Past Projects

1. Electrical Resistance Measurements at High Pressures Using Designer Diamond Anvils (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Yogesh Vohra)
2. Synchrotron X-Ray Diffraction Studies at Argonne National Laboratory and Brookhaven National Laboratory (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Yogesh Vohra)
3. Measurement of Diamond Thin Film Growth Rate using Laser Reflectance Interferometry (LRI), (Faculty Mentors - Dr. John T. Tarvin and Dr. Yogesh Vohra, Samford University)
4. In-situ Control of the Nanostructure of Hydroxyapatite Coatings for Biomedical Implants (Faculty Mentor - Dr. Renato Camata)
5. Metal-Oxide Thin Films Using Sol-Gel Processing (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Andrei Stanishevsky)
6. Nanoparticle Beam Pulsed Laser Deposition and Mechanical Properties of YSZ/Al2O3 Nanocomposite Thin Films (Faculty Mentor - Dr. Renato Camata)
7. Evaluation of Materials used for the Next Generation of Microelectronic Components (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Mary Ellen Zvanut)
8. Determination of Elastic Modulus by Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Chawla)
9. Synthesis and Evaluation of Novel Biodegradable Polymer Resins and Composites for Tissue Engineering (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Dong Xie)
10. Studies of New Laser Materials (Faculty Mentor - Dr. Sergey B. Mirov)
11. Imaging and Spectroscopy of Biomaterials and Nanoparticle-enhanced Biomaterials. (Faculty Mentor - Dr. Thomas M. Nordlund)
12. Infrared Spectroscopy of UV-Photolyzed Planetary Materials (Faculty Mentor - Dr. Perry Gerakines)
13. Electronic Structure Calculation of Materials Properties and Computer Simulation of Microwave Plasma Assisted CVD (MPCVD) Process (Faculty Mentor – Dr. Joseph G. Harrison)
14. Computational Optical Materials Research (Faculty Mentor – Dr. David L. Shealy)
15. References Cited:  (Undergraduate student authors are underlined in this reference list)

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