Biographical Data

PROFESSIONAL PREPERATION

  • B.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, 1980
  • Ph.D Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Electronic Materials, 1988
  • Directors Funded Post-Doctoral Associate, High Tc Superconductors, Los Alamos National Lab,1988-89

    • APPOINTMENTS

  • 1997:        Carnegie Mellon Univ., Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.
  • 1992:        Carnegie Mellon Univ., Associate Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.
  • 1989:        Carnegie Mellon Univ., Assistant Professor of Materials Science and Engineering.
  • 1988-89:   Directors Funded Post-Doctoral Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory.                       
  • 1988:         Post-Doctoral Research,  Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 1983-88:    Research Assistant, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  • 1980-83:    Technology Implementation Prog., U. S. Steel  - Lorain Works.
  • 1978-79:    Summer Engineering Program, Diamond Shamrock Corp., Electrode Division.

    • COLLABORATORS AND OTHER AFFILIATIONS

    Collaborators: J. MacLaren, Tulane Univ.; R. Fingers, WPAFB, Dayton;  D. E. Laughlin, CMU, Craig Vaughan, Magnetics a Div. of Spang and Co., Joe Huth, Magnetics a Division Spang, L. Varga, Budapest, R. Hasegawa, Allied Signal, V. Harris, Northeastern University; S. Sankar, Advanced Materials Corp.; V. R. V. Ramanan, ABB Corporation.  K. Hono, NRIM, M. Kopcewicz, Warsaw, Poland; V. Franco, Dept Fis Mat Condensada, Seville, Spain; G. Markandeyulu, IIT Madras; K. V. S. Rama Rao; IIT Madras. F. Mazeleyrat, LESIR-URA-CNRS-CNAM-ENSC; H. Garmestani, NHFML; R. McMichael, NIST, Gaithersburg, M. Sorescu, Duquesne Univ., T. Kos, NIST, Boulder, R. Goldfarb, NIST, Boulder. M. Willard, Naval Research Lab, A. Hsiao, Union College , F. Johnson, NIST.

    Graduate snd Post-Doctoral Advisors: Dr. R. C. O'Handley (MIT); Prof. N. J. Grant (MIT) and Dr. M. Maley (LANL).

    Graduate Students Supervised:  Pang-Jen Kung, Ph.D, 1993; Miroslawa Bilaniuk, Ph.D, 1993; Beth Baumert, Ph.D, 1994;  Harold Lessure,  Ph.D, 1994;  Roberta Sutton, M.S., 1994, Bala Ramalingum  M.S., 1994, Candida Silva, M.S., 1994, Ching -Hwa Weng, M.S., 1994, Yuichiro Nakamura, M.S., 1995,  Roberta Sutton, Ph.D, 1996,  Zafer Turgut, M. S., 1996, Candida Silva, Ph.D, 1997, Akihiko Fukanaga, M. S., 1997, Bala Ramalingum, Ph.D, 1998, Mark Storch, M.S. 1997, Matt Willard M.S., 1997, Sangki Jeong, M. S., 1997, Amy Hsiao, M.S., 1998; Sook –Jun. Son, M. S. 1999, S. Kuchimanchi, M. S. 1999, Francis Johnson, M. S. 1999, Matthew Willard Ph.D, 2000, Zafer Turgut, Ph.D, 2000; Raja Swaminathan, M.S., 2001; Amy Hsiao, Ph.D, 2001; Zhi-Ling Lee, Ph.D, 2002; Sangki Jeong, M. S., Ph.D, 2002, Chang-yong Um, M.S., 2002, Suk –Joon Son, Ph.D, 2003; Frank Johnson, 2003.

    Post-doctoral Associates Supervised:  Shao-yan Chu , 1995-2001; Mei-qing Huang, 1996-2001, Roberta Sutton, 1996, Alex Landa, 1999, T. Ohkubo, 2001; Hide Okumura, 2001-2003.

    UNIVERSITY, GOVERNMENT, PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY ACTIVITIES 1997-2004

  • 1992-97 CMU Buckyball Project: Interdisciplinary UG Research Project.
  • 1997 CMU Undergraduate Research Symposium Planning Committee.
  • 1999 CIT Ad-hoc Committee; 2000 CIT Ad-hoc Committee.
  • 2000-2001 Business and Ethics in Engineering Education.
  • 2002 Co-organizer (with D. E. Laughlin ) Materials Science and Engineering Seminar Series: Perspectives on Nanomagnetic Materials.
  • 2002-04  CIT Curriculum Review Committee.

  • Pittsburgh Chapter of the IEEE Magnetics Society - Vice President 1996-99
  • MMM/Intermag Program Committee, July, 1997;  MMM Program Committee June 1998; MMM ’99 Program Committee Meeting, June, 1999,  College Park Maryland ; MMM-Intermag Program Committee: August 13-14, 2000 ; MMM-Intermag Program Committee: July, 2001, MMM Program Committee: June, 2002; MMM Program Committee: June, 2003; MMM Program Committee: June, 2003.
  • Editor for the Joint MMM/Intermag Conference  January, 1998; Editor for the MMM Conference  November, 1998.  Editor for the MMM Conference, November, 1999, San Jose , California . Editor Joint MMM/Intermag Meeting January, 1999; Miami Florida . Editor for the MMM/Intermag Conference January 8-13, 2001 , San Antonio , Texas . Editor for the MMM/Intermag Conference January 8-13, 2001 , San Antonio , Texas . Editor for the 2001 MMM Conference in Seattle , Washington . Editor for the 2002 MMM Conference in Tampa , Fla. , Editor for the 2004 MMM/Intermag Conference in Anaheim , CA. Publication Chair for the 2004 MMM Conference in Jacksonville , Fla.
  • Materials Research Society organizer: Research Tools Seminars, 2002-2004

  • 1997-1999        CMU Chapter of Sigma Xi, President
  • 1999-2004        CMU Chapter of Sigma Xi, Secretary

  • 1999                 Naval Research Laboratory Program Review
  • 2002                 NASA Science Concept Review Committee
  • 2003                 NIST Magnetics Sensors Roadmap Workshop
  • 2004                 National Acadamy of Science Associates Review Panel

  • Member of MRS, IEEE, Sigma Xi.

    • PATENTS AND DISCLOSURES

    1. "Metal, Alloy, or Metal Carbide Nanoparticles and a Process for Forming Same", S.A. Majetich, M.E. McHenry, J.H. Scott, E.M. Brunsman, and S. Kirkpatrick, U. S. Pat. Appl. Ser. No. 08 / 265,008, filed June 24, 1994.

    2. "Metal, Alloy, or Metal Carbide Nanoparticles and a Process for Forming Same", S.A. Majetich, M.E. McHenry, J.H. Scott, E.M. Brunsman, and S. Kirkpatrick, continuation-in-part of U.S. Patent Application Ser. No. 08 / 085, 298.

      AWARDS

    3. 2004: National Academy of Sciences Post-doctoral Panel
    4. 2003: Professor Philbrook Award in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at Carnegie Mellon U. for Excellence in Teaching
    5. 1998: Honorary member of the Indian Materials Research Society
    6. 1997: International Workshop on Superconductivity ( Kamuela , Hawaii ) Workshop Material/Product Performance Award.
    7. 1992: Recipient of the National Science Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award.
    8. 1992: Recipient of an Alcoa Foundation Award. 1992: Recipient of an Alcoa Foundation Award.
    9. 1988: Directors Funded Post-Doctoral Associate, Los Alamos National Laboratory.