Moses W. Haimbodi

Office Phone: 484-365-7455
email: mhaimbodi@lincoln.edu

Assistant Professor & Interim Chair
Mathematics and Computer Science
Lincoln University
Lincoln University, Pennsylvania 19352-3106

New! For MAT106, MAT121, & MAT221

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Spring Schedule

FINAL EXAMS Schedule SPRING 2010

Mathematics for the Liberal Arts MAT106-02, Calculus I MAT121-02, Calculus III 221-01 *Final Exam Schedule*
Regular Meeting Time/Venue	*Finals Date--Time/Venue!!!*
MAT106-02: 10:00 am / NSB	TBA
MAT121-01: 11:00 am / NSB	TBA
MAT221-01: 2:00 pm / NSB	TBA

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Brief Bio:

I am currently an Assistant Professor and interim chair of the department of Mathematics and Computer Science here at Lincoln University. As a Post-doctoral Fellow in the department of Materials Science and Engineering at the University of Delaware between 2003 and 2005, I worked on a number of nano materials both organic and inorganic. The interest in these materials stemmed from their promise to be used in opto-electronic devices such as sensors, solar cells, light emitting diodes (LEDs) and molecular wires and/or switches. A component of this work fell in what then was a relatively nascent field of molecular electronics. Specifically, our research was aimed at studying interfacial phenomena between various organic thin films and metal thin films. Selected metal films, deposited by any of the several established methods, on the organic/inorganic films serve as electrodes. Because electrical conductivity across interfaces between metal electrodes and the semi-conducting bulk films is governed by the nature of electronic states and band alignment at the interface, characterizing and understanding the interface is critical to modeling and possibly predicting subsequent device behavior. In order to fully characterize the interface states, we used synchrotron radiation for UV photo emission experiments. This allowed us to characterize the valence (HOMO) band states below the Fermi level.
An NSF grant secured towards the end of my contract would enable the group to develop and build a next-generation inverse photo emission spectroscopy (IPES) instrument/system. This instrument will allow the characterization of the conduction (LUMO) band states above the Fermi level, thereby providing a complete electronic states picture. Characterization of materials during my post-doctoral work was carried out at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL). UV photo emission experiments to investigate energy levels above the Fermi level were carried out at the national synchrotron light source (NSLS), and STM experiments to investigate the structural properties of the organic films obtained by self-assembly was carried out at the center for functional nanomaterials (CFN). STM can also be used to interrogate some electrical properties by spectroscopically looking at the IV response of these materials.
Other work our group participated in involves thin films of the pentanary semiconductor Cu(InGa)(SSe)₂ used in photovoltaics. One of the goal of using thin film compound semiconductors to make solar cells over the past 15 years or so, has been (and still is) the improvement of solar cell device performance at reduced processing, manufacturing and materials costs. Research on solar cells is carried out at the Institute for Energy Conversion (IEC) at the University of Delaware, where I also did my graduate research work.
My education and research experience drives my continued interests in research and teaching in areas related to opto-electronic nano materials. I obtained a B.A. in physics from Saint Olaf College (Northfield, Minnesota), an M.S in materials science from Marquette University (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and a Ph.D. in materials science from the University of Delaware (Newark, Delaware).

(Copyrighted work done on the STM at CFN - BNL with co-workers)

Recent Projects: Summer 2006 - 2008 : Howard University Nanoscale Facility (HNF)

Characterized electrophoretically obtained Ag nano-particles using Transmission and Scanning Electron microscopy (TEM & SEM).
Characterized DC-sputtered AgSi nano-composite films whose potential applications include their use as detectors in the infrared spectrum.
Synthesis and characterization of CdSe semiconductor nanoparticles ideal for use in next generation solar cells. Nanoparticles suspension characterized using UV-Vis absorption, Fluorescence spectroscopy, and particle size analyzer. Solid phase nanoparticles characterized through SEM and low energy TEM.