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Uma Sampathkumaran, PhD, Director of Research,
has over 20 years of
experience in the synthesis (wet chemical, sol-gel, and solid-state
processing) and characterization of bulk and thin film ceramics, optical
waveguides from low temperature and high temperature processing of
spin-on-glasses and, ORMOSILS. Polymer-ceramic thick film composites,
microwave processing of materials and surface modification of materials are
other areas of her expertise. She received her doctoral degree from the
Indian Institute of Technology in 1995, specializing in materials science.
She developed composite microwave absorbing paint formulations, and designed
and fabricated a spin-spray-coating unit to grow ferrite thin films for mm
wave applications at the Indian Institute of Technology. At Indiana
University(Bloomington), Dr. Sampathkumaran pursued the surface mapping of
electropolished, anodized nanostructures on aluminum by AFM and electrical
characterization by Impedance Spectroscopy. As a Senior Research Associate
at the Case Western Reserve University, Dr. Sampathkumaran pursued the low
temperature processing routes to fabricate oxide thin films on substrates
(Si, Ti, glass) coated with self-assembled monolayers(SAMs)--zirconia,
titania, undoped tin oxide, hydroxyapatite, and iron oxide coatings. Prior
to joining INNOSENSE LLC in 2004, she developed low-temperature-based thin
and thick film optical waveguides at
OptiNetrics, Inc. Dr Sampathkumaran has over 16 publications in
technical journals and conference proceedings.
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