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Ted Bahns graduated from The University of Iowa in December 1991 with
an M.S. degree in electrical engineering. He has worked at 3M from 1992-1996
in the Optical Recording Department. He continues to work for Imation Corp.
(spun off from 3M in 1996) in the Optical Technology Center as a senior
staff optical physicist developing new optical disk formats and media. He
lives in White Bear Lake, Minnesota.
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Usha Balakrishnan is currently the Director, Corporate Partnerships, Office
of the Vice President for Research for The University of Iowa (UI). Prior
to her current position, which she has held since September 1999, Usha managed
the patenting and licensing of UI inventions and discoveries for eight years.
Usha received her Bachelor of Commerce degree from Bombay University, India,
in June 1985 and a Masters in Business Administration from The University
of Iowa in December 1988. She is married and has two kids aged 12 and 6.
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Thomas Boggess received the Ph.D. in physics from the University of North
Texas in 1982. After five years of postdoctoral and faculty appointments
at UNT, he became a member of the technical staff at Hughes Research Laboratories
in Malibu, California. He joined the faculty of The University of Iowa in
1989 as an associate professor and is currently professor and chair of the
Department of Physics and Astronomy, professor of electrical and computer
engineering, and member of the Optical Science and Technology Center. His
research interests include investigations of ultrafast optical and electronic
processes in nanostructured semiconductors with applications to lasers,
detectors, and high-speed electronics.
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Kenneth Gayley became an assistant professor in the Department of Physics
and Astronomy at The University of Iowa in 1997, he graduated from the University
of California at San Diego with a Ph.D. in 1990 and completed postdoctoral
studies at the University of Colorado and the University of Delaware before
joining the faculty here. He is also the advisor for the Department's Society
of Physics Students.
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Dean Gorrell graduated from The University of Iowa in May 1985 with a
B.S. in physics. He went on to teach physics at West High School in Iowa
City until 1992 when he was appointed associate principal of Northwest Junior
High in Iowa City. Dean has earned an M.A. and a Ph.D. in education from
The University of Iowa and is currently the superintendent at Marshall Community
School District in Marshall, Wisconsin.
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Bryant Hichwa graduated from Georgetown University with a B.S. in physics.
He received his Ph.D. in nuclear physics from the University of Notre Dame.
After postdoctoral work at the University of Wisconsin, he taught physics
at Hope College in Michigan. For the last 16 years he has held various R&D
positions in industry in optics, thin films and telecommunications. Most
recently Bryant was VP of R&D at OCLI/JDS Uniphase and President and
COO of MetroPhotonics in Santa Rosa, California and Ottawa, Canada. In the
Fall of 2002, he joined the faculty of Sonoma State University as Professor
of Physics and Astronomy and Director of the Center for Research and Education
in the School of Science and Technology at SSU. His current research interests
are in optical MEMS and musical acoustics.
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Wayne Polyzou received his Ph.D. from the University of Maryland in 1979.
He is currently a physics professor at The University of Iowa. His research
is in relativistic quantum mechanics with applications to few-body nuclear
and particle physics.
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Brian Strayer earned an M.S. in physics and an M.B.A. from The University
of Iowa in 1981. He has worked in the Disc Drive industry since graduation
and is a Senior Director of New Product Development for Seagate Technology
in Minneapolis.
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Chad Thompson received a B.S. in physics and astronomy in 1997 and his
M.S. in experimental plasma physics in 1998 from The University of Iowa.
He currently works at E-Markets of Ames, Iowa as a Senior Web Applications
Developer and leads several software teams in developing new products.
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Alan Tribble graduated from The University of Iowa in May 1988 earning
a Ph.D. in space physics. He spent eight years doing spacecraft design work
for Boeing before joining Rockwell Collins in 1996. He now does Advanced
Computing Systems research and resides in Marion, Iowa.
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Aaron Votroubek is the administrator for the Department. He is responsible
for all day-to-day administrative and business aspects for the Department,
including grant proposals and accounting, human resources, technological
support, student records, machine and electronics shops, and administrative
support for faculty. Aaron received a B.A. in communication studies from
The University of Iowa, and has previously worked as an administrator at
The University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics.
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Scott Wollenweber graduated from The University of Iowa in 1996 with a
Ph.D. in physics. From 1998-2003, he was employed as a PET (positron emission
tomography) physicist and systems engineer at GE Medical Systems. In July
2003, he moved to a position as an Assistant Professor of Radiology &
Biomedical Engineering at the Wake Forest University Medical Center where
he is an imaging physicist in the PET Center.
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