John F. Conley, Jr.
Professor, Electrical Engineering / Materials Science
Fellow, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Fellow, American Vacuum Society (AVS)
Signature Faculty Fellow, Oregon Nanoscience and Microtechnologies Institute (ONAMI)
Director, OSU Materials Synthesis and Characterization Center (MaSC)

-Ph.D. ESM, Penn State University (1995)
-B.S. EE, Penn State University (1991)

School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
3089 Kelley Engineering Center
Corvallis, OR 97331
Phone: (541)737-9874, jconley@eecs.oregonstate.edu

Ben Kupp
Graduate Research Assistant, Materials Science
-BS Materials Science, The Pennsylvania State University
-OSU Provost’s Distinguished Fellowship, 2020-2021

Jessica Peterson Haglund
Graduate Research Assistant, EE

Summer 2023, Internship at Sandia National Labs

-BS EE, OSU

Shane Witsell
Graduate Research Assistant, EE

Summer 2022 Internship at Pacific Cast Technologies

-BS EE, San Diego State University

Michael Hayes
Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-BS EE, UC Davis
-Former engineer at HP

Zach Steinberg, EECS
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Honors Thesis
Fall. 2019 - April 2021

Defended Honors Thesis, March 2021: "UV Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition"

Now: Electrical Engineer, Biamp Corp., Portland, OR

Dr. Nishit Murari
-Post-doctoral Scholar, Fall 2013- Dec 2016
PhD Chemical Physics, University of Puerto Rico
Post-doc, Univ. Washington, Dept. of Chemistry

Now: E Ink, Boston, MA

Dr. James (Chien-Chih) Huang
-Post-doctoral Scholar, Fall 2008 - Spring 2011
-Ph.D. Materials Science, Iowa State / Oregon State University
-BS Mechanical Engineering, Yuan-Ze University

Now: Superior Commissioner at Bayzu Precision Co., LTD, Taiwan

Dr. Xuebin Tan
-Post-doctoral Scholar, 2014
PhD Electrical Engineering, Wayne State University, Detroit MI
-BS National Univeristy of Defense Technology, Changshu, China

Now: System level PDE at Nvidia, Milpitas, CA
Formerly: Product Development Engineer, Intel, OR

Dr. Sri Sai "Kamesh" Mullapudi
Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-BS Electronics and Communication Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, Surathkal, India
Summer 2016: Internship at Maxim

Defended PhD EE, Dec. 2022: "Novel Materials and Techniques for Next-Generation Semiconductor Processing"

Now: Sr. Process Engineer, Atomic Layer Deposition
ASM, Phoenix, AZ

Dr. Konner Holden
Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-BS EE, OSU
-Undergraduate Research Assistant, May 2016-Sept 2017
Summers 2019 & 2020: Internship at ON Semiconductor

Defended PhD EE, Sept. 2021: "Atomic Layer Processing for Next-Generation Microelectronic Materials"

Now: Sr. Process Engineer, Atomic Layer Deposition
Lam Research, Tualatin, OR

Dr. Melanie Jenkins
Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-Intel Scholar (Summer 2011-2012)
-Member of ChemE 2012 Senior Design Team
-BS: Chemical Engineering, OSU
2012-2014: Process Engineer at Micron Technology, Boise ID

Defended PhD EE, Fall 2019: "Investigation of energy barrier heights within metal-insulator-metal devices via internal photoemission spectroscopy"

Now: Yield Engineer, Intel Corp, Hillsboro, OR

Dr. Dustin Austin
Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-Summer 2012&2013 internships at ON Semiconductor, Gresham, OR
-BS EE, OSU
-Member of 2010-2011 Senior Design Team

Defended PhD EE, May 2017: "Atomic Layer Deposition of Multi-Insulator Metal-Insulator-Metal Capacitors"

Now: Process Engineering Manager, Lam Research, Tualatin, OR (formerly Sr. Process Engineer)

Arturo Valdivia (read more about Arturo here)
Graduate Research Assistant, Materials Science
-Gates Millennium Scholar, Fall 2013-present
- NSF REU (Spring 2010-Spring 2011)
-BS Chemical Engineering, Oregon State University

Honors Thesis: I-V Characteristics of Al/HfO2/TaN RRAM Devices, June 2013.

Defended MS MatSci March 2016: "Atomic Layer Deposition of Two Dimensional MoS2 on 150 mm Substrates"

Now: Applications Engineer, ASML, Hillsboro, OR; formerly at FEI

Shijia Lin
-Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-BS Materials Science, Southwest University of Science and Technology, China

Defended MS EE Summer 2016: "ALD of Nb-doped TiO2 as a TCO and ALD of Laminate HfO2/Nb2O5 Bilayers as the Insulating Barrier for MIIM Diodes"

Now: Process Engineer, Lam Research, Tualatin, OR

Tyler Klarr
Graduate Research Assistant, EE
-2013-2014 Intern at Army Research Lab, Adelphi, MD 2012-2013
- Rickerts Scholar
-BS EE, OSU

Defended MS EE May 2016: "Assessment of Barrier Heights between ZrCuAlNi Amorphous Metal and SiO2, Al2O3, HfO2, and ZrO2 using Internal Photoemission Spectroscopy"

Now: Product Yield Enhancement Engineer, Micron, Boise, ID

Dr. Sean Smith
Graduate Research Assistant, Materials Science
-2013 NSF CSMC Pivotal Scholar Award
-2009-2012 ARCS Foundation Scholar
-BS Materials Engineering, University of Alberta

Defended PhD MatSci June 2015: "Development and Applications of Oxide Thin Films using Atomic Layer Deposition and Prompt Inorganic Condensation"

Defended MS MatSci March 2011: "Atomic Layer Deposition of  Laminates and Multicomponent Films: Ta2O5/Al2O3 and ZnO/SnO2"

Now: Sandia National Labs, Albuquerque, NM

Dave Matthews
Defended MS EE December 2013: "Design and Fabrication of a Flexible Glucose Sensor and Catheter / An Analytical Model of ALD in Porous Materials"

BS Physics, University California Santa Cruz

Now: Process Engineer, Jireh Semiconductor, Hillsboro, OR

Simon Reissmann
M Eng, Dec 2013
BS EE, University of New Mexico

Now: Tektronix, Beaverton, OR

Dr. Nasir Alimardani
Defended PhD EE June 2013!: "Engineering Metal-Insulator-Insulator-Metal (MIIM) Tunnel Devices Using Atomic Layer Deposited (ALD) nanolaminate Stacks"

MS Materials Science, Sharif University
BS Materials Science, Sharif University

Now: ASM, Phoenix, AZ

Santosh Murali
Defended MS EE December 2011: "Investigation of Bipolar Resistive Switching in Zinc-Tin-Oxide for Resistive Random Access Memory"

BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anna University, India

Now: Memory Device Engineer, Microchip Technology, Tempe, AZ

Ashley Mason
Defended MS EE June 2011: "Effects of Ultraviolet Illumination and a Parylene-A Activation Layer on the Gas Phase Sensing Characteristics of ZnO Nanobridges"
BS EE, Oregon State University
Intel Graduate Scholarship (2009-2011)
Intern: U.S. Army Reserach Lab, Adelphi, MD summer (2009 & 2010)
First Place Team at 10th Annual OSU Engineering Expo 2009
Intel Undergraduate Scholar, 2008 Tek Undergrad Scholar(2008-09)
Undergraduate research assistant (2008-2009)
Now: pursuing PhD in MatSci at OSU

Josh Triska
Defended MS EE May 2011: "Atomic Layer Deposition of Nanolaminate High-κ Gate Dielectrics for Amorphous- Oxide Semiconductor Thin Film Transistors"

BS EE, University of Portland

Now: Hardware Engineer, Intel Corporation, Hillsboro, OR

Kevin Stewart
Graduate Exchange Student, Electrical Engineering
BS Electrical Engineering, University of Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Vivienne Ng
Defended MS EE March 2010: "Integration of Vapor Solid Grown ZnO Nanowires Through Dielectrophoresis"

BS EE Univeristy of Arizona

Now: whereabouts unknown

Brian Pelatt
Defended MS EE December 2009: "A Novel Method for Zinc Oxide Nanowire Sensor Fabrication"

BS Physics, Gonzaga University

Now: Completed PhD at OSU

Jessica Peterson, EECS, Physics
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Jan. 2020 - June 2020

Yitong Qi, EECS, Chemistry, Math
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Member of 2018-19 Senior Design Team

Now: PhD Student at Harvard

Melanie Bishop, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Intel Scholar (Summer 2011-present)
Member of ChemE 2012 Senior Design Team
2012-2015 Micron Technology, Boise ID

Now: PhD Student in Conley Group

Nicole Bauer, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Intel Undergraduate Scholar (Spring 2010-Spring 2011)

Honors Thesis: Nanomechanical Characterization of Atomic Layer Deposition Coatings for Biomedical Applications, defended April 2011.

Now: Engineer at Samsung, Austin, TX

Joshua Hinz
Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Summer 2015-present

Konner Holden
Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
May 2016 - September 2017

Ben Lampert, Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) Scholar (Spring 2011-2013)
Member of Quantum Engineers 2011-2012 Senior Design Team
Intel, Hillsboro OR 2013-2015

Now: MS program at Stanford

Katherine McAuliffe, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NSF REU
Intel Undergraduate Scholar (2009-2010)
Army Research Lab Intern (Summer 2010)

Now: Texas Instruments, Dallas TX

Akhila Nandgopal, Electrical Engineering

Honors Thesis: Dielectrophoresis of ZnO Nanowires for CMOS Integration, defended May 2011.

Went on: M.B.A. Chicago Booth School of Business

Cassandra (Cassie) Remple
Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
Fall 2016-present

Nate Stephon, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NSF REU (Spring 2010-Spring 2011)

Now: Micron Technology, Boise ID

Cheng Tan, Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NSF REU (Summer 2010-present)
Intern: U.S. Army Research Lab (Summer-Fall 2011)
Member of Quantum Engineers 2011-2012 Senior Design Team

Honors Thesis: Dielectrophoresis of ZnO Nanowires for CMOS Integration, defended May 2012.

Went on to earn MS MatSci from UT Austin and then PhD EE from Columbia University, NY

Now: Intel, Austin, TX

Valeria Ursa,
Undergraduate Research Assistant
(Fall 2011-2012)

Tyler Roberts, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NSF REU summer 2009-spring 2010

Went on to earn MS ChemE from U. Wisconsin-Madison and PhD in Molecular Engineering from Univ. Chicago

Arturo Valdivia, Chemical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant
NSF REU (Spring 2010-Spring 2011)

Honors Thesis: I-V Characteristics of Al/HfO2/TaN RRAM Devices, defended June 2013.

Now: after completing MS in Conley Group (see above), is now an Engineer at ASML, Hillsboro

Todd Waggoner
Graduate Research Assistant, Electrical Engineering
BS Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Oregon State University
2009 First Place Team at 10th Annual OSU Engineering Expo
(Undergraduate research assistant 2008-2009)

Now: Whereabouts unknown...

Allen Waters, Electrical Engineering
Undergraduate Research Assistant, AY2009

Now: After earning a PhD EECS in circuit design, OSU 2016, he is now a circuit designer at Intel

Bingru Wang
-Visiting student from Prof. Mario Lanza's group at Soochow University, Suzhou, China
-BS , China

March to August 2017

Col. Yong Yun Kim
Visiting Professor, Feb. 2009 - August 2009
Professor
Electrical Engineering
Korea Military Academy