Alumni & Past RSSEL Members

Osman El-Atwani

Department Ph.D 2012, Purdue University; Post-Doctoral Researcher 2012-2013
Office Thesis: Ion beam irradiation on hard material surfaces - Nanopatterning of gallium antimonide and silicon substrates and irradiation damage of ultrafine and multimodal tungsten

Felipe Bedoya

Department Ph.D. 2017, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Office Thesis: Plasma facing components conditioning techniques and their correlation with plasma performance in the National Spherical Torus Experiment Upgrade (NSTX-U)

Giacinto M. F. Genco

Department M.S. 2011, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Modeling surface nanostructuring in silicon, germanium, gallium antimonide

Sean Gonderman

Department M.S. 2014, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Correlating grain size to radiation damage tolerance of tungsten materials exposed to relevant fusion conditions

Bryan R. Heim

Department M.S. 2012, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Materials Analysis Particle Probe (MAPP) diagnostic

Brandon Holybee

Department Ph.D. 2018, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Office Thesis: Deciphering the role of surface composition and topography in self-organized ion-induced nanopatterning of multicomponent semiconductors with in-situ and in-operando metrology

Guojing Hou

Department M.S. 2010, Purdue University
Office Thesis: The development of a dynamic radiation-surface interaction simulation code

Zachariah Koyn

Department M.S. 2016, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Office Thesis: Fabrication of Metal-Oxide Thin-Films and Features on Dissimilar Materials via Ion-Assisted Codeposition

Anton Neff

Department Ph.D. 2017, University of Illinios Urbana-Champaign
Office Thesis: Dynamic interactions between energetic D and HE ions on Lithium-Tungsten plasma-facing interfaces

Daniel L. Rokusek

Department M.S. 2011, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Heavy-ion driven nanostructures in GaSb and InP

Akshath R. Shetty

Department Post-Doctoral Researcher 2015-2017
Office Department of Nuclear, Plasma and Radiological Engineering
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Chase N. Taylor

Department Ph.D 2012, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Fundamental mechanisms of deuterium retention in lithiated graphite plasma facing surfaces

Emily K. Walker

Department Ph.D 2015, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Surface Modification of Traditional and Bioresorbable Metallic Implant Materials for Improved Biocompatibility

Zhangcan (Eric) Yang

Department Ph.D. 2013, Purdue University
Office Thesis: Development of a multiscale atomistic code to investigate self-organized pattern formation induced by ion irradiation