Research Group
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Graduate Students |
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Joseph
Buchanan-Vega M.S. Candidate (Molecular Science and Nanotechnology). Boron Carbide Ceramic Sintering Studies. |
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Corisma Robinson M.S. Candidate (Molecular Science and Nanotechnology). EXAFS/XANES Studies on Metal Hydride Materials. |
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Shathabish Narase
Gowda M.S. Candidate (Chemical Engineering). QENS and USAXS Studies on Metal Hydride Materials. |
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Christopher
Champagne Ph.D. Candidate (Engineering Physics). EXAFS/XANES and Positron Annihilation Studies on Metal Hydride Materials. |
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Undergraduate Students |
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Richard Chevious B.S. Candidate (Physics – LA Tech). Covalent and Noncovalent Functionalization of Carbon Nanotubes. |
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Whitney Fisher B.S. Candidate (Chemical Engineering-LA Tech). Destabilization Reactions in NaAlH4 and Nanostructuring of Complex Metal Hydrides. |
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Former Students |
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Paul Hummel Ph.D. Degree (Engineering). Graduated May 2009. Dissertation Title: ‘Single-Walled Carbon Nanotube Device Fabrication Using Spin Coating of Dispersions.’ Currently: Electrical Engineering Faculty member at
Louisiana Tech University. |
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Rahul Krishnan M.S. Degree (Molecular Science and Nanotechnology). Graduated August 2008. Thesis Title: ‘Effects of Microwave Irradiation, Particle Surface Area and Species Diffusion on the Reversible Desorption of Hydrogen from Sodium Aluminum Hydride.’ Currently: Ph.D. Candidate at Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute. |
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Vimal Kamineni M.S. Degree (Molecular Science and Nanotechnology), Graduated August 2007. Thesis Title: ‘Smart Nanofilms for Hydrogen Storage.’ Currently: Ph.D. Candidate at SUNY |
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Edward Bruster M.S. Degree (Physics), Graduated May 2007. Thesis Title: ‘Structure Determination for Transition Metal Doped Sodium Aluminum Hydride Using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) and Ultrasmall Angle X-ray Scattering (USAXS).’ |
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Maduri Guduru M.S. Degree (Molecular Science and Nanotechnology). Graduated December 2005. Thesis Title: ‘Electrophoretic Deposition of Carbon Nanotubes into Device Structures: An Approach to Integrate Nanostructures into Micro Devices.’ Currently: Process Engineer at QualComm. |
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Ejiroghene (Ej)
Oteri B.S. Degree (Mechanical Engineering-LaTech) in August 2008. Publication Citation with Dobbins’ Group: Dobbins, T.A., Bruster E.B., Oteri, E.U., Ilavsky J., ”Ultrasmall-Angle X-ray Scattering (USAXS) Studies of Morphological Trends in High Energy Milled NaAlH4 Powders”, Journal of Alloys and Compounds, 446-447 pp 248-254 (2007). |
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Kristan B.S. Degree (Physics-GSU) in May 2009. Publication Citation with Dobbins’ Group: Dobbins, T.A., Abrecht M., Uprety Y., Moore K., “An X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy Study of the Formation of Ti-Al Phases in 4 mol % TiCl3 Catalyzed NaAlH4 during High Energy Ball Milling”, Nanotechnology, 20 204014 (2009). |
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Youaraj Uprety B.S. Degree (Physics-LaTech) in May 2008. Publication
Citation with Dobbins’ Group: Dobbins, T.A., Abrecht M., Uprety Y., Moore
K., “An X-ray Photoemission Electron Microscopy Study of the Formation of
Ti-Al Phases in 4 mol % TiCl3 Catalyzed NaAlH4 during High Energy Ball
Milling”, Nanotechnology, 20 204014
(2009). |
