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Thin Film Science and Technology

ID: 715414 Texas, USA

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Expert has focused his technical expertise on the fabrication, characterization, and utilization of thin films and thin film materials. He has used a variety of techniques for the growth of thin films and coatings including chemical vapor deposition of metal and semiconductor films. This has been amplified by molecular beam epitaxial growth, metal-organic chemical vapor deposition, and most recently by the application of laser processing of thin films. The recent work applies thin film growth processes to the fabrication of semiconductor, dielectric, and high temperature superconducting materials.

The characterization techniques Expert uses in his work with thin film materials includes all of the surface and thin film sensitive spectroscopies (Auger electron, X-ray and ultraviolet photoelectron). This has been augmented by the surface electron diffraction techniques of low-energy electron diffraction and reflection high energy electron diffraction. These techniques (in conjunction with SEM and scanning tunneling microscopy) have been used to investigate the interaction of atoms and molecules with the surface of materials, focusing on the interaction of surface chemistry.


Since the growth and characterization of thin film materials is a major portion of his career, Expert has come to understand the application and use of ultra-high vacuum and vacuum technology. This includes vacuum-compatible materials, vacuum measurement, vacuum leak detection, and vacuum pumping. The most recent application of this knowledge has come through the definition, implementation, and deployment of a major experiment in the measurement and use of the vacuum of space. The experiment to measure the vacuum of space and grow thin films has flown on two Shuttle missions and will fly a third Shuttle mission in late 1996.

Expert's R&D efforts in recent years have focused on the development of thin film high temperature superconductors with specific focus on Yba2Cu3O7-x superconductors. Both materials development and device applications have been addressed with special interest and accomplishments in superconducting transistors, thick film superconducting wires and thick film deposition techniques including MOCVD.

Expert's work in high temperature superconducting thin films has led to extensive work in thin film advanced oxides. These include dielectric, ferroelectric, pyroelectric, and piezoelectric oxide materials fabricated in crystalline thin film form by pulsed laser deposition and MOCVD, and applied to such devices as uncooled IR detectors, high dielectric materials for DRAMs, ceramic optical detectors, and ferroelectric RAMs.


In the past four years, Expert has moved into the development of thin film growth for flight in space. This has required not only a strong background in thin film science but an intense knowledge of the structure and operation of NASA and its Shuttle Program. He has been instrumental in designing, developing, fabricating, and deploying major flight hardware for use on the Shuttle. This includes all of the interactions required to interface with NASA and the NASA Mission Operations Directorate and encompasses safety reviews, preliminary and critical design reviews, and cargo integration reviews.


Expert has worked with several materials with specific properties over the last 20 years. Past work in the area of materials stability in severe oxidation environments has centered on materials stable in oxygen at high temperatures and under high solar (or photo) fluxes. Other unique materials studied include high-temperature superconducting ceramics, dielectric thin films, and band-gap engineered semiconductor materials.

Novel concepts and ideas in the application of novel thin film materials principals to the solution of industrial product challenges.

Education

Year Degree Subject Institution
Year: 1972 Degree: PhD Subject: Materials Science Institution: Cornell University
Year: 1967 Degree: MS Subject: Physics Institution: University of Wisconsin
Year: 1966 Degree: BS Subject: Applied Mathematics and Engineering Physics Institution: University of Wisconsin

Work History

Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2018 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Chief Technology Officer Department:
Responsibilities:
Chief Technology Officer
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Years: 2017 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Emeritus Professor Department: Department of Physics
Responsibilities:
Emeritus Professor of Physics
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2014 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Chief Science Officer Department:
Responsibilities:
Chief Science Officer, Metal Oxide Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2010 to 2017 Employer: University of Houston Title: Professor Department: Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Responsibilities:
Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston
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Years: 2009 to 2012 Employer: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology Title: Professor Department:
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Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea
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Years: 2008 to Present Employer: Undisclosed Title: Vice President Department:
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Nano EnerTex, Inc., Houston, TX
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Years: 2005 to 2017 Employer: University of Houston Title: Director Department: Center for Advanced Materials
Responsibilities:
Advanced Materials
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2003 to 2010 Employer: University of Houston Title: University Professor Department: Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering
Responsibilities:
Professor of Physics, Chemistry, and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2002 to 2005 Employer: University of Houston Title: Director Department: Superconductivity and Advanced Materials
Responsibilities:
Superconductivity and Advanced Materials
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 2002 to 2014 Employer: Metal Oxide Technologies, Inc Title: Chief Technology Officer Department:
Responsibilities:
Chief Technology Officer, Metal Oxide Technologies, Inc., Houston, TX
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1998 to 2003 Employer: University of Houston Title: Professor Department: Physics, Chemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering
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Professor of Physics, Chemistry and Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Houston
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1988 to 2002 Employer: Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center Title: Director Department:
Responsibilities:
Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center, University of Houston
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1987 to 2008 Employer: Texas Center for Superconductivity Title: Task Leader Department:
Responsibilities:
Texas Center for Superconductivity
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1986 to 1988 Employer: Space Vacuum Epitaxy Center Title: Associate Director Department:
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University of Houston
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Years: 1984 to 1989 Employer: University of Houston Title: Associate Director Department:
Responsibilities:
Magnetic Information Research Laboratory
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Years: 1983 to 1998 Employer: University of Houston Title: Professor Department: Physics and Chemistry
Responsibilities:
Physics and Chemistry
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1982 to 1983 Employer: University of Houston Title: Professor Department: Physics and Chemistry
Responsibilities:
Physics and Chemistry
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1977 to 1978 Employer: Aarhus Unvieristy Title: Visiting Lecturer/ Associate Professor Department:
Responsibilities:
Institute of Physics
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1977 to 1982 Employer: University of Houston Title: Professor Department: Physics
Responsibilities:
Physics
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1974 to 1977 Employer: University of Houston Title: Assistant Professor Department: Physics
Responsibilities:
Physics
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1972 to 1974 Employer: State University of New York Stony Brook Title: Research Associate Department:
Responsibilities:
Staff
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1967 to 1971 Employer: Cornell University Title: Graduate Research Assistant Department:
Responsibilities:
Graduate Research Assistant
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1966 to 1966 Employer: Pope Scientific Company Title: Industrial Consultant Department:
Responsibilities:
Consultant
Years Employer Title Department
Years: 1966 to 1967 Employer: University of Wisconsin Title: Graduate Research Assistant Department:
Responsibilities:
Graduate Research Assistant

Career Accomplishments

Associations / Societies
Expert is a member of ACS, AAAS, the New York Academy of Science, the American Physical Society and the American Vacuum Society.
Awards / Recognition
Expert was a Senior Fulbright Scholar; World Class University Professor, Korea; Elected to International Academy of Astronautics, elected to the Kazakhstan Academy of Natural Sciences; NASA Deep Space Habitat Award; Outstanding Russian-American of the Year
Publications and Patents Summary
Expert has over 320 publications and 26 patents

Additional Experience

Expert Witness Experience
Expert has been an expert witness in semiconductor light emitting devices, and in gyroscopic tools.
Vendor Selection
Expert has experience locating vendors of:
* Vacuum technology products
* Space flight hardware.

He has access to the following resources:
* Printed materials
* Personal contacts.
Other Relevant Experience
Expert has been instrumental in spinning off a number of companies from his efforts in materials science R&D with one highly successful company now listed on NASDAQ and two companies with investor backing developing new materials technologies.

Language Skills

Language Proficiency
Russian
German

Fields of Expertise

crystalline structure, optically-selective coating material, solid-state physics, thin film, thin-film deposition, thin-film optical property, vapor deposition, atomic layer deposition, Auger electron spectroscopy, photovoltaic cell, surface analysis, surface interaction, ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, ultra-high vacuum, vacuum deposition, vacuum measurement, vacuum technology, vacuum-compatible material, thin-film superconductor, thin-film technology, space hardware development, high-temperature superconductor, black nickel, semiconductor industry chemical, black coating, selective absorption, surface characterization, band gap, outer space experiment, mass spectroscope, high-vacuum technology, oxidation reaction, thin-film application, vacuum leak detection, microelectronics thin-film application, high-temperature corrosion, stainless steel corrosion, wear-resistant coating material, ultraviolet radiation energy, alloy corrosion, photovoltaics, X-radiation, high-energy radiation, surface effect, thin-film analysis, thin-film property, material degradation, optical lens, ultraviolet absorption, vacuum pump, thermometry, semiconductor thermal oxidation, superconductivity, superconducting material, sputter deposition, solar energy focusing system, soft magnetic material, semiconductor material, scanning electron microscopy, refractory, reflectometry, radiation corrosion, plating process, physical chemistry, oxidation-resistant material, optical thin film, optical material, optical film, optical coating material, alloy, mass spectrometry, heterogeneous catalysis, heat-resistant alloy, heat radiation, hard magnetic material, evaporated film, electron microscopy, crystal growth, catalysis, atmospheric corrosion, absorption spectroscopy

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