Principal Investigator
Name: Prof. Uwe Kortshagen
Position:
- Distinguished McKnight University Professor
- Ronald L. and Janet A. Christenson Chair in Renewable Energy
Research: Primary research interest is in plasma processes for advanced technological applications. Recent investigations include the use of radiofrequency sustained plasmas for
- Nanomaterial synthesis
- Renewable energy
- Semiconductor manufacturing
- Advanced light sources
- Plasma science
Postdocs
Graduate students
Undergraduate students
Alumni
PhD Students
Name | Graduation Field and Year | Current Company/University |
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Prof. Gianluca Gregori | plasma diagnostics, 2001 | Oxford University |
Prof. Upendra Bhandarkar | nanoparticles (NP), 2003 | IIT Bombay |
Peng Zheng | plasma modeling, 2005 | McDermott |
Prof. Lorenzo Mangolini | NP luminescence, 2006 | UC Riverside, Cofounder SiLi-ion Inc |
Ameya Bapat | Nanoparticles, 2007 | Intel Corporation |
Curtis Anderson | Photovoltaics, 2008 | Air Liquide Electronics U.S. |
Chin-Yi Liu | Photovoltaics, 2009 | Lam Research |
Jason Holm | NP surface chem, 2009 | National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) |
Richard Liptak | NP luminescence, 2009 | Fluke Corporation |
Federico Galli | Nanoparticles, 2010 | Lam Research |
Prof. Zak Holman | Photovoltaics, 2010 | Arizona State University, Cofounder: Swift Coat, Cofounder: SunFlex Solar |
Prof. Rebekah Anthony | NP luminescence, 2011 | Michigan State University |
David Rowe | Photovoltaics, 2013 | 3M |
Song Guo | plasma actuators, 2013 | Micron Technology |
Lin Cui | Photovoltaics, 2013 |
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Jason Trask | Si films, 2013 | Sila Nanotechnologies |
Meenakshi Mamunuru | plasma modeling, 2014 | Lam Research |
Andrew Wagner | Si films, 2014 | Intel |
Lance Wheeler | NP films, 2014 | National Renewable Energy Laboratory |
Venkat R. T. Narayanan | Plasma modeling, 2014 | Eaton Corp. |
Nicolaas Kramer | NP films, 2015 | McKinsey & Company |
Ting Chen | NP luminescence, 2015 | Intel |
Jeslin Wu | NP luminescence, 2015 | Micron Technology |
Narula Bilik | plasma science, 2016 | Micron Technology |
Ben Greenberg | NP plasmonics, 2017 | Naval Research Laboratory |
Katelyn Schramke | NP plasmonics, 2017 | Seagate Technology |
Yunxiang Qin | dusty plasmas, 2018 | Micron Technology |
Katharine Hunter | NP devices, 2019 | 3M |
Samantha Ehrenberg Hill | luminescent concentrators, 2019 | Centre for Energy and Environment |
Zachary Robinson | nanocrystal transport, 2020 | Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Chad Beaudette | 2D-materials, 2021 | Lam Research |
Zhaohan Li | luminescent NPs, 2021 | Lam Research |
Toshisato Ono | plasma science, 2022 | Lam Research |
Qiaomiao Tu | oxide materials, 2022 | KLA |
Yaling Liu | Silicon quantum dots, 2022 | Lam Research |
Gunnar Nelson | NP based films, 2022 | Diamond foundry |
Chengjian Zhang | Nanocrystals, 2023 | Micron Technology |
Ali Eslamisaray | Silicon nanocrystals, 2023 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Zichang Xiong | NP synthesis, 2023 | Lam Research |
M.S. Plan A
Paul Schwendinger | plasma diagnostics, 1997 |
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Gurprit Singh Chandhoke | Nanoparticles, 1998 |
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Brian G. Heil | plasma kinetics, 1999 |
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Upendra Bhandarkar | Nanoparticles, 2000 |
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Zhe Shen | Nanoparticles, 2000 |
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Antonio Maresca | plasma kinetics, 2001 |
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Giovanni Visentin | plasma diagnostics, 2001 |
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Svetoslav Stoykov | plasma modeling, 2001 |
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Lorenzo Mangolini | plasma modeling, 2002 |
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Siri Thompson | Nanoparticles, 2003 |
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Ameya Bapat | Nanoparticles, 2003 |
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Michael Hebert | plasma kinetics, 2004 |
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Patrizio Cernetti | Nanoparticles, 2006 |
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Marco Gatti | Nanoparticles, 2007 |
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Ross Cram | Nanoparticles, 2008 |
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Ryan Gresback | Nanoparticle, 2010 |
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Dart-Ken Poon | plasma actuators, 2011 |
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Brian Merrit | Plasma Science. 2015 |
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Darryl Lee | amorphous Si films, 2016 |
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Ranee Skinner | thermoelectic materials, 2016 |
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Elliot Combs | Plasma Science, 2016 |
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Ben Pearce | Nanoparticle, 2017 |
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Kelsey Mork | Thermoelectric materials, 2017 |
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Jasmine Johnson | Nanoparticles, 2017 |
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Sadhana Mishra | thermoelectric materials |
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Yueke Yang | thermoelectric material, 2019 |
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Jesse Greenhagen | silicon luminescence, 2022 |
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Andrew Arsenault | titanium nanoparticles, 2023 |
M.S. Plan B
Tony Borders | plasma diagnostics, 2002 |
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Ghidewon Arefi | Nanoparticles, 2008 |
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Ariel Chatman | Thermoelectrics, 2010 |
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David Bruce | Thermoelectrics, 2011 |
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Daniel Rave | Plasma science, 2011 |
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Ben Greenberg | Nanoparticles, 2014 |
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Katelyn Schramke | Plasmonics, 2015 |
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Samantha Ehrenberg | luminescent concentrators, 2017 |
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Post-doctoral Associates
Christoph Eggs | plasma modeling, 1998 |
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Eli Stoykova | plasma modeling, 1999-2000 |
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Vitaly Schweigert | plasma modeling, 2000-2001 |
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Konstantin Orlov | plasma diagnostics, 2000-2001 |
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Min Hur | plasma diagnostics, 2002-2003 |
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Prof. Upendra Bhandarkar | plasma modeling, 2003 |
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Prof. Dirk Uhrlandt | plasma modeling, 2003 |
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Prof. Tomohiro Nozaki | carbon nanotubes, 2003-2004 |
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Feng Liao | Nanoparticles, 2005 |
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Prof. Xiaodong Pi | Nanoparticles, 2005-2008 |
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Jason Schmidt | Nanoparticles, 2005-2006 |
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Prof. Sonya Caston-Pierre | Nanoparticles, 2006 |
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Guang Yang | plasma actuators, 2007 |
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Jihua Yang | Nanoparticles, 2009-2016 |
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Prof. Elijah Thimsen | Nanoparticles, 2012-2014 |
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Woo Jin An | Nanoparticles, 2013-2014 |
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Jujong Jang | Nanoparticles, 2014-2015 |
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Prof. Shreyashi Ganguli | Nanoparticles, 2013-2016 |
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Prof. Jong Jin Jeong | MURI, 2018-2019 |
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