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Dr. Stephen Fonash holds the Bayard D. Kunkle Chair in Engineering Sciences at the Pennsylvania State University and is director of the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization. He is also director of the National Science Foundation's national Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge Center which focuses on enhancing nanotechnology education across the US. He is also the director of the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology Partnership.

Prof. Fonash's research activities encompass the device physics and processing of solar cells, sensors, and transistors. He has published over 300 refereed papers in these areas along with two books. His latest book "Solar Cell Device Physics" (2nd edition, Elsevier, 2010) appeared in April of 2010. His solar cell computer modeling code AMPS is used by more than 2000 researchers around the world. Dr. Fonash holds 29 patents in his research areas, many of which are licensed to industry. He is on journal boards, has consulted for a variety of firms, and has co-founded two companies. Prof. Fonash received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers and a Fellow of the Electrochemical Society.

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Terry Kuzma is the Instructor for the NMT program at the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU). Terry has worked at Penn State since 1992. His initial role as an engineer was to develop the NNIN Nanofab infrastructure.

In 1999 Terry transitioned as the lead instructor to teach and develop the material for the NMT program. Mr. Kuzma earned a BS Degree in Electrical Engineering from Penn State and a Masters degree focused on plasma processing from the Engineering Science and Mechanics department at Penn State.

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Robert K. (Bob) Ehrmann is the Managing Director at the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU). The CNEU is the home to the NSF National Nanotechnology Applications and Career Knowledge (NACK) Center which has a national mission to facilitate the development of nanotechnology education programs at community and technical colleges across the nation. The CNEU is also the home of the Pennsylvania Nanofabrication Manufacturing Technology (NMT) Partnership, the nation's leading program in associate and baccalaureate level nanotechnology education. The Partnership offers the NMT Capstone Semester which is an integral part of 53 degree programs at 29 post-secondary institutions across Pennsylvania.

Mr. Ehrmann previously worked for 23 years for Corning, Inc. where he held multiple positions in engineering, product development as well management positions in engineering, production and project management. Mr. Ehrmann earned a BS degree in Ceramic Engineering from Rutgers University as well as an MBA from West Virginia University.

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Renee has been with Penn State since 2002. She was an assistant to Dr. Mirna Urquidi-MacDonald for 4 years. She assists Dr. Charles E. Bakis with the Journal for Composites for Construction and the International Institute for FRP in Construction. Renee is also the Office and Staff Coordinator for the Center for Innovative Sintered Products.

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Susan is part of the administrative team for NACK and CNEU. Susan has been with Penn State for 4 years. Prior to her Penn State employment, she was in the banking industry for 18 years holding various positions including loan officer, product & systems manager, and senior credit analyst. Susan is also a graduate of Penn State with a BS from the Smeal College of Business.

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Dr. Awadelkarim received his B. S. in Physics from the University of Khartoum, Sudan, and his Ph. D. from the J. J. Thompson Physical Laboratory at Reading University, U. K. Prior to joining Penn State, Dr. Awadelkarim worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Linkoping University and the Swedish Defense Research Establishment. His research interests are in nanotechnology, nanoelectronics, nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS), and related nanomaterials. Dr. Awadelkarim has authored/coauthored over 200 articles in journals, books, chapters in books, and conference proceedings. In 2006 Dr. Awadelkarim was selected by the U. S. National Academy of Sciences as a Jefferson Science Fellow, and he is currently a Consultant and Senior Science Advisor at the United States Department of State.

Dr Awadelkarim's service to industry and the U. S. governmental departments and agencies included : membership of the Electronic Power Research Institute (EPRI)/Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) sponsored "Industry-University Team for Flat Panel Display Technologies" ; membership of "DARPA Technical Team on High Definition Systems" ; membership of "SEMATECH's Gate Stack Engineering Working Group" ; representation of the U. S. Department of State in the "Sub-committee in Nanoscale Science, Engineering and Technology (NSET)"; and several participations in the U. S. Government Interagency meetings for Science and Technology agreements with countries in Africa and the Middle East.

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Dr. Nam holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Materials Engineering from Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea, and a Ph.D. in Engineering Science from the Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Nam`s interests are in design, process development, and characterization of micro- and nano-scale structures and materials. He holds several patents and is author of a number of research articles in the field of nanotechnology.

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Zachary Gray is the laboratory coordinator for the NMT program at the Penn State Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization (CNEU). Zachary has intermittently worked for Penn State since 2009. Prior to working for Penn State Zachary worked as a Process Technician for a small State College based R&D solar cell company, Solarity, which was founded by Dr. Stephen Fonash.

In 2007 Zachary earned his AS degree in nanomanufacturing technology (NMT) from Reading Area Community College. While working at Solarity and Penn State Zachary completed his BS degree in Materials Science and Engineering with an emphasis on electronic and photonic materials. Zachary is currently taking classes towards an MS degree in Electrical Engineering at Penn State.

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Dr. Cakmak holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in Microelectronics Engineering from Sabanci University, Istanbul, and a Ph. D. in Electrics and Electronics Engineering in 2012 from Bilkent University, Ankara, all in Turkey. Dr. Cakmak’s interests are in light trapping in solar cells, nanophotonics, nanoplasmonics, numerical modeling, computational electromagnetics, microwave engineering, photonic crystals and metamaterials. He is author of more than 20 research articles in the field of nanotechnology. Dr. Cakmak is currently working as a postdoctoral reasearcher at Penn State.