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		Frank Ernst Leonard Case Jr. Professor of Engineering Ph.D., Physics, Institut für Metallphysik, University of Göttingen, Germany, 1987 Biography on Department Website University Courses Taught Contact Prof. Ernst
		Amir Avishai Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Technion, Israel, 2004. Research Interests: Thin films, metal–ceramic interfaces, microcharacterization, Microcharacterization of Surface-Alloyed Steels. Email: amir.avishai@cwru.edu
		Samuel Barker Doctoral Candidate B.S., Technology Management, Brigham Young University-Idaho. Research Interests: Surface Hardening of Titanium Alloys. Email: spb46@cwru.edu
		Avidipto Biswas PhD Student M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, USA, 2008 Research Interests: Materials Characterization by Time-of-Flight Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry. Email: axb536@case.edu
		Jonathan Cowen Doctoral Candidate B.S., Chemistry, Cleveland State University, 2002 Research Interests: Photovoltaic Materials. Email: jec30@po.cwru.edu
		Changrong Li Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, January 2009. Research Interests: Microcharacterization of Surface-Alloyed Steels, Biomaterial, Semiconductor and Functional Materials, Thin-Film Deposition and Characterization. Email: cxl97@cwru.edu
		Peng Li PhD Student B.S. Materials Science, Wuhan University of Technology, BS, China, 2007. Research Interests: Materials Characterization by Time-of-Flight Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry. Email: peng.li@cwru.edu
		Chi-hong Liao Doctoral Candidate B.S., Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University, 2006. Research Interests: Green Electroplating. Email: chi-hong.liao@case.edu
		Siva Lingala Graduate Student B.Tech, Metallurgy and Materials Technology, Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology, Hyderabad, India, 2008. Research Interests: Wear of Light Metals and Ceramics. Email: srl47@case.edu
		Nikola Matic Doctoral Student Masters, Inorganic Chemical Technology (Chemical Engineering), School of Technology and Metallurgy, University of Belgrade, 2006. Research Interests: Catalysis, Scanning Probe Microscopy of Fuel Cell Catalyst Nano-Particles. Email: nikola.matic@cwru.edu
		Zach Newman Graduate Student B.S. Physics, Case Western Reserve University, 2009. Research Interests: Corrosion Resistance of Low-Temperature-Carburized Alloys, Scanning Probe Microscopy. Email: zln@cwru.edu
		Masahiko Nishijima Post-Doctoral Researcher PhD in Engineering, Iwate University, Morioka-shi, Iwate, 2008 Research Interests: Atomistic Structure of Nano-Particles. Email: masahiko.nishijima@cwru.edu
		Pavan Ponnam Graduate Student B.Tech in Metallurgy and Materials Technology in Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Technology,Hyderabad,India,2007. Research Interests: Carbon Nano-structures, Microcharacterization of Carbides in Low-Temperature-Carburized Steels. Email: ppp8@case.edu
		Reza Sharghi Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Teheran, Iran, 2004. Research Interests: Surface Alloying of Nickel Alloys, Ni-Base superalloys, Ni–Ti Shape Memory Alloys, Microcharacterization. Email: reza.sharghi@cwru.edu


ALUMNI

		Rainer Adelung Joined as: Post-Doctoral Researcher Ph.D., Physics, Institut für Experimentelle und Angewandte Physik, University of Kiel, Germany, 2000 Research Interests: Copper seed layers for electroplated microchip interconnect lines; Nanowire networks for molecular electronics, Self-organizing linear nanostructures, Ti nano capacitors for DRAM devices Email: ra@tf.uni-kiel.de
		Gregory Brown Undergraduate Researcher Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Research Interests: Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells Email: gfb4@po.cwru.edu
		Yan Cao Joined as: Doctoral Candidate Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University 2003; M.S., Physics, University of Science and Technology of China, Beijing, 1999; B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Tianjin University, China, 1996 Research Interests: Surface Hardening of Austenitic Stainless Steels by Low-Temperature Carburization. Email: yancao@andrew.cmu.edu
		Jenna Ditzig PhD Student Masters, Environmental Engineering, Penn State University, 2006 Research Interests: Corrosion Behavior of Surface-Alloyed Steels. Email: jenna-ditzig@cwru.edu
		Kui Du Post-Doctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China, 1999 Research Interests: Atomistic Structure of Fuel Cell Catalyst Particles, Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes, Orientation Relationships in Epitaxy. Email: kxd44@po.cwru.edu
		Johannes Gentil Doctoral Candidate Diploma (Masters), Materials Science, University of Stuttgart, 2004 Research Interests: Mechanical Properties of Structural Alloys, Low-Temperature-Carburized Stainless Steels. Email: jag46@po.cwru.edu
		Paul Guillard Undergraduate Student Research Interests: Scanning Probe Microscopy, Surface Characterization of Surface-Alloyed Steels. Email: paulguillard@hotmail.com
		Maxime Guinel Post-Doctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Science, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, 2006 Research Interests: Materials for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells Email: maxime.guinel@cwru.edu
		Santosh Hosmani Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Physical Metallurgy, University of Stuttgart, Germany, 2006 Research Interests: Heat-treatment of metals and alloys, microcharacterization, Surface alloying. Email: santosh.hosmani@cwru.edu
		Steve Hampton Undergraduate Researcher Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Research Interests: Corrosion, Surface Hardening of Austenitic Stainless Steels by Low-Temperature Carburization. Email: stephen.hampton@cwru.edu
		Whitney Hartung Joined as: Undergraduate Researcher B.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2002 Research Interests: Self-organizing linear nanostructures Email: ra@tf.uni-kiel.de
		Yen-Jung Huang Graduate Student M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, January 2009. Research Interests: Materials for Solid-Oxide Fuel Cells. Email: yxh66@cwru.edu
		Jui-Po Hsu MS Student Masters, Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2005 Research Interests: Nano-Technology, Corrosion Behavior of Surface-Alloyed Steels. Email: jxh147@cwru.edu
		Joshua Katz Graduate Student B.S., Physics, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, , 2007 Research Interests: Surface Physics and Chemistry of And Low-Temperature-Carburized Alloys. Email: Joshua.Katz@cwru.edu
		Leah Lucas Joined as: Master of Science Candidate M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2003 Research Interests: Liquid-phase deposition of single-phase α-Cu-In-Se for photovoltaic devices. Email: lal15@po.cwru.edu
		Jeremy Mark Undergraduate Researcher Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Research Interests: Diffusion Reactions at Metal-Ceramic Interfaces Email: jeremy.mark@cwru.edu
		Ichihito Narita Post-Doctoral Researcher Ph.D., Engineering, Osaka University, Japan, 2005 Research Interests: Atomistic Structure of Nano-Particles. Email: ichihito.narita@cwru.edu
		Fumiyasu Oba Joined as: Post-Doctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Japan, 2000 Research Interests: Surface Alloying of Titanium, Epitaxial Heterointerfaces Made by Electrodeposition. Email: fumiyasu.oba@materials.mbox.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp
		Michael Pelsozy Doctoral Candidate B.S. Chemical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2004 Research Interests: Atomistic Structure of Fuel Cell Catalyst Nano-Particles. Email: mxp77@po.cwru.edu
		John Roush Undergraduate Student Research Interests: Scanning Probe Microscopy, Fuel Cell Catalyst Nano-Particles.. Email: john.rush@cwru.edu
		Corneliu Sarbu Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D. Physics, University Babes-Bolyai of Cluj-Napoca, Romania, 2000 M.S. Physics, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1969 Research Interests: Dislocations in Ceramics, Microcharacterization of Surface-Alloyed Steels. Email: corneliu.sarbu@cwru.edu
		Soenke Schmidt PhD Student Diploma (M.S.) Physics, University of Göttingen, Germany, 2006 Research Interests: Nanostructures, Surface Alloying of Titanium Alloys. Email: soenke.schmidt@cwru.edu
		Jeffrey Schoonover Undergraduate Researcher Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Research Interests: Corrosion Behavior of Metals Email: jeffrey.schoonover@cwru.edu
		Jing-Jong Shyue Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2004 Research Interests: Nano-Technologies, Materials Chemistry, Interface Chemistry, Structural Composites, Synthesis and Processing of Materials, Microcharacterization, Computer Programming. Email: shyue@po.cwru.edu Web: http://jing-jong.shyue.idv.tw/
		Galdric Sibiude Undergraduate Student Research Interests: Scanning Probe Microscopy, Surface Characterization of Surface-Alloyed Steels. Email: galdric771@hotmail.com
		Shanling Wang Postdoctoral Researcher Ph.D., Materials Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, 2005. Research Interests: Mechanical Properties of Compound Semiconductors, Surface Alloying of Titanium Alloys. Email: shanling.wang@cwru.edu
		Richard Wolf Undergraduate Researcher Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University Research Interests: Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Electrodes Email: raw21@po.cwru.edu
		Yeonseop Yu Joined as: Doctoral Candidate Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University 2005; M.S., Chemical Technology, Seoul National University, Korea, 1995; B.S., Chemical Technology, Seoul National University, Korea, 1993 Research Interests: Diffusion Reactions at Metal–Oxide Interfaces, Heterostructured Nanoparticles, Atomistic Structure and Composition of QWQDs, Epitaxial Electrodeposition. Email: yxy45@po.cwru.edu
		Nibiao Zheng, M.S. Joined as: Master of Science Candidate M.S., Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 2001; Research Interests: Electroplating of copper for semiconductor chip interconnect lines. Email: nxz8@po.cwru.edu

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