Staff

	Dr. Hani E. Elsayed-Ali Professor of Electrical Engineering and Eminent Scholar Director of Applied Research Center Research Interests:  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 Phone: 757.269.5643 or 757.683.3748 Email: helsayed@odu.edu Dr. Ali's page
	Dr. Helmut Baumgart Professor of Electrical Engineering Research Interests:  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 growth; ALD of ZnO for detector and sensor applications Phone: 757.269.7710 Email: hbaumgar@odu.edu Dr. Baumgart's page
	Dr. Desmond C. Cook Professor of Physics Research Interests: Corrosion, Metal Coatings, Nanophase Materials, Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Mechanical Processing, Raman Spectroscopy, and Metallurgy. Phone:757.683.4695, Fax: 757.683.3038 Email: DCook@physics.odu.edu Dr. Cook's page
	Dr. Abdelmageed Elmustafa Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Research Interests:  Nanoscale mechanical behavior of materials; nanoindentation (metals, polymers, alloys, interconnects); dislocation and strain gradient plasticity; thin films (mechanical properties and characterization); modeling and simulation (nanoindentation creep and contact mechanics); RF accelerators breakdown Phone:757.269.6067 Email: aelmusta@odu.edu Dr. Elmustafa's page
	Dr. Wes Lawrence Assistant Professor Department of Engineering Techonology Research Interests:  Advanced material concepts utilizing nanoinclusions and periodic structures of materials to develop materials with novel electromagnetic properties; creating lightweight and flexible EM shielding materials, structurally integrated antenna concepts Phone:757.269.5634 OR 757.683.3717 Email: rlawrenc@odu.edu Dr. Lawrence's page
	Dr. Gon Namkoong Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Research Interests: 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 Phone:757.269.5349 Email: Gnamkoon@odu.edu Dr. Namkoong's page
	Dr. Wei Cao Research Assistant Professor Research Interests:  Thin film deposition and characterization; metal nanoparticles for sensor applications; electron beam lithography (EBL); characterization of nanomaterials. Phone:757.269.5638 Email:  wcao@odu.edu Dr. Cao's page
	Dr. Tamer Refaat Senior Research Scientist Research Interests: Optical and radiation detectors characterization, modeling and application to atmospheric remote sensing using the lidar technique. He has authored and coauthored 17 referred journal articles and over 48 publications including conference proceedings, invited presentations and technical reports. Phone:757.269.5641 Email: frefaat@jlab.org Dr. Refaat's page
	Dr. Diefeng Gu Post Doctoral Research Associate Research Interests: Phone:757.269.5640 Email:  dgu@odu.edu Dr. Gu's page
	Dr. Mohammed Hafez Post Doctoral Research Associate Research Interests: