Dr. Hani E. Elsayed-Ali Director, Applied Research Center Professor and Eminent Scholar Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana. Ultrafast laser-based measurements, ultrafast electron diffraction, laser processing, thin film deposition, semiconductor surface preparation and characterization, electron emitters and electron gun design.

Received his BS degree from the University of Miami, Florida, in December 1979, his MS and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Illinois, Urbana, Illinois in January 1982 and January 1985, respectively, all in electrical engineering.  Upon graduation, he worked as a visiting assistant professor at the University of Illinois conducting research in the areas of gas discharges and thin film deposition. In December 1985, he joined the Laboratory for Laser Energetics at the University of Rochester as a scientist. At Rochester he worked on femtosecond and picosecond laser probing of electronic and structural properties of material surfaces and thin films. He joined Old Dominion University in December 1992 and he is currently a professor. His current research interests are mainly in ultrafast laser probing of surface and thin film reactions. He authored and co-authored over 70 refereed journal articles and holds 2 patents.  In 2000, he was the recipient of the 16^th Annual Faculty Research Award at Old Dominion University.

Contact information:

On Campus: Office :  231J Kaufman Hall Norfolk, VA 23529 Phone : (757) 683-3748 E-mail: helsayed@odu.edu

Office at the Applied Research Center: 12050 Jeffferson Avenue Suite 721 Newport News, VA 23606 Phone: (757)269-5645