W. Brent Carter Associate Professor Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs Georgia Institute of Technology Materials Science and Engineering 771 Ferst Drive, N.W. Atlanta, GA 30332-0245 Office:  Love Bldg., Room 351 Phone: 404.894.6762  | Fax: 404.894.9140 brent.carter@mse.gatech.edu B.S. Physics, 1971, Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. Physics, 1982, Georgia Institute of Technology Dr. Carter is the Associate Chair for Undergraduate Programs in the School of Materials Science and Engineering. He also manages the surface analysis instruments (XPS and SIMS) located in the Georgia Tech Microelectronics Research Center. Research Interests Surface Phenomena Nano Sorbents Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition Representative Publications/Patents Andrew T. Hunt, Joe K. Cochran, and William Brent Carter, "Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition of Films and Coatings," U.S. patent number 5,652,021, issued July 29, 1997. D.W. Stollberg, J.M. Hampikian, L. Riester and W.B. Carter, "Nanoindentation Measurements of Combustion CVD Al2O3 and YSZ Films," J. Mater. Sci. Eng. A359, (2003) 112-118. Gole, J. L., B. D. Shinall, A. V. Iretskii, Mark G. White, W. B. Carter, and Ann S. Erickson, "Tunable Surface Oxidation States in Si/SiO2 Nanostructures Prepared from Silicon/Silica Mixtures", ChemPhysChem, Vol. 4, Issue 9, (2003), 1016-1021. D. W. Stollberg, W. B. Carter and J. M. Hampikian, “Nanohardness and Fracture Toughness of Combustion Chemical Vapor Deposition Deposited Yttria Stabilize Zirconia-Alumina Films,” Thin Solid Films, 483 (2005) 211-217. V. Siva Kumar G. Kelekanjeri, W.B. Carter and J.M. Hampikian, “Deposition of a - alumina via combustion chemical vapor deposition,” Thin Solid Films, 515 (2006), 1905-1911. Biography and research expertise from the Community of Science, Inc. Return to top