Steven M. Winder
503 Onteora Blvd.
Asheville, NC 28803
(828)274-9318
cell: (803)351-5756
Research Interests
carbon materials synthesis, graphite crystal growth
Skills
UHV (Ultra-High Vacuum) system design and assembly
QCM (Quartz Crystal Microbalance) implementation
STM (Scanning Tunneling Microscopy) in air and UHV
SEM (Scanning Electron Microscopy)
Electronic circuit design and assembly
Education
North Carolina State University 2003 PhD Physics
North Carolina State University 1998 MS Physics
University of North Carolina, Asheville 1993 BS Physics
Academic and Professional Experience
Spring 1992 Participant in Science & Engineering Research Semester
at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Fall 1993-Spring 1994 Research Assistant, NCSU Precision Engineering Center
Fall 1994-Spring 1996 Teaching Assistant, NCSU Physics Department
Fall 1996-Spring 1998 Research Assistant, NCSU Optics Laboratory
Fall 1998-Fall 2002 Research Assistant, Nanoscale Tribology Laboratory
Spring 2003-Spring 2005 Research Assistant, USC Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Columbia
Honors
National Merit Scholarship Recipient Fall 1989-Spring 1993
NC School of Science & Math Graduate 1989
Professional Activities
American Physical Society member since 1992
American Vacuum Society member since 1999
Scholarly Communication
- Synthesis of Curved Kish Graphite, S.M.Winder, D.Liu, & J.W.Bender, October 2005 Appalachian Regional Microscopy Society conference poster, Boone, North Carolina.
- Synthesis of Curved Kish Graphite, S.M.Winder, D.Liu, & J.W.Bender, submitted to Carbon.
- Scanning Tunneling Microscope-Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of “Real World” and Model Lubricants, J.Krim, M.Abdelmaksoud, B.Borovsky, & S.M.Winder, ACS Symposium Series 882: 1-18, 2004.
- On the Current Status of Superconductivity-Dependent Sliding Friction, B.L.Mason, S.M.Winder, & J.Krim, Tribology Letters, Vol.10, No.1-2, p.59, 2001.
- Quartz Crystal Microbalance Measurements of Sliding Friction of Inert Gas Films on Lead, Copper, Nickel, and Graphene Surfaces, Steven M. Winder, PhD thesis supervised by Jacqueline Krim, NCSU, 2003, http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/theses/available/etd-10292003-223120/
- Sliding Friction of Xenon Monolayers and Bilayers on Pb and Cu Substrates, S.M.Winder, B.Mason, J.Krim, October 1999 AVS conference talk, Seattle.
- Sliding Friction of Xenon Monolayers and Bilayers on Ni(111), Steve Winder, Jacqueline Krim, March 2001 APS conference talk, Seattle.
- Quartz Crystal Microbalance Studies of Chemically Synthesized Carbon Films, Steve Winder, Jacqueline Krim, March 2002 APS conference poster, Indianapolis.