Department of Mechanical Engineering

Jeremiah Abiade


Jeremiah Abiade

Assistant Professor

Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science Engineering
127 Holden Hall
(540)-231-1469
(540)-231-9100 FAX

jabiade@vt.edu



Education Research
Teaching
Experience
Honors
Publications


Education

Ph.D.
 Materials Science and Engineering University of Florida 2004
B.S.
 Physics (honors) Southern University and A&M College 1999

 

Research

  • Pulsed laser dposition (PLD)
  • Nanomagnetism, spintronics, multi-layer magnetic structures, oxide thin films, nanomaterials, high temperature superconductivity, chemical mechanical polishing (CMP)
  • Thin film growth & characterization (HRXRD, XRR, XPS, SEM, AFM, PPMS, VSM)

 

Teaching Activities

No current teaching activities.

 

Experience

Postdoc North Carolina A&T State University - Dept. of Mechanical and Chemical Engineering 2005 - Present
Visiting Faculty University of Alabama - Center for Materials for Information Technology Summer 2005 & 2006
Research/Teaching Assistant University of Florida - Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering 1999 -2004
Senior Technical Associate Lucent Technologies - Planar Waveguides Group Summer 1999
Undergraduate Researcher Northwestern University - Department of Physics Summer 1998
Undergraduate Researcher Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices (CAMD) Summer 1997

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Honors

  • Summer Faculty Fellowship, MINT Center, University of Alabama, 2005-2006
  • NSF-AGEP Dissertation Fellowship, 2004
  • UF Office of Graduate Minority Programs Fellowship, 2004
  • Omega Man of the Year, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Beta Pi Chapter, 2002 & 2004
  • Florida Blue Key Leadership Honorary Induction, 2002
  • Presidential Award for Leadership, University of Florida, 2001
  • Graduate Minority Fellow, University of Florida College of Engineering , 2000-2004
  • Graduate Student Representative, Dedication of New Rhines Hall, University of Florida, Dept. of MSE, 2000
  • Graduate Minority Fellow, National Fellow, National Science Foundation, and ALliance for Graduate Education in the Professoriate (NSF-AGEP), 1999-2004
  • Chancellor's Award, Southern University & A&M College, 1999
  • 2nd Prize, Northwestern University summer research opportunities, 1998
  • Dept. of Physics Scholarship, Southern University, 1995-1999
  • NASA Undergraduate students awards for research (NASA-USAR), 1995-1999
  • Timbuktu Academy Scholar, Southern University, 1995-1999.

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Publications

Peer Reviewed Journals and Conference Proceedings

  • Room Temperature Fermomagnetism in Zn(1-x)Tm(x)O; (TM:Cu, Ni, Co) by M. Snure, J.T. Abiade, A. Tiwari, and D. Kumar (2006), in progress.
  • The Effect of Thin Film Matrix and Substrate on the Coercivity and Blocking Temperature of Self-Assembled Ni Nanoparticles, J.T. Abiade, S.-H. Oh, H. Guo, A. Gupta, and D. Kumar, in progress.
  • Preparation of Palladium Composite Membrane on Porous Stainless Steel Via Pulsed Laser Desposition (PLD), M.A. Islam, S. Ilias, D. Kumar, J.T. Abiade, Z. Xu, submitted to Journal of Membrane Science.
  • Structural and Magnetic Properties of Self-Assembled Ni Nanoparticulates in a YSZ Thin Film Matrix, J.T. Abiade, G. Mia, A. Gupta, and D. Kumar, submitted to Journal of Nanotechnology.
  • Enhancement of Critical Current Density of YBa2Cu3O7 Thin Films by Self-Assembly of Y2O3 nanoparticulates, S.K. Viswanathana, A. A. Gapud, M. Varela, J.T. Abiade, D.K. Christen, S.J. Pennycook, D. Kumar, Thin Solid Films, in press.
  • A Tribochemical Study of Ceria-Silica Interactions for CMP, J.T. Abiade, S. Yeruva, B.M. Moudgil, and R.K. Singh, J. of Electrochem. Society, 153, (2006), G1001. (highlighted in Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, Oct. 16, 200)
  • Enhancement of Flux Pinning in YBa2Cu3O7 Multi-layered Thin Films Embedded with Epitaxially Grwon T2O3 Nanostructures, A.A. Gapud, K.K. Viswanathan, C. Cantoni, M. Varela, J.T. Abiade, S.J. Pennycook, and D.K. Christen, Supercond. Scie. and Techno., (2005) 1502-1505.
  • The Effect of Matrix on Self-Assembly of Nanoparticles for Magnetic and Mechanical APplications, J.T. Abiade, S. Neralla, S.k. Viswanathan, J. Bradley, A. Gupta, and D. Kumar, Proceedings of the ASME International, Mechanical Engineering Gongress and Exposition, Orlando, FL, (2005).
  • Investigation of Ceria-Silica Interactions during STI Polishing," J.T. Abiade, S. Yeruva, S. Jung, and R.K. Singh, CMP-MIC, Fremont, CA, (2005), invited.
  • Characterization of Chemcial Effects of Ceria Slurries for Chemical Mechanical Polishing," J.T. Abiade, S. Yeruva, B. Moudgil, and R.K. Singh, Materials Research Society - Symposiums Proceedings, p. W8.3, (2005).
  • Effect of pH on Ceria - Silica Interactions During Chemical Mechanical Polishing," J.T. Abiade, W. Choi, and E.K. Singh, J. of Materials Research, 20, (5), p. 1139, (2005).
  • Effects of Slurry Particle on Silicon Dioxide Chemcial Mechanical Polishing (CMP), "W. Choi, S.-M., Lee, J.T. Abiade, and R.K. Singh, J. of Electrochemical Society, 151, (8), G351, (2004).
  • Investigation and Control of Chemical and Surface Chemical Effects," J.T. Abiade, W. Choi, V. Khosla, and R.K. Singh, Materials Research Society - Symposium Proceedings, 861, p. K0.5.1, (2004).
  • Estimation of Fractional Surface Coverage During Oxide Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP)," W. Choi, S.-M., Lee, J.T. Abiade, and R.K. Singh, J. of Electrochem. Soc, 151, (5), G367, (2004).
  • Effect of Slurry Ionic Salts at Dielectric Silica Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP)," W. Choi, S.-M., Lee, J.T. Abiade, and R.K. Singh, J. Electrochem. Soc., 151, (3), G185, (2004).
  • Characterization of the Chemical Interactions on Copper Chemical Mechanical Polishing, "S-M. Lee, J.T. Abiade, W. Choi, and R.K. Singh, Electrochemcial Society Proceedings, 2003-21, 295, (2003).

Contributed Talks

  • Structural and Magnetic Properties of Self-Assembled Gold Nanoparticles in Alumina Thin Films, J.T. Abiade, S.-H. Oh, and D. Kumar, Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA, 2007.
  • Process and Characterization of Nan-crystallite Stabilized Zirconia Electrolytes, Z. Xu, J.T. Abiade, and J. Sankar, International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, ICMCTF 2007, San Diego, CA 2007.
  • The Effect of Thin Film Matrix on the Structural and Magnetic Properties of Self-Assembled Magnetic Particles, J.T. Abiade, H. Guo, S.-H. Oh, A. Gupta, and D. Kumar, Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA 2006.
  • Preparation and Characterization of Nano-Crystallite Electrolytes for SOFCs, Z. Xu, J.T. Abiade, J. Sankar, and D. Kumar, Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boston, MA 2006.
  • Nanoscale Magnetic Properties of Self-Assembled Ni and Fe Particles in Single Multilayered Structures, A. Gupta, JT. Abiade, and D. Kumar, Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society, Boton, MA 2006.
  • Magnetic Properties of Nickel Nanoparticles Embedded in CeO2 Thin Films, A. Paige, J.T. Abiade, T. Haywood, S. Vishwanathan, A. Gupta, and D. Kumar, 14th International Conference on Composites Engineering, Boulder, CO 2006.
  • The Role of Self-assembled Ni Nanoparticulates in a YSZ Matrix, J.T. Abiade and D. Kumar, 14th International Conference on Composites Engineering, Boulder, CO 2006.
  • Electrical, Thermal, and Nanomechanical Characteristics of (Ta, Al) N Films for Copper Metallization, S. Viswanathan, J.T. Abiade, D. Singh, R.K. Singh, and D. Kumar, European Materials Research Society, Strausborg, France 2006.
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled Non-Superconducting Oxides in YBa2Cu207-x (YBCO) Films, S. Viswanathan, A.A. Gapud, T. Haywood, J.T. Abiade, D. Christen, A Kebede, S.J. Pennycook, and D. Kumar, Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society, San Francisco, CA 2006.
  • Synthesis and Characterization of Self-Assembled Magnetic Thin Film Nanocomposites, J.T. Abiade, G. Miao, E. Ada, J. Weston, A. Gupta, and D. Kumar, MINT-MRSEC Review, Tuscaloosa, AL, October 2005.
  • Magnetic Properties of TiN/Ni/TiN Thin Films, J.T. Abiade and D. Kumar, Center for Materials for Information Technology (MINT), University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL, July 28, 2005, invited.
  • Observations on Oxide Chemical Mechanical Polishing (CMP), J.T. Abiade and R.K. Singh, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, North Carolina A&T State University, Greensboro, NC, January 5, 2005, invited.

 

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