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Ratna Naik
Professor of Physics & Chair

Office:          356 Physics
Phone:          (313) 577-2721
Lab:              336, 338 & 367 Physics
Lab Phone: (313) 577-3909
Fax:              (313) 577-3932

E-mail: naik@physics.wayne.edu
Home Page: http://sun.science.wayne.edu/~ssphys/rnaik.html

B.Sc. Physics, Mysore University, India
M.Sc. Physics, Mysore University, India
Ph.D. Physics, West Virginia University

Research Interests	experimental condensed matter and material physics synthesis and characterization of magnetic thin films and multilayer structures studies of aluminum nitride thin films growth and characterization of ferroelectric materials development of materials for sensor application as part of Smart Sensor and Integrated Microsystems program
Graduate Students	Haddad Daad Jeffrey Nazarko Farhad Ghoddoussi Haripriya Prakasam Elizabeth Kroll
Undergraduate Students	John Valenzuela Tamara DeFrain Chris Young Leronki Lennard Jacqueline Price
Theses Directed	Sithy Hameed, (Ph.D., 2000) Flaminia Serina, (M.S., 2000) Majed Mohammed, (Ph.D., 1998) R. Ale Lukaszew, (Ph.D., 1996) Samuel A. Gebremarian, (M.S., 1996) Chandrasekhar Kota, (M.S., 1992) Kennith Hogue, (M.S., 1991)
Professional Experience	Professor, Wayne State University, 2000- Associate Professor, Wayne State University, 1995-2000 Assistant Professor, Wayne State University, 1989-95 Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1988-89 Adjunct Lecturer, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 1987-88 Lecturer, Northeastern University, 1986-87 Post-Doc Fellow, Argonne National Laboratory, 1985 Lecturer, University of Wisconsin-Platteville, 1983-85 Research Associate, Texas A & M, 1982-83
Honors and Awards	WSU College of Science Teaching Award, 1999 WSU Career Development Chair, 1996 WSU President's Award for Excellence in Teaching, 1995
Selected Publications	“Soft Magnetic Properties of Fe-(1% wt) Al Alloy Processed by Powder Metallurgy”, Susil K. Putatunda, T. Nielsen, P. Talagala, R. Naik, and L.E. Wenger, Materials and Manufacturing Processes 15, 405 (2000). “Temperature Dependence of the Raman Spectra of Polycrystalline Ba_1-xSr_xTiO₃”, R. Naik, J.J. Nazarko, C.S. Flattery, U.D. Venkateswaran, V.M. Naik, M.S. Mohammed, G.W. Auner, J.V. Mantese, N.W. Schubring, A.L. Micheli, and A.B. Catalan, Phys. Rev. B. 61, 11367 (2000). “Microstructure of Low Temperature Grown AlN Thin Films on Si (111)”, G.W. Auner, F. Jin, V.M. Naik, and R. Naik, J. Appl. Phys. 85, 7879 (1999). "High Pressure Raman Studies of Polycrystalline BaTiO₃", U. Venkateswarem, V.M. Naik, and R. Naik, Phys. Rev. B 58, 14256 (1998). “Temperature Dependence of Conventional and Effective Pyroelectric Coefficients for Compositionally Graded Ba_xSr_1-xTiO₃ Films”, M.S. Mohammed, G.W. Auner, R. Naik, J.V. Mantese, N.W. Schubring, A.L. Micheli, and A.B. Catalan, J. Appl. Phys. 84, 3322 (1998). “A Combined Research/ Educational Curriculum in Smart Sensors and Integrated Devices”, G.W. Auner, P. Siy, R. Naik, G.Y. Liu, and L.J. Schwiebert, Proceedings ICEE (Rio de Janiero, Brazil, 1998). “Giant Effective Pyroelectric Coefficients from Graded Ferroelectric Devices”, F. Jin, G.W. Auner, R. Naik, N.W. Schubring, J.V. Mantese, A.L. Michel, and A.B. Catalan, Appl. Phys. Lett. 73, 2838 (1998). "Effect of [111] Texture on the Perpendicular Magnetic Anisotropy of Co/Ni Multilayers", V.M. Naik, S. Hameed, R. Naik, L. Pust, L.E. Wenger, G.D. Dunifer, and G.W. Auner, J. Appl. Phys. 84, 3273 (1998).