Physics and astronomy alumni

Graduates from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at Wayne State University have used their education for a variety of career paths. Alumni are encouraged to send updated information to share with other WSU physics alumni and prospective students.

A – D

Albers, Walter P., Jr. (Ph.D. 1960, M.S. 1954)
Alvarez, David A. (B.S. 2000)
Atems, D. Elisabeth (Ph.D. 1993) network administrator, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
Auner, Gregory W. (Ph.D. 1990, M.S. 1985, B.S. 1982) professor, Dept. of ECE, Wayne State University
Bielecki, Joseph W. (M.S. 1993) senior testing engineer, North American Lighting, Inc. (Farmington Hills, MI)
Bloch, Charles (B.S. 1978) associate professor, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO.
Bursott, Andrea C. (B.S. 1999)
Catchings, Robert M., III (Ph.D. 1970) professor, Dept. of Physics, Howard University
Chalmers, Joseph S. (Ph.D. 1967) chair and professor, Dept. of Physics, Louisville University
Ciolek, Glenn E. (B.S. 1983) Ph.D., University of Illinois, research associate, Dept. of Physics & Astronomy, Rensselaer Polytechnical University
Clark, Bunny C. (Ph.D. 1973) distinguished university professor, Dept. of Physics, Ohio State University
Cowan, Michael D. (M.S. 1965, B.S. 1962) MS EE, Syracuse University, 1971. Senior technical staff member (retired 2002), IBM Corp., Microelectronics Division, East Fishkill, NY. Independent semiconductor industry market watcher and forecaster of global semi sales
Drallos, Paul J. (Ph.D. 1989, M.S. 1984, B.S. 1982) president, Plasma Dynamics Corp (Ferndale, MI)

E – I

Erpelding, John P. (B.S. 1991) emergency physician, MN (M.D. 1995 U of Michigan)
French, Albert (B.S. 1993)
Gomez, Romel (M.S. 1984) Ph.D., ECE, University of Maryland, associate professor, Dept. of ECE, University of Maryland
Hameed, Sithy F. (Ph.D. 2000) research associate, Texas A&M
Han, Xioayan (Ph.D. 1997) assistant professor, Dept. of ECE, Wayne State University
Harte, Michael (B.S. 1994)
Hawkins, Gary F. (Ph.D. 1978) Aerospace Corp.
Henry, Laurence L. (Ph.D. 1991) associate professor, Dept. of Physics, Southern University
Hilburger, John P. (M.S. 1992) science teacher, Rochester School System
Hill, Alisha C. (B.S. 1998)
Hoffman, Kevin (M.S. 1981) Energy Conversion Devices (Troy, MI)
Hunter, Gary W. Hunter (Ph.D. 1987) scientist, NASA Glenn Research Center
Inglehart, (Hopkins) Lorretta J. (Ph.D. 1984, M.S. 1982, B.S. 1979) senior staff associate, National Science Foundation

J – M

Jaradat, Hazim A. (Ph.D. 2000) assistant professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Jesion, Gerald (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1976) staff member, Ford Research Laboratories (Dearborn, MI)
Kaiser, William J. (Ph.D. 1983, B.S. 1977) professor, Dept. of EE, UCLA, founder, Sensoria Corp (Culver City, CA)
Kim, Boglea (Ph.D. 2000) Scientist, Osmic Ic., (Troy, MI)
Korbiak, Kathryn (B.S. 2001) graduate student, University of Michigan
Kosko, Gary W. (M.S. 1984)
Kota, Chandrasekhar (M.S. 1992) associate professor, Dept. of Medical Physics, Wayne State U.
Kubinski, David J. (Ph.D. 1995) staff scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
Kullen, Mark K. (M.S. 1987, B.S. 1984) General Dynamics
Landman, Joseph (Ph.D. 1997) founder/CEO, Scalable Informatics LLC (Canton, MI)
Laperriere, Frank (B.S. 1975, M.S. 1979) Daimler-Chrysler Corporation (Auburn Hills, MI)
Lhota, James R., II (Ph.D. 1983, B.S. 1977) scientist, Thermal Wave Imaging
Ling, Dah-Chin (Ph.D. 1995) assistant professor, Dept. of Physics (Taiwan)
Luckwald, Eric (B.S. 2001) graduate student, UC-Santa Barbara
Lukaszew, Rosa A. (Ph.D. 1996, M.S. 1988) assistant professor, Dept. of Physics, Toledo University
Marburger, Richard E. (Ph.D. 1962, M.S. 1952, B.S. 1950) president emeritus, Lawrence Institute of Technology
Mbonye, Manasse (M.S. 1990) assistant professor of pPhysics, Rochester Institute of Technology
McKAGUE, Darren (B.S. 1993) Ph.D., U of Colorado, research associate, CIRA, Colorado State University
Militello, Maria C. (B.S. 1988) technical staff, General Motors R&D Center
Minhaj, Mohamedo S. (Ph.D. 1994) radiologist, Toms River Hospital (NJ)

N – Q

Nahar, Sultana (Ph.D. 1987, M.S. 1982) research professor, Dept. of Astronomy, Ohio State University
Nehmeh, Sadek A. (Ph.D. 2000) research associate, Sloan-Kettering Medical Center, NY
Obien, Jonathan M. (Ph.D. 1996) research associate, Dept. of Physics, U. of South Carolina
Ouyang, Zhong (Ph.D. 1999)
Papoulias, Panagiotis (B.S. 1994)

R – V

Radford, Stanley (Ph.D. 1980) associate professor, Marietta College (Ohio)
Rahhai-orabi, Nadia (Ph.D. 2000)
Rakes, Richard, Jr. (M.S. 1990) algorithm development manager, Autoliv North America Technical Center (Auburn Hills, MI)
Ravitsky, Oleg (B.S. 1996) emergency physician, Henry Ford Hospital (MD, Wayne State)
Reid, David (Ph.D. 1995) executive officer, Dept. of Physics, University of Chicago
Repko, Wayne W. (Ph.D. 1967) professor, Dept. of Physics, Michigan State University
Rodriguez, James (M.S. 1991) staff, Osmic, Inc. (Troy, MI)
Ross, Robert A. (Ph.D. 1991) assistant professor, Dept. of Engineering, U. of Detroit-Mercy
Scheuermann, Michael R. (Ph.D. 1983, B.S. 1979) staff scientist, IBM
Sheen, Jeffrey M. (Ph.D. 2000, B.S. 1992) senior researcher, Software Architects, Columbus, OH
Shen, Weidian (Ph.D. 1988) associate professor, Dept. of Physics, Eastern Michigan University
Shepard, Steven (Ph.D. 1987) founder, Thermal Wave Imaging
Smart, Jeffrey (M.S. 1977) staff member, John Hopkins University – Applied Physics Laboratory
Smith, James L. (B.S. 1965) Ph.D. 1974, Brown University, fFellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory, editor, Philosophical Magazine B
Smith, Steven (Ph.D. 1989, M.S. 1984, B.S. 1981) scientist, Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA
Soltis, Richard L. (Ph.D. 1999) staff scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
Stein, Talbert S. (B.S. 1962) professor, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
Sun, Gang (Ph.D. 2000) senior research scientist, Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont, CA
Surdutovich, Anatoliy (M.S. 1995) Applied Materials, Inc. (Santa Clara, CA)
Surdutovich, Eugene (Ph.D. 1998) research associate, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
Svinarich, Kathryn (Ph.D. 1991) associate professor, Dept. of Physics, Kettering University
Tatham, Alicia (B.S. 1995)
Talagala, Punya (Ph.D. 1995) lecturer, Dept. of Physics, Wayne State University
Thompson, David J. (Ph.D. 1996) research scientist, Visteon Corp
Twesten, Ray D. (B.S. 1990) Ph.D., University of Illinois

W – Z

Wang, Tie (M.S. 1986) staff scientist, Ford Scientific Research Lab
Wang, Yingxia (Ph.D. 1997)
Wei, Lanhua (Ph.D. 1992) sr. staff research, Therma-Wave Inc., Fremont, CA
Weston, Gary (B.S. 1979) Ph.D., UCLA, professor, Dept. of Physics, Cal State - Hayward
Win, winston W. (Ph.D. 1990) Engineer, Motorola
Wolshon, Brian (B.S. 1988) associate professor of Civil Engineering, Louisiana State University
Yong, Grace (Ph.D. 1996) research associate, Dept. of Physics, Lehigh University