| 2020 Brennan Coffey (PhD) | Vacuum ultraviolet enhanced atomic layer etching, and area selective atomic layer deposition for next generation nanofabrication |
| 2020 Pei-Yu Chen (PhD) | Atomic layer deposition of functional oxide materials |
| 2019 Bryce Edmondson (PhD) | Thin Film Growth and Deposition of Functional Perovskite Oxides |
| 2018 Edward Lin (PhD) | Atomic Layer Deposition of Epitaxial Perovskites for Electronic and Photonic Applications |
| 2018 Zizhuo Zhang (PhD) | Area-Selective Deposition of Ferromagnetic Cobalt Films |
| 2017 Shen Hu (PhD) | Crystalline Perovskite Epitaxial Growth on Germanium (001) by Atomic Layer Deposition |
| 2017 Sonali Chopra (PhD) | Area-Selective Deposition of Conductive Materials |
| 2016 Wen Liao (PhD) | Controlling Nucleation and Growth of Ultra-Thin Ruthenium Films in Chemical Vapor Deposition |
| 2015 Thong Ngo (PhD) | Atomic Layer Deposition of Functional Materials |
| 2015 Martin “DJ” McDaniel (PhD) | Monolithic Integration of Crystalline Oxides on Silicon and Germanium using Atomic Layer Deposition |
| 2014 Tyler Elko-Hansen (PhD) | Enhancement of metal nucleation and thin film growth on surfaces by chemical modification employing CVD and ALD |
| 2013 Joe M. McCrate (PhD) | Fluorescent probe-based characterization of surface sites on oxides |
| 2012 Blair J. Cox (PhD) | Depolymerization of Lignin for Biomass Processing in Ionic Liquids |
| 2010 Wesley J. Ahearn (MS) | Spectroscopic Studies of Boron Carbo-Nitride |
| 2010 Hyun Woo Kim (PhD) | Structure and Properties of Amorphous Alloys: A First Principles Study |
| 2010 Tuo Wang (PhD) | Atomic Layer Deposition of Amorphous Hafnium-Based Thin Films with Enhanced Thermal Stabilities |
| 2010 Navneethakrishnan Salivati (PhD) | Influence of Surface Passivation on the Photoluminescence from Silicon Nanocrystals |
| 2009 Lucas B. Henderson (PhD) | Deposition and Properties of Co- and Ru-based Ultra-thin Films |
| 2009 Kelly M. Thom (PhD) | Growth and Characterization of Ru Films Deposited by Chemical Vapor Deposition: Towards Enhanced Nucleation and Film Properties |
| 2009 Patrick Ryan Fitzpatrick (PhD) | Chemical Vapor Deposition of Boron Carbo-Nitride as a Potential Passivation Layer for Germanium Surfaces |
| 2008 Wyatt A. Winkenwerder (PhD) | Surface Chemistry of GeHx with Dielectric Surfaces: Towards Directed Nanocrystal Growth |
| 2007 Jin Hong Shin (PhD) | Growth and Characterization of CVD Ru and Amorphous Ru-P Alloy Films for Liner Applications in Cu Interconnects |
| 2007 Shawn S. Coffee (PhD) | Selective silicon and germanium nanoparticle deposition on amorphous substrates |
| 2006 Kai Wu (PhD) | Interface Study for Template Release in Step and Flash Imprint Lithography |
| 2006 Scott K. Stanley (PhD) | Surface Chemistry and Directed Assembly of Nanostructures on Dielectric Surfaces |
| 2004 James K. Schaeffer (PhD) | Hafnium Dioxide Gate Dielectrics, Metal Gate Electrodes, and Phenomena Occurring at their Interfaces |
| 2004 Edward R. Engbrecht (PhD) | Fundamental Studies of Copper Diffusion Barriers |
| 2003 Andrew M. Lemonds (PhD) | Atomic Layer Deposition and Properties of Refractory Transition Metal-based Copper-Diffusion Barriers for ULSI Interconnect |
| 2003 Todd C. Bailey (PhD) | Imprint Template Advances and Surface Modification, and Defect Analysis for Step and Flash Imprint Lithography |
| 2003 Britain C. Smith (MS) | Step and Flash Imprint Lithography: Fabrication of sub-100 nm Features for the Gate Level of a MOSFET Device |
| 2002 W. Thomas Leach (PhD) | Silicon Nanoparticle Deposition on Silicon Dioxide and Silicon Nitride: Techniques, Mechanisms and Models |
| 2001 Paul D. Kirsch (PhD) | Surface and Interfacial Chemistry of High-k Dielectric and Interconnect Materials on Silicon |
| 2000 Stenly Tukunang (MS) | In Situ Second Harmonic Generation Probing Across p-n Junctions of Silicon and Silicon-Germanium Alloys |
| 2000 Porshia S. Parkinson (PhD) | Silicon Germanium Growth Kinetics and Second Harmonic Generation Studies |
| 2000 James P. Endle (PhD) | MOCVD of Multimetal and Noble Metal Films |
| 1999 Bin Gong (PhD) | Surface Reactions, Hydride Kinetics, and in situ Boron Doping of Silicon and Germanium |
| 1999 William P. Boone (MS) | Hydrodesulfurization Studies with Model Supported MoS2 Catalysts |
| 1998 Gareth M. Sampson (PhD) | Hydrogen Atom and Argon Ion Reactions for Removing Hydrocarbon Adsorbates and Contamination from Silicon Surfaces |
| 1998 Narayanan C. Ramani (PhD) | Reaction and Spectroscopic Study of Supported Metal Oxide Catalysts |
| 1998 David L. Sullivan (PhD) | Hydrodesulfurization of Thiophene, Tetrahydrothiophene and 1-Butanethiol on Model Silica-supported Molybdenum and Tungsten Catalysts |
| 1997 Pirainder Sarup Lall (MS) | Characterization of a Single Source Precursor for Titanium Nitride Film Growth |
| 1997 John W. Quigley (MS) | Electron Beam-assisted Low Temperature Growth of Gallium Nitride Films |
| 1996 Noel M. Russell (PhD) | Hydrogen Desorption and CVD of Silicon/Germanium Alloys |
| 1996 Michael S. Jackson (PhD) | Decomposition Mechanism for Triethylgallium on Gallium Arsenide(100) |
| 1995 Jorg Schwitzgebel (PhD) | Photoassisted Oxidation of Organic Films on Water by Titania Coated Microspheres |
| 1995 Vikas Lakhotia (PhD) | Chemical Beam Epitaxy of III-V Compound Semiconductors Using Single Source Precursors |
| 1994 Justine E. Johannes (PhD) | A Gas Phase Reaction Study of Disilane Decomposition Using Resonance Enhanced Multiphoton Ionization |
| 1993 Steven D. Kohler (PhD) | Characterization of and Reactions over Photoreduced Transition Metal Oxides Supported on Silica |
| 1993 Ryan D. Roark (PhD) | Synthesis and Characterization of Silica-supported Molybdenum and Tungsten |
| 1992 James E. Miller (PhD) | Chemical Beam Epitaxy Of GaAs Using Novel Single-source Precursors |
| 1990 Clark C. Williams (PhD) | Synthesis, Characterization, and Reactivity of Oxide-Supported Molybdenum Oxide |
| 1990 Nancy B. Jackson (PhD) | CO Hydrogenation over Zirconium-Based Metal Oxides |
| 1989 Ronald G. Silver (PhD) | A Study of Active Sites for Isosynthesis Over Zirconium Dioxide |
| 1989 Mark P. Lapinski (PhD) | An Infrared Study of Hydrocarbon Adsorption and Reaction on Supported Nickel and Supported Platinum Catalysts |
| 1987 Keith G. Anderson (PhD) | Infrared Studies of Adsorption and Reaction of Butenes and Ethylene over Cobalt |
| 1987 Shiaw C. Tseng (PhD) | Isosynthesis Reactions of CO/H2 over Zirconium Dioxide |
| 1985 Troy J. Campione (PhD) | An Infrared Study of Butene Adsorption and Reaction on a Silica-Supported Nickel Catalyst |
| 1985 Nancy B. Jackson (M.S.) | Studies of CO Interaction with Zirconia and Methanol Synthesis Mechanisms |
| 1984 Stanley C. Park (PhD) | The Investigation of Carbonylation Reactions Utilizing Polymer Modified Transition Metal Complexes |
| 1984 Kuei-Wu Huang (PhD) | The Reaction of Azopropane, n-Butane and n-Butenes over Ruthenium |
| 1983 John B. Roucis (PhD) | The Influence of Intraparticle Mass Transfer on the Activity of a Gel-Form Polymer Bound Transition Metal Catalyst |
| 1983 Chia-Zuan J. Wang (PhD) | Study of Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis Over a Silica Supported Iron Catalyst Through the use of Reactive Scavengers |
| 1983 Mitchel A. Barker (M.S.) | Conversion of Synthesis Gas Over Zirconia |
Ekerdt Research Group
Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin
