PhD Supervisions Completed (12)
1. Francisco Figueiredo, Ph.D Thesis, “A Robust Study on the Ataxin-3 Fibrillization Pathway for the Discovery of New Inhibitor Compounds”, July 27, 2022 (co-supervised with Prof. Sandra Ribeiro, University of Porto, Portugal)
2. Ricardo Sousa, (Now Process Engineer, SolidAI – Condutores Eléctricos, Esposende, Portugal) Ph.D Thesis, “Phase Transformations and Modelling of Thermal Stresses in a Cast Super Duplex Stainless Steel”, December 10, 2021 (co-supervised with Prof. Laura Ribeiro)
3. Daniel Groom, (Now TEM Image Processing Engineer, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven, Rhode Island, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, “On the Segmentation Of Inorganic Nanoparticles In TEM Micrographs”, April 25, 2019
4. Kang Yu, (Now Processing Engineer, Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, “Understanding PEMFCs by 3D-ldentical Location TEM and EELS”, December 4, 2018
5. Charles Amos, (Now Senior Engineer, Freyer Battery, Rana Norway)
Ph.D Thesis, “Effect of Chemical Treatment and Trivalent Doping on the Surface Structure and Surface Chemistry of Li1-xNi0.5-yMn1.5+yO4’, December 4, 2017 (co-supervised with Prof. John Goodenough).
6. Somaye Rasouli, (Now Process Development Engineer, Applied Materials, Santa Clara, California, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, “Degradation Mechanisms of Pt and Pt Alloy Nanocatalysts in Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells”, February 2017
7. Joseph Graham, (Now Associate Professor, Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, Missouri, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, “A Study of the Ferroelectric Properties of Neutron Irradiatied Lead Zirconate Titanate”, August 2013, (co-supervised with Prof. Sheldon Landsberger).
8. Michael Asoro, (Now Senior Process Integration Engineer, Intel, Portland, Oregon, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, "Coalescence and Sintering in Metallic Nanoparticles: In-situ Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) Study", May 2012, (co-supervised with Prof. Desi Kovar).
9. Jai Ganesh, (Now Yield Manager, Intel, Portland, Oregon, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, "Effect of Downscaling Copper Interconnects on the Microstructure Revealed by High Resolution TEM Orientation Mapping", December 2011.
10. Chris Carlton, (Now Research Engineer, Samsung Austin Semiconductors, Austin, Texas, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, "Defects and Deformation In Nanostructured Metals", August 2009.
11. Shreyas Rakasekhara, (Now Senior FA Engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, Oregon, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, “Development of Nano/Submicron Grains in Metastable Austenitic Stainless Steels”, August 2007.
12. Jin Ho An, (Now Account Technologist Director, Applied Materials, San Jose, California, USA)
Ph.D Thesis, “Void Formation in Nano Copper Interconnects”, August 2007.
MS Supervisions Completed (9)
1. Luís Castelo-Branco (Now ECN Coordinator, Hanon Systems, Lisbon, Portugal)
Master’s Thesis, “Mechanical behaviour under thermal loading of metallic thin films used as catalysts for graphene growth under CVD”, December 2019 (co-supervised with Prof. Augusto Moita de Deus, IST)
2. Monica Fidalgo (Now Data Engineer, IBM, Groningen, Netherlands)
Master’s Thesis, “Mechanical behavior of nano-copper interconnects subjected to thermal loading”, May 2019 (co-supervised with Prof. Augusto Moita de Deus, IST)
3. Rohit Bezewada, (Now Chief Operating Office, Trucker Tools, Reston, Virginia, USA)
Master's Thesis, "Effect of Crystal Size on the Diffraction Contrast of a Screw Dislocation", June 2013.
4. Daniel Groom, (Now TEM Image Processing Engineer, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Brookhaven, Rhode Island, USA)
Master’s Thesis, “The Effect of Nanocatalyst Size on Performance and Degradation in the Cathode of Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells, December 2011.
5. Jai Ganesh, (Now Yield Manager, Intel, Portland, Oregon, USA)
Master's Thesis, "D-STEM: A Parallel Electron Diffraction Technique Applied to Nanomaterials”, August 2009.
6. Michael Asoro, (Now Senior Process Integration Engineer, Intel, Portland, Oregon, USA)
Master's Thesis, "Size Effects on Melting of Ag Nanoparticles: In-situ TEM Observations", August 2009.
7. Rosa Calinas, (Now Human Resources Director, Bondalti, Coimbra, Portugal)
Master's Thesis (co-supervised with Prof. Teresa Vieira), "Influence of Nitrogen on the Nanocrystalline Copper Films", December 2007.
8. Justin Cheng, Master’s Thesis, “Synthesis, Processing and Characterization of Polycyanate Esther/Small Diameter Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposites”, November 2006 (co-supervised by Dr. Joseph Koo).
9. Dana Johannsen, Master’s Thesis, “Development of Nano/Submicron Grain Sizes in an AISI 301 Austenitic Stainless Steel”, August 2004
Undergraduate Senior Thesis Supervision (5)
1. Joshua Sahoo, Plan II Honors Program, Senior Thesis, "In-situ HRTEM Simulations of Catalyst Nanoparticles for Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells", August 2008.
2. Sonia Simoes, Senior Thesis, University of Porto, Portugal, “In-situ TEM study of Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Copper”, August 2006 (co-supervised by Prof. Manuel Vieira).
3. Jacob Ward, Plan II Honors Program, Senior Thesis, “Applied Superconductivity in the City of God: The Manufacture of Silver-Sheated Superconducting Wires and Potential Effects on the Power Structures of Rio de Janeiro as a Case Study”, April 2006.
4. Manuela Ferreira, Senior Thesis, University of Porto, Portugal, “Grain Growth in Nanocrystalline Copper”, December 2005 (co-supervised by Prof. Manuel Vieira)
5. Tia Ghose, Plan II Honors Program, Senior Thesis, “On the Brittle to Ductile Transition in Single Crystals”, May 2003.