Jumping into the Blue Pool in the Oregon Cascades with Kelly

Here's the link to my pictures

And here's the MSE dept PRELIM GUIDE

Anna's stuff: (Right click the link and "save as": Thesis, abstract

 

CONTACT INFO:

Sam Nicols
3025 Deakin St.
Berkeley, CA 94705
(510)548-2728
spnicols@lbl.gov

CURRENT RESEARCH:

Self- and foreign atom diffusion in GaSb.

Publications:

H. Bracht, S.P. Nicols, E.E. Haller, J.P. Silveira, and F.Briones
"Self-diffusion in 69Ga121Sb/71Ga123Sb isotope heterostuctures"
Jounal of Applied Physics 89, 5393 (2001)

H. Bracht, S.P. Nicols, W. Walukiewicz, J.P. Silveira, F. Briones, and E.E. Haller
"Large disparity between gallium and antimony self-diffusion in gallium antimonide"
Nature 408, 69 (2000)


EDUCATION:

1999 - Current M.S./Ph.D. program in Material Science, UC Berkeley, expected dates of degrees December 2001 (M.S.), June 2004 (Ph.D.)
Teaching Assistant for MSE 111: Properties of Electronic Materials

B.S. in Chemical Engineering, UC San Diego, awarded June 1998 Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa

EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN FOLLOWING CHARACTERIZTION TECHNIQUES:

Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy
Deep Level Transient Spectroscopy
Raman Spectroscopy
Auger Electron Spectroscopy
X-ray Photoemission Spectroscopy
Rutherford Backscattering Spectroscopy
Local Vibrational Mode Spectroscopy
Hall Effect
X-Ray Fluorescence
Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Atomic Force Microscopy

WORK EXPERIENCE:

October 1998 - May 1999 Hewlett-Packard/Multek Intern: Böblingen Germany, Research and Development department of printed circuit board division. Resin coated copper foil material research and applications for high density interconnect including qualification of new source. Optimization of electroplating of copper for contacting of laser ablated microvias. Familiarity with all steps of PCB production

June - August 1998 Bayer AG Intern: Leverkusen Germany, Drying Technologies section of Technical Development department; modeling of drying processes using an ultrasound levitator (UL): design of a new reflector to allow for modeling of spray drying; advising of MIT Practice School Program Masters students on use and theory of UL. Familiarity with all types of industrial dryers used by Bayer AG.

June - August 1997 UCLA Center for Environmental Risk Reduction Intern: Research on plasma processing of semiconductor materials with the Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet (APPJ) under Prof. Robert hicks of the UCLA Chemical Engineering Dept. Studied the surface science of the etching process of the APPJ on polyimides as a function of imidization level using IR spectroscopic techniques. Familiarity with UHV chamber, spin-coater, UCLA Nanolab, compound semiconductor (III-V, II-VI) surface science

ACTIVITIES AND HONORS:

Regents Scholar, University of California, Berkeley 1999-2000
Regents Scholar, University of California San Diego 1993-1998
UC San Diego Crew, 1993-95, 96-98, Team Captain 96-98
UC San Diego Athlete of the Year, June 1998
UC San Diego Alumni Association Scholar-Athlete of the Year, June 1998
UC San Diego Vice Chancellor's Scholar-Athlete Award, June 1997
UC Education Abroad Program, Institut d'Etudes Politiques Lyon France, 1995-96
Earned Certificat d'Etudes Politiques (Certificate of Political Studies) June 1996
Member Tau Beta Pi (1997), Golden Key Honor Society (1997)

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