Education

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

PhD, Electrical Engineering 2002 – 2006

Dissertation Title: "The Classical Electrostatic Periodic Table, Capacitance of Few Electron Dielectric Spheres, and a Novel Treatment of One- and Two-Electron Finite Quantum Wells"(UMI, Full Text)

Developed a ground-breaking fully-partitioned electrostatics interactions model based on general solutions of the classical Poisson equation that exhibits an intimate connection with the empirical ionization energies of neutral atoms on the periodic table. I derived a new capacitance expression appropriate for few-electron dielectric nanoscale systems. I obtained an N-dependent capacitance and pursued a novel treatment of electron charge interactions within a finite quantum well. This research is being further investigated for device applications (discrete charge devices) exploiting the discrete nature of electrons (e.g. parametric amplifiers), magnetic (spin) interactions, and an understanding of connected (closed) and unconnected (open) systems.

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

M.S., Applied Physics 1997 – 2001

Thesis Title: "Fabrication and Modeling of Rapid, Low Temperature Silicon-On-Insulator Using Solid-Metal-Mediated Epitaxy on Si(100) and Si(111)"

Studied in situ diffusion of Si through solid metal Al thin films at 400°C. A novel SOI technology, I explored solid-metal mediated epitaxy as a means of laterally growing single crystal silicon at a buried Al-SiO₂ interface.

Illinois Institute of Technology

B.S., Physics 1992 – 1996

Department of Physics, Undergraduate Research, Aug. 1995 - May 1996

Fabrication and test of Si-Au Schottky barrier diode solar cell sponsored by Society of Physics Students.