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HASAN YARDIMCI 

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY                                                                 EMAIL:HASAN@PHA.JHU.EDU

DEPT. OF PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY                                                                  PHONE: (OFFICE) (410) 516 4660

3400 N. CHARLES ST.                                                                                                           (CELL)     (443) 739 9716

BALTIMORE, MD 21218

 

EDUCATION

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 Ph.D. in Condensed Matter Physics (expected in early 2006)

The Johns Hopkins University – Baltimore, MD

Thesis Topic: Slow Relaxational Dynamics and Aging in Supercooled Liquids and Other Disordered Systems

Advisor: Robert L. Leheny

 

Bachelors of Science in Physics (May 1999)

Bogazici University – Istanbul, TURKEY

  

RESEARCH & EXPERIENCE

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Graduate Research Assistant – January 2001 - present

     

     Dielectric Susceptibility

  • Designed and constructed instrumentation for dielectric susceptibility measurements from 10 K to 350 K and between 1 mHz and 1 MHz.

  • Performed aging studies of glass forming liquids using dielectric spectroscopy.

  • Performed conductivity studies of clay suspensions.

    

      Neutron Scattering

  • Conducted small angle neutron scattering (SANS) experiments on supercooled liquids, clay suspensions and micelle forming polymers.

  • Studied dynamical behavior of micelle forming polymers and supercooled liquids using neutron spin-echo (NSE) spectrometry.

 

 

Graduate Teaching Assistant – September 1999- December 2003

  • Teaching assistant for introductory and advanced physics courses for science and engineering majors.

 

 

SKILLS

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Laboratory Skills:

  • Extensive experience in neutron scattering experiments and analysis.

  • Extensive experience in dielectric susceptibility measurements.

  • Experience in GPIB and analog data acquisition instrumentation and software.

  • Experience in Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and rheometry.

  • Experience in single crystal growth using diffusion methods.

Computer skills:

  • Five years experience with LabView graphical programming.

  • Programming languages: Pascal, Fortran, C.

  • Operating Systems: MS-DOS, Windows, Mac, Unix.

  • Software: Igor, Latex, Mathematica, IDL.

 

PUBLICATIONS

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  • M. B. Stone, Y. Chen, J. Rittner, H. Yardimci, D. H. Reich, C. Broholm, D. V. Ferraris, T. Lectka, “Frustrated three-dimensional quantum spin liquid in CuHpCl”, Phys. Rev. B 65, 64423 (2002).
     

  • H. Yardimci, R. L. Leheny, “Memory in an Aging Molecular Glass”, Europhys. Lett. 62, 203 (2003).
     

  • R. Bandyopadhyay, D. Liang, H. Yardimci, D. A. Sessoms, M. A. Borthwick, S. G. J. Mochrie, J. L. Harden, R. L. Leheny, “Evolution of particle-scale dynamics in an aging clay suspension”, Phys. Rev. Lett. 93, 228302 (2004).

  • H. Yardimci, B. Chung, J. L. Harden, R. L. Leheny, “Phase Behavior and Local Dynamics of Concentrated Triblock Copolymer Micelles”, J. Chem Phys 123, 244908 (2005).

  • H. Yardimci, R. L. Leheny, “Aging of The Johari-Goldstein Relaxation”, to be submitted to J. Chem Phys.

  • H. Yardimci, O. Theodoly, A. Faraone, J. L. Harden, R. L. Leheny, “Neutron Spin-Echo Studies of Corona Dynamics in Polystyrene – Poly(acrylic acid) Copolymer Micelles”, to be submitted to J. Chem Phys.

 

 

PRESENTATIONS

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  • “Memory in the Aging of a Structural Glass” presented at the 2001 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Indianapolis, IN.

 

  • “Neutron Spin-Echo Study of the Local Dynamics in a Polymer Micellar Solution” American Conference on Neutron Scattering, College Park, MD, June 2004.

 

  • “Phase Behavior and Local Dynamics of Concentrated Triblock Copolymer Micelles” presented at the 2005 March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Los Angeles, CA.

 

  • "Slow Dynamics in Supercooled Liquids and Other Soft Systems", HFIR Center for Neutron Research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, November 2005.

 

 

REFERENCES

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  • Robert L. Leheny   Johns Hopkins University – Dept. of Physics & Astronomy   

Email: leheny@pha.jhu.edu        Phone: 410-516-6442

 

  • James L. Harden     Johns Hopkins University – Dept. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Email:harden@jhu.edu        Phone: 410-516-6693

 

  • Daniel H. Reich      Johns Hopkins University – Dept. of Physics & Astronomy   

Email: dhr@pha.jhu.edu        Phone: 410-516-7889