Student Awards
2009
Martina List
Best Poster Award at Northeastern University Research EXPO 2009 for undergraduate research in Engineering and Technology
2008
Zhuhua Cai
The Leo M. Falicov Student Award at the National AVS Meeting for the presentation on MBE Integration of BaM on Wide Bandgap 6H-SiC
2007
Trevor Goodrich
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Research Assistant presented by the College of Engineering
2007
Dennis Callahan
Second Place in Regional AIChE Student Research Paper Competition
2006
Zhuhua Cai
Morton M. Traum Surface Science Student Award, National American Vacuum Society, Travel Grant,
2006
Dennis Callahan
Third Place in National AIChE Student Research Paper Competition
2006
Dennis Callahan
Second Place in Regional AIChE Student Research Paper Competition
2005
Dennis Callahan
Second Place AIChE National Student Research Poster Competition
2005
Dennis Callahan
First place in Regional International Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE)
2005
Joseph Parisi
Second Place in Regional AIChE Student Research Paper Competition
2005
Dennis Callahan
First Place AIChE Regional Student Research Poster Competition
2005
Joseph Parisi
National American Vacuum Society Student Award for his proposal, “Hydrogen Furnace Cleaning of Silicon Carbide”
2004
Brian Doyle
Northeastern University Outstanding Teaching Assistant
2004
Brian Doyle
Outstanding Chemical Engineering Teaching Assistant presented by the College of Engineering



Selected Student Presentations

"Molecular Beam Epitaxy Integration of Barium Hexaferrite on Wide Bandgap
Semiconductor 6H-SiC" Zhuhua Cai, Trevor Goodrich, Bing Sun, Katherine S. Ziemer Department of Chemical Engineering, Zhaohui Chen, Aria Yang, Vincent G. Harris, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
 2008 American Vacuum Society October 2008


Molecular Beam Epitaxy Integration of Barium Hexaferrite on Wide Bandgap
Semiconductor 6H-SiC [poster] Zhuhua Cai, Trevor Goodrich, Bing Sun, Katherine S. Ziemer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Zhaohui Chen, Aria Yang, Vincent G. Harris, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
2008 Material Research Society Fall Meeting December 2008

“Chemical Vapor Deposition Of Multi-Wall Carbon Nanotubes In Vertical Arrays For A Reconfigurable Masking Technology “ J. Leong, E. Pandowo, D. Callahan, D. Papageorgiou, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr., accepted for oral presentation 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting November 2007


“Carbon Nanotube Field-Effect Transistors Built In-Situ Via Chemical Vapor Deposition” E. Pandowo, D. Callahan, J. Leong, D. Papageorgiou, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr., accepted for oral presentation 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting November 2007 

“Impact Of Magnesium Oxide Interlayer On Heteroepitaxial Growth Of Barium Ferrite On Wide Bandgap Semiconductor 6H-SiC” Z. Cai, T. L. Goodrich, Z. Chen, V. G. Harris, K. S. Ziemer, accepted for oral presentation 2007 AIChE Annual Meeting November 2007 

“Understanding the role of the magnesium oxide interlayer on heteroepitaxial growth of barium hexaferrite on 6H-SiC” Z. Cai, T. L. Goodrich, Z. Chen, V. G. Harris, K. S. Ziemer, accepted for oral presentation 2007 North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Meeting, September 2007

“Improved epitaxy of barium titanate by MBE through a single crystalline magnesium oxide template for heteroepitaxy on hexagonal silicon carbide” T. L. Goodrich, Z. Cai, K. S. Ziemer, accepted for oral presentation 2007 North American Molecular Beam Epitaxy Meeting, September 2007

“Growth of carbon nanotubes by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from a
5 gas mixture of H2, CH4, CO, CO2 and H2O.”  [Poster] Dennis Callahan, Katherine Ziemer, Jon Leong, Eko Pandowo, Demetrius Papageorgiou, and Albert Sacco, Jr.  American Chemical Society, Boston, August 2007

“Si Surface Modification for Detection of Airborne Contaminants” [Poster]  N. Maximova, A. N. Deleault, K. Passino, K. S. Ziemer, Northeastern University Expo, March, 2007

“Carbon nanotubes grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) from a five-gas mixture of H2, CH4, CO, CO2 and H2O” D. Callahan, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr. 2007 Regional AIChE Meeting, [won second place] Northeastern University, March 31, 2007

“Characterization of parameters for self-calibration of a whole-cell bacterial biosensor” D. Callahan, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr. 2006 Annual AIChE Meeting, [won third place] San Francisco, CA, November 2006

“Impact of Surface Chemistry and Mg:O flux on MgO Thin Film Heteroepitaxy on 6H-SiC for integration of Functional Oxides” T. L. Goodrich, Z. Cai, K. S. Ziemer 2006 Annual AIChE Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November 2006

“The Integration of Barium Ferrite Thin films on 6-H SiC by Molecular Beam Epitaxy”  [Poster] Z. Cia, T. L. Goodrich, Z. Chen, V. G. Harris, K. S. Ziemer, Annual American Vacuum Society Meeting, San Francisco, CA, November, 2006

“Functionalization of Silicon Surface for Detection of Airborne Toxins by
Field Release Mass Spectrometry” [Poster] K. Passino, N. Maximova, K. S. Ziemer, Undergraduate Research Exhibition, Northeastern University, October 2006

“Inhibition of bioluminescent gene expression in whole-cell bacterial biosensors using a high temperature switch”  [Poster] D. Callahan, J. Han, K. Bergman, L. Rowse, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr.  Undergraduate Research Exhibition, Northeastern University, October 2006

“Characterization of parameters for self-calibration of a whole-cell bacterial biosensor” D. Callahan, L. Rouse, J. Mathieu, J. Han, K. Bergman, B. Applegate, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr. AIChE Regional Student Meeting, April 2006 [won second place]

“The Integration of Barium Ferrite Thin Films on 6H-SiC by Molecular Beam Epitaxy” [Poster] Z. Cia, Z. Chen, T. L. Goodrich, V.G. Harris, K.S. Ziemer, The Women in Science and Engineering Expo and Symposium, April 2006

“Magnesium Oxide Thin Film Growth on Hexagonal Silicon Carbide through Molecular Beam Epitaxy” [Poster] T. L. Goodrich, J. Parisi, Z. Chen, N. Maximova. K. S. Ziemer, Northeastern University Expo, March, 2006

“SiC Surface Preparation by Hydrogen Cleaning for High-Temperature, High-Power Device Integration” T. L. Goodrich, J. Parisi, K. S. Ziemer 2005 Annual AIChE Meeting, November 2005

“Inhibition of bioluminescent gene expression in whole-cell bacterial biosensors using a high temperature switch”  [Poster] D. Callahan, J. Han, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr.  AIChE National Meeting Student Poster Competition, November 2005 [won second place]

"Inhibition of bioluminescent gene expression in whole-cell bacterial biosensors using a high temperature switch." [Poster] D. Callahan, J. Mathieu, B. Applegate, K. S. Ziemer, K. Bergman, and A. Sacco, Jr., [won first placeInternational Society for Pharmaceutical Engineering (ISPE) National Conference Student Poster Competition, Scottsdale, Arizona, November 2005

“SiC Surface Preparation by Hydrogen Cleaning for High-Temperature, High-Power Device Integration” J. Parisi, T. L. Goodric, K. S. Ziemer, April 2005 [won second place]

“Inhibition of bioluminescent gene expression in whole-cell bacterial biosensors using a high temperature switch” [Poster] D. Callahan, J. Han, K. S. Ziemer, A. Sacco, Jr. AIChE Regional Meeting Student Poster Competition, April 2005 [won first place]

"Inhibition of bioluminescent gene expression in whole-cell
bacterial biosensors using a high temperature switch." D. Callahan, J. Mathieu, B. Applegate, K. S. Ziemer, K. Bergman, and A. Sacco, Jr., [Poster]. Ninth World Congress on Biosensors,Toronto, Canada, March 2005

“Development of a Custom Sample Manipulation System for Ultra-high Vacuum Semiconductor Processing and Surface Analysis”  [Poster] J. Pierce, K. S. Ziemer 2002 AIChE National Student Meeting, Indianapolis, IN, November 2002.

“Investigation of Starting Substrate Surface Influences on Initial b-SiC Film Growth” [Poster] J. Tsai , K. S. Ziemer  Northeastern University Expo, May 15, 2003

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