Mission To be the leader in research, development, and education, concentrating on laser and l li ti d d d t il Faculty Dr. Hani E. Elsayed-Ali Professor of Electrical Engineering and Eminent Scholar, Director of Applied Research Center A P plasma applications and advanced materials. Working to Innovate What we are doing: ¾ Nanotechnology/quantum dots Scholar, Director of Applied Research Center Ultrafast laser-based measurements; laser processing, thin film and nanocrystal fabrication; pulsed laser deposition; semiconductor surface preparation and characterization; electron emitters and electron gun design; and thin film and laser-based sensors Dr. Helmut Baumgart NANOTECHNOLOGY P P L I ¾ Thin films ¾ Materials characterization ¾ Laser micromachining ¾ Advanced sensors ¾ Ultrafast laser diagnostics ¾ Nanotechnology for lab-on-a-chip applications ¾ Electronic materials Virginia Microelectronics Consortium Endowed Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Nanotechnology; microelectronics fabrication; high-k dielectrics for advanced gate stack engineering; atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology of electronic thin film materials; semiconductor device processing; thin film E D R ¾ Electronic materials ¾ High-k dielectrics ¾ Alternative renewable energy and bioapplications ¾ Electron beam lithography ¾ VUV lithography ¾ Solar cells and photodetectors growth; ALD of ZnO for detector and sensor applications Dr. Abdelmageed Elmustafa Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Nanoscale mechanical behavior of materials; nanoindentation (metals, polymers, alloys, interconnects); dislocation and strain gradient plasticity; thin films (mechanical properties and characterization); modeling THIN FILM DEPOSITION R E S E ¾ Negative electron affinity photocathodes ¾ Laser induced breakdown spectroscopy ¾ Femtosecond laser technology ¾ Carbon nanotubes and nanoparticles ¾ Surface modification with plasmas (mechanical properties and characterization); modeling and simulation (nanoindentation creep and contact mechanics); RF accelerators breakdown Dr. Wes Lawrence Assistant Professor of Engineering Technology Advanced material concepts utilizing nanoinclusions and periodic structures of materials to develop materials with E A R C periodic structures of materials to develop materials with novel electromagnetic properties; creating lightweight and flexible EM shielding materials, structurally integrated antenna concepts Dr. Sylvain Marsillac Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION Dr. Hani E. Elsayed-Ali, Director A li dR hC t H C E Engineering Solar cells, new inorganic materials for renewable energy applications, innovative tools for in-situ and real-time analysis, novel architectures and techniques for the fabrication of flexible and high efficiency solar cells, materials characterization Dr. Gon Namkoong Applied Research Center Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology Old Dominion University 12050 Jefferson Avenue Applied Research Center Frank Batten College of Engineering & Technology Old Dominion University 12050 Jefferson Avenue Newport News, Virginia 23606 Phone: (757) 269-5643 E N T E Dr. Gon Namkoong Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Development of nitride/ZnO-based materials and devices on innovative substrate materials as well as applying new growth techniques to facilitate material and device improvements Newport News, Virginia 23606 (757) 269-5643 Phone: (757) 269 5643 Fax: (757) 269-5644 E-mail: [email protected] Web site: http://www.eng.odu.edu/arc R