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Donald L. Kinser
Professor of Mechanical Engineering

Professor of Materials Science and Engineering

Email: donald.l.kinser@vanderbilt.edu
Office: 610B OH
Phone: 615-322-3537
Fax: 615-343-6687
Research Interests
Electronic ceramics and glass science with emphasis on adverse environmental effects upon systems containing glasses and electronic ceramics.

Teaching Interests
Materials engineering, design, manufacturing and history of engineering.

Education
B.S. Metallurgical Engineering, University of Florida, 1964
Ph.D. Material Science and Engineering, University of Florida, 1968

Publications
"Diamond Microelectronic Gas Sensors", Y. Gurbuz, W. P. Kang, J. L. Davidson, D. L. Kinser, and D. V. Kerns, Sensors and Actuators B, 33, pp.100-104, 1996.

"A Novel Low Field Electron Emission Polycrystalline Diamond Microtip Arrays for Sensor Applications", W. P. Kang, J. L. Davidson, Q. Li, J. F. Xu, D. L. Kinser, and D. V.Kerns, Sensors and Actuators A, 54, pp.724-727, 1996.

"Micro-Patterned Polycrystalline Diamond Field Emitter Vacuum Diode Arrays", W. P. Kang, J. L. Davidson, M. Howel, B. Bhuva, D. L. Kinser, D.V. Kerns, Q. Li , and J.F. Xu, Journal of Vacuum Science Technology B, 14(3), pp.2068- 2071, 1996.

"Polycrystalline Diamond Pressure Microsensor", J. L. Davidson, D. R. Wur, W. P. Kang, D. L. Kinser, and D. V. Kerns, Diamond and Related Materials, 5, pp. 86-92, 1996.

"Formation and optical properties of metal nanoclusters formed by sequential implantation of Cd and Ag in siilica" with T. S. Anderson, R. H. Magruder, III, R. A. Zuhr and D. K. Thomas, Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research B 124 (1997) 40-46.

"Editorial: Editorial Changes in Manuscripts" with R. A. Weeks, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 220 (1997) v-vi.

"Ag:Sb and Sb:Ag implantations into high purity silica" with T. S. Anderson, R. H. Magruder, III, and J. W. Wittig, J. Mater. Res., 12 (1997) 3316-3321.

"Effects of liquid temperature on the structures of germania glass" with R. A. Weeks and R. H.Magruder, III, Glass Physics and Chemistry 24 (1998) 217-223.

"Ag:Cd and Cd:Ag implantations into high purity silica”, T. S. Anderson, R. H. Magruder,III, J. E. Wittig, R. A. Zuhr, and R. H. Thomas, J. Non-Cryst. Solids 224 (1998) 299-306.

“Fabrication of Cu coated Ag nanoclusters by sequential ion implantation” T. S. Anderson, R. H. Magruder, III, J. E. Wittig, and R. A. Zuhr, Submitted to Applied Physics Letters June 1998.

 

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