Mark Strus

Research Interests:

Mechanical and electrical performance and reliability of interconnects and vias; thermal, electrical, and mechanical properties of carbon nanotubes; nanoscale adhesion and friction; atomic force microscopy (AFM); scanning electron microscopy (SEM)

Professional Affliliations:

American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
Materials Research Society (MRS)
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Awards and Honors:

National Research Council (NRC) Postdoctoral Fellowship, NIST (2009)
Bilsland Dissertation Fellowship, Purdue University (2008)
Winkleman Fellowship, Purdue University (2006-2006)
Arrasmith Fellowship, Purdue University (2002-2003)
Purdue Graduate Student Government Travel Grant (2006, 2008)
National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mention (2003)
London Semester Study Abroad Program (2000)
Shirley M. MacDonald Scholarship, Notre Dame (1998-2002)
Notre Dame Club of Detroit Scholarship, Notre Dame (1998-2002)

Selected Publications:

Interfacial energy between carbon nanotubes and polymers measured from nanoscale peel tests in the atomic force microscope (http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/nanodocs/164/)

Identification of multiple oscillation states of carbon nanotube tipped cantilevers interacting with surfaces in dynamic atomic force microscopy (http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/nanopub/473/)

Imaging artefacts in atomic force microscopy with carbon nanotube tips (http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/nanodocs/48/)