Engineering A, Corrosion Science, J. of Alloys and Compounds
Roger Doherty
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Member: International Committee for Recrystallization and Grain Growth
Yury Gogotsi
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Symposium Organizer: Fall MRS Meeting, Symposium T, Surface Engineering, Dec.
2004; Symposium on Nanostructured and Biomimetic Materials, Cocoa Beach Meeting on
Advanced Materials, Cocoa Beach, FL, January, 2005
Member of the Steering Committee: Pennsylvania Nanotechnology 2005, Pittsburgh, PA,
April 19-21, 2005
Co-organizer: 20th American Society of Composite Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, Sept. 2005
Organizing Committee Member: 3rd International Conference on Materials and Coatings
for Extreme Performances: Investigations, Applications, Ecologically Safe Technologies
and Their Production and Utilization, Crimea, Ukraine, 13-17 Sept. 2004
Member of International Program Committee:
International conference “Modern
Materials Science: Achievements and Problems” Kiev, Ukraine, September 26—30, 2005
Review Panel: DOE, Hydrogen Storage Proposal Review Panel, March 8, 2005
Somiya Award Committee: International Union of Materials Research Societies
Graduate Student Award Judge: Materials Research Society, Spring 2005 Meeting
Academician: World Academy of Ceramics
Associate Editor: Science of Sintering, since 2005; International Journal of Applied
Ceramic Technology, since 2003
Editorial Board Member: Advances in Applied Ceramics, since 2005; British Ceramic
Transactions, 2004; Advances in Technology of Materials and Materials Processing
Journal (ATM), since 1998; Reviews in Advanced Materials Science, since 1999; Materials
Physics and Mechanics, since 2000; Science of Nanoscale Materials, since 2005 (Ukraine)
Manuscript Reviewer: Book proposal for CRC Press; Book proposal for IOP; Nano Letters;
Carbon; Diamond and Related Materials; Journal of the American Chemical Society;
Materials Science Forum; Thin Solid Films; J. Phys. Chemistry; Canadian Journal of
Chemistry; Applied Physics Letters; Physica B; Physical Review B; International Journal of
Applied Ceramic Technology; International Journal of Nanomedicine
Proposal Reviewer: NSF; DOE – Hydrogen Energy Panel of of the Office of Basic Energy
Sciences; AFOSR/NRC
Surya Kalidindi
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Keynote Lecture: ICOTOM 13, Belgium, “Microstructure Sensitive Design with First Order
Homogenization Theories and Finite Element Codes”; proceedings to be published in
Materials Science Forum, 2005
Invited Lecture: Institute of Technological Research in Sao Paulo (IPT) and The
University of Sao Paulo (USP), Sao Paulo, Brazil, Nov 22-24, 2004; University of Belgrade,
Faculty of Mechanical Engineering Lecture, May 26, 2004, Rheology Seminar, Faculty of
Mathematics, May 27, 2004
Manuscript Reviewer: Acta Materialia, Materials Science and Engineering, Metallurgical
Transactions A
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General Conference Co-Chair: 2005 International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC2005), Basel, Switzerland, May 2005
Member of Organizing Committee: 2005 International Thermal Spray Conference (ITSC2005), Basel, Switzerland, May 2005
Chair, Program Committee: ASM International, Thermal Spray Society “Sensors &
Controls 2004” Workshop Meeting, NRC Canada, Boucherville, Montreal, Canada, October
2004
Member: ASM-TSS—Program Committee, Training Committee, Information Development
and Delivery (IDD) Committee, Membership and Marketing Committee; JTST,
International Editorial Board; Plasma Chemistry & Plasma Processing, Editorial Board;
ASM International, Events Council
President: ASM/TSS
Manuscript/Proposal Reviewing: Plasma Chemistry and Plasma Processing ; Surface
Coatings and Technology (UK); Materials Science and Engineering A ; Book proposal
review for ASM International (“Cold Spray Technology”; planned ~300 pages + Figures)
Frank Ko
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Member of Advisory Board: Institute for Textile and Clothing, Hong Kong Polytechnic
University
Member: Council of the U.S.-Japan Conference on Composite Materials
Chair: American Society for Composites, 2005 Conference organizing committee
Christopher Li
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Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of American Chemical Society, Macromolecules. Polymer,
Journal of Polymer Science, Polymer Physics, Journal of Physical Chemistry, Polymer
International
Proposal Reviewer: Panel member, NSF Nano Interdisciplinary Research Team (NIRT);
National Science Foundation (ad-hoc reviewer for DMR and CHE); ACS-PRF (American
Chemical Foundation – Petroleum Research Fund); Cooperative research grant; United States
Department of Agriculture; National Science Foundation of China
Michele Marcolongo
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Conference Chair and Founder: Spine Research Symposium
Abstract Reviewer: Society for Biomaterials
Chair: Society for Biomaterials Orthopaedic Special Interest Group, 2005-2006
Grant Reviewer: NIH NIAMS SBIR Panel, NIH NIBIB RO1 Panel Biomaterials and
Biosurfaces, GRID
Nina Orlovskaya
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Member: American Ceramic Society, Materials Research Society
Proposal Reviewer: NSF and PRF
Reviewer: J. Mater. Sci., Thin Solid Films, Composites, Part B Engineering
Caroline Schauer
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Manuscript Reviewer: Biomacromolecules, Analytical Chemistry, Langmuir
Wan Shih
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Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Proposal Reviewer: NSF
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Wei-Heng Shih
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Manuscript Reviewer: Journal of the American Ceramic Society
Proposal Reviewer: NSF
Jonathan Spanier
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Manuscript Reviewer: Applied Physics Letters, Physical Review Letters, Journal of the
Chemistry and Physics of Solids, Journal of the American Ceramic Society
T. S. Venkataraman
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Undergraduate physics textbook reviewer
Member Board of Directors: Delaware Valley Science Council to promote interest in
science among students in area high schools
Antonios Zavaliangos
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International Scientific Committee: Sintering ’05, 14th International Conference on
Science, Technology and Applications of Sintering, Grenoble, France, August 29September 1, 2005
Proposal Panel: NSF DMII, National Academy of Engineering AFOSR Proposal Panel
Proposal Reviewer: NSF-DMR
Editorial Board: International Journal of Powder Metallurgy
Key Reader: Metallurgical Transactions
Manuscript Reviewer: Materials Science & Engineering, Materials & Design, Particulate
Science & Technology, Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, Powder
Metallurgy, Science of Sintering, Wiley Technical Books, Powder Metallurgy (UK)
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