William Christopher Hughes
Department of Physics - MSC 4502
James Madison University
Harrisonburg, VA 22807
(540) 568-8069
hugheswc@jmu.edu
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Science with Honors in Physics
• Davidson College (May 1988)
• Thesis: “The Second-Order Elastic Constants of AgCl From 20ºC to 425ºC.”
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
• University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (October 1993)
• Thesis: “Indium, Hydrogen, and Vacancy Defects in II-VI Semiconductors.”
EMPLOYMENT
Associate Professor, Dept. of Physics, James Madison University
August 2002 - present
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, James Madison University
July 1997 – August 2002
Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Physics, N. C. State University
January 1994 - April 1997
Graduate Research Assistant, Dept. Of Physics and Astronomy, UNC-Chapel Hill.
June 1990 - August 1992, December 1992 - December 1993
COURSES TAUGHT
(* indicates courses developed or co-developed)
• PY211 (NCSU) – College Physics I
• PY205 (NCSU) – University Physics I
• PHYS140L (JMU) – General Physics Laboratory I
• PHYS150L (JMU) – General Physics Laboratory II
• PHYS240 (JMU) – University Physics I
• PHYS250 (JMU) – University Physics II
• PHYS260 (JMU) – University Physics III
• PHYS270 (JMU) – Modern Physics I
• *CHEM/PHYS 275 (JMU) – Introduction to Materials Science
• PHYS350 (JMU) – Electricity and Magnetism
• *CHEM/PHYS 381 (JMU) – Materials Characterization with Lab
• *CHEM/PHYS 382 (JMU) – Microfabrication Laboratory
• GSCI121 (JMU) – The Science of Light and Sound
• GSCI163 (JMU) – The Matter of Matter
UNIVERSITY AND OTHER SERVICE
Department
• Personnel Action Committee – 2003-2006
• Assistant Professor Search Committee (Chair) - 2004
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• Assistant Professor Search Committee – 2002
• Laboratory Manager Search Committee – 2001
• Department Head Search Committee (Chair) – 2001
• Assistant Professor Search Committee – 1998
• Department Web Manager – 1998-2006
• Curriculum and Instruction Committee – 1997-2003
College
• College Council of Science & Mathematics – 2003-2006 (Chair in ’04-’05)
• College Council Personnel Subcommittee – 2002-2003
• Associate Dean Search Committee – 2000
• Faculty Awards Committee – 1998-2005
University
• External Review Team, Department of Integrated Science and Technology – 2002
• Dean of Education Search Committee – 2002
• Center for Materials Science – 1997-2006 (Interim Co-Director, 2004-2006)
• Task Force on Engineering at JMU - 2005
External
• Council on Undergraduate Research, Physics Councilor – 2003-2006
• External Reviewer, Bucknell University Physics REU Program – 2004
• Virginia Academy of Science, Astronomy, Mathematics, Physics, and Materials
Science Section Chair – 2004-2006
• Member, MRS Educational Affairs Subcommittee – 2002-2006
• Advisor and Site Coordinator, Harrisonburg Children’s Museum – 2002-2005
• Panelist, NSF STEP Program - 2004
• Virginia Academy of Science, Materials Science Section Chair – 2003-2004
• External Reviewer, Davidson College Department of Physics – 2003
• Panelist, NSF CCLI Program – 2001, 2003
• Panelist, NSF REU Program – 2001, 2003
• Reviewer, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology - 2000
• Reviewer for NSF Division of Materials Research – 2000
• Reviewer, Appraisal Book for Children – 1998-2002
GRANT AWARDS
• “RUI: Physico-Chemical Characterization and Processing of Nanocomposite
Polymers for Microfluidic Applications” (co- principal investigator), National
Science Foundation, 4/1/04-3/30/07, $230,000.
• “An Interdisciplinary Materials Research REU Site at James Madison
University”, National Science Foundation, 3/1/04-2/28/07, $202,655
• “Edge Characterization and Quantification of Stainless Steel Specialty Blades
Using Scanning Microscopy” (co-principal investigator), Center for Innovative
Technology, 7/1/02 - 9/30/02, $4,500.
• “Acquisition of a Scanning Electron Microscope/Energy Dispersive Spectrometer
for Materials Investigation and Student Training” (co-principal investigator),
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National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research, 7/1/01 - 8/30/04,
$287,085.
“Acquisition of Large Stage Atomic Force Microscope for Undergraduate
Teaching and Research” (co-principal investigator), National Science Foundation,
Division of Materials Research, 6/1/01 - 5/31/02, $118,745.
“Equipment for an Undergraduate Microfabrication Laboratory” (co-principal
investigator), National Science Foundation, Division of Undergraduate Education
(CCLI), 5/1/01 - 4/30/03, $87,075.
“A Materials Science REU Site at James Madison University” (principal
investigator), National Science Foundation, Division of Materials Research,
3/1/01 - 2/29/04, $150,000.
“Modification Of Conducting Metal Oxide Surfaces Using Self Assembled
Monolayers” (faculty advisor for Sharon Koh, undergraduate applicant),
Materials Research Society, Undergraduate Materials Research Initiative, 1/1/01 3/30/01, $1,000.
“Photoelectrochemical Etching of III-V Compound Semiconductors” (faculty
advisor for Todd Harrell, undergraduate applicant), Materials Research Society,
Undergraduate Materials Research Initiative, 1/1/01 - 3/30/01, $1,000.
“JMU Summer Research Outreach Initiative” (principal investigator), GTE
Foundation, 5/1/00 - 5/1/02, $30,000.
“Electrochemical Reactions Involving Wide Band-Gap III-V Nitride
Semiconductors” (principal investigator), Research Corporation, 9/1/99 - 8/31/01,
$59,202.
“A Proposal to Develop Courses for the Curriculum in Materials Science “
(principal investigator), James Madison University College Science and
Mathematics Faculty Assistance Grant Program, 7/1/98 -8/30/98, $3,000.
“Implantation and Annealing of GaN for Doping and Patterning” (principal
investigator), Jeffress Memorial Trust, 1/1/98 -12/31/98, $17,500.
PATENTS PENDING
• “Hybrid Polymer Materials for Fabrication of Microfluidic Devices and
Functional Tuning of Surfaces Therein”, Inventors: Dr. Brian H. Augustine, Dr.
Wm. Christopher Hughes, Dr. James Landers, Dr. Jerome P. Ferrance, Joy M.
Polefrone (Provisional Patent filed August 2002)
• “Oxygen Plasma Treatment of PMMA-POSS-coated Surfaces to Tune the
Hydrophobic/Hydrophilic Character”, Inventors: Dr. Brian H. Augustine, Dr.
Wm. Christopher Hughes, Dr. James Landers, Dr. Jerome P. Ferrance, Joy M.
Polefrone (supplement to above provisional patent filed September 2002)
PUBLICATIONS
(* denotes undergraduate co-author)
Published
• “Building a Summer Research Community”, David F. Brakke, Daniel M.
Downey, Gina MacDonald, William C. Hughes, Leonard A. Van Wyk and Daniel
A. Wubah, Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly, Sept. 2003, 14-17.
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“Self-Assembly of Phosphonate Monolayers on GaAs and GaN”, Wm. C.
Hughes, Sharon E. Koh*, Brian H. Augustine, and Joy M. Polefrone*,
Proceedings of the Thirty-Fourth State-of-the-Art Program on Compound
Semiconductors (SOTAPOCS XXXIV), pg. 213-217(The Electrochemical Society:
Pennington, NJ) 2001.
“A Metallic Surface Corrosion Study in Aqueous NaCl Solutions Using Atomic
Force Microscopy”, Andrew M. Skolnik*, W. Christopher Hughes, and Brian H.
Augustine, Chem. Educator 5, 8 (2000).
“Perturbed-angular-correlation studies of In-vacancy pairs in Hg1-xCdxTe”, J. C.
Austin, Wm. C. Hughes, B. K. Patnaik, R. Triboulet, and M. L. Swanson, J. Appl.
Phys 86, 3576 (1999).
“Growth of GaN, InGaN, and AlGaN films and quantum well structures by
molecular beam epitaxy”, M. A. L. Johnson, W. C. Hughes, W. H. Rowland, Jr.,
J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, and J. M. Zavada, J. Cryst. Growth 175/176, 72
(1997).
“Surface preparation of ZnSe substrates for MBE growth of II-VI light emitters”,
W. C. Hughes, J. C. Boney, M. A. L. Johnson, J. W. Cook, Jr., and J. F.
Schetzina, J. Cryst. Growth 175/176, 546 (1997).
“MBE growth and properties of GaN on GaN/SiC substrates”, M. A. L. Johnson,
S. Fujita, W. H. Rowland, Jr., K. A. Bowers, W. C. Hughes, Y. W. He, N. A. El
Masry, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, J. Ren, and J. A. Edmond, Solid-State
Electron. 41, 213 (1997).
“Growth of GaN, InGaN, and AlGaN films and quantum well structures by
molecular beam epitaxy”, M. A. L. Johnson, Zhonghai Yu, C. Boney, W. H.
Rowland, Jr., W. C. Hughes, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, N. A. El-Masry, M.
T. Leonard, H. S. Kong, and J. A. Edmond, Compound Semiconductors 1996.
Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Symposium on Compound
Semiconductors (IOP Publishing: Bristol, UK), p. 195-8 (1996).
“Reactive ion etching of AlN, AlGaN, and GaN using BCl3”, W. C. Hughes, W.
H. Rowland, Jr., M. A. L. Johnson, J. W. Cook, Jr., and J. F. Schetzina, Mat. Res.
Soc. Symp. Proc. 395, 757 (1996).
“II-VI blue/green laser diodes on ZnSe substrates”, C. Boney, Z. Yu, W. H.
Rowland, Jr., W. C. Hughes, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, Gene Cantwell, and
William C. Harsch, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B14, 2259 (1996).
“MBE growth and properties of GaN and AlxGa1-xN on SiC substrates”, M. A. L.
Johnson, Shizuo Fujita, W. H. Rowland, Jr., W. C. Hughes, J. W. Cook, Jr., and J.
F. Schetzina, J. Electron. Mater. 25, 793 (1996).
“MBE growth and properties of ZnO on sapphire and SiC substrates”, M. A. L.
Johnson, Shizuo Fujita, W. H. Rowland, Jr., W. C. Hughes, J. W. Cook, Jr., and J.
F. Schetzina, J. Electron. Mater. 25, 855 (1996).
“Molecular beam epitaxy growth and properties of GaN, AlxGa1-xN, and AlN on
GaN/SiC substrates”, M. A. L. Johnson, Shizuo Fujita, W. H. Rowland, Jr., K. A.
Bowers, W. C. Hughes, Y. W. He, N. A. El-Masry, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F.
Schetzina, J. Ren, and J. A. Edmond, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B14, 2349 (1996).
“Second-order elastic constants of AgCl from 20 to 430°C”, W. C. Hughes and L.
S. Cain. Phys. Rev. B 53, 5174 (1996).
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“Blue-green laser diodes on ZnSe substrates”, Z. Yu, C. Boney, W. C. Hughes,
W. H. Rowland, Jr., J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, G. Cantwell, and W. C.
Harsch, Electron. Lett. 31, 1341 (1995).
“Reassessment of the assignment of the In3+V defect in CdTe and ternary II-VI
compounds”, J. C. Austin, B. K. Patnaik, K. J. Price, and Wm. C. Hughes, J.
Appl. Phys. 78, 1776 (1995).
“Molecular beam epitaxy growth and properties of GaN films on GaN/SiC
substrates”, W. C. Hughes, W. H. Rowland, Jr., M. A. L. Johnson, Shizuo Fujita,
J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, J. Ren, and J. A. Edmond, J. Vac. Sci. Technol.
B13, 1571 (1995).
“High-brightness II-VI light-emitting diodes grown by MBE on ZnSe substrates”,
D. B. Eason, Z. Yu, W. C. Hughes, C. Boney, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina,
Gene Cantwell, and William C. Harsch, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B13, 711 (1995).
“Blue and green light-emitting diode structures grown by molecular beam epitaxy
on ZnSe substrates”, D. Eason, J. Ren, Z. Yu, W. C. Hughes, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F.
Schetzina, N. A. El-Masry, Gene Cantwell, and William C. Harsch, J. Cryst.
Growth 150, 718 (1995).
“High-brightness II-VI light emitting diodes grown by molecular beam epitaxy on
ZnSe substrates”, Z. Yu, D. Eason, C. Boney, J. Ren, W. C. Hughes, W. H.
Rowland, Jr., J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, G. Cantwell, and W. C. Harsch, J.
Vac. Sci. Technol. B 13, 711 (1995).
“High-brightness blue and green light-emitting diodes”, D. B. Eason, Z. Yu, W.
C. Hughes, W. H. Rowland, C. Boney, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, G.
Cantwell, and W. C. Harsch, Appl. Phys. Lett. 66, 115 (1995).
“High-brightness green light-emitting diodes grown by MBE on ZnSe substrates”,
D. B. Eason, Z. Yu, W. C. Hughes, C. Boney, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, G.
Cantwell, and W. C. Harsch, IEEE LEOS Annual Meeting - IEEE Proceedings 1,
329 (1994).
“High-brightness green light-emitting diodes”, D. B. Eason, W. C. Hughes, J.
Ren, M. Riegner, Z. Yu, J. W. Cook, Jr., J. F. Schetzina, G. Cantwell, and W. C.
Harsch, Electron. Lett. 30, 1178 (1994).
“The thermodynamics of indium-vacancy pairs in Hg0.79Cd0.21Te”, Wm. C.
Hughes, J. C. Austin, and M. L. Swanson, J. Cryst. Growth 138, 1040 (1994).
“Orientation of the electric field gradient arising from a vacancy in
Hg0.79Cd0.21Te”, Wm. C. Hughes, J. C. Austin, and M. L. Swanson, J. Appl. Phys.
74, 4943 (1993).
“Temperature-dependent structure of point defect complexes in silver halide
crystals”, J. C. Austin, M. L. Swanson, and Wm. C. Hughes, J. Phys.: Condensed
Matter 5, 8829 (1993).
“Observation of indium-vacancy and hydrogen-vacancy defect complexes in
Hg1-xCdxTe”, Wm. C. Hughes, M. L. Swanson, and J. C. Austin, J. of Electron.
Materials 22, 1011 (1993).
“Structure and dynamics of defects in silver halides as observed by γγ perturbed
angular correlations”, J. C. Austin, M. L. Swanson, and W. C. Hughes, in
Proceedings of ICDIM '92: International Conference on Defects in Insulating
Materials (World Scientific: Singapore).
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“PAC study of diffusion in single crystals: the case of silver vacancy diffusion in
indium-doped silver chloride”, J. C. Austin, M. L. Swanson, and Wm. C. Hughes.
Nucl. Instr. and Meth. B73, 429 (1993).
“Perturbed angular correlation observation of vacancy-indium atom defect
complexes in (Hg,Cd)Te”, W. C. Hughes, M. L. Swanson, and J. C. Austin. Nucl.
Instr. and Meth. B63, 244 (1991).
“Indium-vacancy interactions in Hg1-xCdxTe measured by perturbed angular
correlation”, W. C. Hughes, M. L. Swanson, and J. C. Austin. Appl. Phys. Lett.
59, 938 (1991).
“PAC studies of trivalent indium defect centers in AgCl”, J. C. Austin, M. L.
Swanson, and W. C. Hughes, in Proceedings of the Imaging Science and
Technology Symposium on Electronic and Ionic Properties of Silver Halides:
Common Trends with Photocatalysis, ed. B. Levy, et al. (IS&T: Springfield)
1991.
“PAC and XPS studies of II-VI compounds”, M. L. Swanson, W. C. Hughes, J. C.
Austin, and S. S. Choi, Thin Solid Films 206, 335 (1990).
“PAC Studies of Defects in AgCl and II-VI Compounds”, J. C. Austin, M. L.
Swanson, W. C. Hughes, and S. S. Choi, Proc. of the MRS, 209, 469 (1990).
“Perturbed Angular Correlation measurements of trivalent indium defects in silver
chloride”, J. C. Austin, M. L. Swanson, W. C. Hughes, C. T. Kao, L. M. Slifkin,
H. C. Höfsass, and E. C. Frey, Phys. Rev. B 42, 7699 (1990).
PRESENTATIONS
(* denotes undergraduate co-author)
Invited
• “Structure and Assessment of Outcomes of Summer Research Programs at James
Madison University”, David F. Braake, Wm. Christopher Hughes, Gina
MacDonald, Workshop on Assessing the Impact of Undergraduate Research
Experiences, National Science Foundation, Arlington, VA, Dec. 17, 2003.
• “Reducing The Distance Between The Research Lab And The Teaching Lab”,
IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, CA, May 10, 2002.
• “The Introduction of Materials Science Research Topics Into Undergraduate
Science Courses”, Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San
Francisco, CA, April 17, 2001.
• “Self-Assembling Systems As A New Way Of Making Materials”, Physics
Department Seminar, Davidson College, Davidson, NC, October 12, 2000.
• “Electrochemical Effects of Semiconductors”, colloquium, Dept. of
Physics/Center for Materials Science, James Madison University, Nov. 19, 1999.
• “The Use of Soft-Lithography for Processing of Polymers and Semiconductors”,
SESAPS/NC-MRS meeting, Chapel Hill, NC, Nov. 8, 1999
• “Wide Band-Gap Semiconductor Devices for Blue and Green Light-Emitting
Devices”, colloquium, Dept. of Physics, Davidson College, April 1997.
• “Wide Band-Gap Semiconductors for Light-Emitting Devices”, colloquium, Dept.
of Physics, James Madison University, January, 1997.
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“Light emitting devices based on II-VI semiconducting quantum well
heterostructures” Condensed Matter Seminar, Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
UNC-Chapel Hill, April 1995.
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Contributed
• “Microcontact Printing of Organophosphonate Monolayers on GaAs”, Kim
Dusebout*, Renée Ahern*, W. Christopher Hughes, and Brian H. Augustine,
SPIE Photonics East, Philadelphia, PA, October 26, 2004.
• “Fabrication Of Polymer-Based Microfluidic Devices” A.C. Bonhivert*, B.H.
Augustine, W.C. Hughes, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Sciences,
Richmond, VA, May 27, 2004.
• “Evidence of Organophosphonate Self-Assembled Monolayers on GaAs and
GaN”, Kim Dusebout*, Chris Roland*, Sharon Koh*, Karen Bland*, Chris
Hughes, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society,
Wrightsville Beach, NC, November 6, 2003.
• “Determination of the Activation Energy of the Enzymatic Biodegradation
Process in Microfabricated Polyhydroxyalkanoate Thin Films Using In-Situ, Real
Time Atomic Force Microscopy”, Clinton Morse, Brian M. LaTuga, Stephen
Delfaus, Thomas C. DeVore, Brian H. Augustine, W. Christopher Hughes, Paul
G. Warne, Meeting of the Southeastern Section of the American Physical Society,
Wrightsville Beach, NC, November 6, 2003.
• “Development of Scanning Tunneling Microscope Probe Tips”, Sean Walsh,
Chris Hughes, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Sciences, Fairfax, VA
May 22, 2003.
• “Phosphonate-Based Monolayers on GaAs and ITO”, Karen Bland*, Sharon E.
Koh*, and W. Christopher Hughes, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of
Sciences, Hampton, VA, May 23, 2002.
• “Self-Assembly of Phosphonate-Based Monolayers on GaAs and GaN”, Sharon
E. Koh*, Karen Bland*, Wm. Christopher Hughes, INanoVa Conference,
Charlottesville, VA, October 14-16, 2001.
• “Self-Assembly of Phosphonate Monolayers on GaAs and GaN”, Wm.
Christopher Hughes, Sharon E. Koh*, Brian H. Augustine, and Joy M.
Polefrone*. The 199th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Washington, DC,
March 27, 2001.
• “A Survey Of Current Trends In Materials Science Instruction With Applications
To Physics And Chemistry”, Wm. Christopher Hughes, Virginia Academy of
Sciences, Norfolk, VA, May 1999.
• “A Survey Of Current Trends In Materials Science Instruction With Applications
To Physics And Chemistry”, Wm. Christopher Hughes, Chesapeake Section of
the American Association of Physics Teachers, Newark, DE, May 1999.
• “The Use of World Wide Web Based Packages for a Materials Characterization
Lab Course”, Wm. Christopher Hughes, Fall 1998 Meeting of the Materials
Research Society, Boston, MA, December 1998.
• “Surface Preparation of ZnSe Substrates for MBE Growth of II-VI Light
Emitters”, The 9th International Conference on Molecular Beam Epitaxy, Malibu,
CA, August 1996.
• “Surface Preparation of ZnSe Substrates for MBE Growth of II-VI Light
Emitters”, The 38th Electronic Materials Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June
1996.
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“Distribution of Course Materials over the World Wide Web in Introductory
Engineering Physics Courses”, The Spring Meeting of the North Carolina Section
of the AAPT, Raleigh, NC, March, 1996.
• “Reactive ion etching of AlN, AlGaN, and GaN using BCl3”, The First
International Symposium on Gallium Nitride and Related Materials, Symp. AAA,
1995 Fall Materials Research Society Meeting, Boston, MA, November 1995.
• “MBE growth and properties of GaN films on GaN/SiC substrates” The 23rd
Conference on the Physics and Chemistry of Surfaces and Interfaces, Scottsdale,
AZ, January 1995.
• “PAC studies of indium and vacancy defects in II-VI semiconductors”, The 6th
International Conference on II-VI Compounds and Related Optoelectronic
Materials, Newport, RI, September 1993.
• “Studies of point defect interactions in MCT”, seminar, Santa Barbara Research
Center, Goleta, CA, January 1993.
• “Studies of point defect interactions in MCT”, seminar, Hughes Research
Laboratories, Malibu, CA, January 1993.
• “Observation of indium-vacancy and indium-hydrogen interactions in (Hg,Cd)Te
using PAC”, The Workshop on the Physics and Chemistry of Mercury Cadmium
Telluride and Related IR Materials, Danvers, MA, October 1992.
• “Perturbed angular correlation measurements of impurity defect interactions in
(Hg,Cd)Te”, The March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis,
IN, March 1992.
• “Perturbed angular correlation measurements of damage recovery and defect
complex formation in indium implanted Hg0.79Cd0.21Te”, Southeastern Section of
the American Physical Society, Durham, NC, November 1991.
Presentations by Undergraduate Researchers
• “Synthesis of Octadecylphosphonic Acid and an Exploration of Self-Assembly on
GaAs and ITO”, Jenny Muth* and Sharon Koh*, JMU Spring Sciences
Symposium, April 19, 2002.
• “Surface Modification Of Indium Tin Oxide Using Carboxylic And Phosphonic
Acid Self-Assembling Systems”, Sharon Koh*, CUR Posters On The Hill,
Washington, DC, April 18, 2002.
• “The Design and Construction of a Multi-Layer Film Growth System”, Brian
Barnes*, JMU Spring Sciences Symposium, April 26, 2002.
• “Self-Assembly of Phosphonate-Based Monolayers on GaAs and GaN”, Karen
Bland*, Sharon Koh*, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science,
Harrisonburg, VA, May 24, 2001.
• “Photoelectrochemical Etching of III-V Compound Semiconductors, Todd
Harrell*, Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA,
April 17, 2001.
• “Modification Of Conducting Metal Oxide Surfaces Using Self Assembled
Monolayers, Sharon Koh*, Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society,
San Francisco, CA, April 18, 2001.
• “Photoelectrochemical Etching Of III-V Compound Semiconductors”, Todd M.
Harrell*, National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Lexington, KY,
March 16, 2001.
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“Electrochemical Deposition Of Metals On Semiconductors “, Sharon E. Koh*,
Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Radford, VA, May 25,
2000. (Awarded best student paper, Materials Science Section)
“Photoelectrochemical Etching Of III-V Compound Semiconductors”, Todd M.
Harrell, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of Science, Radford, VA, May
25, 2000.
“Scanning Tunneling Microscopy Of Monolayers On Graphite”, Joy M.
Polefrone*, Undergraduate Research Symposium, U. of Maryland Baltimore
County, October 2000.
“Electrochemical Deposition Of Metals On Semiconductors”, Sharon E. Koh*,
JMU Spring Sciences Symposium, April 14, 2000.
“Photoelectrochemical Etching of Gallium Arsenide”, Todd Harrell*, JMU
Spring Sciences Symposium, April 13, 2000.
“Electrochemical Etching of GaN and Related Materials”, Adam Brotman*, JMU
Sciences Symposium, April 23, 1999.
“Nitrogen RF Plasma Irradiation of Gallium and Indium”, Dan Beckstrom*, JMU
Sciences Symposium, April 23, 1999.
“A Study of UV-Enhanced Electrochemical Etching of GaN”, Adam Brotman*,
National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Rochester, NY, April 8, 1999.
“Nitrogen RF Plasma Irradiation of Gallium and Indium”, Dan Beckstrom*,
National Conference of Undergraduate Research, Rochester, NY, April 10, 1999.
“A Plasma-Aided Annealing Furnace For The Processing Of III-V Nitride
Semiconductors”, Russ Neufeld*, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of
Science, Fairfax, VA, May 22, 1998. (Awarded best student paper, Astronomy,
Mathematics, and Physics Section)
“The Application Of LabView For Measuring The Hall Effect In
Semiconductors”, Dan Beckstrom*, Annual Meeting of the Virginia Academy of
Science, Fairfax, VA, May 22, 1998.
“A Plasma-Aided Annealing Furnace For The Processing Of III-V Nitride
Semiconductors”, Russ Neufeld*, JMU Sciences Symposium, April 17, 1998.
“The Application Of LabView For Measuring The Hall Effect In
Semiconductors”, Dan Beckstrom*, JMU Sciences Symposium, April 17, 1998.
HONORS THESES SUPERVISED
• “Modification of III-V Semiconductors and Metal Oxide Surfaces”, Sharon E.
Koh, Honors in Physics, JMU, 2002. (Awarded Phi Beta Kappa Award for
Outstanding Honors Thesis at JMU.)
• “The Physics of Tae Kwan Do”, Alex Elahi, Honors in Physics, JMU, 2002.
• “Electrochemical Etching of III-V Semiconductors”, Todd Harrell, Honors in
Chemistry, JMU, 2001.
COLLABORATORS
• Dr. Brian Augustine, Dept. of Chemistry, James Madison University.
• Dr. Tezer Battal, Specialty Blades Corp.
• Dr. Charles Dulcey, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and Engineering, Naval
Research Laboratory.
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Dr. James Landers, Dept. of Chemistry, University of Virginia.
Dr. Rangananthan Shashidhar, Center for Bio/Molecular Science and
Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory.
HONORS AND AWARDS
• National Merit Scholar
• Davidson College Burlington-Myers Merit Scholar
• Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honorary Society
• Microelectronics Center of North Carolina Fellow
• NSF Advanced Electronic Materials Processing Engineering Research Center
Fellow
• Member, Phi Kappa Phi Honorary
PROFESSIONAL AFFLIATIONS
• American Physical Society
• Council on Undergraduate Research
• Materials Research Society
• Virginia Academy of Science