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Kovar Research Group
     
Professor Kovar
     
Current Students and Researchers Position Research Project

Shreyas Rajasekhara
(Co-supervised with P.J. Ferreira)

 Postdoctoral Researcher Characterization of Metamaterial Thin Films  
James Mikulak Ph.D Student Processing and Properties of Ceramic Honeycombs

Kris Gleason
(Co-supervised with M.F. Becker)

Ph.D. Student Laser Ablation of Metal Nanoparticles for Composite Membranes

Michael Asoro
(Co-supervised with P.J. Ferreira)

Ph.D. Student Sintering of Metallic Nanoparticles
Manuj Nahar Ph.D Student Laser Ablation of Oxide Nanoparticles for Composite Membranes
Claire Davis MS Student Dual Ablation to Produce Unique Nanostructures
Michael Gammage BS Student Design, fabrication and Testing of a High Density, Low Flow Rate Aerosol Feeder
     
The Kovar Group has active collaborations with the following research groups at UT Austin:
Group Department Area of Research
Prof. Michael F. Becker Electrical and Computer Engineering Nanostructured Materials
Prof. John W. Keto Physics Nanostructured Materials
Prof. Paulo J. Ferreira Mechanical Engineering Sintering of Nanoparticles and Nanoparticulates
Prof. Benny D. Freeman Chemical Engineering Nanoparticle-filled Membranes
Prof. Graeme Henkelman Chemistry and Biochemistry Nanoparticle-filled Membranes
     
 
Kovar Group Alumni
  
Former Undergraduate Students
Former Graduate Students
 Former Visitors and Postdoctoral Reseachers
Eric Allcorn, 2009 James Ma, PhD, 2007 Guilluame Noiseau, Visiiting student from Ecole Centrale de Lille, France
Chhavi Agarwal, 2008-2009 Andre D. Albert, PhD, 2007  
Elizabeth Hourigan, 2007-2008 Claudia Torres Garibay, PhD, 2007 Jue Wang, Postdoctoral Researcher, 2003
Eric Chow, 2005-2006 James Ma, MS, 2005  
Jake Ward, 2005-2006 Jue Wang, PhD, 2003 Sven Kerzenmacher
(Visiting Student from Offenburg University
of Applied Sciences, Germany) BS 2003
William Malapica, 2003 Andre D. Albert, MS, 2003  
Ricardo Hernandez, 2001-2002 Gokul Malyavanatham, PhD, 2002
Co-supervised with Prof. Michael Becker, ECE)

Prof. Atsushi Hashimoto, Nihon University, Japan
1999-2000
Thomas Loue, 2000-2001    
Michael Kammerdiener, 2000-2001 Patrick Elverum, MS, 2002
(Co-supervised with Prof. Janet Ellzey, ME)		  
George Messer, 1999-2000    
Baris Cezaroglu, 1999-2000 Titash Sridharan, MS, 2002
(Co-supervised with Prof. Arumugam Manthiram, ME)		  
Stephane Lienard, 1997-1998    
Michael Saner, 1997-1998 Jesus Gallegos, MS, 2001  
Alan Shimshock, 1997-1998 M. Shane Noel, MS, 2001  
Luis Lasa, 1997-1998 Peyton W. Hall, MS 2000  
  Paul E. Rotsch, MS 2000  


  Updated October 5, 2009
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