Dhananjay Kumar
Dr. Dhananjay Kumar is currently a Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University (NCAT). He also holds a joint faculty position with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). He has developed a pulsed laser deposition assisted synthesis method for self-assembly of nanophase materials. This method is generic in nature and has been applied to the self-assembly of magnetic, superconducting, optical, and super-hard nanomaterials. He is actively engaged in professional societies such as MRS, APS, and EMRS.
Research Description
Thin films, Condensed matters, Nanoscale materials, Alternative Energy
Positions
First Joint Faculty appointment of ORNL with an HBCU
Thin Film and Electron Microscopy Group (Group Leader: Dr. Stephen J Pennycook)
Thin Film and Electron Microscopy Group (Group Leader: Dr. Stephen J Pennycook)
Education
Professional Affiliations
Honors
Highest research award conferred on a faculty member in NCAT.
Extracurricular Activities
Organizer, European Materials Research Society (EMRS) Symposium, Stress, structure, and stoichiometry effects on the properties of nanomaterials, EMRS Fall Meeting.
Oxide and Chalcogenide-based Thin Films and Nanomaterials for Electronics and Energy Applications, Materials Research Society
Nanostructures, thin films, and bulk oxide-synthesis, characterization, and applications, MRS Spring Meeting.
Novel Materials for Biomedical Applications.
"Synthesis and Metrology of Nanoscale Oxides and Thin Films"
"Integration Challenges in next-generation oxide-based nanoelectronics" MRS Spring Meeting.
"Laser solid interactions for materials processing," MRS Spring Meeting.