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CNSE hosted a reception on Saturday, May 19, 2012 to celebrate the achievements of the seventeen CNSE students who received their diplomas during the University at Albany Commencement Ceremony earlier in the day. Eleven were awarded Ph.D.’s and 6 received Master’s degrees, with bodies of work that cover each of CNSE’s four constellations: Nanoscience, Nanoengineering, Nanobioscience and Nanoeconomics.

The May 2012 CNSE graduates have accepted research and engineering positions with a host of global high-tech leaders, including IBM, Intel, GlobalFoundries, Lam Research and Northrup Grumman, among others. In addition, one student has accepted a post-doc position with the Department of Vascular Surgery at Harvard Medical School, and several Master’s degree graduates have enrolled in CNSE’s Ph.D. program.

 

CNSE May 2012 Graduates

Nurazhani Abdul Raof, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Yubing Xie
Constellation: Nanobioscience
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: Bioengineering Embryonic Microenvironment for Exploring Stem Cell and Breast Cancer Cell Interactions
Native Country: Malaysia
CNSE winner of the 2011-2012 UAlbany Distinguished Dissertation Award
Has accepted a post-doc position with the Department of Vascular Surgery at Harvard Medical School

Joseph R. Abel, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Vincent LaBella
Constellation: Nanoscience
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science
Thesis Title: Measurement of Electron Spin Transport in Graphene on 6H-SiC(0001)

Native Country: United States
Has accepted a position as PTD module and integration yield engineer at Intel

Stephen J. Adamshick, M.S.
Research Advisor: Michael Liehr
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: M.S. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: High Frequency Electrical Characterization of Scalable Novel Through Silicon via Structures
Native Country: United States
Currently enrolled in the CNSE Ph.D. Program

Bushra B. Alam, M.S.
Research Advisor: Sara Brenner
Constellation: Nanobioscience
Degree: M.S. Nanoscale Science
Thesis Title: Analyzing the Efficacy of Cleanroom Wear and Personal Protective Equipment to Prevent Nanoparticle Exposures in Semiconductor Fabrication Facilities
Native Country: Bangladesh
Currently enrolled in the CNSE Ph.D. Program

Norbert J. Biderman, M.S.
Research Advisor: Alain Kaloyeros and Scott Tenenbaum
Constellation: Nanoscale Engineering
Degree: M.S. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: A Proposed Nanotopographic Analytical Platform for Cancer Metastasis
Native Country: United States
Currently enrolled in the CNSE Ph.D. Program 

Ravi K. Bonam, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: John Hartley
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: A Novel Fabrication Technique for Three Dimensional Nanostructures
Native Country: India
Has accepted a position as advisory research engineer at IBM

Brian A. Cohen, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Magnus Bergkvist
Constellation: Nanobioscience
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Virus Capsids as Targeted Nanoscale Delivery Vessels of Photoactive Compounds for Site-Specific Photodynamic Therapy
Native Country: United States

Anthony R. Davis, M.S.
Research Advisor: James Castracane
Constellation: Nanobioscience
Degree: M.S. Nanoscale Science
Thesis Title: Development of Piezoelectric Surface Acoustic Wave Devices for EUV Mask Particle Removal
Native Country: United States
Has accepted a position as electronics field engineer at Northrop Grumman

Thamarai selvi Devarajan, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Pradeep Haldar
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Development of High Energy Density Electrical Double Layer Capacitors
Native Country: India
Has accepted a position as unit process engineering professional at IBM

Fernando Gomez-Baquero, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Pradeep Haldar
Constellation: Nanoeconomics
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: Generality in Nanotechnologies and Its Relationship to Economic Performance
Native Country: Colombia
Has accepted a position as chief executive officer at B.E.S.S. Technologies

Sarah K. Goulet, M.S.
Research Advisor: Magnus Bergkvist
Constellation: Nanobioscience
Degree: M.S. Nanoscale Science
Thesis Title: Molecular Vapor Deposition of Organosilanes
Native Country: United States

Yudhishthir Kandel, M.S.
Research Advisor: Gregory Denbeaux
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: M.S. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Calibration for Quantitative Measurement for Surface Analysis
Native Country: Nepal
Currently enrolled in the CNSE Ph.D. Program

Jae Ho Lee, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Robert Geer
Constellation: Nanoscience
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Synthesis, Processing and Characterization of Si-based Templated Nanowires
Native Country: South Korea
Has accepted a position as process engineer at LAM Research

Padmaja Nagaiah, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Serge Oktyabrsky
Constellation: Nanoscience
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Development of III-V p-MOSFETs with High-k Gate Stack
for Future CMOS
Native Country: India
Has accepted a position as senior technology and integration engineer at GlobalFoundries

Anh Viet Nguyen, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Pradeep Haldar
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Development of an Industrial Fabrication Process for Next Generation, Thinner and Larger Crystalline Silicon (c-Si) Wafer-based Solar Cells
Native Country: Vietnam
Has accepted a position as metallization process engineer at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Sansiri Tanachutiwat, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Ji Ung Lee
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Engineering
Thesis Title: Graphene-Based Post-CMOS Architecture
Native Country: Thailand
Has accepted a post-doc position at the College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Mihir Tungare, Ph.D.
Research Advisor: Fatemeh Shahedipour-Sandvik
Constellation: Nanoengineering
Degree: Ph.D. Nanoscale Science and Engineering
Thesis Title: Experimental and Theoretical Analysis of Strain Engineered AIN on Si for High Quality AlxInyGa1-x-yN Epitaxy
Native Country: India
Has accepted a position as GaN development engineer at Emerging Technologies