Dane Gillaspie's Current Homepage
Current Events:

I've finished my dissertation, defended it, and found a cool job, all in March! I will spend April catching my breath, but on May 12th I set sail for Golden, Colorado, and the National Renewable Energy Lab. Hooray!

April 20, 2006
Check these links for information on UT Physics and ORNL Materials Science and Technology Division. (Places where I "work" sometimes.)
Here is a brief summary of my academic life:

1993 - 1997 University of Wyoming

Trustees Superior Student Fellowship

B.S. in Physics with a minor in German

Extensive lab experience in optics

Honors Program graduate

1997 - 2006 University of Tennessee

Highest score in classical mechanics qualifying exam

Spent 3 years combining nonlinear optical techniques with ultrahigh vacuum (stopped due to equipment issues).

Ample experience (more than 1 year) in SEM, AFM, E-beam lithography, MBE, MOKE/MSHG, SQUID magnetometry, Labview-based data acquisition, and UHV system design.

Some experience in STM, PECVD, and laser MBE.

If you want more information, here is my Resume
If you want to see a page about my current work, click here.

If you want to email me, use this address: dgillaspieXatXgmailXcom

Here is the webpage for Ward Plummer's group at UT.

Here is a press release for Jian Shen's Presidential Early Career Award.