Dr. Prem Vaishnava

Prem Vaishnava, Ph.D.
Professor of Applied Physics
Research Area: Materials Science
Office: 2-311 AB
Phone: (810) 762-7933
Email: pvaishna@kettering.edu
Personal Web Page

Ph.D. in Physics (1975) from Jodhpur University
M.S. in Physics (1965) from Jodhpur University

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Friday
Teaching Schedule for Fall 2006
Period 1 8:00-9:00			PHYS-115 Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory
Period 2 9:05-10:05			PHYS-115 Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory
Period 3 10:15-11:15		PHYS-225 Electricity & Magnetism Laboratory
Period 4 11:20-12:20		PHYS-225 Electricity & Magnetism Laboratory
LUNCH
Period 5 1:20-2:20			PHYS-115 Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory
Period 6 2:25-3:25			PHYS-115 Newtonian Mechanics Laboratory
Period 7 3:35-4:35
Period 8 4:40-5:40	PHYS-224 Electricity & Magnetism	PHYS-224 Electricity & Magnetism	PHYS-224 Electricity & Magnetism	PHYS-224 Electricity & Magnetism

Research Interests:

Mossbauer Spectroscopy
Superconductivity
Nanotechnology
Solid State Physics

Academic & Professional Associations:

American Physical Society (APS)
Materials Research Society (MRS)

Recent Publications:

P.P. Vaishnava, R. Naik, E. Kroll, D. Rodak, G.M. Tsoi, E. McCulen, L.E. Wenger, R. Suryanarayan, V.M. Naik, Qu Tao, and P. Boolchand, "Synthesis and Characterization of size-controlled iron oxide nanoparticles," J. Appl. Phys. ( to be submitted for publication) (2003)
F. Ghoddoussi, M/A. Pantea, P.H. Keyes, R. Naik, and P.P. Vaishnava, "A New Proposal for the Temperature-Electric Field Phase Diagram of a Ferroelectric Smectic C* Liquid Crystal," Phys. Rev. E (submitted for publication) 2003
R. Naik, E. Kroll, D. Rodak, G.M. Tsoi, E. McCulen, L.E. Wenger, R. Suryanarayan, V.M. Naik, P.P. Vaishnava, Qu Tao, and P. Boolchand, "Magnetic Properties of Iron Oxide and (Iron-Cobalt) oxide Nanoparticles Synthesized in Polystyrene Resin matrix," J. Magn. Magn. Mater. (accepted for publication) (2003)
F. Ghoddoussi, P.H. Keyes, R. Naik, M.A. Pantea, and P.P. Vaishnava, "Observation of the Ferroelectric Deformed Helix mode in a Large pitch smetcic C* sample, Ferroelectric," 278, 13, (2002) P. Talagala, P. Fodor, D. Hadad, R. Naik, L.E. Wenger, P.P. Vaishnava, and V.M. Naik, "Determination of Magnetic Exchange Stiffness Constants in Epitaxial Ni1-xCox ( x ( 0.5) Films," Phys. Rev. B, 66, 144426 (2002)