Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2012

Dissertation Title: Thermodynamics, Entropy, Information and the Efficiency of Solar Cells

Research Advisor: Professor Xiang Zhang, ME

Current Position:  Founder, Strider Solar, Inc.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Extreme Ultraviolet Lithography: A Few More Pieces of the Puzzle

Research Advisor:  Prof. David T. Attwood, EECS

Current Position:  Research Scientist, Center for X-ray Optics, LBNL

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Title:  Development of Extreme Ultraviolet and Soft X-ray Multilayer Optics for Scientific Studies with Femtosecond/Atosecond Sources

Research Advisor:  Prof. David T. Attwood, EECS

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, Centre for Free-Electron Laser Science, DESY/U of Hamburg

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2008

Dissertation Topic:  Vortex Flows in Jupiter's Atmosphere and in Protoplanetary Disks

Research Advisor:  Prof. Philip S. Marcus, ME

Current Position:  CNLS Postdoctoral Research Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory, NM

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2008

Dissertation Topic:  Characterization of Ion Production Using Gasoline, Ethanol, and N-Heptane in a Homogenous Charge Compression Ignition (HCCI) Engine

Research Advisor:  Prof. Robert Dibble, ME

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Division of Engineering, Colorado School of Mines

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2008

Dissertation Topic: Mapping the Affinities of Sequence-Specific Transcription Factors

Research Asvisor:  Prof. Peter Bickel, STAT

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Bickel Lab, UC Berkeley

Master's Degree Conferred: Spring 2000

Thesis topic: Simulation of Defect Formation and Imaging in EUV Multilayer Mirrors

Research Advisor:  Prof. Andrew Neureuther, EECS

Current Position:  Faculty Research Associate, Materials Science Dept., University of Pennsylvania

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2006

Dissertation Topic:  Transition Metals in Multicrystalline Silicon Solar Cells: Understanding the Nature, Origins, and Impacts of Metal Contamination to Minimize its Influence on Solar Cell Performance

Research Advisor:  Prof. Eicke Weber, MSE

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., MIT

Ph.D. Conferred: Spring 2007

Dissertation Topic:  Shape Stability and Violent Collapse of Microbubbles Interacting with Acoustic Waves and Shocks

Research Advisor:  Prof. Andrew Szeri, ME

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering Dept., University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2004

Dissertation topic:  Low Energy Electrodynamics of Highly Nonequilibrium Superconductors

Co-Research Advisors:  Prof. Daniel Chemla, Physics and Prof. Peter Yu, Physics

Current Position:  Director, Citigroup Global Markets

Ph.D. conferred: Spring 2001

Dissertation topic: Filtering and Flexural - Plate - Wave Devices

Research Adviser: Professor Richard White, EECS

Current position: Microsystems Engineer, Sandia Laboratory

Ph.D. Conferred: Spring 2004

Dissertation Topic:  Toward Femtosecond X-Ray Spectroscopy at the Advanced Light Source

Research Advisors: Prof. Charles V. Shank, Physics/Chem/Director, LBNL

Current Position: Vice-President, FDO Partners, LLC (Cambridge, MA)

Dissertation Topic: Thermal Transport and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Nanotube Arrays

Research advisor: Professor Arun Majumdar, ME

Ph.D. Conferred: Fall 2005

Dissertation Topic:  Electro Micro-Metrology

Research Advisors: Prof. Kris S. J. Pister, EECS and Prof. James Demmel, EECS

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering/Mechanical Engineering, Purdue U.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2010

Dissertation Topic:  Spectroscopic Characterization of III-V Semiconductor Nanomaterials

Research Advisor:  Prof. Constance Chang-Hasnain, EECS

Current Position: Journal Manager, Endrocrinology Section, Frontiers Journals (Switzerland)

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2001

Dissertation Topic:  STORM-Simulation Tools for Optical Resist Models

Research Advisor:  Prof. Andrew Neureuther, EECS

Current Position:  Engineer, Synopsis, INC (Portland, Oregon)

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Substrate-Free Gas-Phase Synthesis of Graphene

Research Advisor:  Prof. Michael Frenklach, ME

Current Position:  Process Development Engineer, Novellus Systems, Inc.

Dissertation Topic: Inelastic X-ray Scattering Measurements of Ionization in Warm, Dense Matter

Research Advisor: Professor Roger Falcone, Physics

Master's Degree Conferred:  Fall 2005

Research Advisor:  Prof. Richard White, EECS

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2012

Dissertation Topic: A ubiquitous optical microsystem platform with application to optical metrology and chemical sensing 

Research Advisor: Professor Nathan Cheung, EECS  

Current Position:  Research Scientist at KLA Tencor

Dissertation Topic: Metal Photocathodes for Free Electron Laser Applications

Research Advisor: Professor Roger Falcone, Physics

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2008

Dissertation Topic:  Analytical and Numerical Nanoindentation Studies of Compliant Biomaterials and Soft Tissues

Research Advisor:   Prof. Lisa Pruitt, ME

Current Position: Commissioner's Fellow, Office of Science and Engineering, Center for Devices & Radiology Lab, FDA (Washington, DC)

Ph.D. Conferred: Spring 2006

Dissertation Topic: Microscale Phase Change of Fuels for MEMS Power Applications

Research Advisor:  Prof. Albert P. Pisano, ME

Current Position:  Associate, Booz Allen Hamilton (Washington, DC)

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2001

Dissertation Topic: Poly-Silicon-Germanium Micromachining

Research Advisor:  Prof. Roger Howe, EECS

Current Position: Sr. Scientist, Microsystems Technology, Intel Corp.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Avoiding Irreversible Dynamics in Quantum Systems

Research Advisor:  Prof. K. Birgitta Whaley, CHEM

Current Position:  Research Fellow, Centre for Quantum Dynamics, Griffith University, Australia

Ph.D. Conferred: Fall 2005

Dissertation Topic:  Nonlinear Dynamics and Neural Systems: Synchronization and Modeling

Research Advisor: Prof. Andrew Szeri, ME

Current Position: Assistant Professor, Mathematics and Statistics Dept. (Mathematical Neuroscience), Boston U.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2004

Dissertation Topic: Spatially Indrect Excitons in Coupled Quantum Wells

Co-Research Advisor: Prof. Daniel Chemla, Physics and Prof. Peter Yu, Physics

Current Position: Assistant Professor of Physics (Jerry Cowan Endowed Chair in Experimental Physics), Biomedical Physical Sciences, Michigan State University

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2005

Dissertation Topic: Fast CAD Methods for Simulating DUV Photomasks and EUV Mask Blanks

Research Advisor: Prof. Andrew Neureuther, EECS

Current Position: Software Development Engineer, Mentor Graphics Corporation (Santa Clara, CA)

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Nanoscale Electromechanical Systems Devices and Technology

Research Advisor:  Prof. Tsu-Jae King Liu

Current Position:  Sr. Device Engineer, SanDisk Corporation

Master's Degree Conferred: Fall 2006

Thesis Topic:  Fabrication and Characterization of Germanium-On-Insulator Substrates

Research Advisor:  Prof. Nathan Cheung, EECS

Current Position:  Etch Process Engineer, Siliconix, INC.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2010

Dissertation Topic:  Nanoscale Optical Devices:  Forces, Torque and Modulator

Research Advisor:  Prof. Xiang Zhang, Mechanical Engineering

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, XLAB (Xiang Zhang Lab), UC Berkeley

Ph.D. Conferred: Fall 2003

Dissertation Topic: Coherence Properties of Extreme Ultraviolet/Soft X-ray Sources

Research Advisor:  Prof. David Attwood, EECS

Current Position:  Systems Design Engineer, KLA-Tencor Corporation

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Plasmonic Materials

Research Advisor:  Prof. Xiang Zhang, ME

Current Position:  Beginning August 2012, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering & Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Departments, Northeastern University

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 1997

Dissertation Topic: Material Synthesis for Silicon Integrated-Circuit

Research Advisor:  Prof. Michael Lieberman, EECS

Current Position:  Maxim Corporation

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Single Molecule Studies of Bacterial Transcription Under Force and Torque Using Optical Tweezers

Research Advisor:  Carlos Bustamante, Physics

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute, Gottingen, Germany

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2010

Dissertation Topic:  Nanoscale Studies of Spin Dynamics in Confined Geometries Using Soft X-ray Transmission Microscopy

Research Advisor:  Prof. David T. Attwood, EECS

Current Position:  Process Engineer, Lam Research Corp. (Fremont, CA)

Ph.D. Conferred: Spring 2011

Dissertation Topic:  Wavefront Metrology for High Resolution Optical Systems

Research advisor: Professor David Attwood, EECS

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Researcher, Center for X-ray Optics, LBNL

Master's Degree Conferred:  Spring 2005

Thesis Topic:  Nonlinear Dimensionality Reduction and Clustring for DNA Microarray Expression Analysis

Research Advisor:  Prof. Michael Jordan, CS

Current Position:  Sr. Software Engineer, Goggle, Inc.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 1993

Dissertation Topic:  Microstructure-Interface-Property Relationships in Nanometer-Period X-ray Mutilayers

Research Advisor:  Prof. Ronald Gronsky, MSE

Current Position: Viet Empire Castings Co., Vietnam

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2011

Dissertation Topic:  Measurements of Plasma Bremsstrahlung and Plasma Energy Density Produced by Electron Cyclotron Resonance Ion Source Plasmas

Co-Research Advisors: Professor John Verboncoeur, NE and Michael Lieberman, EECS

Current Position:  Senior Member of the Technical Staff, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA.

Master's Degree Conferred: Spring 2004

Thesis Topic:  Membrane Configuration

Research Advisor:  Prof. Jay T. Groves, Chemistry

Current Position:  Sr. Project Manager, MRW & Associates

Master's Degree Conferred:  Spring 2001

Thesis Topic:  Levers for Microresonator Tuning

Research Advisor:  Prof. Roger T. Howe, EECS/ME

Master's Degree Conferred: Spring 2006

Research Advisor: Professor Philip S. Marcus, ME

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Slow and Fast Light Using Nonlinear Processes in Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

Research Advisor:  Professor Constance Chang-Hasnain, EECS

Current Position:  Scientist, Central Electronics Engineering Research Institute (CEERI), Chennai, India

Dissertation Topic: Light-matter Interaction in Deep Sub-wavelength Nano-photonic Structures

Research Advisor: Professor Xiang Zhang, ME

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2012

Dissertation Title:  Plasmon Enhanced Photoemission

Research Advisor: Professor Roger Falcone, Physics

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Molecular Foundry, LBNL

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2003

Dissertation Topic:  A Universal Retina and its Prototype

Research Advisor:  Prof. Leon Chua, EECS

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2008

Dissertation Topic:  Correlating Structural, Mechanical, and Charge Transport Properties of Molecular Monolayers and Surfaces

Research Advisor:  Prof. Eugene Haller, MSE

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Energy Materials and Surface Sciences Unit, Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST)

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2003

Dissertation Topic:  Discrete-State, Object-Oriented Simulation of Coupled Thermoelectric Transport

Research Advisor:  Prof. Timothy D. Sands, MSE

Current Position:  Patent Examiner, U.S. Patent & Trademark Office

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2011

Dissertation Topic:  Thermal and Electrical Transport in Oxide Heterostructures

Research Advisor:  Prof. R. Ramesh, MSE and Prof. A. Majumdar, ME

Current Position:  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow - Department of Physics, Columbia University

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2005

Dissertation Topic:  Interferometric Pattern and Probe-Based Aberration Monitors

Research Advisor:  Prof. Andrew Neureuther, EECS

Current Position:  Sr. Optical Engineer, Aerospace Defense

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2011

Dissertation Topic:  Theory, Design, and Fabrication of Nanoplasmonic Architectures for Molecular Diagnostics

Research advisor: Professor Luke P. Lee, BIOE

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, BIOE, UC Berkeley

Master's Degree Conferred:  Spring 2012

Dissertation Topic:  Defects and scattering at the interface of LaAlO3 and SrTiO3

Research Advisor:  Professor Yuri Suzuki, Materials Science and Engineering

Current Position:  Phd Student in Applied Physics at Stanford University

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2007

Dissertation Topic:  Transport of Charge and Energy in Metal-Molecule-Metal Junctions

Research Advisor:  Prof. Arun Majumdar, ME

Current Position:  Assistant Professor, Mechanical Engineering Dept., U of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Ph.D. Conferral Date: Fall 2009

Co-Research advisors: Professor Daniel Chemla, Physics and Professor Oscar Dubon, MSE

Dissertation Topic:  Ultrafast Spectroscopy of Correlated Electron Systems

Current Position:  NVM Development Engineer, Freescale Semiconductor (Austin, TX)

Dissertation Conferred:  Fall 2005

Dissertation Topic:  Soft-State Integrated Microfluidic Patch-Clamp Array Chip

Research Advisor:  Prof. Luke P. Lee, BIOE

Current Position:  Senior Research Engineer, Task Leader (MEMS TASK), LG Components R&D Center, LG Innotek, Seoul, KOREA

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2000

Dissertation Topic:  Numerical Simulation of Blood-Flow in a Severely Stenotic Carotid Artery Bifurcation

Research Advisor:  Prof. Stanley Berger, ME/BIOE

Current Position:  Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Lafayette College

Ph.D. Conferred: Fall 2008

Dissertation Topic:  The Linear MEMS Variable Reluctance Stepper Actuator for Fuel Metering Valves

Research Advisor:  Prof. Albert P. Pisano, Mechanical Engineering

Current Position:  CEO, EcoHarvester, Inc.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Nearfield Plasmonic Microscopy

Research Advisor:  Prof. Xiang Zhang, ME

Current Position:  Business Manager, XLAB (Xiang Zhang Lab), UC Berkeley

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall1998

Dissertation Topic:  Kinetic Theory of RF Capacitive Discharges

Research Advisor:  Prof. A. J. Lichtenberg, EECS

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Nearfield Plasmonic Microscopy

Research Advisor:  Prof. Xiang Zhang, ME

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, XLAB (Xiang Zhang Lab), UC Berkeley

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2001

Dissertation Topic:  Electronic Structure of Electronegativity Mismatched Semiconductor Alloys

Research Advisor:  Eugene E. Haller, MSE

Current Positon:  Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, UC Berkeley

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Integrated Nanoplasmonic Optical Microfluidics for Label-Free Bioassays

Research advisor: Professor Luke Lee, BioE

Current Position:  Scientist, Illumina

Ph.D. Conferred:  Spring 2009

Dissertation Topic:  Optical Subdiffraction-Limited Imaging and Lithography Utilizing Metamaterials or Surface Plasmons

Research Advisor:  Prof. Xiang Zhang, ME

Current Position:  Modeling Engineer, KLA-Tencor Corp.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2010

Dissertation Topic:  Light Propagation and Imaging in Indefinite Metamaterials

Research Advisor:  Prof. Xiang Zhang. ME

Current Position:  Postdoctoral Fellow, Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford U.

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2005

Dissertation Topic:  Modeling Nucleation, Growth and Stress: Ge Nanocrystals Embedded in Si02

Research Advisor:  Daryl C. Chrzan, MSE

Current Position:  Sr. Research Analyst, Allstate Insurance Co., Menlo Park, CA

Ph.D. Conferred:  Fall 2007

Dissertation Topic:  Spatial and Curvature Patterning of Biomembranes

Research Advisor:  Prof. Jay T. Groves, CHEM

Current Position:  Research Fellow, RCE Mechanobiology, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dissertation Topic: Regulatory Dynamics of Natural and Artificial Photosynthesis

Research Advisor: Professor Graham Fleming, CHEM

Master's Degree conferred: Spring 2012

Thesis title:  An Atomic-based Multiscale Cohesive Finite Element Method for Simulation of Fracture

Research Advisor:  Professor Shaofan Li, Civil and Environmental Engineering

Current Position:  Assistant General Manager, Able New Energy Co., Ltd., Shenzhen, China

Master's Degree conferred: Spring 2007

Thesis Topic:  Four Dimensional Adventures: A Geometric & Topological Analysis of Transversally Interactive Manifolds in Quansiperiodically Driven Systems

Research Advisor:  Prof. Andrew Szeri, ME