Years Experience Assistant

Weihua Hu

Permanent Address: **** Hobart Street, APT 604, Pittsburgh, PA 15217

Email: *******@******.***.*** Phone: 412-***-****

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Education

Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Applied Physics

• GPA: 3.80/4.0 05/2012

M.S. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Physics

• GPA: 3.66/4.0 05/2009

B.S. University of Science and Technology of China, China, Material Science and Engineering

• GPA: 3.7/4.3 07/2007

Research Experience

Carnegie Mellon University, Electrical Computer Engineering Dept., Pittsburgh, PA 05/08 - present

Research Assistant, Tip-directed Field-emission Assisted Nanofabrication (TFAN) Project

• Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM) based fabrication of nanodevices, such as Single Electron Transistor

• Developed a new technique in nanofabrication: implementing AFM probes in multiple modes, which include STM mode, contact AFM mode and conductive AFM for in-situ characterization

• CMOS-probe arrays for parallel nanomanufacturing

• Thin Ti film deposition and characterization

• Electron Beam Lithography based fabrication of lateral Ti-TiO2-Ti Junctions for Low Capacitance MIM Rectenna Diodes

• Built model to determine the conduction mechanism of Ti-TiO2-Ti junction underlying collected data

• STM Tip-directed Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) of Si Nanostructures

Carnegie Mellon University, Physics Department, Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2008

Research Assistant, Prof. Randy Feenstra’s research group

• Hydrogen etching and graphitization of SiC

University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China Summer 2005 – July 2007

Undergraduate Research Program, Functional Nanomaterial Lab

• Preparation and characterization of branched coaxial nanorods formed in supercritical carbon dioxide

Skills

Applications: MATLAB , COMSOL, Cadence , AutoCAD, Mathematica, LabVIEW

Computer: C, Java, Android, Microsoft Office

Language: Fluent in Chinese, English

Instruments: Scanning Probe Microscopy

• More than four years experience in Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)

Thin Film Deposition

• E-beam Evaporator, Sputtering System

Surface Analysis

• Auger Electron Spectroscopy (AES), X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS), Low-energy Electron Diffraction (LEED), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM)

Electrical Measurement

• Oscilloscope, Keithley source meter, Cryostage

Other Facilities

• Photolithography, Electron Beam Lithography

• Ion Beam Etching, Plasma Etching, Ion sputtering, Residual Gas Analyzer (RGA)

• Wire bonding, Optical Microscopes, Five years experience with UHV systems

Weihua Hu

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Teaching Experience

Carnegie Mellon University, Physics Dept., Pittsburgh, PA Spring 2011

Teaching Assistant, Experimental Physics Class

• Helped teachers set up experiment equipment

• Educated students on experiment skills and data analysis

Leadership Experience

Tip-directed Field-emission Assisted Nanofabrication (TFAN) Project 05/08 - present

• Collaborated with other researchers in TFAN project

• Played in a core role in finishing the experimental plan for every DARPA review

Math Representative of the Department 2003 - 2007

• Assisted teachers and coordinated with TAs on math class issues

Volunteer Experience

Volunteer, Pittsburgh G-20 conference (2009) 2009

Presentations and Publications

• W. Hu, J. A. Bain and D. S. Ricketts, “In-Situ Quantification of Electrical Isolation in STM-fabricated TiOx Nanostructures”, (accepted by Micro & Nano Letters) 2012

• W. Hu, J. A. Bain and D. S. Ricketts, “SPM Local Oxidation and In-situ Characterization Using AFM Probes in Multiple Modes”, (submitted to EIPBN 2012) 2012

• W. Hu, Y. Tang, Y. Zhang, J. Gu, S. Tamaru, J. A. Bain, R. L. Carley, R. F. Davis, G. K. Fedder and D. S. Ricketts, “Ti/TiO2 Nanodevices Fabrication Using Compliant Probes and CMOS Probe-arrays”, Proceedings of the Workshop on Technologies for Future Micro/Nano Manufacturing, Napa, 2011 2011

• W. Hu, S. Tamaru, J. A. Bain and D. S. Ricketts, “High Current Pulse Generation for Thermal Surface Modification using Standard STM”, Poster session, The 55th International Conference on Electron, Ion, and Photon Beam Technology and Nanofabrication (EIPBN 2011), Las Vegas 2011

• W. Hu, J. Gu, Z. George and D. S. Ricketts, “Directed Scanning Probe Nanomanufacturing of Lateral Ti-TiO2-Ti Junctions for Low Capacitance MIM Rectenna Diodes”, Oral presentation. The 37th International Conference on Micro and Nano Engineering (MNE 2011), Berlin 2011

• F. Cao, Q. Chen, and W. Hu, “Preparation and Characterization of Branched Coaxial Nanorods Formed in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide”, American Chemical Society (ACS 2007). 2007

Awards

University of Science and Technology of China (USTC), Hefei, China

• Outstanding freshmen award 2003

• Outstanding student award 2004-2006

• Award for Outstanding Undergraduate Research Program of USTC 2007

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