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Resume:
Resume Pr. Collins
Robert W. Collins
University of Toledo
PRESENT POSITION
Professor of Physics and NEG Chair in Silicate
and Materials Science
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Mail Stop
111, University of Toledo, Toledo, OH 43606
Phone: 419-***-****; FAX; 419-***-****;
E-mail: ********@*******.*******.***
Education
1977: B. A.
Clark University,
Worcester MA; Physics and
Mathematics
1979: M. S.
Harvard University,
Cambridge MA; Applied Physics
1982: Ph. D.
Harvard University,
Cambridge MA; Applied Physics
Professional experience
2004 - Present Professor of Physics and NEG
Chair in Silicate and Materials Science, University of
Toledo
2004 - Present Adjunct
Professor of Electrical Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
1992 - 2004
Professor of Physics and Materials Research, The Pennsylvania State University
1988 - 1992
Associate Professor of Physics and Materials Research, The Pennsylvania State
University
1982 - 1988
Senior Research Physicist, BP America/Standard Oil Co. (Ohio)
PROFESSIONAL AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
1989-1995 National Science
Foundation Presidential Young Investigator Award
1994 Lead organizer for
"Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors",
Symposium F
of the 1994 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society.
1996 Lead organizer for
"Advances in Microcrystalline and Nanocrystalline Semiconductors",
Symposium F
of the 1996 Fall Meeting of the Materials Research Society
1997 Co-organizer for the
2nd International Conference on Spectroscopic Ellipsometry;
Lead editor
of the conference proceedings "Spectroscopic Ellipsometry -- 1997"
1999-2001 Organizer or co-organizer
for "Amorphous and Heterogeneous Silicon Thin Films",
A sequence
of three Symposia A of the Spring Meetings of the Materials Research Society
2005 Co-organizer for
"Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Science and Technology",
Symposium A
of the Spring Meeting of the Materials Research Society;
Lead editor
of: "Amorphous and Nanocrystalline Silicon Science and Technology -- 2005"
2005-2006 Chair of Area 5:
"Amorphous, Nano/microcrystalline, and Thin Silicon Materials and Devices".
of the "4th
World Conference on Photovoltaics" held May 2006, Waikoloa, Hawaii
2005-2007 Co-organizer of the "22nd
International Conference on Amorphous and Nanocrystalline
Semiconductors" to be held in August 2007,
Breckenridge, Colorado.
Research Interests
Thin film materials
physics: amorphous, nanocrystalline,
and microcrystalline semiconductors; III-V and II-VI crystalline and
polycrystalline semiconductors; dielectrics; amorphous carbon and diamond;
metals, transparent conducting oxide, conducting polymer, and electrochromic
thin films. Surface and thin film optical physics: optical and
electronic analysis of semiconductors and devices; optical properties of thin
films; and thin film nucleation and microstructural evolution. Optical
instrumentation: optical instrumentation design for ellipsometry, and
Stokes vector and Mueller matrix spectroscopies; real time spectroscopic
ellipsometry characterization of materials and device preparation and
processing. Thin film coatings and devices: photovoltaics, hard
coatings, and electrochromic structures.
Selected Publications
(from a total of more than 320)
1. R.W. Collins, P.C.
Taylor, R. Biswas, R. Carius, and M. Kondo (eds.) Amorphous and
Nanocrystalline Silicon Silicon Science and Technology - 2005, Materials
Research Society Symposium Proceedings, (Materials Research Society,
Warrendale, PA, 2005) vol. 862.
2. R.W. Collins and A.S. Ferlauto, "Optical
Physics of Materials", in: Handbook of Ellipsometry, edited by H.G.
Tompkins and E.A. Irene, (William Andrew, Norwich, NY, 2005) pp. 93-236.
3. R.W. Collins, "Ellipsometry" in: The
Optics Encyclopedia, edited by Th.G. Brown, K. Creath, H. Kogelnik, M.A.
Kriss, J. Schmit, and M.J. Weber, (Wiley-VCH, Weinheim, 2004) pp. 609-670.
4. R.W. Collins, A.S. Ferlauto, G.M.
Ferreira, C. Chen, J. Koh, R.J. Koval, Y. Lee, J.M. Pearce, and C.R. Wronski,
"Evolution of microstructure and phase in amorphous, protocrystalline, and
microcrystalline silicon studied by real time spectroscopic ellipsometry",
Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells78, 143 (2003).
5. C. Chen, I. An, and R.W. Collins, "Multichannel
Mueller matrix ellipsometry for ... real-time measurement of bulk isotropic and
surface anisotropic complex dielectric functions of semiconductors", Physical
Review Letters90, 217402 (2003).
6. R.W. Collins and A.S. Ferlauto, "Advances
in plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition of silicon films at low
temperatures", Current Opinion in Solid State & Materials Science6,
425 (2002).
7. A.S. Ferlauto, G.M. Ferreira, J.M. Pearce,
C.R. Wronski, R.W. Collins, X.M. Deng, and G. Ganguly, "Analytical model for the
optical functions of amorphous semiconductors from the near-infrared to
ultraviolet: applications in thin film photovoltaics", Journal of Applied
Physics92, 2424 (2002).
RECENT AND ONGOING RESEARCH PROPOSALS AND
CONTRACTS
1) Project Title:
Real Time Optics for Thin Film Materials Research (R.W. Collins, PI)
Funding Source: NSF - DMR - Condensed Matter
Physics; Award Period: 03/15/02 - 02/28/06
2) Project Title: Sputtered II-VI Alloy
Materials for Tandem Photovoltaic Cells (A.D. Compaan, PI)
Funding Source: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL); Award Period: 10/01/03 - 09/30/06
3) Project Title: Critical Research for
PEC Hydrogen (X. Deng, PI)
Funding Source: Midwest Optoelectronics /
Department of Energy; Award Period: 10/01/04 - 09/30/07
4) Project Title: Flexible and
Light-weight Thin Film Solar Cells Based on a-Si and CdTe
(X. Deng and A.D.
Compaan, co-PI's)
Funding Source: United States Air Force --
Kirtland AFB; Award Period: 06/01/04 - 05/31/05
5) Project Title: Quantum Dot Solar Cells
(R.W. Collins, PI)
Funding Source: National Space and Aeronautical
Agency; Total Award Period Covered: 01/01/05 - 12/31/05
6) Project Title: Fabrication &
Characterization of Advanced Triple-Jct. a-Si Solar Cells (X. Deng, PI)
Funding Source: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory; Award Period: 12/01/04 - 11/30/07
7) Project Title: Fabrication and Physics of
CdTe Photovoltaics (A.D. Compaan, PI)
Funding Source: National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL); Award Period: 10/01/04 - 09/30/07
8) Project Title: Thin Film Microbolometers
(R.W. Collins, UT PI; M.W. Horn, Penn State PI)
Funding Source: MURI / Army Research Office;
Award Period: 06/01/06 - 5/31/11
9) Project Title: Center for Photovoltaic
Electricity and Hydrogen Enhanced Activities (A.D. Compaan, PI)
Funding Source: Ohio Department of Development;
Total Award Period Covered: 01/01/05 - 12/31/06
(10) Project Title: Nanostructured Protective
Coatings (R.W. Collins, PI)
Funding Source: North Dakota State University /
United States Air Force; Award Period: 07/01/03 - 06/30/05
ONGOING LOCAL, NATIONAL, AND INTERNATIONAL
COLLABORATIONS:
Midwest Optoelectronics, Toledo, OH:
Real time optical characterization of electrode processes
Innovative Thin Films, Toledo, OH:
Optical analysis of self-cleaning coatings
Pilkington NA, Inc., Toledo, OH:
Optical analysis of transparent conducting oxide films
First Solar, Perrysburg, OH:
In-line optical analysis of solar cell materials and devices
NASA Glenn Research Center, Cleveland, OH:
Fabrication and characterization of novel solar cell structures
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH:
Joint proposals, optical analysis of surfaces and films
Ohio University, Athens, OH:
Joint proposals, and technical collaboration on microbolometers
The Pennsylvania State University, University
Park PA: Joint proposals, and
technical collaborations; personnel exch.
Uni-Solar, Auburn Hills, MI:
Optical analysis of solar cell materials and devices
Rose-Hulman Institute, Terre Haute, IN:
Education in optics; personnel exchanges
National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO:
Real time optical instrumentation
Institut f r
Photovoltaik, J lich,
Germany: Personnel, equipment
exchanges
Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary:
Real time optical instrumentation; personnel exchange
Indian Insitute of Technology, Kanpur, India:
External thesis committee member
National Institute for Advanced Industrial
Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan:
Real time optical instrum.
Eindhoven Institute of Technology, Eindhoven, The
Netherlands: Real time optical
instrumentation; personnel exch.
Link ping
University, Link ping,
Sweden: External thesis committee
member; real time optical instrumentation
Neuch tel
University, Neuch tel,
Switzerland: External thesis
committee member
RECENT Ph.D. GRADUATES
Chi Chen, Ph.D., May 2004,
Materials Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Joshua Pearce, Ph.D., May
2004, Material Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Gelio Ferreira, Ph.D., May
2004, Materials Science, The Pennsylvania State University
From a list of 17 Ph.D.'s
and 3 M.S. awarded from 1988 through 2004 at The Pennsylvania State Universityhua Pearce, Ph.D., May
2004, Material Science, The Pennsylvania State University
Gelio Ferreira, Ph.D., May
2004, Materials Science, The Pennsylvania State University
From a list of 17 Ph.D.'s
and 3 M.S. awarded from 1988 through 2004 at The Pennsylvania State University
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