Staff

	Professor Hani E. Elsayed-Ali Professor of Electrical Engineering and Eminent Scholar Director of Applied Research Center Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana. Ultrafast laser-based measurements, ultrafast electron diffraction, laser processing, thin film deposition, semiconductor surface preparation and characterization, electron emitters and electron gun design. Professor Elsayed-Ali's current research interests are mainly in ultrafast laser probing of surface and thin film reactions. He has authored and co-authored over 70 referred journal articles and holds two patents. Phone: 757.269.5643 or 757.683.3748 Email: helsayed@odu.edu
	Dr. Harold Familant Senior Research Scientist Dr. Familant received his Ph.D. in Physics from the University of Virginia in 1966. He spent 32 years with the Monsanto Company in Pensacola, Fl. and St. Louis, Mo. doing research and development mostly on nylon fibers, and, to a lesser extent, silicon substrate wafers for the electronic industry. Dr. Familant translated many of his numerous concepts of improving the processing and performance of nylon fiber products to commercial practice. He received three Achievement Awards for his discoveries which also included four U.S. patents. He has written over 100 reports and made many presentations on his nylon fiber research and development studies. He is also the author of 10 publications. Phone: 757.269.5456 Email: familant@jlab.org Research interests: Laser and plasma applications, nanotechnology and sensors
	Professor Helmut Baumgart Professor of Electrical Engineering Professor Baumgart received his MS degree from Purdue University in Indiana, where he attended graduate school as a Fulbright Scholar, and his PhD degree from the University of Stuttgart, Germany. Helmut has worked with the Electronic Materials Applications Research Department at AT&T Bell Laboratories in New Jersey; Philips Research Laboratories in New York and the Netherlands; IBM Microelectronics at the Advanced Semiconductor Technology Center in New York; Infineon Technologies and Motorola new fab startup technology team; and the Motorola Advanced Products Research & Development Laboratories in Austin, Texas where he was a Senior Yield Enhancement Module Integration Engineer specializing in CMOS logic platform development and high performance CMOS in Silicon-on-Insulator technology. Helmut has worked on Rapid Thermal Annealing; the development of Full Isolation by Porous Oxidized Silicon Technology; Laser Zone Melt Recrystallization of polyerystalline Silicon; yield and device enhancement of BEOL related technology issues in dual inlaid Cu backend metallization; and low-k interconnect dielectrics. He has published 55 papers, edited 8 ECS Conference Proceedings, made 27 conference presentations, and has three U.S. Patents and 15 Patent Disclosures. Phone: 757.269.7710 Email: hbaumgar@odu.edu
	Dr. Abdelmageed Elmustafa Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering Dr. Elmustafa received his Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2000. Currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Old Dominion University, and a Visiting Research Professor in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at Princeton University. He also worked as a Senior Research Scientist at the NASA Langley Research Center-ConITS in Hampton, Virginia and as a Program Manager and Principal Investigatorfor PIEZOMAX Technologies in Madison, Wisconsin. Dr. Elmustafa has extensive experience in the nanoscale mechanical behavior of materials and nanotechnology with research interests in the following areas: nanoscale mechanical behavior of materials; nanoindentation (metals, polymers, alloys, interconnects); dislocation and strain gradient plasticity; thin films (mechanical properties and characterization); modeling and simulation (nanoindentation creep and contact mechanics); nanopositioners (precision machining and precision motion); and corrosion and corrosion prevention. Abdelmageed has served as a Technical Reviewer for the National Science Foundation and as a Reviewer for 18 referred journals. He holds a U.S. Provisional Patent on "Nanopositioners for Nano and Micro Scratch Test" and has authored more than 13 referred journal publications and over 16 conference proceedings and invited presentations. Phone:757.269.6067 Email: aelmusta@odu.edu
	Dr. Tamer Refaat Senior Research Scientist Dr. Refaat received his BS(with honors) and MS degrees in electrical engineering in 1991 and 1995, respectively, from Alexandra University, Alexandria, Egypt, where he was a teaching assistant during that period in the Electrical Engineering Department.  In 2000, he received his PhD from Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia, working on the development of water vapor lidar detection systems for NASA Langley Research Center(LaRC). Currently, he is a Senior Research Scientist at the Applied Research Cener and he is involved in developing carbon dioxide differential absorption lidar receiver system for NASA LaRC. Dr. Refaat research interest includes optical and radiation detectors characterization, modeling and application to atmospheric remote sensing using the lidar technique. He has authored and coauthored 17 referred journal articles and over 48 publications including conference proceedings, invited presentations and technical reports. Phone:757.269.5641 Email: frefaat@jlab.org
	Dr. Wes Lawrence Assistant Professor Department of Engineering Techonology Dr. Lawrence is interested in the development of advanced material concepts that utilize nano-inclusions and periodic structures of materials to develop materials with new novel electromagnetic properties.  His research is focused on developing these materials create lightweight and flexible EM shielding materials, structurally integrated antenna concepts, and new sensor concepts.  In addition, Dr. Lawrence is interested in the development of advanced microwave sensor concepts for Earth remote sensing applications.  His research includes the development of new instrument technology, including new antenna concepts and materials, as well as calibration approaches to enhance radiometric measurement capability and improved understanding of the Earth. He has contributed to sevevral aircraft and spacecraft instrument development efforts and is presently interested in the development and characterization of materials for deployable antenna structures and calibration approaches for radiometric applications. Phone:757.269.5634 OR 757.683.3717 Email: rlawrenc@odu.edu
	Dr. Gon Namkoong Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering Dr. Gon Namkoong received his B.S. in the Department in Physics from Chonbuk National University, South Korea in 1996 and Ph.D. degree in the Deparment of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the  Georgia Institute of Technology in 2003. Dr. Namkoong then worked as Post Doctoral Fellow and Research Engineer II at the Georgia Institute of Techonology till he jointed the Faculty of  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the ODU and ARC in 2007. His principal interest is in the development of nitride/ZnO-based materials and devices on innovative substrate materials as well as applying new growth techniques to facilitate material and device improments. Dr. Namkoong has been inimately involved in the creation of novel optoelectric/electronic devices and novel integration technologies to overcome current device performance limitations allowing for new levels of multifunctional devices.  He has authored/co-authored over 60 research papers/presentations as well as numerous technical reports and invention disclosures. Dr. Namkoong is currently a Member of IEEE  and TMS. Phone:757.269.5349 Email: Gnamkoon@odu.edu
	Professor Desmond C. Cook Professor of Physics Professor Desmond "Des" Cook joined Old Dominion University in 1981 from Monash University. He is currently a Professor of Physics and the Director of the Condensed Matter and Materials Physics Research Group. His main research areas are: corrosion in steels, nanostructured materials, archaeological restoration and preservation, mechanical processing, and coatings. His work has resulted in close research ties with the steel and automotive industries, as well as the American Iron and Steel Institute, Federal Highway Administration, and NACE International. Professor Cook has also been involved with the Corrosion Research Program, an international collaboration involving scientists in the United States, Mexico, Japan, and Colombia. Phone:757.683.4695, Fax: 757.683.3038 Email: DCook@physics.odu.edu Research Interests: Corrosion, Metal Coatings, Nanophase Materials, Mossbauer Spectroscopy, Mechanical Processing, Raman Spectroscopy, and Metallurgy.
	Dr. Diefeng Gu Post Doctoral Research Associate Dr. Gu received his BS in Microelectronics in 1997 from Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China and MS degree in Materials Science in 2001 from Alfred University, Alfred, New York.  In 2006, he received his PhD in Materials Science from Arizona State University, working on characterization of high-K dielectrics and metal gates for CMOS application.  Currently he is a Post Doctoral Research Associate at the Applied Research Center and his work involves the experimental study of high-K dielectrics (HfO2, ZrO2, Al2O3, etc.) by ALD on engineered substrates, including silicon on insulator (SOI) strained Si, strained Si on insulator (sSOI) and Ge on insulator (GeOI). Phone:757.269.5640 Email:  dgu@odu.edu
	Dr. Wei Cao Laboratory Technician Dr. Cao received his BS in Materials Science and Engineering from Taiyuan University of Technology, Taiyuan, P.R. China in 1995 and his MS degree in Materials Science in 1998 from Wuhan University of Technology, Beijing, P.R. China.  In 2005, he received his PhD in Materials Science and Engineering from Arizona State University. Currently he conducts independent research projects; performs specimen characterization and data analysis; operates and maintains research instruments including TEM, SEM, AFM, XRD, e-beam evaporator, e-beam lithography system and pulsed laser deposition.  Phone:757.269.5638 Email:  wcao@odu.edu