Group Director
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Dr. Thomas W. ScharfProfessional Preparation •Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Ceramic Science and Engineering B.S. 1994 •University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Metallurgical and Materials Engineering M.S. 1997 •University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Ph.D. 2000 •Naval Research Lab, Washington, DC Surface Chemistry Branch/Tribology Section Postdoc 2000-2003 Appointments 05/2014-Present Professor, University of North Texas, Materials Science &Engineering 12/2018-Present Joint Faculty Appointee, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Impact Physics Branch, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 05/2010-05/2014 Associate Professor, University of North Texas, Materials Science &Engineering 09/2005-05/2010 Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, Materials Science & Engineering 06/2003-9/2005 Member of the Technical Staff, Microsystems Materials, Tribology, and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM. Journal Editorial Boards
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PhD students
Maia Romanes (PhD 2008) Post-doctoral Researcher at UNT
Benedict Mensah (PhD 2010) Group Leader, Intel Corporation, Chandler, AZ
Hamidreza Mohseni (PhD 2011) Senior Engineer, John Crane Diamond, Romeoville, IL
Vasim Shaikh (PhD 2013) Assistant Professor, Department of Production Engineering, Fr. Conceicao Rodrigues College of Engineering, Mumbai, India
Anchal Sondhi (PhD 2014) Project Engineer, Tosoh SMD, Inc., Grove City, OH
Victor Ageh (PhD 2014) Process Engineer, Intel Corporation, Rio Rancho, NM
Jon-Erik Mogonye (PhD 2016) Member of Technical Staff, Vehicle Technology Directorate, Army Research Lab, Aberdeen, MD
Christian Garcia (PhD 2020-current)
Jonathan Rodriguez (PhD 2020-current)
Zane Wright (PhD 2023-current)
Masters students
Anjana Rajendran (MS 2007) Business System Analyst with Service Solutions Tooling at American Express, Phoenix, AZ
Rick Moser (MS 2007) Process Engineer, Texas Instruments, Richardson, TX
Wei-Lun Tu (MS 2009) Process Engineer, Hangzhou Perfect-Tech Co., Ltd., China
Jon-Erik Mogonye (MS 2012) Post-doctoral Researcher at Army Research Lab, Aberdeen, MD
Kyle Roget (MS 2013) PhD student, University of Texas at Arlington
Doug Kinkenon (MS 2013) Ceramic Engineer, Osram, Manchester, NH
Segun Tinubu (MS 2015) Universal American, Houston, TX
Jonova Thomas (MS 2016) PhD Graduate Student, Purdue University, IN
Nneoma Mojekwu (MS 2015)
Dheyaa Fahad Kadhim (MS 2016) Lecturer, Iraq
William Rubink (MS 2018) Engineer, Tokyo Electron US, Raleigh, NC
Tyler Torgerson (MS 2018) Process Engineer, Raytheon, Flower Mound, TX
Hunter Lide (MS 2019) Engineer, ABB, Plano, TX
Manindra Varma Koricherla (MS 2020) Laboratory Operations Specialist, Infineum USA, Linden, NJ
Christian Garcia (MS 2022) PhD student, UNT
Samuel Brooks (MS 2023) Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, TX