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Robert Carpick
Associate Professor

University of Wisconsin
543 Engineering Research Building
1500 University Ave.
Madison, WI 53706

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Professor Carpick's Research Group
Assistant Scientist
   
Anirudha Sumant   Project Homepage
       
Visiting Scientist
   
Hal Evensen    
 
 
Post Doctoral Research Associates
   
Nick Smith   Project Homepage
 
 
Graduate Research Assistants
   
Rachel Cannara Physics Project Homepage
David Grierson Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics Project Homepage
Erin Flater Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics Project Homepage
Hsao Wei Yap Physics Project Homepage
Andy Konicek Physics Project Homepage
Sean O'Connor Physics Project Homepage
Patrick Heaney Materials Science Program Project Homepage
       
       
Undergraduate Research Assistants
   
Graham Wabiszewski Mechanical Engineering Project Homepage
Kevin Gotrik Engineering Physics Project Homepage
       
       
 
 

Former Graduate Student Advisees and Staff

   
Dr. Matthew J. Brukman, Ph.D. Engineering Mechanics, 2000-2005
 

-Currently a Postdoctoral Appointee, North Carolina State University, Dept. of Physics, Prof. R. Nemanich & Prof. J. Krim, advisors
  Thesis: Atomic Force Microscopy and the Investigation of Atomic Scale Friction
 
       
Mr. Ryan R. O’Keefe, M.Sc. Materials Science, 2000-2002
  -Currently a Manufacture and Design Engineer at Ace Precision, Oconomowoc, WI
  Thesis: The Synthesis and Design of Al2O3-ZnAl2O4 Nanocomposites
   
Mr. Patrick Griffin, M.Sc. Materials Science  
  -Currently a Process Engineer, Heraeus Inc., Chandler, AZ
  Thesis: Nano- to Micro-Scale Topographic Control of Polymer Surfaces via Wrinkling
   
Ms. Shuang Zhao, M.Sc. Materials Science  
  -Currently a Researcher at Gentel BioSurfaces, Madison, WI
  Thesis: Nano- to Micro-Scale Topographic Control of Polymer Surfaces via Wrinkling
   
Dr. Michael Eglin Postdoctoral Appointee (2003-2005)  
  -Currently a Research Scientist at Blaser Swisslube, Hasle-Rüegsau, Switzerland
     
Dr. Hongquan Jiang Project Assistant (Jan.- Dec. 2005)  
  -Currently a Postdoctoral Appointee, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Dept. of Biological Systems Engineering, Prof. F. Denes, advisor
     
Dr. In-Ha Sung Postdoctorate Appointee (Oct. 2004 - Jan.2006)  
  -Currently an Assistant Professor at Hannam University, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, Daejeon, Korea  

 

 
Undergraduate Alumni
     
Dan Ark   Materials Science & Engineering co-advised with Prof. R. Cooper
CJ Bonifas Graduate Student, Materials Science Program, UW-Madison. co-advised with Reid Cooper
Danica Christensen   Graduate Student, University of Mainz, Germany
Tania Deb Chemistry  
Jorge Garcia Physics, University of Texas El Paso  
Tom Kopriva Engineering Physics  
Reggie Lund   ATK Composites, Clearfield, Utah  
Kyle Mandli Applied Mathematics, Engineering and Physics Program, UW-Madison
Kevin Morasch   -Currently employed by Mercury Marine
Dana Moton   University of Nebraska Medical Center, College of Pharmacy
Erin Schmidt Graduate Student, Biomedical Engineering, UW-Madison
Jeff VanLangendon currently employed by Boeing, Houston, TX
Bridget Welbes Engineering Mechanics & Astronautics  
Eric Wornson   Materials Science & Engineering co-advised with Prof. M. Rzchowski and Prof. M. Winokur
 

Collaborations

Sandia National Laboratories
- multi-scale characterization and modeling of silicon-based MEMS (collaborator: Dr. M.P. deBoer)
- mechanochromism and design of anisotropic templates using polymerized diacetylene monolayers (collaborator: Dr. D.Y. Sasaki)
 
ANL
- nanotribology and surface characterization of ultrananocrystalline diamond, fabrication of diamond AFM probes (collaborators: Dr. J. Carlisle and Dr. O. Auciello)
- nanotribology of near-frictionless carbon (collaborator: Dr. A. Erdemir)
 
RHK
- development of variable-temperature ultra-high vacuum atomic force microscopy (UHV-AFM)
 
UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) on Nanostructured Materials and Interfaces:
- nanostructured surfaces as interfaces to biology (collaborators: Prof. M.A. Eriksson, Dr. B. Israel, Prof. N. Abbott)

- nanostructured composites with ultra-high mechanical performance (collaborators: Prof. D.S. Stone, Prof. W.J. Drugan)
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