Serkan Caliskan, Ph.D.

Biography

Dr. Caliskan has been modeling nanomaterials, devices, and molecular bridges for potential technological applications in materials science and related fields. He has been investigating their structural, mechanical, magnetic, optical, and spin dependent electronic properties. Recently, he has expanded his research to novel structures and material compositions (nanocomposites for aerospace applications, nanostructures with tailored surface properties for sensing applications, biosensing devices, layered structures) and conducted research projects on nanocomposites toward their use in aerospace/spacecrafts, where challenges such as thermal stability, mechanical strength and enhancing performance in extreme environments are addressed. Investigation of these systems provides models of realistic materials/devices and yields data that can complement experimental studies. These structures can be harnessed as building blocks for the development of efficient, novel, and multifunctional devices with potential applications in materials science, molecular electronics, and spintronics.

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Areas of Expertise

• Modeling of nanomaterials
• Magnetic materials, spin-based devices, molecular junctions
• Biosensing devices, sensors
• First principles calculations, spin polarized transport
• Electronic, magnetic, optical and structural properties
• Surface characteristics

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Publications

For a full list of publications, please visit Google Scholar profile.

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Courses (Current Academic Year)

• University Physics I and II, with Lab
• College Physics I and II, with Lab
• Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers
• Classical Mechanics (Graduate)
• Thermodynamics and Statistical Physics (Graduate)
• Electrodynamics (Graduate)

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Research Projects

• Investigation of Optical and Mechanical Properties of Fusion Materials
• Equipment: Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: Engaging Historically Underrepresented Students Using Stress Block Image Correlation Simulation
• Space Materials and Microbiome Research: A Bridge to Future JSC Workforce
• Tailoring the Band Gap and Spin Polarized Transport Through Graphene-Like Materials
• Density Functional Theory study on the spin resolved electronic structure properties of ZnO Nanotubes
• Potential Medical Applications of Boron-Nitride Nanotubes for Drug Delivery Systems
• Increasing efficiency and applicability of spin FET for insight into experimental studies towards possible use in industry

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Awards and Accomplishments

• NSF
• NASA
• FRSF
• ELPSG

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