CURRICULUM VITAE
KIUMARS PARVIN
Professor and Chair
Department of Physics
San Jose State University
1 Washington Square
San Jose, CA 95192-0106
EDUCATION
Postdoc, Physics (Experimental Solid State Physics), University of California, Irvine
PhD, Physics (Experimental Solid State Physics), University of California, Riverside
MS, Physics, University of California, Riverside
BS, Physics, Tehran University
EMPLOYMENT AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
2005 - Chair, Department of Physics, San Jose State University
2005- Associate Director, Materials Characterization and Metrology Center, SJSU
1990 - Professor of Physics, SJSU
1985 - 1990 Associate Professor of Physics, SJSU
1981 - 1985 Assistant Professor of Physics, SJSU
1993 - 1994 Visiting Scientist, Materials Science Division, Lawrence Livermore Lab.
1986 - 1987 Visiting Scientist, Consultant, Control Data Corporation
1983 - 1987 Visiting Scientist, Applied Physics, Center for Mat. Research, Stanford U.
1983 - 1984 Visiting Scientist, Consultant, Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
1978 - 1981 Postdoctoral Physicist, Department of Physics, Univ. of California, Irvine
TEACHING
Has taught a wide range of lecture and laboratory courses at all levels:
Lower-Division: Physics 2A (Mechanics), Physics 50 (Mechanics), 51 (Electricity and Magnetism), Physics 50 Lab, Physics 51 Lab.
Upper Division: Electronics for Physics and Computer Science, Electricity and Magnetism, Thermodynamics, Solid State Physics, Solid Ste Physics Lab.
Graduate: Methods of Mathematical Physics, Solid State Physics, Electrodynamics.
Supervised an 18-section Physics 51 (Electricity and Magnetism) Lab; developed experiments; and wrote and updated a lab manual for this lab, 1992 - 2005.
SYNERGISTIC ACTIVITIES
Awarded 2 AWU-DOE Summer Faculty Fellowship for collaborative research at Center for Materials Research, Stanford University 1982 and 1983
Awarded one AWU-DOE Summer Faculty Fellowship for collaborative research at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, 1993
Awarded one NSF-ILI grant for development of an undergraduate solid state physics laboratory, 1989
Awarded one NSF-ILI grant for improvement of a general physics laboratory in electricity and magnetism, 1993
Awarded one instrumentation grant from Intel Corporation 1993
Awarded 3 NSF-RUI and one NSF-REU Supplement research grants, 1994 – present
Faculty participant in an SJSU Physics Dept NSF-REU grant, 1995-present.
Faculty participant in 2 Research Corporation Partners in Science grants 1995-1999.
Faculty participant in an NIH-MARC grant, 1989-1991.
CoPI, NSF Instrumentation for acquisition of a scanning electron microscope
CoPI, DARPA grant for faculty research activities on nanotechnology, Materials Characterization and Metrology Center, SJSU
AWARDS
Meritorious Performance and Professional Promise Award, San Jose State University, 1987 and 1989.
RESEARCH PROJECTS
Supported by NSF Division of Materials Science since 1994
Magnetic Properties of Nanocrystaline Materials
Magnetic and Transport Properties of Multilayer Films
POSTDOCTORAL STUDENTS SUPERVISED
Fracois Battlo, SJSU, 1989 -1992
PRESENT RESEARCH GROUP MEMBERS
Maninder Kaur, graduate Physics
PAST STUDENTS AND ALUMNI
Jim Ma, MS 2005, PhD student, Physics Department, University of California, Davis
Jimmy Ly, BS, 2005, Silicon Valley Industry
Ross Bedross, BS, 2003, Ph.D. student, Physics Department, UC Riverside
Mehdi Varasteh, MS, 2002, Alza Corporation
Sue Ann Koay, BS, 2002, Ph.D. student, Physics Department, UC Santa Barbara
Jeff Block, Schlumberger, Ltd.
Salah Awadallah, MS, 1997, Ph.D. 2005, Materials Engineering, Washington State University, Pullman
Steven Weathersby, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center
MEMBERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
American Physical Society
American Association for Advancement of Science
PRESENTATIONS AND ABSTRACTS AT PROFESSIONAL MEETINGS
1. Light Emission via Inelastic Electron Tunneling from Slightly Rough Surface, K. Parvin and W.H. Parker, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 25, No. 3, 169 (1980).
2. Co/Cr Multilayers, R.G. Walmsley, K. Parvin, R.M. White, and T.H. Geballe, Magnetism and Magnetic
Materials Conference, Nov. 1984.
3. An MS level Course in Physics of Magnetic Recording, K. Parvin, Northern California Chapter of
American Association of Physics Teachers, San Luis Obispo, CA, April 1984.
4. Gd/Co Multilayer, R.G. Walmsley, D.J. Webb, K. Parvin, P. Dickinson, R.M. White, and T.H. Geballe, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 30, No. 3, 350 (1985).
5. Structural, Magnetic, and Transport Properties of Fe/Cr Multilayer Films, P. Dickinson, D.J. Webb, K. Parvin, T.H. Geballe, and R.M. White, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 30, No. 3, 350 (1985).
6. Dissociation of O2-- Defects into Paramagnetic O- in Wide Band Gap Insulators--A Magnetic Susceptibility Study of Magnesium Oxide, F. Batllo, R.C. LeRoy, K. Parvin, and F. Freund, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference Conference, Boston, MA, 1989
7. Highly Mobile Oxygen Holes in Fused Silica, F. Freund, K. Parvin, and M.M. Freund, Bulletin of the
American Physical Society 35, No. 3, 693 (1990).
8. Evidence for Dissociation of Peroxy into Positive Holes O- in Alkaline Earth Oxides, K. Parvin, F. Batllo, R.C. LeRoy, and F. Freund, Bulletin of the American Physical Society 35, No. 6, 1348 (1990).
9. An Undergraduate Laboratory in Solid State Physics, K. Parvin* and B. Holmes, Northern California
Chapter of American Association of Physics Teachers, May 4, 1991, SLAC, Menlo Park, CA.
10. A Solid State Physics Laboratory, K. Parvin and B. Holmes, National American Association of Physics Teachers meeting, August 1991, Minneapolis, MN
11. Opening and Filling Carbon Nanotubes, S. Awadallah, R. LaDuca, S.P. Weathersby, K. Parvin, R.S. Ruoff, and S. Subramoney. 1995 March Meeting of the American Physical Society , 20-24 March 1995, San Jose, CA
12. Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Studies of Carbon-Coated Nanoparticles, R. LaDuca, K. Parvin*, S. Awadallah, S.P. Weathersby, C. Boekema, D.C. Lorents, R.S. Ruoff, and S. Subramoney. 1995 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 20-24 March 1995, San Jose, CA
13. Magnetic Properties and Structural Transformation in Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Foils, K. Parvin, S.P. Weathersby, C. Boekema, T.W. Barbee, Jr., T.P. Weihs, and M.A. Wall. 1995 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, 20-24 March 1995, San Jose, CA
14. Magnetic Properties and Structural Transformation in Cu/304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Materials, K. Parvin, and S.P. Weathersby, T.P. Weihs, T.W. Barbee, Jr. and M.A. Wall. Spring 1995 Materials Research Society Meeting, 17-24 April, 1995, San Francisco, CA
15. Studies of Carbon Nanotubes and Carbon-Coated Nanoparticles (Invited), R.S. Ruoff, D.S. Tse, D.C. Lorents, S. Awadallah, R. LaDuca, and K. Parvin, Spring 1995 Materials Research Society Meeting, 17-24
April, 1995, San Francisco, CA
16. Magnetic Studies of Carbon-coated Nickel Particles (Invited), K. Parvin, S. Awadallah, S.P. Weathersby, R. LaDuca, R.S. Ruoff, P. Van Kavelaar and S. Subramoney. 1995 Electrochemical Society Meeting, May 21-26, Reno, Nevada
17. Solution-based filling of Carbon Nanotubes (Invited), R.S. Ruoff, S. Awadallah, R. LaDuca, K. Parvin, S. Weathersby, P. Van Kavelaar, S. Subramoney. 1995 Electrochemical Society Meeting, May 21-26, Reno, Nevada
18. Nanotubes: Bending and Filling (Invited), R.S. Ruoff, D.C. Lorents, R. LaDuca, S. Awadallah, S. Weathersby, K. Parvin, S. Subramoney, 22nd Biennial Conference on Carbon, July 1995, San Diego, CA.
19. Synthesis, Structure and Magnetic Properties of Carbon-Encapsulated Nanoparticles, K. Parvin, S. Awadallah, S.P. Weathersby, R. LaDuca, R.S. Ruoff, S. Subramoney, 7th Annual Review of Engineering and Science Research, San Jose State University, March 1996.
20. Semi-controlled Loading of Carbon Nanotubes: Bending, Buckling, and Fracture, R.S. Ruoff, R. LaDuca K. Parvin, S. Subramoney, Spring 1996 Materials Research Society Meeting, San Francisco, April 1996.
21. The Effect of Nanotube Alignment on the magnetic Properties of Nickel Nanoparticles Encapsulated in Carbon Nanotubes (Invited), K. Parvin, S. Awadallah, S.P. Weathersby, R. LaDuca, R.S. Ruoff, P. Van Kavelaar and S. Subramoney. 1996 Electrochemical Society Meeting, May 1996, Los Angeles, CA
22. Stress-Loaded Carbon Nanotubes (Invited), R.S. Ruoff, S. Awadallah, R. LaDuca, K. Parvin, S. Weathersby, S. Subramoney. 1996 Electrochemical Society Meeting, May 1996, Los Angeles, CA
23. A General Physics lab in Electromagnetism for Science and Engineering Students, K. Parvin, Northern California Chapter of American Association of Physics Teachers, University of San Francisco, San Francisco, April 1996.
24. A General Physics lab in Electromagnetism for Science and Engineering Students, K. Parvin, American Association of Physics Teachers National Meeting, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, August 1996.
25. Magnetic Properties of Carbon Coated Nickel Particles, T. Sezen, J. Block, R. LaDuca, K. Parvin, J. Host and V.P. Dravid, Science Partnership in Action National Conference, Research Corporation, Tucson, Arizona, January 1997.
26. The Effect of Temperature Cycling on Magnetic Properties of Carbon Coated Ni and Co Nanoparticles, K. Parvin, J.A. Block, J. Alpers, J. Host, V.P. Dravid, American Physical Society Meeting, Kansas City, MO, March, 1997.
27. The Effect of Annealing on Magnetic Properties of Graphite Encapsulated Ni and Co Nanoparticles (Invited), K. Parvin, J.A. Block, J. Alpers, J. Host, V.P. Dravid, Electrochemical Society Meeting, Montreal, Canada, May 1997.
28. Graphite-Coated Ni and Co Nanocrystals, K. Parvin, J.A. Block, J.L. Alpers, J.J. Host, V.P. Dravid, Joint Intermag and Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 1998.
29. Resistivity Studies of Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films, K. Porush and K. Parvin, Partners in Science Conference, Research Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 1999.
30. Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Magnetization Measurements of Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films, M. Varasteh, K. Parvin, C. Boekema, A.M. Krupski, W. S. Giles, American Physical Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA.
31. Mossbauer and X-ray Studies of Calcopyrite (CuFeS2), A.M. Krupski, M. Varasteh, K. Parvin, and C. Boekema, American Physical Society Meeting, March 1999, Atlanta, GA.
32. A Novel Approach for the Synthesis of Graphite Encapsulated Metallic Nanocrystals, K.L. Klug, D.L. Johnson, V.P. Dravid, and K. Parvin, Materials Research Society Conference, San Francisco, CA, April 1999
33. Control of Magnetic Properties And Structure in Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films, K. Parvin, M. Varasteh, C. Boekema, A.M. Krupski, and W.S. Giles, International Magnetics Conference, Kyongju, Korea, May 1999.
34. 57Fe Mössbauer Spectroscopy, Magnetization, and Resistivity Measurement of Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films, M. Varasteh, K. Parvin, C. Boekema, And K. Porush, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, San Jose, CA, November 1999.
35. High Temperature Resistivity Studies of Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films, K. Porush and K. Parvin, Research Corporation Partners in Science Conference, Tucson, AZ, January 2000.
36. Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Nanosized Co-S Powders Produced by Hydrothermal Reduction, X. C. Sun, K. Parvin, R. Bedros and D. E. Nikles, Nano 2002 Conference, Orlando, Florida, June 2002,
37. Magnetic Properties of A Mixture of Two Nanosized Co-S Powders Produced By Hydrothermal Reduction, X.C. Sun, K. Parvin, J. Ly and D. E. Nikles, Intermag Coference, Boston, MA, April 2003.
38. Cu and Fe Valence States In CuFeS2, C. Boekema, A.M Krupski, M. Varasteh, K. Parvin, F van Til, F. van der Woude and G.A. Sawatzky, International Conference on Magnetism, Rome. Italy, July 2003.
39. Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanaoparticles, K. Parvin, Xiangcheng Sun ,D. E. Nikles, J. Ma, J. Ly, K. Sun and L. M. Wang, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference, Anaheim, CA Nov. 2003.
PUBLICATIONS
1. Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation and Pair Breaking in Superconducting (LaGd)Al2, D.E. MacLaughlin, M. Daugherty and K. Parvin, Solid State Communications 12, 5 (1973).
2. Anomalous Nuclear Spin-Lattice Relaxation in Superconducting AlMn, M. Daugherty, K. Parvin, and D.E. MacLaughlin, Physical Review Letters 31, 1485 (1973).
3. Nuclear Spin Relaxation and Transition Metal Impurities in Superconducting Aluminum, K. Parvin and D.E. MacLaughlin, Journal de Physique (Paris) 39, C6-876 (1978).
4. Nuclear Spin Relaxation and Quasiparticle Excitations in Superconducting Aluminum-3d Alloys, K. Parvin and D.E. MacLaughlin, Journal of Low Temperature Physics 39, No. 1/2 (1980).
5. Optical Spectra and Angular Dependence of Visible Light Emitted by Metal-Insulator-Metal Tunnel
Junctions, K. Parvin and W.H. Parker, Solid State Communications 37, 629 (1981).
6. Sequential Deposition and Metastable States in Rare Earth/Co Films, D. Webb, R. Walmsley, K. Parvin, P. Dickinson, R.M. White, and T.H. Geballe, Physical Review B7, 4667 (1985).
7. Neutron Scattering Study of the Magnetic Behavior of CeAl, J.M. Lawrence, K. Parvin and S.M. Shapiro, Journal of Physics C 19, 2021 (1986).
8. Dissociation of O2-- Defects into Paramagnetic O- in Wide Band Gap Insulators--A Magnetic Susceptibility Study of Magnesium Oxide, F. Batllo, R.C. LeRoy, K. Parvin, and F. Freund, Journal of Applied Physics 67, No. 9, 5844 (1990).
9. Positive Holes in Magnesium Oxide - Correlation between Magnetic, Electric and Dielectric Anomalies, F. Batllo, R.C. LeRoy, K. Parvin, F. Freund, and M.M. Freund, Journal of Applied Physics 69, No. 8, 6031
(1991).
10. Magnetic Separation of GdC2 Encapsulated Carbon Nanoparticles, S. Subramoney, R.S. Ruoff, D.C. Lorents, B. Chan, R. Malhotra, M.J. Dyer, and K. Parvin, Carbon, 32, No. 3, 507 (1994).
11. Magnetic Properties and Structural Transformation in Cu/304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Materials, K. Parvin, and S.P. Weathersby, T.P. Weihs, T.W. Barbee, Jr. and M.A. Wall, Structure and Properties of Multilayered Thin Films, Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc, eds. T.D. Nguyen et al, 382, 191 (1995).
12. Magnetic Studies of Carbon-Coated Nickel Particles, K. Parvin, S.P. Weathersby, S. Awadallah, R. LaDuca, R.S. Ruoff, S. Subramoney, P. Van Kavelaar, P.E. Nolan, J.Jiao, D.C. Lynch, A.H. Cutler, S. Seraphin, Fullerenes: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials. eds. R.S. Ruoff, and K.M. Kadish, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 1995, P. 570.
13. Nanotubes: Bending and Filling: Part I, R.S. Ruoff, D.C. Lorents, R. LaDuca, S. Awadallah, S.P. Weathersby, K. Parvin, S. Subramoney, Fullerenes: Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, eds. R.S. Ruoff, and K.M. Kadish, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 1995, P. 557.
14. Nanotubes: Bending and Filling: Part II, S. Subramoney, R.S. Ruoff, R. LaDuca, S. Awadallah, K. Parvin, Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, eds. R.S. Ruoff, and K.M. Kadish, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 1995, P. 563.
15. Mechanical Deformation of Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes, S. Subramoney, R.S. Ruoff, R. LaDuca, K. Parvin, Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials, eds. R.S. Ruoff, and K.M. Kadish, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 1996, P. 728.
16. Carbon Condensate and Single Carbon Nanotubes: Structural Properties and Growth Model, W.S. Bacsa, C.W. Walter, S. Awadallah, S. McGinnis, S. Subramoney, J.W. Ager, K. Parvin, R.S. Ruoff, Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials. eds. R.S. Ruoff, and K.M. Kadish, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 1996, P. 749.
17. Experimental Determination of Size Distribution of Carbon Nanotubes, W.S. Bacsa, R. LaDuca, J. Hoerter, F. Chibante, S. Subramoney, J.G. Lavin, K. Parvin, R.S. Ruoff, Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials. eds. R.S. Ruoff, and K.M. Kadish, The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, 1996, P. 758.
18. The Effect of Annealing on the Structure and Magnetic Properties of Graphite Encapsulated Nickel and Cobalt Nanocrystals, J.J. Host, J.A. Block, K. Parvin, V.P. Dravid, J.L. Alpers, T. Sezen and R. LaDuca, Journal of Applied Physics, 83 (2), 793 (1998).
19. The Magnetic Properties of Annealed Graphite-Coated Ni and Co Nanocrystals, J.A. Block, K. Parvin, J.L. Alpers, T. Sezen, and R. LaDuca, J.J. Host and V.P. Dravid, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics 34 (4), 982
(1998).
20. Mössbauer Spectroscopy and Magnetic Properties of Copper-304 Stainless Steel Multilayer Films, M. Varasteh, K. Parvin, C. Boekema, and K. Porush, Journal of Applied Physics 97 (9), 6842 (2000).
21. Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of Nanosized Co-S Powders Produced by Hydrothermal Reduction, X. C. Sun, K. Parvin, R. Bedros and D. E. Nikles, Nano 2002 Proceedings, June 2002,
22. Magnetic Properties of a Mixture of Two Nanosized Co-S Powders Produced by Hydrothermal Reduction, X.C. Sun, K. Parvin, J. Ly, and D.E. Nikles, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 39, No. 5, 2679 (2003).
23. Synthesis and Magnetic Properties of Monodisperse Fe3O4 Nanoparticles, K. Parvin, J. Ma, J. Ly, X.C. Sun, D.E. Nikles, K. Sun, L.M. Wang, J. Applied Physics, 95, No. 11, 7121 (2004).
24. Cu and Fe Valence States In CuFeS2, C. Boekema, A.M Krupski, M. Varasteh, K. Parvin, F van Til, F. van der Woude and G.A. Sawatzky, J. Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 272-276, 559 (2004)
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