Active Research Areas:
(current project)

Ferroelectric Tungsten Bronzes Solid Solution Systems of Compositions Containing Morphotropic Phase Boundaries.

Relaxor Ferroelectrics and High Strain Piezoelectric Single Crystals.

Ferroelectric Resource Center for Frequency Agile Materials for Electronics (FAME).

Adaptive Materials and Structures (Multi University Research Initiative Program).

Closely Collaborating Faculty

Dr. Amar S. Bhalla
Senior Scientist, Prof. of Solid State Science and Electrical Engineering

Dr. L. Eric Cross
Evan Pugh Professor (Emeritus), Electrical Engineering

Postdoctoral Fellows and Visiting Scientists Working in the Group:

Dr. Ang Chen, Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D., Zhejiang University, China; Post Research Fellow, Augsburg, Germany).

Mr. “Harry” Qi He, Visiting Scholar, (Taiyuan University of Technology).

Prof. Wan Ho Kang, Visiting Professor (Seoul University, Korea)

Dr. Yu Zhi, Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D., University of Aveiro, Portugal; Research Fellow, Augsburg, Germany).

Graduate Research Assistant Working in the Group:

Edward Alberta, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate, Materials (M.S. Penn State).

"Pook" Hathaikarn Choosuwan, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. Candidate, Materials (M.S. Chulalongkorn University, Thailand).

Abhijat Goyal, Graduate Research Assistant, MS/Ph.D. candidate, Materials (B.S. IIT Madrid, India).

Chuanyong Huang, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate, Materials (M.S. Wuhan University of Technology, China).

Shikik Johnson, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate, Materials (M.S. Penn State).

Chunlai Li, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate, Electrical Engineering (M.S., Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics, Chinese Academic of Science)

Yoshitaka Somiya, Graduate Research Assistant, Ph.D. candidate, Materials (M.S. Japan).

Undergraduate Students Carried Out Summer Program or Senior Project with the Group (current and the recent past):

Edward Joo, Undergraduate Research Assistant (REU summer 2001 – present) Electrical Engineering, Penn State.

Michael MacFarland, Undergraduate Research Assistant (REU summer 2001-present), Electrical Engineering/Bioengineering, Penn State.

Michael Jordan, Undergraduate Research Assistant (REU summer 2001), Electrical Engineering, Penn State.

Vanessa Morales-Rosal (2000, Summer Research Opportunity Program), Inter-American University of Puerto Rico.

Luis Ramirez (2000, Summer Research Opportunity Program), Inter-American University of Puerto Rico.

Anthein “Jay” Thomas (2000 and 2001, Research and Education for Undergraduates, NSF), Penn State Erie, The Behrend College

Farrah Gaskins (1996-99, summer research program, Lincoln University)

Kristopher Williams (1998, summer research program, Lincoln University), Drexel University

David Pikas (1997, summer REU research), B.S. Penn State

Nathan Nair (1996-97, REU and senior thesis project), Columbus Medical School, New York

Abdul-Mubdi (1996, summer research program, Lincoln University)

Some Group Alumni:

Shilpi Bhargava, (2000-2001) M.S. Electrical Engineering, Penn State, B.S. India, (Compaq Corp.)

Wook Lee, (2000-2001) M.S. Electrical Engineering, Penn State, B.S. Korea (Virginia Tech).

Dr. Yongjian Yu, (2000) Postdoctoral Fellow (Ph.D., University of Cincinnati.)

Ms. Yonghong Bing, (1997-2000) Visiting Scholar from Physics Department, Shandong University, China (Simon Fraser Univ. Canada).

Dr. Ducinei Garcia (1998-2000, Visiting Scientist), Department of Physics, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP Brazil

"Jenny" Jianyi Cui (1998-2000 M.S. Materials, PennState), Ph.D. candidate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Susan Amin (1996-99 Visiting faculty and joint degree Ph.D.) Faculty of Physics Department, Assiut University, Assiut, Egypt

Yijian Jiang (1995-1998, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Scientist), Professor, Department of Applied Physics, Beijing Polytechnic University, Beijing, China

Manwen Yao (1993-1996, Graduate Research Assistant), Research Associate, National University of Singapore.

Kumar Pandya (1996-1998, Graduate Research Assistant), software engineer, Electron Economy, California.

Balaji Venkateshvaran (1996-1999, Graduate Research Assistant), Research Engineer, State of the Art Company, State College, Pennsylvania

Dr. B. M. Jin, (1994-1995, postdoctoral fellow) Department of Physics, University of Ulsan, KyungNam, Korea

Dr. J. M. Povoa (1992-1994, visiting professor) Department of Physics, Universidade Federal de São Carlos, São Carlos, SP Brazil

Dr. Jinfeng Wang (1991-1993, visiting professor), Professor, Physics Department, Shandong University, China.