Personnel

1. Current Graduate Students

• Ratchatee Techapiesancharoenkij
• Jari Kostamo, Visiting Student from Helsinki University of Technology, Finland, October, 2006- present

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2. Recent Degrees Awarded (1997-2006)

• Brad Peterson "Acoustic assisted actuation of Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloys", Ph. D. September, 2006
• Elizabeth Friend "Interaction of stress and magnetic properties in patterned Cu/Ni/Cu thin films", Ph. D. August, 2006
• Jorge Feuchtwanger "Energy absorption in Ni-Mn-Ga/plymer composites", Ph. D. October, 2005
• Marc Richard "System Analysis of the crystal Structure, Chemical Ordering, and Microstructure of Ni-Mn-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys", Ph. D. August, 2005
• Diego Mendez de la Luz "The Role of Heat Assistedmagnetic Recording in Future hard Disk Drive Applications", M.E., September, 2004,
• Jenny Lichter "Iron-Gallinm Alloys: Temperature and Field effects on Lumda100 and Anisotropy Measurements", S.B., June, 2004,
• Miguel Marioni "Pulsed Magnetic Field-Induced Twin Boundary Motion in Ni-Mn-Ga", Ph.D., June 2003
• Christopher Henry "Dynamic Actuation Properties of Ni-Mn-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Alloys", Ph.D., June 2002
• Robin Ivester "Fabrication and Characterization of Ni-Mn-Ga Ferromagnetic Shape-Memory Alloy Composites", S.B., February 2002
• Stephen Murray "Magnetomechanical Properties and Applications of Ni-Mn-Ga ferromagnetic shape memory alloy", Ph.D., January 2000
• Hans Nembach "FeNiCoTi magnetic shape memory alloy", MS, Oct. 1999
• Matthew Farinelli "NiCr as a buffer and capping layer in magnetic thin film devices", S. M. June 1999
• Jonathan Kin Ha "Magnetoelastic interactions in Cu/Ni/Cu (001) epitaxial films", Ph. D. June 1999
• Ryoji Hayash "Effectsof Composition and Ausaging on Microstructure and Magnetic Shape Memory Response of Fe-Ni-Co-Ti Alloys", M.S., June 1998
• Chris Kantner "Compositional Dependence of Physical Properties in Nickel-Manganese-Gallium Polycrystals," S.B., June 1997. 

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3. Research Staff

Current

• None

Recent (1998-2007)

• Dr. Manickam Mahendran Visiting Scholar, 03/2006-03/2007, Assistant Professor of Thiagarajar College of Engineering, Madurai, India
• Dr. Jorge Feuchtwanger Postdoctoral Research Associate, 10/2005-09/2006
• Dr. Marc Richard Postdoctoral Research Associate, 09/2005-06/2006
• Dr. Hiromasa Yabe Visiting Scientist, 04/2005-09/2006, Research Fellow of The Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, Japan
• Professor Jose M. Barandiaran Visiting Scholar, 2/2005-8/2005, Universidad del Pais Vasco, Spain
• Dr. Miguel Marioni Postdoctoral Research Associate, 7/2003-6/2004
• Jiankang Huang Research Affiliate
• David Bono Research Affiliate
• Dr. Xue-Jun Jin Visiting Scholar, 1/2001-12/2001; Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China
• Dr. Pablo Garcia Tello11/1999 - 10/2001; Basque Country University, San Sebastian, Spain
• Dr. Kee Ahn Lee Visiting scientist, 01/2000 - 1/2001 ; Pohang University of Science and Technology
• Dr. Miguel Ciria Postdoctoral research associate, 1/1998 -7/2000 ; University of Zaragosa
• Dr. Yi-Qun Li Visiting Scientist, 7/1998 -6/1999 ; Spinix Corporation, Berkeley, CA
• Jiankang Huang Visiting Scientist, 1/1996 - 6/1998; Corning Applied Technologies, Woburn MA
• Kenji Uchiyama Visiting Scientist, 1/1996 - 6/1998; TDK Research, Nagano, Japan

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4. Collaborators

• Prof. S. M. Allen Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
• Prof. Caroline Ross Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
• Prof. Yet Ming Chiang Department of Materials Science and Engineering,
• Prof. Steven Hall Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, MIT
• Prof. David Paul Department of Materials Science and Engineering, MIT
• Dr. Hans Hug Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Prof. Gregory Carman Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering Department, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA
• Prof. Ami Berkowitz Department of Physics, UCSD, La Jolla, CA
• Prof. David Smith Department of Physics & Astronomy, Center for Solid State Science, Arizona State, Tempe, AZ
• Prof. Tomas Lograsso Materials Engineering and Physics, Ames Laboratory, Iowa / Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
• Prof. Hans Güntherodt Department of Condensed Matter Physics, University of Basel, Switzerland
• Prof. H. Neal Bertram Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Center for Magnetic Recording Research, UCSD, CA
• Dr. Kari Ullakko AdaptaMat Inc. Helsinki, Finland
• Prof. Manfred Wuttig Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park MD
• Prof. Richard James Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis MN
• Prof. Agustin del Moral University of Zaragosa, Spain
• Dr. Miguel Ciria University of Zaragosa, Spain
• Dr. Jonathan Kin Ha Max Planck Institute of Microstructure Physics, Halle, Germany
• Dr. Gianluca Gubiotti University of Perugia, Italy
• Prof. Guangheng Wu University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, China
• Prof. Xuejun Jin Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

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5. Current Undergraduate Students

• None

 

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Other publications
 
 

Modern Magnetic Materials: Principles and Applications, a graduate text, R. C. O'Handley, (John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2000).

"Magnetic and Electronic Properties of Rapidly Quenched Materials," R.C. O'Handley and H.H. Liebermann, in Elements of Rapid

Solidification: Fundamentals and Applications, ed. M.A. Otooni (Springer Series in Materials Science, Springer- Verlag, Berlin, 1998), p. 153.

"Fundamental Magnetic Properties", R.C. O'Handley, chapter in Amorphous Metallic Alloys, ed. F.E. Luborsky (Butterworths, London, 1983)

p. 257.

"Physics of Ferromagnetic Amorphous Alloys", R.C. O'Handley, Invited review paper, J. Appl. Phys. 62, R15 (1987).

"Magnetism and Quasicrystals", R.C. O'Handley, R.A. Dunlap and M.E. McHenry. Chapter in Handbook of Magnetic Materials, vol. VI, ed.

K.H.J.Buschow (North Holland, Amsterdam, 1991), p. 453.

"Magnetic Materials", R. C. O'Handley, entry in Encyclopedia of Physical Science and Technology, Third Edition, ed. R.A. Myers (Academic

Press, 2001).

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Professional sketch of Robert C. O'Handley

EXPERIENCE:

 
• 1986 - Present: Senior Research Scientist, MIT. Magnetic materials; surface, thin-film magnetism; quasicrystals; superconductivity. Develop graduate course in magnetic materials.

• 1982 - 1986: Principal Research Scientist, MIT, Electrical and magnetic properties, amorphous alloys, spinel ferrites.

• 1981 - 1982: Research Scientist, MIT. Rapidly solidified magnetic alloys. Initiate course on rapid solidification science and technology.

• 1978 - 1981: Research Staff Member, IBM, Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY. Develop new perovskite dielectrics and compatible metals for multi-layer chip carrier.

• 1974 -1978: Staff Physicist, Allied Chemical Corp., Morristown, NJ. Pioneered the science and technology of novel amorphous magnetic alloys; fundamental magnetic properties, transformer alloy development.

• 1971 - 1974: National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate, Michelson Lab, China Lake, CA. In situ modulated ellipsometry on highly reflecting metal films.

• 1967 Summer Research Physicist, U.S. Navy Underwater SoundLaboratory, New London, CT. Underwater acoustics.

• 1965-1967: Teacher, private high school, New York City. Introduced advance placement physics course.
 
 

DEGREES:

• B.A. Physics, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, NY, Magna Cum Laude, 1965.

• M.S. Physics, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, 1969. X-ray interferometry.

• Ph.D. Physics, Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY, 1972. Magnetic resonance, Gd films.
 
 

HONORS AND PROFESSIONAL SOCIETY MEMBERSHIPS:

• N.Y. State Regents Scholarship 1960.

• Outstanding Physics Student Award, Marist College 1964.

• B.A Magna cum laude 1965.

• National Research Council Postdoctoral Research Associate 1971-1973.

• Annual Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials: Publications Chairman, guest editor J. Appl. Phys. 1979 - 1982, Treasurer 1984 - 1987, Program Chair. 1992, Secretary 1997- present.

• American Physical Society, elected committee member of APS topical group on magnetic materials and their applications.

• IEEE Magnetics Society, senior member.

• Associate Editor, Materials Letters; former Assoc. Ed. J. Elec. Mtls., J. Chem. Phys. of Materials.

• Member, Academic Advisory  Committee of Magnetism Laboratory, Institute of Physics, Beijing, China.

• "Information Storage Media Award", International Union of Materials Research Societies, 1993.

• Fourteen U.S. and International Patents Issued.

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