Ph.D. Degree (date of graduation & title of thesis)
(1) A. Ravi
Kumar (Dec. 1999; Far-Infrared Radiative Properties of
YBa2Cu3O7-
Films on Si Substrates).
(2) Donghai
Chen (May 2001; Thermal Modeling and Analysis of 193 nm
Pulsed Excimer Laser Calorimeters).
(3) Yihui Zhou
(May 2002; Radiative Modeling in Rapid Thermal Processing for
Accurate Wafer Temperature Measurement).
(4) Yu-Jiun
Shen (Dec. 2002; Investigation of Bidirectional
Reflectance and Transmittance of Rough Silicon Wafers).
Current Position: Manager, R&D Center, Epistar Corp., Hsinchu, Taiwan.
(5) Qunzhi Zhu
(July 2004; Modeling and Measurements of the Bidirectional
Reflectance of Microrough Silicon Surfaces). Current
Position: Professor, College of Energy and
Mechanical Engineering, Shanghai University of Electric
Power, Shanghai, China.
(6) Ceji Fu
(Nov. 2004; Radiative Properties of Emerging Materials and
Radiation Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale). Current Position:
Associate Professor, Department of Mechanics and Engineering Science,
Peking University, Beijing, China.
(7)
Hyunjin
Lee
(July 2006; Radiative Properties of Silicon Wafers with
Microroughness and Thin-Film Coatings). Current Position: Assistant Professor, School of Mechanical Systems Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, South Korea.
(8)
Keunhan Park
(May 2007; Thermal Characterization of Heated
Microcantilevers and a Study on Near-Field Radiation).
Current Position: Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical
Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT.
(9) Yu-bin
Chen
(May 2007; Rigorous Modeling of the Radiative Properties of
Micro/Nanostructures and Comparisons with Measurements of
Fabricated Gratings and Slit Arrays). Current Position:
Professor, Department of Power Mechanical Engineering,
National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
(10)
Bong Jae Lee (Dec. 2007;
Fabrication and Analysis of Multilayer Structures for Coherent
Thermal Emission). Current Position: Associate Professor,
Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Korea.
(11)
Soumyadipta Basu
(Dec. 2009;
Near-Field Radiative Heat Transfer at Nanometer Distances).
Current Position: Process TD Engineer, Intel Corp., Chandler,
AZ.
(12) Xiaojia
Wang (Dec. 2011; Study of the Radiative Properties
of Aligned Carbon Nanotubes and Silver Nanorods). Current Position, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, MN.
(13) Liping
Wang (Dec. 2011; Role of Magnetic Resonance and
Wave Interference in Tailoring the Radiative Properties of
Micro/Nanostructures). Current Position, Associate Professor, School for Engineering of Matter, Transport & Energy, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ.
(14) Andrew NcNamara (Dec. 2013; Characterization and Measurements of Next Generation Vertically Aligned Carbon Nanotube Based Thermal Interface Materials). Current Position: Senior Product Development Engineer, Thermal Mechanical Packaging Engineering Group (TMPE), Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Austin, TX.
(15) Trevor J. Bright (Dec. 2013; Infrared properties of Dielectric Thin Films and Near-Field Radiation for Energy Conversion). Current Position: Thermal Analysis Engineer, Fluid Mechanics Department, the Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA.
(16) Richard Z. Zhang (Dec. 2015; Investigating the Far- and Near-Field Thermal Radiation in Carbon-Based Nanomaterials). Current Position: Assistant Professor, North Texas University, Denton, TX.
(17) Jesse I. Watjen (May 2016; Study of Radiative Properties of Thin Films and Near-Field Radiation for Thermophotovoltaic Applications). Current Position, Research Engineer, Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory, NY.
(18) Xianglei Liu (May 2016; Tailoring Thermal Radiative Properties and Enhancing Near-Field Radiative Heat Flux with Electromagnetic Metamaterials). Current Position: Professor, College of Energy and Power Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, China.
(19) Bo Zhao (Dec. 2016; Thermal Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructured Plasmonic Metamaterials Including Two-Dimensional Materials). Current Position: Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Stanford University.
(20) Peiyan Yang (August 2019; Thermal Radiatvie Properties of Disordered Media and Deep Metal Gratings). Current Position: Hardware Engineer at Appl. Inc., Cupertino, CA.
(21) Eric J. Tervo (December 2019; Thermal Radiative Energy Transfer in Polaritonic Nanostructure Arrays). Current Position: Director’s Postdoctoral Fellow, NREL, Golden, CO.
M.S. Degree (date of graduation & title of thesis)
(1) Brian C. Johnson (December 1997;
Heat Transfer Analysis and Modeling of a Cryogenic Laser Radiometer)
(2) Dave Pearson (August 1998;
Thermal
Analysis and Modeling for Future Development of Cryogenic Radiometers)
(3) C. Alan Canfield (May 1999;
Effects of
Diesel–Water Emulsion Combustion on Diesel Engine NOx Emissions)
(4) Ferdinand Rosa (May 1999;
Modeling the
Radiation Environment in the Lower Chamber of Rapid Thermal Processing Furnaces)
(5) Yu-Jiun Shen (May 1999;
Thermal
Modeling and Analysis of Absolute Radiometers Designed for Solar Irradiance
Measurements)
(6) Jorge L. Garcia (May 2002;
Radiative Property
Measurements for Rapid Thermal Processing)
(7) Linxia Gu (August 2002;
Thermal and
Stress Analysis During Rapid Thermal Processing)
(8) Vinh Khuu (May 2004;
Spectral Radiative
Properties of Thin Films with Rough Surfaces Studied with Fourier-Transform
Spectrometry)
(9) Qinghe Li
(May 2008; Light Scattering of Semitransparent Media).
Current Position: Senior Engineer, Cummins Fuel Systems, Cummins
Inc., Columbus, IN.
(10) Trevor J. Bright
(August 2009; Non-Fourier Equations in Solids Analyzed from
Phonon Statistics). Continued for Ph.D. study at Georgia
Tech.
(11) Ahmad Haider
(August 2011; Application of Rigorous Coupled-Wave
Theory for Studying Radiative Properties of Micro/Nanostructures
and Silver Nanorods on Gratings)
Undergraduates
(1) Kristopher Stryker, Highest Honors Thesis,
Spring 1997
(2) Phillip Behling, Independent Study, Spring
1998
(3) Adam J. Suydam, Highest Honors Project,
Spring 1999
(4) James Miller, Higher Honors Thesis, Summer
2001
(5) Sunny Sin, Highest Honors Thesis, Summer
2001 and Fall 2001
(6) Amanda
Bryson, Fall 2005-Fall 2006
(7) Shawn
Shields, Spring 2007
(8) Orion
Andrew King, Spring 2007
(9) Justin
Chow, Fall 2008
(10) Chuyang Chen, Summer 2016
(11) Matthew T. Mandel, Spring 2017
(12) Priyank B. Acharya, Spring 2017
(13) Yiyang Zhou, Fall 2017
(14) Samuel R. Caballero, Spring 2019
(15) Jesus Rodrigo Garcia Kawas, Spring 2019-Spring 2020
(16) Matthew G. Burg, Spring 2020
Visiting Scholars
(1) Yue Liu, 2008
(2) Hong Ye, 2011-2012, University of Science and Technology of China
(3) Yong Shuai, Harbin Institute of Technology
(4) Atsushi Sakurai, 2013-2014, NiigataUniversity
(5) Junming Zhao, 2013-2014, Harbin Institute of Technology
(6) Qiang Cheng, 2014-2015, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology
Visiting Ph.D. Students
(1) Han Wang, 2011-2012, Harbin Institute of Technology (currently Nanjing Tech University)
(2) Zhaolong Wang, 2016-2017, Zhanghai Jiao Tong University
(3) Xiaohu Wu, 2017-2018, Peking University
(4) Shiquan Shan, 2018-2019, Zhejiang University
