Charles Amos

E-mail: charles.amos@mail.utexas.edu
Website: http://www.me.utexas.edu/~ferreira/
Department: Materials Science and Engineering
Advisors: Dr. Goodenough/Dr. Ferreira
Thesis Title: Analysis of Bulk and Surface Properties of Transition Metal Oxides with Advanced Electron Microscopy Techniques
Research Summary: Using advanced electron microscopy techniques such as aberration-corrected STEM and EELS to analyze bulk/surface structure and composition of transition metal oxides, particularly advanced cathode materials, and correlate the material properties with electrochemical performance. Publication: Chen, S., Moore, A. L., Cai, W., Suk, J. W., An, J., Mishra, C., Amos, C., Magnuson, C., Kang, J., Shi, L., Ruoff, R. S., Raman Measurements of Thermal Transport in Suspended Monolayer Graphene of Variable Sizes in Vacuum and Gaseous Environments, ACS Nano (2011), 5, 321–328. Awards: John and Mary Booker Endowed Graduate Fellowship: August 2011 – May 2012, Engineering Foundation Endowed Graduate Fellowship: August 2010 – May 2011