Alumni from WSU Department of Physics & Astronomy

Graduates from the Department of Physics & Astronomy at Wayne State University have used their education for a variety of career paths. Alumni are encouraged to send updated information to share with other WSU physics alumni and perspective students. Please send a message to the Webmanager@physics.wayne.edu.

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ALBERS, Walter P., Jr. (PhD 1960, MS 1954)
ALVAREZ, David A. (BS 2000)
ATEMS, D. Elisabeth (PhD 1993) Network Administrator, Dept of Physics, Wayne State University
AUNER, Gregory W. (PhD 1990, MS 1985, BS 1982) Professor, Dept of ECE, Wayne State University
BIELECKI, Joseph W. (MS 1993) Senior Testing Engineer, North American Lighting, Inc. (Farmington Hills, MI)
BLOCH, Charles (BS 1978) Associate Professor, Baylor College of Medicine (Houston, TX)
BURSOTT, Andrea C. (BS 1999)
CATCHINGS, Robert M., III (PhD 1970) Professor, Dept of Physics, Howard University
CHALMERS, Joseph S. (PhD 1967) Chair & Professor, Dept of Physics, Louisville University
CIOLEK, Glenn E. (BS 1983) PhD, University of Illinois
Research Associate, Dept of Physics & Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnical University
CLARK, Bunny C. (PhD 1973) Distinguished University Professor, Dept of Physics, Ohio State University
COWAN, Michael D. (MS 1965, BS 1962) MS EE, Syracuse University, 1971
Senior Technical Staff Member, IBM Corp., Microelectronics Division (Retired, 2002)
Semiconductor Industry Analyst (2002), for The Semiconductor Reporter website (www.semireporter.com)
DRALLOS, Paul J. (PhD 1989, MS 1984, BS 1982) President, Plasma Dynamics Corp (Ferndale, MI)
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ERPELDING, John P. (BS 1991) Emergency Physician, MN (MD 1995 U of Michigan)
FRENCH, Albert (BS 1993)
GOMEZ, Romel (MS 1984) PhD, ECE, University of Maryland
Associate Professor, Dept of ECE, University of Maryland
HAMEED, Sithy F. (PhD 2000) Research Associate, Texas A&M
HAN, Xioayan (PhD 1997) Assistant Professor, Dept of ECE, Wayne State University
HARTE, Michael (BS 1994)
HAWKINS, Gary F. (PhD 1978) Aerospace Corp.
HENRY, Laurence L. (PhD 1991) Associate Professor, Dept of Physics, Southern University
HILBURGER, John P. (MS 1992) Science Teacher, Rochester School System
HILL, Alisha C. (BS 1998)
HOFFMAN, Kevin (MS 1981) Energy Conversion Devices (Troy, MI)
HUNTER, Gary W. Hunter (PhD 1987) Scientist, NASA Glenn Research Center
INGLEHART, (HOPKINS) Lorretta J. (PhD 1984, MS 1982, BS 1979) Senior Staff Associate, National Science Foundation
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JARADAT, Hazim A. (PhD 2000) Assistant Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
JESION, Gerald (BS 1975, MS 1976) Staff Member, Ford Research Laboratories (Dearborn, MI)
KAISER, William J. (PhD 1983, BS 1977) Professor, Dept of EE, UCLA
Founder, Sensoria Corp (Culver City, CA)
KIM, Boglea  (PhD 2000) Scientist, Osmic Ic., Troy, MI
KORBIAK, Kathryn (BS 2001) Graduate Student, University of Michigan
KOSKO, Gary W. (MS 1984)
KOTA, Chandrasekhar (MS 1992) Associate Professor, Dept of Medical Physics, Wayne State U.
KUBINSKI, David J. (PhD 1995) Staff Scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
KULLEN, Mark K. (MS 1987, BS 1984) General Dynamics
LANDMAN, Joseph (PhD 1997) Founder/CEO, Scalable Informatics LLC (Canton, MI)
LAPERRIERE, Frank (BS 1975, MS 1979) Daimler-Chrysler Corporation (Auburn Hills, MI)
LHOTA, James R., II (PhD 1983, BS 1977) Scientist, Thermal Wave Imaging
LING, Dah-Chin (PhD 1995) Assistant Professor, Dept of Physics (Taiwan)
LUCKWALD, Eric (BS 2001) Graduate Student, UC-Santa Barbara
LUKASZEW, Rosa A. (PhD 1996, MS 1988) Assistant Professor, Dept of Physics, Toledo University
MARBURGER, Richard E. (PhD 1962, MS 1952, BS 1950) President Emeritus, Lawrence Institute of Technology
MBONYE, Manasse (MS 1990) Assistant Professor of Physics, Rochester Institute of Technology
McKAGUE, Darren (BS 1993) PhD, U of Colorado
Research Associate, CIRA, Colorado State University
MILITELLO, Maria C. (BS 1988) Technical Staff, General Motors R&D Center
MINHAJ, Mohamedo S. (PhD 1994) Radiologist, Toms River Hospital (NJ)
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NAHAR, Sultana (PhD 1987, MS 1982) Research Professor, Dept of Astronomy, Ohio State University
NEHMEH, Sadek A. (PhD 2000) Research Associate, Sloan-Kettering Medical Center, NY
OBIEN, Jonathan M. (PhD 1996) Research Associate, Dept of Physics, U. of South Carolina
OUYANG, Zhong (PhD 1999)
PAPOULIAS, Panagiotis (BS 1994)
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RADFORD, Stanley (PhD 1980) Associate Professor, Marietta College (Ohio)
RAHHAI-ORABI, Nadia (PhD 2000)
RAKES, Richard, Jr. (MS 1990) Algorithm Development Manager, Autoliv North America Technical Center (Auburn Hills, MI)
RAVITSKY, Oleg (BS 1996) Emergency Physician, Henry Ford Hospital (MD, Wayne State)
REID, David (PhD 1995) Executive Officer, Dept of Physics, University of Chicago
REPKO, Wayne W. (PhD 1967) Professor, Dept of Physics, Michigan State University
RODRIGUEZ, James (MS 1991) Staff, Osmic, Inc. (Troy, MI)
ROSS, Robert A. (PhD 1991) Assistant Professor, Dept of Engineering, U. of Detroit-Mercy
SCHEUERMANN, Michael R. (PhD 1983, BS 1979) Staff Scientist, IBM
SHEEN, Jeffrey M. (PhD 2000, BS 1992) Sr. Researcher, Software Architects, Columbus, OH
SHEN, Weidian (PhD 1988) Associate Professor, Dept of Physics, Eastern Michigan University
SHEPARD, Steven (PhD 1987) Founder, Thermal Wave Imaging
SMART, Jeffrey (MS 1977) Staff Member, John Hopkins University - Applied Physics Laboratory
SMITH, James L. (BS 1965) PhD 1974, Brown University
Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Editor, Philosophical Magazine B
SMITH, Steven (PhD 1989, MS 1984, BS 1981) Scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasedena CA
SOLTIS, Richard L. (PhD 1999) Staff Scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
STEIN, Talbert S. (BS 1962) Professor, Dept of Physics, Wayne State University
SUN, Gang (PhD 2000) Sr. Research Scientist, Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont, CA
SURDUTOVICH, Anatoliy (MS 1995) Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
SURDUTOVICH, Eugene (PhD 1998) Research Associate, Dept of Physics, Wayne State Unievrsity
SVINARICH, Kathryn (PhD 1991) Associate Professor, Dept of Physics, Kettering University
TATHAM, Alicia (BS 1995)
TALAGALA, Punya (PhD 1995) Lecturer, Dept of Physics, Wayne State University
THOMPSON, David J. (PhD 1996) Research Scientist, Visteon Corp
TWESTEN, Ray D. (BS 1990) PhD, University of Illinois
Staff Member, Ctr for Microanalysis of Materials, University of Illinois
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WANG, Tie (MS 1986) Staff Scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
WANG, Yingxia (PhD 1997)
WEI, Lanhua (PhD 1992) Sr. Staff Research , Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont, CA
WESTON, Gary (BS 1979) PhD, UCLA
Professor, Dept. of Physics, Cal State - Hayward
WIN, Winston W. (PhD 1990) Engineer, Motorola
WOLSHON, Brian (BS 1988) Associate Professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University
YONG, Grace (PhD 1996) Research Associate, Dept of Physics, Lehigh University

 

 

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