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Nyakiti, Luke

Instruction Associate Professor

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Instruction Associate Professor, Marine Engineering Technology, Texas A&M University at Galveston
Associate Professor, Materials Science and Engineering, College of Engineering
Associate Professor, TEES Regional Divisions, Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES)

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nyakitil@tamu.edu

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I am involved in basic and applied research that focuses on engineered electronic materials that can easily be integrated into the existing silicon technology for a wide range of applications.

education and training

Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, Texas Tech University - (Lubbock, Texas, United States) 2008
M.S. in Physics, Wichita State University - (Wichita, Kansas, United States) 2004
B.S.Ed. in Physics and Mathematics, Egerton University - (Nakuru, Kenya) 1998

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Academic Articles59

Vaca, D., Barry, M., Yates, L., Nepal, N., Katzer, D. S., Downey, B. P., ... Kumar, S. (2022). Measurements and numerical calculations of thermal conductivity to evaluate the quality of beta-gallium oxide thin films grown on sapphire and silicon carbide by molecular beam epitaxy. APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS. 121(4), 042107-042107.
Wheeler, V. D., Nepal, N., Boris, D. R., Walton, S. G., Qadri, S. B., Avila, J. R., ... Eddy, C. R. (2020). (Invited) Ga2O3 Phase Control and Heterojunctions Using Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Epitaxy. ECS Meeting Abstracts. MA2020-02(23), 1654-1654.
Nepal, N., Katzer, D. S., Downey, B. P., Wheeler, V. D., Nyakiti, L. O., Storm, D. F., ... Meyer, D. J. (2020). Heteroepitaxial growth of beta-Ga2O3 films on SiC via molecular beam epitaxy. JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY A. 38(6), 063406-063406.
Wheeler, V. D., Nepal, N., Boris, D. R., Qadri, S. B., Nyakiti, L. O., Lang, A., ... Meyer, D. J. (2020). Phase Control of Crystalline Ga2O3 Films by Plasma-Enhanced Atomic Layer Deposition. CHEMISTRY OF MATERIALS. 32(3), 1140-1152.
Currie, M., Wheeler, V. D., Downey, B., Nepal, N., Qadri, S. B., Wollmershauser, J. A., Avila, J., & Nyakiti, L. (2019). Asymmetric hysteresis in vanadium dioxide thin films. Optical Materials Express. 9(9), 3717-3717.

Chapters1

Gaskill, D. K., & Nyakiti, L. O. (2012). Formation of Epitaxial Graphene. GRAPHENE NANOELECTRONICS: FROM MATERIALS TO CIRCUITS. 137-165. Springer Nature.

Conference Papers23

Robinson, Z. R., Jernigan, G. G., Bussmann, K. M., Nyakiti, L. O., Garces, N. Y., Nath, A., ... Eddy, C. (2015). Graphene Growth on SiC(000-1): Optimization of Surface Preparation and Growth Conditions. CARBON NANOTUBES, GRAPHENE, AND EMERGING 2D MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONIC AND PHOTONIC DEVICES VIII, Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, and Emerging 2D Materials for Electronic and Photonic Devices VIII. 9552, 95520y.
Suess, R. J., Cai, X., Jadidi, M. M., Sushkov, A. B., Jenkins, G. S., Yan, J., ... Fuhrer, M. S. (2014). Characterization of Fast Temporal Photoreponse in a Broadband Graphene Photodetector. 2014 CONFERENCE ON LASERS AND ELECTRO-OPTICS (CLEO), CLEO: 2014. 2014-January, ftu2b.3.
Hernandez, S. C., Wheeler, V. D., Osofsky, M. S., Jernigan, G. G., Nagareddy, V. k., Nath, A., ... Walton, S. G. (2014). Plasma-based chemical modification of epitaxial graphene with oxygen functionalities. SURFACE & COATINGS TECHNOLOGY. 241, 8-12.
Suess, R. J., Cai, X., Jadidi, M. M., Sushkov, A. B., Jenkins, G. S., Yan, J., ... Fuhrer, M. S. (2014). Characterization of fast temporal photoreponse in a broadband graphene photodetector. Optics InfoBase Conference Papers.
Nagareddy, V. K., Hernandez, S. C., Wheeler, V. D., Nyakiti, L. O., Myers-Ward, R. L., Eddy, C., ... Horsfall, A. B. (2013). High Temperature Stability of Oxygen Functionalized Epitaxial Graphene/Metal Contact Interfaces. SILICON CARBIDE AND RELATED MATERIALS 2012. 740-742, 145-+.