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The University at Albany held its Graduate Commencement ceremony on December 9, 2007. After the ceremony, the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering held a reception to celebrate the achievements of its December 2007 graduates. Faculty, staff and students gathered in the NanoFab South rotunda to congratulate the graduates and enjoy refreshments.
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(l-r) Justin Waterman, M.S., Steve Consiglio, Ph.D., Bharat Avasarala, M.S.,
and Daniel Pesántez, M.S. (Not in attendance: Padmaja Nagaiah, M.S.,
Jobert vanEisden, Ph.D., Liqi Wu, M.S., James Grandusky, Ph.D.,Lakshmi Govindaraju, M.S., Seth Knupp, M.S., Odysseas Paschos, M.S., and Brenan Tarrier, M.S.) |
Ms. Padmaja Nagaiah, M.S.
VALEDICTORIAN
Thesis Title: "Structural and Electrical Characterization of DC Magnetron Sputtered Molybdenum Thin Films for Copper Indium Gallium Selenide (CIGS) Based Solar Cells"
Advisor: Dr. Pradeep Haldar
Native Country: India
Mr. Steve Consiglio, Ph.D.
Thesis Title: "Metallorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition and Atomic Layer Deposition Approaches for the Growth of Hf-based Thin Films from Dialkylamide Precursors for Advanced CMOS Gate Stack Applications"
Advisor: Dr. Eric Eisenbraun
Native Country: USA
Mr. Jobert vanEisden, Ph.D.
Thesis Title: "Development of a VCSEL with Electroabsorption Modulator for High-Speed Data Transfer"
Advisor: Dr. Serge Oktyabrsky
Native Country: Netherlands
Mr. Liqi Wu, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Investigation of Atomic Layer Deposition - Grown Copper"
Advisor: Dr. Eric Eisenbraun
Native Country: China
Mr. Bharat Avasarala, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Influence of the Surface Roughness of Composite Bipolar Plate on the Contact Resistance of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell"
Advisor: Dr. Pradeep Haldar
Native Country: India
Mr. James Grandusky, Ph.D.
Thesis Title: "Homeopitaxial Growth of GaN and AIN and its Effects on Device Properties"
Advisor: Dr. Shadi Shahedipour-Sandvik
Native Country: USA
Mr. Lakshmi Govindaraju, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Mask Blank Flatness Metrology in Vacuum"
Advisor: Dr. John Hartley
Native Country: India
Mr. Seth Knupp, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Synthesis and Parametric Effects on Carbon Nanotube/Nanofiber Supported Platinum via Polyol Processing Techniques"
Native Country: USA
Advisor: Dr. Pradeep Haldar
Mr. Odysseas Paschos, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Synthesis of Platinum Nanoparticles by Aerosol Assisted Deposition Method"
Advisor: Dr. Pradeep Haldar
Native Country: Greece
Mr. Justin Waterman, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Vacuum Induced Photoresist Outgasing"
Advisor: Dr. Gregory Denbeaux
Native Country: USA
Mr. Daniel Pesántez, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Development of a Metabolic Sensor System for Clinical Organ Transplantation"
Advisor: Dr. Anand Gadre
Native Country: Ecuador
Mr. Brenan Tarrier, M.S.
Thesis Title: "Development of a MEMS Humidity Sensor for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cell"
Advisor: Dr. Bai Xu
Native Country: USA
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