Assistant Professor
Phone: (775) 784-7098
Fax: (775) 327-5059
Office: LMR 467
E-mail: oagraeve@unr.edu
Web Site: http://www.unr.edu/homepage/oagraeve/

Education

• B. S. Structural Engineering, University of California, San Diego, 1995
• Ph. D. Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Davis, 2001

Research Interests

• Materials synthesis, ceramics and ceramic composites;
• Computer modeling of grain growth processes;
• Grain growth in ceramic nanomaterials;
• Phosphor materials for flat-panel display applications;
• Luminescent properties of nanophosphors.

Recent Publications

• O.A. Graeve and Z.A. Munir, "Electric field enhanced synthesis of nanostructured tantalum carbide," J. Mater. Res., 17 [3] 609-613 (2002).
• O.A. Graeve and Z.A. Munir, "The effect of an electric field on the microstructural development during combustion synthesis of TiNi-TiC composites," J. Alloys Comp., 340, 79-87 (2002).
• O.A. Graeve, E.M. Carrillo-Heian, A. Feng, and Z.A. Munir, "Modeling of wave configuration during electrically ignited combustion synthesis," J. Mater. Res., 16 (2001) 93-100.
• E.M. Carrillo-Heian, O.A. Graeve, A. Feng, J.A. Faghih, and Z.A. Munir, "Modeling studies of the effect of thermal and electrical conductivities and relative density on field-activated self-propagating combustion synthesis," J. Mater. Res., 14 (1999) 1949-1958.
• A. Feng, O.A. Graeve, and Z.A. Munir, "Modeling solution for electric field-activated combustion synthesis," J. Comput. Mater. Sci., 12 (1998) 137-155.
• B. Hoghooghi, J.M. McKittrick, E. Helsel, and O.A. Lopez, "Microstructural development, densification and near-net-shape forming of celsian ceramics from ion-exchanged zeolite precursors," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 81 [4] 845-852 (1998).
• O.A. Lopez, J.M. McKittrick, and L.E. Shea, "Fluorescence properties of polycrystalline Tm³⁺ activated Y₃Al₅O₁₂ and Tm³⁺-Li⁺ co-activated Y₃Al₅O₁₂ in the visible and near IR ranges," J. Lumin., 71 [1] 1-11 (1997).
• G.A. Hirata, J. McKittrick, T. Cheeks, J.M. Siqueiros, J.A. Diaz, O. Contreras, and O.A. Lopez, "Synthesis and optoelectronic characterization of gallium doped zinc oxide transparent electrodes," Thin Solid Films, 288 [1-2] 29-31 (1996).
• L.E. Shea, J.M. McKittrick, O.A. Lopez, and E. Sluzky, "Synthesis of red-emitting, small particle size oxide phosphors using an optimized combustion process," J. Am. Ceram. Soc., 79 [12] 3257-3265 (1996).
• J. McKittrick, B. Hoghooghi, and O.A. Lopez, "Vitrification and crystallization of barium aluminosilicate glass ceramics from zeolite precursors," J. Non-Cryst. Sol., 197 [2-3] 170-178 (1996).