Graduated Students

Graduated Ph.D. Students

Anis Yahia

Dissertation: AC Losses and Mechanical Properties of Multifilamentary High Temperature Superconductor Tapes and Wires
Currently at Brookhaven National Laboratory

Bo Yu

Dissertation: Development of High-performance Flexible Poly-Si Thin Film Transistors and GaAs PIN Photodiode for Advanced X-ray Imaging
Currently at Intel, Arizona

Carlos Favela

Dissertation: Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of III-V Materials for Low-Cost Photovoltaic Applications
Currently at ThorLabs Quantum Electronics

Chuanze Zhang

Dissertation: Epitaxial Growth of Thin Films by Physical Vapor Deposition
Currently at Huawei, China

Devendra Khatiwada

Dissertation: Fabrication and Optimization of Single-Junction GaAs Thin Film Solar Cells on Epi-ready Flexible Metal Tapes for Low-cost Photovoltaics
Currently at Intel, Oregon

Ibrahim Kesgin

Dissertation: Processing and Electromagnetic Properties of Low Ac Loss, Multifilamentary Rare Earth- Barium-Copper-Oxide Superconductor Tapes
Currently at Argonne National Laboratory

Jithin Sandra

Dissertation: Development and Scaling up of Oxide Buffer Architectures on Flexible Substrates for Efficient and Application-Derived Growth of REBCO Thin Films
Currently at AMPeers

Mahesh Paidpilli

Dissertation: Development of 50-Meters Length Thick Film REBCO Coated Conductors
Currently at Intel, Oregon

Mehdi Kochat

Dissertation: Study of Flux Pinning in Thick Film REBCO Coated Conductors over a Wide Range of Magnetic Fields and Temperatures
Currently at Applied Materials

Meysam Gharahcheshmeh

Dissertation: Structural and Electromagnetic Study of Heavily Doped Zr- Added REBCO Coated Conductors Fabricated by Reel-To-Reel MOCVD
Currently at San Diego State University, California

Narayan Khatri

Dissertation: Structural and Electromagnetic Study of Thin and Thick RE-Ba-Cu-O (RE = Rare Earth) Superconductor Tapes Fabricated by Metal Organic Chemical Vapor Deposition with and Without Buffer Modification
Currently at Intel, Oregon

Rohit Jain

Dissertation: Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition of REBCO on Various Substrates and Correlation of its Superconducting Properties for High Frequency and Functional Applications
Currently at HiTS

Rudra Pratap

Dissertation: Growth and Optimization of High-Performance Thick REBCO Films for Application over a Wide Range of Temperature (77 – 4.2) K and Magnetic Fields (0 – 15) T
Currently at Intel, Oregon

Sahil Sharma

Dissertation: Development of Inexpensive and Flexible Single Junction GaAs Solar Cells for Photovoltaics
Currently at Intel, Oregon

Sicong Sun

Dissertation: Ion Beam Assisted Deposition of Biaxially-Textured Thin Films for Energy Applications
Currently at Lam Research, California

Siwei Chen

Dissertation: Reel-to-reel Characterization towards Feedback Control in Manufacturing Long REBCO High-Temperature Superconducting Tapes
Currently at PPPL/Princeton University, New Jersey

Vamsi Yerraguravagari

Dissertation: Study of Processing Methods and Electromechanical Properties of Substrates for REBCO Tapes
Currently at MetOx

Vasish Mohan

Dissertation: Inline Monitoring and Process Control of REBCO Tape Production
Currently at Intel, Oregon

Wenbo Luo

Dissertation: Fabrication and electromechanical study of symmetric tape round (STAR) REBCO wires
Currently at General Electric

Xinwei Cai

Dissertation: Solution Fabrication for Multifilamentary Tapes of the Second-Generation High-Temperature Superconductor
Currently at Peking University, China

Yao Yao

Dissertation: Hetero-Epitaxial Growth of Ge and ZnO on Metal Substrates by Reel-to-Reel Physical Vapor Deposition for Flexible Device Fabrication
Currently at Gwinnett Technical college

Ying Gao

Dissertation: High Mobility Single-Crystalline-Like Si and Ge Thin Films on Flexible Substrates by Roll-to-Roll Vapor Deposition Processes
Currently at First Solar

Yongkuan Li

Dissertation: Epitaxial growth of single-crystal-like Ge templates with conductive buffer layers based on low-cost, flexible substrates for thin film III-V solar cells, and methods for texture improvement and defect reduction
Currently at Shantou University

Yuan Zhang

Dissertation: Development of REBCO Tapes on Non-Metallic Flexible Substrates for RF Applications
Currently at Intel, Albuquerque

Graduated M.S. (thesis) Students

Haichao Guo, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2014
Currently at Schlumberger
Rehan Mallick, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
May 2014
Currently at Capital One
Yuhao Liu, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Aug 2013
Currently at Schlumberger
Renjie Wang, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2012
Yao Yao, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
May 2012
Currently at TelcoMotion
Cao Jian, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2011
Currently at Miasole
Xin Tao, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2011
Currently at Intel
Shi Tuo, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2011
Currently at KLA-Tencor
Yue Zhang, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Aug 2011
Currently at Global Foundries
Yangxin Zhang, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
May 2011
Albert Guevera, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2010
Currently at Admatel
Aarthi Sundaram, M.S.
M.S. (thesis) Student
Dec 2010
Currently at SuperPower