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Student exchange.

CDM students have benefited not only from the research activities that they have undertaken, but also from the natural collaborative nature of the CDM. Young-Il Kim (graduate student, Woodward group) has spent time at Carnegie Mellon University learning about PLD and X-ray characterization of thin fims from Paul Salvador and his group. Matt Stoltzfus (graduate student, Woodward group) has learned about calculational methods, including the electron localization function, from collaboration with Ram Seshadri. Pio BÄattig (graduate student, Spaldin group) visited the Halasyamani group at U. Houston to discuss his computational predictions of new ferroelectrics, and to pursue the possibility of their synthesis. Kavaippati (graduate student, Salvador group) is working with Spaldin to calculate phase stability of thin films using density functional theory.

 

  

Access Grid Class

In Spring 2005, Spaldin taught a 10-week course on Introduction to magnetism and magnetic materials over the Access Grid. The course was attended for a grade by 10 students at UCSB, and audited remotely by four students (Knapp, Nishantha, Stoltzfus and O'Malley) from the Woodward group at Ohio State University.
The students learned greatly from attending the course (such a specialist class is not available at OSU) and the experience allowed us to familiarize ourselves with the use of the Access Grid.300

 

 

 

 

 

Access Grid meetings.

Our first Access Grid CDM meeting was held in May 2005. In addition to the exchange of information and technical discussions, this provided an opportunity for students and postdocs to present their research results. All CDM students and postdocs attended the meeting, and presentations were made by BÄattig (Spaldin group), Kim (Woodward group), Klenov (Stemmer group), Knapp (Woodward group), Lu (Stemmer group), and Sivakumar (Halasyamani group), as well as the P.I.s.

 

Technical training.

Training of a postdoctoral researcher (Klenov, UCSB) in HAASF-STEM technique and atomic resolution analysis of interfaces Training of a graduate student (BÄattig, UCSB) in first-principles computations to predict crystal structures and electronic properties. ITraining of a graduate student (Kavaipatti, Carnegie Mellon) in thin film deposition, density functional theory, and physical property measurements.
Training of a graduate student (Toberer, UCSB) in use of the Focussed Ion Beam system in conjunction with sample preparation for transmission electron microscopy. Tobere is currently in Bristol, UK, learning about biomimetic Materials Chemistry.
Training of an undergraduate (Velasquez, Carnegie Mellon) in ceramic sample preparation, scanning electron microscopy, pulsed laser deposition, and x-ray diffraction.
Training of an undergraduate (Rogers, Carnegie Mellon) in ceramic sample synthesis, X-ray diffraction, and thin film deposition.
Training of an undergraduate (Fursina, U. Houston) in solid state synthesis and a variety of characterization techniques.
Training of an undergraduate, Brent Melot, in preparing and characterizing new oxide materials


  

 
 

 
   
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