Christine Caragianis Broadbridge

Department of Physics
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street, Jennings Hall Rm. 115
New Haven, CT, 06515

Educational Background:

Career Resume:

8/00- Associate Professor of Physics, Southern Connecticut State University

2/98- Visiting Research Fellow, Yale University, Department of Electrical Engineering

9/93-8/00 Assistant Professor of Engineering, Trinity College
(Special appointment - non-tenure track)

6/95-8/00 Director, United Technologies/Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI), Trinity College

5/96-5/97 Visiting Assistant Professor of Engineering (Research), Brown University

9/91- 8/93 Research Assistant, Brown University, Department of Materials Science

9/92-1/93 Teaching Assistant, Brown University, Department of Materials Science

6/89-8/91 Research Assistant, Brown University, Department of Electrical Sciences

Accomplishments:

ARC Accelerated Summer Program 1999, CT Teaching Certification; Physics.
Loctite Summer Fellowship, June 1998
Visiting Fellow; Yale University; January 1998-present
Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship, 1990-1993
Brown University Fellowship, 1989-1990
National Science Foundation Fellowship, 1989
Valedictorian Electrical Engineering, URI Class of 1989
TAU BETA PI Honor Society
ETA KAPPA NU Honor Society
PHI KAPPA PHI Honor Society
Outstanding Sophomore Engineer, 1986-1987
University Scholars Award, 1985-1989
U.R.I. Alumni Merit Scholarship, 1985-1989
Valedictorian Portsmouth High School, May 1985

External Grants:

NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR); May 1999-00, May 2000-2001.

National Science Foundation; "Microstructural, Optical and Electrical Properties of Thin Film Silica Aerogels as a Function of Processing Method", May 98 - April 01, PI

National Science Foundation; "Acquisition of a Transmission Electron Microscope for Research and Research Training in the Liberal Arts College Environment", 2 years, co - PI

Supplemental Grant from NSF for Transmission Electron Microscope, co - PI

United Technologies Corporation/Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI); 6 year - 1995-2001, Director (June 1995 - August 2000).

Planning grant from United Technologies Corporation for the Hartford Regional High School Resource Center and UTCEI joint planning, 2-year, (June 1995 - August 2000).

Intel Corporation; Equipment Donation for Transmission Electron Microscopy Facility Trinity College, March 1999.

Loctite Corporation; Equipment Donation for Materials Engineering Laboratory, Trinity College, August 1999.

United Technologies Corporation; Equipment Donation of An Analytical Electron Microscope, November 1996.

W. M. Keck Foundation; Grant for Development of Keck Optical Diagnostics and Communications Laboratory; 2 years, co- PI, December 1993.

Professional Affiliations:

Connecticut Association of Physics Teachers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
Minerals, Metals and Materials Society (TMS)
American Society of Engineering Education (ASEE)
Connecticut Microscopy Society

PUBLICATIONS:

Journal:

D. C. Paine, C. Caragianis, A. F. Schwartzman, and Y. Shigesato, "Oxidation of Si1-xGex Alloys at Atmospheric and Elevated Pressure", J. Appl. Phys., 70(9), 1991, p. 5076.

D. C. Paine, C. Caragianis, Y. Shigesato, "Nanocrystalline Germanium Synthesis from Hydrothermally Oxidized Si1-xGex Alloys", Appl. Phys. Lett., 60(23), 8(1992).

D. C. Paine, C. Caragianis, T. Y. Kim, Y. Shigesato and T. Ishahara, "Visible Photoluminescence from Nanocrystalline Ge Formed By H2 Reduction of Si0.6Ge0.4 O2", Appl. Phys. Letts., 62( 22), 2842(1993).

Zvanut, M. E.; Carlos, N. E.; Paine, D. C.; Caragianis, C., "Atomic Structure of Ge-related Point Defects in Ge-incorporated Oxide Films", Appl. Phys. Letts., 63, 3049(1993).

C. Caragianis, Y. Shigesato, and D. C. Paine, "Low Temperature Passivation of Si1-xGex Alloys by Dry High Pressure Oxidation," Journal of Electronic Materials, 23, 9(1994).

D.C. Paine, T. Y. Kim, C. Caragianis, Y. Shigesato, "Nanocrystalline Ge Synthesis by the Chemical Reduction of Hydrothermally Grown Si0.6Ge0.4 O2", Journal of Electronic Materials, 23, 9(1994).

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, J. Blaser and D.C. Paine; "A Cross-sectional AFM Study of Nanocrystalline Ge Precipitates in SiO2 Formed from Metastable Ge1-xSixO2", J. Appl. Phys., 82, 1626(1997).

D. Vernon, J. Rankin, C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, B. Laube; "A Novel Processing Route to Control Grain Growth in Submicron Alumina Compacts"; Journal of the American Ceramic Society, 82, 11(1999).

J. Han, X.Guo, C.C. Broadbridge,T.P. Ma, A. Ils, M Cantoni, J-M. Sallese, and P. Fazan, "Buffer Layer dependence of memory effects for SrBi2Ta2O9 Memory Capacitor on Si"; Integrated Ferroelectrics, December, 2000.

Proceedings:

C. Caragianis, D. C. Paine, C. Roberts, and E. Crisman, "High Pressure Oxidation of Strained Si1-xGex Alloys", Chemical Perspectives of Microelectronic Materials II, (MRS, Pittsburgh, 1991), p. 361.

C. Caragianis, D. C. Paine, A. F. Schwartzman, and Y. Shigesato, "Oxidation of Si1-xGex Alloys at Elevated Pressure", in MRS Symposium Proceedings Vol. 251, (MRS, Pittsburgh, 1992), p. 65.

C. Caragianis, Y. Shigesato, and D. C. Paine, "High Pressure Oxidation for Low Temperature Passivation of Si1-xGex Alloys", in The Physics and Chemistry of Si-SiO2 and the Si-SiO2Interface 2, (Plenum Pub., N. Y., 1993), p. 71.

D. C. Paine, C. Caragianis, T. Y. Kim, Y. Shigesato, "Nanocrystalline Ge Synthesis by Reduction of Si1-xGexO2 formed by High Pressure Oxidation", MRS Symposium on Microcrystalline Semiconductors Materials Science and Devices, edited by Y. Aoyagi, (Materials Research Society, Boston, 1993), Vol. 283.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, B. L. Walden, J. Blaser, C. Ow Yang, and D. C. Paine, " Low Temperature - High Pressure Oxidation of 3C - SiC", Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Ceramics, (Materials Research Society, Boston, 1995), Vol. 357.

J. M. Blaser, C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, B. L. Walden and D. C. Paine, "A Study of the Effect of Oxide Structure on the Synthesis of Nanocrystalline Ge from Si1-xGex O2, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Phase Transformations, (Materials Research Society, Boston, 1996), Vol. 398.

S. Srinivasan, R. B. LaComb, F. Jain, J. Mott, and C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, "Fabrication and Characterization of Resonant Tunneling Transistor Lasers", Proceedings of the 1996 Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, UCONN, Spring 1996.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, J. A. Cooper and J. Blaser, "AFM Study Of Ge Nanocrystals Suspended in SiO2 Matrix", Proceedings of the 1996 Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, UCONN, Spring 1996.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, Renee N. Johnson, "The United Technologies/Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI): A Model For The Partnership Of the Future", Proceedings 1997 Joint NAMEPA/WEPAN National Conference.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, J. Blaser and D. Paine, "A Cross-sectional AFM/TEM study of Nanocrystalline Ge Precipitates in SiO2 formed from Metastable Ge1-xSixO2", Proceedings of the 1997 Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Yale University, Spring 1997.

J. Miecznikowski, C. Newman, R. Churchwell, C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, and J. P. Han; "Impact of Deposition Method on the Microstructural Properties of Thin Film Silica Aerogels", Proceedings of the 1999 Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, Yale University, March 1999.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, D. Stoane, "The United Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI): A Proven Model For The Partnership Of the Future", Proceedings of the 1999 WEPAN National Conference, San Antonio, Texas, June 1999.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, D. Stoane, "The United Technologies/Trinity College Engineering Initiative: A Proven Model for the Accretion and Retention of Women and Minorities in the Fields of Engineering and Science", Proceedings of the 29th ASEE/IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference, San Juan, Puerto Rico, November 1999.

J. Miecznikowski, C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, Wenjuan Zhu, Zhijiong Lu, and Jin-Ping Han, "Microstructure and Electronic Properties of Thin Film Silica Aerogels as a Function of Processing and Annealing Methods", Proceedings of the 2000 Connecticut Symposium on Microelectronics and Optoelectronics, United Technologies Research Center, East Hartford, CT; April 2000.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, J. R. Miecznikowski, W. Zhu, Z. Luo, J. Han and A. Hein Lehman, "Microstructure and Electronic Properties of Thin Film Nanoporous Silica as a Function of Processing and Annealing Methods", Materials, Technology, and Reliability for Advanced Interconnects andLow-k Dielectrics, (Materials Research Society, San Francisco, 2000), Vol. 398.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, Danae L. Stoane, "The United Technologies/Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI): A Proven Model for the Partnership of the Future", Proceedings of the ICECE 2000 International Conference on Engineering and Computer Education, Sao Paulo, Brazil, August, 2000.

C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, A. Hein Lehman, J. R. Miecznikowski and K. Klein, "Properties of Thin Film Nanoporous Silica as a Function of Processing and Annealing Methods", Microscopy and Microanalysis 2000, Proceedings of the Microscopy Society of America, Vol. 6, August 2000.

LECTURES:

"Application of High Pressure Techniques for the Synthesis of Metastable Thin Film Oxides from Alloys of Si1-xGex", ASM/TMS Materials Week, Rosemont, Illinois, International Conference on Synthesis and Processing of Advanced Materials; Invited lecture, Oct. 1994.

"A Cross-sectional AFM study of Nanocrystalline Ge Precipitates in SiO2 formed from Metastable Ge1-xSixO2"; invited lecture presented at Wesleyan University on October 30, 1997.

"Fabrication and Characterization of Electronic and Optoelectronic Materials"; invited lecture presented at Loctite Corporation on August 11, 1998.

"Impact of Deposition Method on the Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Thin Film Silica Aerogels", C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, L. Carmona, M. Farag, M. Guillorn, F. Stellabotte, International Symposium on Vacuum, Thin Films, Surfaces/Interfaces and Processing; Baltimore, MD; November 4, 1998.

"Fabrication and Characterization of Thin Film Silica Aerogels", C. Caragianis-Broadbridge, Burleigh Instruments Annual Users Meeting; November 6, 1998.

"Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Thin Film Silica Aerogels as a Function of Processing Method"; invited lecture presented at University of Connecticut, November 24, 1998.

"Microstructural and Electrical Properties of Thin Film Silica Aerogels as a Function of Processing Method"; invited lecture presented at University of Rhode Island, February 22, 1999.

"The United Technologies/Trinity College Engineering Initiative (UTCEI): A Proven Model for the Partnership of the Future", Workshop presentation at the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR) National Conference, June 24, 2000; Wooster, Ohio.

"An Overview: Advanced Methods of Materials Characterization", Invited lecture presented at Yale University, Departments of Electrical Engineering and Applied Physics, November 30, 2000.