Dr. Tom Nelson Oder
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Physics 1501- Fundamentals of Physics I 

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Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Laboratory

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American Institute of Physics (AIP)
American Physical Society (APS)
The Materials Research Society (MRS)
The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society (TMS)
National Society of Black Physicists (NSBP)

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Dr. Tom Nelson Oder
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy,
Youngstown State University,
One University Plaza,
Youngstown, OH 44555.
Phone: (330) 941-7111.
Fax: (330) 941-3121
E-mail: tnoder@ysu.edu

Link to Dr. Oder's Research Group:
Wide Band Gap Semiconductor Laboratory at YSU

Office: Ward Beacher Science Hall Room 1016
Laboratory : Ward Beacher Science Hall Room 1021

Research Interest:

  • Ohmic and Schottky contacts on wide band gap semiconductors.
  • Micro/Nano fabrication and characterization of electronic and opto-electronic devices of wide band gap semiconductors.
  • III-nitride photonic crystals, waveguides and microlens.
  • Ion Implantation for semiconductor doping and high power device fabrication.
  • Optical studies of III-nitride semiconductors.
  • Electron-beam lithography for fabrication of nanostructures.
Over 20 publications and over 15 presentations in scientific conferences and one patent.

Employment History:

  • Assistant Professor, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Youngstown State University, August 2003 - present.
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate, Dept. of Physics, Kansas State University, 1999-2003.
  • Research/Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Auburn University, 1992-1999.
  • Lecturer, Department of Physics, Makerere University, Uganda, 1986-1992.


Previous Teaching Assignments:

Fall 2003 - Present
  • Fundamentals of Physics I, Phys 1501.
  • Fundamentals of Physics II, Phys 1502.
  • General Physics Laboratory - Phys1501L, Phys 2610L.
  • Condensed Matter Physics, Phys 5830.
  • Electromagnetic Field Theory I, Phys 3741.
  • Descriptive Undergraduate Physics Research, Phys 4805.


This page is maintained by Tom Oder e-mail: tnoder@ysu.edu