Congratulations to Joseph Garlow

I want to congratulate my former undergraduate mentee Joseph Garlow who completed his baccalaureate degree in Bio-engineering and is starting his graduate studies in the dept. of Material Science at SBU. He is now formally a PhD student member of our Electron Microscopy and Nanostructure Group, dept. CMPMS @BNL.

During his time under my mentorship Mr. Garlow focused on the growth and characterization of graphene using physcial vapor deposition (PVD) from a solid carbon source. He became well versed in ultra high vacuum technology, electron beam evaporation, scanning electron microscopy, and raman spectroscopy among other things. We are currently working on packaging up this work for peer-reviewed journal publications.

Welcome to the group and I wish you well in your scientific endeavors.

An SEM micrograph of PVD graphene grown on epitaxially grown Ni film (scale bar 5 um). 

Girl Scout Troops@BNL

Update 2012-10-18: You can now read the official BNL press release:
http://www.bnl.gov/newsroom/news.php?a=23393

It was great to see all of you and your interest in science. I enjoyed contributing to the lesson. Here is possibly the smallest Girl Scout logo every made :) The total width of the logo is ~7.5 micrometers. That's the same size of a red blood cell!! The thickness of the logo was only ~30 nanometers. Click here to download the logo in other colors. Good luck with your future science interactions and feel free to ask questions by clicking on comments below. 

--Javier

The image to the left is of the Girl Scouts logo captured using Atomic Force Microscopy. The troop  had a hands on nano lesson explaining the fundamentals of Scanning Probe Microscopy before they saw the equipment in action at the CFN. The logo was fabricated using a top-down electron beam lithography process. The raised areas are 30nm of Cobalt on top of Silicon.

Intel Judge at the NYSSEF

It was very inspiring to see young men and women undertake and present their research at such a high level during the Intel sponsored New York State Science and Engineering Fair. It was a pleasure serving and I look forward to doing it again in the near future.