Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering Seminar, Nanoscale Science at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies

Abstract: The Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT) is one of five Department of Energy Nanoscience Research Center user facilities, providing state-of-the-art capabilities for conducting research at the nanoscale for both academic and industrial user communities at no cost. In the first half of this talk, I will present an overview of CINT, outlining its four core research themes and key capabilities, and explain, to those interested, how they can become a user. I will complete the presentation by discussing the research in my group at CINT, which covers an area of nanoscale device fabrication, thermal and electrical transport in low-dimensional materials, and superconducting devices for quantum information systems.

Bio: Tom Harris received B.E. and M.S. degrees in mechanical engineering from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tennessee in 2000 and 2003, and an S.M. degree in electrical engineering and a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2010. He joined Sandia National Laboratories in 2011 as a postdoctoral appointee, and he is currently a Principal Member of Technical Staff at the joint Sandia-Los Alamos Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies. His research interests include nanoscale transport with a primary focus on electron and phonon dynamics, thermal physics at ultra-low temperatures, superconducting electronics and devices, quantum-limited measurements and sensing, and the fabrication, design, and control of nanoscale electromechanical systems.