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Kathy Aidala
Profesor
in Department of Physics
Mount
Holyoke College
Email: kaidala@mtholyoke.edu
Website: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/~kaidala/
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Jason Mascatello
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics,
Mount Holyoke College
Email: jmoscate@mtholyoke.edu
Engineering Physics Ph.D. 2010, Michigan Technological University
Dissertation: "Growth, Modification and Integration of Carbon Nanotubes into Molecular Electronics"
Physics Masters 2002, The College of William & Mary
My research focuses on better understanding charge transport through quantum dot films in different environments (e.g different polymers). I get to fabricate devices in which we can study controlled quantum dots systems with the atomic force microscope (AFM) using techniques such as conductive AFM and Kelvin probe. If we can better understand the mechanisms, we can improve the efficiency of devices such as solar cells and organic LEDs. |
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Nihar R. Pradhan
Postdoctoral Research Associate
Department of Physics,
Mount Holyoke College
Email: npradhan@mtholyoke.edu
nihar@physics.umass.edu
Website: http://www.mtholyoke.edu/courses/kaidala/Lab/People/People_files/Nihar.html
http://people.umass.edu/nihar/
Ph.D.
(2006-2009)
Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
Title of
Thesis: “Thermal Conductivity of Nanowires,
Nanotubes and Polymer-Nanotube
Composites”
Masters
(2005-2006), Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, MA, USA
My research focuses on controlling magnetic states
of Ferromagnetic nanorings and nanowires for high density data storage and MRAM
devices. The high sensitive asylum MFP3D scanning probe microscope used
to manipulate magnetic states of individual nanorings
of sizes ranges from 500 – 1000nm diameters and 10 – 30nm thickness.
Excellent clean
room facilities available at UMass Amherst used
to fabricate high quality nanoring and nanowire sample.
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Yihan Li
(2013)
Undergraduate: Math Major
Email: Yihan_li_ben@hotmail.com
Project: Simulation Study of Ferromagnetic Nanoring for Data Storage
and MRAM Devices.
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Xiaolin Hu
(2012)
Undergraduate: Physics Major
Email: Xiaolinhu@gmail.com
Project: Fabrication of Ferromagnetic Nanowires and Study
of Domain Wall Motion by Injecting Current Pulses.
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Qinxia Wang (2013)
Undergraduate: Physics & Math Major
Email: wang25q@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Fabrication and Study of Electrical Properties
of Thin Films of Organic Semiconductors and Nanostructures Qunatum Dots
for Solar Cell Devices.
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Alyssa J Mckenna (2012)
Undergraduate: Physics Major
Email: mcken24a@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Mechanical Charaterization of Hydrogel Thin
Films.
My project investigates the mechanical
characteristics (stiffness, resistance to deformation, etc.) and
methods to find those characteristics for hydrogels,
flexible networks of polymer molecules which swell when placed in
water. I am using the atomic force microscope to measure
characteristics to validate a characterization method that I worked on
at the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the summer of 2010
and to explore how the characteristics of the thin hydrogel
film change when different portions of the same film swell different
amounts.
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San Theingi (2012)
Undergraduate: Physics Major
Email: thein20s@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Electrical Characterization of Vertically Oriented Crystalline Organic Nanostructures
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Pawana Shrestha
(2013)
Undergraduate: Physics Major
Email: shres24p@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Fabrication and Study of Electrical
Properties of Thin Films of Organic Semiconductors and Nanostructures
Qunatum Dots for Solar Cell Devices.
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Ruimin Cai
(2014)
Undergraduate: Physics Major
Email: cai22r@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Fabrication and Study of Electrical
Properties of Thin Films of Organic Semiconductors and Nanostructures
Qunatum Dots for Solar Cell Devices.
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Ednah Louie
(2014)
Undergraduate:
Email: louie22e@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Micromagnetic Simulation Study of Ferromagnetic Nanoring for Data
Storage and MRAM Devices.
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Phoebe Sun
(2014)
Undergraduate:
Email: sun26y@mtholyoke.edu
Project: Micromagnetic Simulation Study of Ferromagnetic Nanoring for Data Storage
and MRAM Devices.
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Past
Members
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Anne Murdaugh
Postdoctoral Research
Associate
Departments of Chemistry and Physics
Email: amurdaug@mtholyoke.edu
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Abbey Licht (2011)
Graduate Student, Tuft University (ECE Department)
Email: Licht22@gmail.com
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Tianyu Yang
Graduated (PhD) from Umass Amherst
Department of Physics
Email: tyang@physics.umass.edu
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Abby Goldman (2010)
(Fulbright Fellow, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology)
Email: goldm20a@mtholyoke.edu
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Moureen Kemei (2010)
(Now at: University of
California Santa Barbara)
Email: Kemei20m@mtholyoke.edu
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Tolu Ogunbekun (2009)
Email: ogunb20t@mtholyoke.edu
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Danti Chen
(2009)
Email: chen20d@mtholyoke.edu
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Lori-Anne Ashwood
'09
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Diana Chung '09
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Laura Tomich '11
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Jackline Keoch '11
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