Christopher D. Haines

hornet@rci.rutgers.edu

http://fiberoptics.rutgers.edu

 

EDUCATION

Rutgers University, College of Engineering         Piscataway, NJ

  • B.S.         Ceramic Engineering                            May 1997
  • M.S.        Ceramic Engineering                            May 1999
  • Ph.D.      Ceramic & Materials Engineering      August 2002   (anticipated)

 

EXPERIENCE

Graduate Student                                                                                                 9/99 - pres

Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ

PhD project focused on examining VUV edge of silica in respect to defect formations from irradiation. Research involved fabrication of custom UV lamp, absorption spectroscopy, and electron spin resonance measurements.

 

Instructor                                                                                                              7/00 - 8/02

Rutgers University Summer EOF Prog. Piscataway, NJ

Taught FORTRAN programming language to students involved in the College

of Engineering's EOF Program (Engineers of the Future).

 

Graduate Student                                                                                                 6/97 - 8/99

Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ

Masters project focused on production of rare-earth doped powders via sol-gel synthesis. Preliminary stages involved building state-of-the-art characterization lab with $150,000 grant. Scope of research was to produce luminescent particles for introduction into polymers as a possible 2D/3D display material.

 

Fiber Optic Draw Tower Lab Supervisor                                                            6/96 - 5/97

Rutgers University Piscataway, NJ

Supervised a team of 5 undergraduate students working in the fiber draw tower laboratory. Responsibilities included scheduling, interaction with principle investigators from corporations, and supervising fiber draws.

Projects included:

•Metal coated fibers                                           

                •Novel UV-curable coatings                              

                •Zero Thermal Expansion Fiber (medical)        

                •Fluorides/Chalcohalides/Chalcogenides       

•Glass coated metals

•Fiber bundles (novel printing device)

•Flat fibers (cladding-pumped laser material)

•Hollow waveguides

 

PRESENTATIONS/PAPERS

"Sol-Gel Synthesis of Fluoride Fibers" Amer. Ceramic Soc. Annual Meeting. Cincinnati, OH. May 1997.

"Rare-earth Doped LaF3/LaCl3 Powders via Sol-Gel Synthesis" Amer. Ceramic Soc. Glass and Optical Materials Meeting. Williamsburg, VA. Oct. 1998

 

ACQUIRED SKILLS

Research Related:

  • Heathway Fiber Draw Towers and MCVD Lathes
  • Instruments SA Triax Series Spectrometers
  • SDL Laser Diodes
  • Lambda-Physik Excimer Laser
  • Quantronix Nd:YAG Laser
  • Spectra Physics Argon Ion & Ti:Sapphire Lasers
  • Bruker ESR
  • Siemens XRD
  • Perkin Elmer Lambda 9 & 20 Abs. Spectrometers
  • Nicolet Protégé FTIR
  • Labview / Grams32 Data Collection Software

Computer Related:

  • Windows 9x, NT, 2000, XP
  • Linux, UNIX, SunOS
  • Fundamental Networking
  • FORTRAN, Pascal, Visual Basic, C, and C++ Prog. Languages
  • MathCAD & AutoCAD
  • MS Excel , Word, & Powerpoint

 

REFERENCES

 Dr. George H. Sigel, Jr.

 Director of Fiber Optic Material Research Program

 Rutgers University Professor

 Phone Number: (732)445-4729

 Email Address: sigel@rci.rutgers.edu

 Reference Type: Professional (Co-advisor)

 

 Dr. Richard L. Lehman

 Director of Adv. Materials via Immiscible Polymer Processing

 Rutgers University Professor

 Phone Number: (732)445-2317

 Email Address: rllehman@rci.rutgers.edu

 Reference Type: Professional (Co-advisor)

 

 Scott Devens

 Reuters Senior Systems Engineer

 Phone Number: (703)471-2203

 Email Address: scott.devens@reuters.com

 Reference Type: Personal