2015

Publications with undergraduate students (undergraduate students underlined)

(1)P. Kharel, W. Zhang, R. Skomski, S. Valloppilly, Y. Huh, R. Fuglsby, S. Gilbert, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetism and electron transport in a rapidly quenched CoFeCrAl nanomaterial” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 48, 245002(2015).

(2)A. Nelson, P. Kharel, Y. Huh, P. Lukashev, R. Fuglsby, J. Guenther, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly and D. J. Sellmyer, “Enhancement of Curie temperature in Mn2RuSn by Co Substitution” J. Appl. Phys. 117, 153906 (2015).

(3)Y. Huh, P. Kharel, A. Nelson, V. R. Shah, P. Manchanda, A. Kashyap, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Effect of Co substitution on the magnetic and electron transport properties of Mn2PtSn” J. Phys.: Condens.Matter, 27, 076002 (2015).

(4)R. Fuglsby, P. Kharel, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, Y. Huhand D. J. Sellmyer, “Magnetism of HexagonalMn1.5X0.5Sn (X = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co) Nanomaterials” J. Appl. Phys. 117, 17D115 (2015).

Presentations/abstracts (undergraduate students underlined)

(1)P. Kharel, R. Fuglsby, S. Gilbert, Y. Huh, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structural, Magnetic and Electron-transport Properties of Rapidly quenched CoFeCrAlNanomaterials” 2015 APS March meeting, 3/2 -3/6, San Antonio, TX. Oral Presentation by P. Kharel.

(2)Parashu Kharel, Wenyong Zhang, Ralph Skomski, Shah Valloppilly, Yung Huh, Ryan Fuglsby, Simeon Gilbert, and David J Sellmyer, “Effect of disorder on the magnetic and electron-transport properties of a prospective spin gapless semiconductor CoFeCrAl” 20th International Conference on Magnetism, 7/5-10/2015, Barcelona, Spain. Poster Presentation by David Sellmyer.

(3)Simeon Gilbert, Ryan Fuglsby, Yung Huh and Parashu Kharel, Synthesis and Characterization of Ti2MnAl: A Potential Spin Gapless Semiconductor, South Dakota Academic of Sciences annual meeting, 4/10-11/2015, Oacoma, SD. Oral Presentation by Simeon Gilbert.

(4)R. Fuglsby, P. Kharel, W. Zhang, S. Valloppilly, Y. Huh and D. J. Sellmyer, “Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn1.5X0.5Sn (X = Cr, Mn, Fe, Co) Melt-spun Ribbons” 2015 APS March meeting, 3/2 -3/6, San Antonio, TX. Poster Presentation by R. Fuglsby.

(5)Ryan Fuglsby, Y. Huh and P. Kharel, “Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn2Zr0.5Co0.5Sn Nano-Ribbons” URSCAD, Spring 2015. Poster presentation by Ryan Fuglsby.

(6)S. Gilbert, Y. Huh and P. Kharel, “An Investigation into the Properties of Ti2MnAl Nanostructured Ribbons” URSCAD, Spring 2015. Poster Presentation by Simeon Gilbert.

(7)H. Mishra, J. Guenther, K. Yang, Y. Huh and P. Kharel, “Effects of vacuum annealing and manganese-doping on the structural, optical, and magnetic properties of zinc oxide”, URSCAD, Spring 2015. Poster Presentation by H. Mishra and J. Guenther.

Awards/Honor

Simeon Gilbert (undergraduate student)

(1)Winner of the SDSU Schultz-Werth Award (2015).

(2)Winner of “South Dakota Academy of Sciences Award” for his research presentation on the 100th Anniversary of SDAS (2015).

(3)Second Prize winner of the Sigma Xi URSCAD Poster Competition-2015.

(4)Invited for oral presentation at WoPhys-2015 (National conference), October 2015, University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

(5)Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, October 23-24, Kansas City, MO

Prior to 2015

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles by Undergraduate Students

(1)A. Nelson, Y. Huh, P. Kharel, V. R. Shah, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer,Structural, Magnetic and Electron Transport Properties of Mn3-xPtxSn (x = 0, 0.5, 1) Nanomaterials, Journal of Applied Physics, 115, 17A923 (2014)

(2)Y. Huh, P. Kharel, V.R. Shah, E. Krage, R. Skomski, J.E. Shield, and D.J. Sellmyer, Magnetic and Structural Properties of Rapidly Quenched Tetragonal Mn3-xGa Nanostructures, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, Vol. 49, No. 7, July 2013

(3)P. Kharel, Y. Huh, V.R. Shar, X.Z. Li, N.Al-Aqtash, K. Tarawneh, E.S. Krage, R.F. Sabirianov, R. Skomski, and D.J. Sellmyer, Structural and magnetic properties of Mn_2+dTiSn, Journal of Applied Physics 111, 07B101, (2012)

(4)X. Z. Li, E. S. Krage, B. Das, B. Balamurugan, V. R. Shah, R. Skomski, Y. Huh, D. J. Sellmyer, Structural Investigation of Fe-doped SmCo4B Alloy system by TEM, Microscopy and Microanalysis, Volume 18, issue S2 (July 2012), p. 1464-1465.

(5)M. A. Peck,Y. Huh, R. Skomski,R. Zhang, P. Kharel, M. D. Allison, D. J. Sellmyer, and M. A. Langell, Magnetic properties of NiO and (Ni, Zn)O nanoclusters, Journal of Applied Physics, 109, 07B518 (2011)

Abstracts by Undergraduate Students

(1)A. Nelson, Y. Huh, P. Kharel, V. R. Shah, R. Skomski, and D. J. Sellmyer, Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn3-xPtxSn (x = 0, 0.5, 1) Nanomaterials, 58th MMM (Magnetism and Magnetic Materials) conference, p85, (2013)

(2)P. Kharel,1 R. Skomski,2 P. Manchanda,2 Y. Huh,1A. Nelson,1 V. R. Shah,2 G. C. Hadjipanayis,3 and D. J. Sellmyer2, Anisotropy and Micromagnetism of Heusler Alloys, The 23rd International Workshop on Rare Earth and Future Permanent Magnets and Their Applications (REPM2014)

(3)Y. Huh, P. Kharel, E. S. Krage, R. Skomski, J. E. Shield, and D. J. Sellmyer, Magnetic properties of rapidly quenched cubic, tetragonal and hexagonal Mn3-xGa nanostructures, 12th Joint MMM (Magnetism and Magnetic Materials)/Intermag (2013)

(4)Huh, Y.; Kharel, P.; Shah, V. R.; Skomski, R.; Krage, E. S.; Sellmyer, D. J., Structural and magnetic properties of Mn2TiSn Alloy, 56th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2011)

(5)Krage, Eric S.; Das, Bhaskar; Balasubramanian, Balamurugan; Li, Xingzhong; Skomski, Ralph; Huh, Yung; Sellmyer, David J., Structural and Magnetic Properties of SmCo4-xFexB, 56th Annual Magnetism & Magnetic Materials (2011)

(6)M. Peck, M. D. Allison, Y. Huh, R. Skomski, P. Kharel, D. J. Sellmyer, and M. A. Langell, Magnetic Moment of (Ni1-xTx)O Nanoclusters, 55th Annual Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2010)

(7)M ALLISON, T GEORGE, P KHAREL, D SELLMYER, Y HUH, Composition Dependence of the anomalous Hall Effect in L10 FePt Thin films, Abstract, APS March Meeting, Dallas, TX (2011)

Awards/Honors/Recognition by Undergraduate Students

(1)Austin Nelson

Structural and Magnetic Properties of Mn3-xYxSn (Y = Co, Cu) Nanomaterials

Awarded the SDSU Schultz-Wertz Award (2014)

(2)E.S. Krage,

Fe-doping Effects on the Magnetic and Structural Properties of RCo5 Alloys( R = La & Y)

1st Place Winner, Science Festival Competition, Sioux Falls (2012)

(3)Eric Krage,

Synthesis, Structure, and Magnetic Properties of SmCo4-xBFex

Awarded the SDSU Schultz-Wertz Award (2012)

(4)Eric Krage

1st Place Winner of the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Activity Day Poster Competition, SDSU (2012)

Professional Presentation in International/National Conferences by Undergraduate Students

(1)Austin Nelson,

SDSU Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activity Day, (2014)

58th Magnetism & Magnetic Materials Conference held at Denver, CO in October 2013

UNL Summer Research Symposium (2013)

(2)Eric Krage,

SDSU Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activity Day, (2012)

56th Magnetism & Magnetic Materials Conference held at Scottsdale, AZ in November 2011

UNL Summer Research Symposium (2012)

UNL Summer Research Symposium (2011)

(3)M. D. Allison

SDSU Undergraduate Research Scholarship and Creative Activity Day, (2011)

UNL Summer Research Symposium (2010)