Education

• B.S. Mechanical Engineering and Materials Engineering, University of Connecticut, Storrs, 1992
• Ph. D. Materials Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1998

Research Interests

• Dendritic crystal growth;
• Micro and nanostructural interfaces (structure and behavior), interfacial stability;
• Microstructural design in solidification processing;
• Mechanical milling of nanoscale materials;
• Float-zone silicon crystal growth.

A. Manavbasi and J.C. LaCombe, "A new blue-emitting phosphor, SrZnO₂:Pb²⁺, synthesized by the adipic acid templated sol-gel route," Journal of Luminescence, 128 [1] 129-134 (2008).

A. Manavbasi and J.C. LaCombe, "Synthesis of pure Zn₂SiO₄:Mn green phosphors by simple PVA-metal complex route," Journal of Materials Science, 42 [1] 252-258 (2007).

G.P. Sklar, K. Paramguru, M. Misra, and J.C. LaCombe, "Pulsed electrodeposition into AAO templates for CVD growth of carbon nanotube arrays," Nanotechnology, 16 [8] 1265-1271 (2005).

M.B. Koss, J.C. LaCombe, A. Chait, V. Pines, M. Zlatkowski, M.E. Glicksman, and P. Kar, "Pressure-mediated effects on thermal dendrites," Journal of Crystal Growth, 279 [1-2] 170-185 (2005).

C. Giummarra, J.C. LaCombe, M.B. Koss, J.E. Frei, A.O. Lupulescu, and M.E. Glicksman, "Sidebranch characteristics of pivalic acid dendrites grown under convection-free and diffuso-convective conditions," Journal of Crystal Growth, 274 [1-2] 317-330 (2005).

P. Kar, J.C. LaCombe, and M.B. Koss, "Velocity and radius transients during pressure-mediated dendritic growth of succinonitrile," Materials Science and Technology, 20 [10] 1273-1280 (2004).

J.C. LaCombe, M.B. Koss, J.E. Frei, C. Giummarra, A.O. Lupulescu, and M.E. Glicksman, "Evidence for tip velocity oscillations in dendritic solidification," Physical Review E, 65 [3] 031604 (2002).

J.C. LaCombe and M.B. Koss, "The make-it-yourself drop-tower microgravity demonstrator," The Physics Teacher, 83 [3] 143-146 (2000).

M.B. Koss, J.C. LaCombe, L.A. Tennenhouse, M.E. Glicksman, and E.A. Winsa, "Dendritic growth tip velocities and radii of curvature in microgravity," Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, 30 [12] 3177-3190 (1999).

D.P. Corrigan, M.B. Koss, J.C. LaCombe, K.D. de Jager, L.A. Tennenhouse, and M.E. Glicksman, "Experimental measurements of sidebranching in thermal dendrites under terrestrial-gravity and microgravity conditions," Physical Review E, 60 [6] 7217-7223 (1999).

J.C. LaCombe, M.B. Koss, D.C. Corrigan, A.O. Lupulescu, L.A. Tennenhouse, and M.E. Glicksman, "Implications of the interface shape on steady-state dendritic crystal growth," Journal of Crystal Growth, 206 [4] 331-344 (1999).

J.C. LaCombe, M.B. Koss, M.E. Glicksman, "Nonconstant tip velocity in microgravity dendritic growth," Physical Review Letters, 83 [15] 2997-3000 (1999).