Gary Halada
    Dr. Gary Halada
Materials Sciences and Engineering
Stony Brook University
Stony Brook, New York

Research Interests:
Environmental Nanotechnology
Surfaces
Electron and Ion spectroscopies
Environmental Molecular Engineering
Infrared and Raman microspectroscopy

ghalada@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
11794-2275
Telephone: 631-632-8526
FAX: 631-632-8052

     

  • Position:

  • Degrees:
    • Ph.D. Materials Science
      SUNY at Stony Brook 1993
    • B.S. Physics, with honors
      SUNY at Stony Brook 1985

  • Associations:

  • Honors:
    • Nominated, Student Organization Advisor Award, Campus Life Awards program, May 2, 2007
    • Honorary Membership, Golden Key International Honor Society, November 17, 2006
    • John Pilkington Memorial Award for Outstanding Service, ICON 24 convention, Stony Brook University, 2005
    • Promising Inventor Award, from the Research Foundation of the State University of New York, 2004
    • Presidential Minigrant Award for Innovative Teaching Projects on Creating a Collaborative Learning Environment for Engineering Design, 1997
    • Eastern Electron Spectroscopy Society, Student Paper Award, Spring Meeting, 1992
    • American Society of Metals, Regional (Long Island) Chapter, Graduate Research Award, 1991
    • SUNY at Stony Brook, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, S. M. Ohr Teaching Award, 1990

  • Conferences and Workshops chaired or organized:
    • Member, International Program Committee, IASTED International Conference on Nanotechnology and Applications (NANA 2008), September 29-Oct. 1st, 2008, Crete, Greece
    • ASEE Middle Atlantic Section Meeting, Stony Brook University, Oct. 28 - 29, 2005
    • "Symposium on State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental MaterialInteractions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year" at 199th Meeting, The Electrochemical Society, Washington, D.C." March 25-30, 2001
    • "Symposium on Interfacial Studies by Synchrotron Techniques" at 202nd Meeting, The Electrochemical Society, Paris, France" April 27-May 2, 2003
    • "Optical Coatings Technology for Manufacturing" January, 1995
    • "ISO 14000: Impact on New York State Manufacturers" April, 1996

  • Advisory roles
    • Member of National Academies Committee for Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap for DOE’s Office of Environmental Management (2007)
    • Advisory committee for development of the 1996 Electronics Industry Environmental Roadmap (developed by the Microeelctronics and Computer Technology Corporation).
    • External evaluator for Engineering Science degree program at Nassau Community College (2007)

  • Current Funding:
    • Lead P.I. on “An Interdisciplinary, Research-intensive Minor in Nanotechnology Studies” Funding Agency: National Science Foundation Award amount: $ 186,000 Period covered: 9/1/07—8/31/09
    • P.I. for Design of Biomimetic materials: Cross-linked and Functionalized Chitosan as Bioinspired Coatings and Engineering Materials Funding agency: Stony Brook University – BNL Seed grant Overall funding: $20,000; 6/1/07 – 5/31/08
    • P.I. on Environmental Management Science Program, Microbial Transformation of Transuranic and Mixed Wastes: Actinide Speciation and Waste Reduction Funding agency: Department of Energy, Basic Energy Sciences $120,000; 12/1/03 - 11/30/06 Collaboration with Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental Sciences Department, on remediation mechanisms for plutonium and other transuranic wastes.
    • Co-P.I. for Joint Stony Brook-BNL Proposal to Create a Center for Environmental Molecular Science (CEMS) Funding agency: National Science Foundation Overall funding: $5,700,000; 10/1/02 - 9/30/07 Collaborative project with Environmental Sciences Department at BNL, and Geosciences,Chemistry, Physics departments and Marine Sciences Research Center at Stony Brook to study the molecular nature of chelation, speciation and other chemical processes affecting the fate and transport of toxic materials in the environment. Co-P.I.'s: Richard Reeder, Martin Schoonen, Brian Phillips (Department of Geosciences (SBU)); Clare Grey, John Parise (Department of Chemistry, SBU); Chris Jacobsen (Department of Physics, SBU); Nicholas Fisher (Marine Sciences Research Center, SBU); James Kubicki (Pennsylvania State University); Daniel Strongin (Temple University); A.J. Francis, Cleveland Dodge, Paul Kalb, Mark Fuhrmann (Department of Environmental Sciences, BNL);
    • "The Math and Science Partnership Program: The MSTP Project: Mathematics across the MST Curriculum $3,069,432; 9/1/03 8/31/08 Funding agency: NSF, through subcontract with Hofstra University Co P.I.'s: T. Liao, J. Daly, D. Ferguson, M. Nearon, T. Bennet
    • Also: Involved in average of 3 to 6 smaller collaborative projects with industry per year (funded partially by the Strategic Partnership for Industrial Research program) in areas of failure analysis, prototype testing, and process research.

  • Courses taught(last 3 years):

  • Teaching interests:
    • Engineering Design
    • Environmental Engineering
    • Nanotechnology
    • Advanced materials and characterization
    • Incorporation of research into undergraduate curriculum
    • Use of Engineering Disasters as a teaching tool
    • Outreach programs for middle and secondary school students and teachers
    • Curriculum design for first year engineering students

    Publications

  • Books and Chapters:
    1. D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) 316 pp.
    2. Gary P. Halada, A Surface Study of the Role of Bipolarity and Intermetallic Bonding in the Mechanism of the Passivation of Nitrogen Alloyed Steel, Ph.D. thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stony Brook University, New York (1993) 350 pp.
    3. Clive R. Clayton, Gary P. Halada and Pelagia Gouma, "Microscopy and Microspectroscopy of Aluminum and Ferrous Alloys and Their Surface Treatments", in Analytical and Mechanical Characterization of Aluminum and its Alloys, George E. Totten and D. Scott MacKenzie, editors, Marcel Dekker, Inc., New York, 2005
    4. Gary P. Halada and Clive R. Clayton, The Intersection of Design, Manufacturing and Surface Engineering, in Handbook of Environmental Degradation of Materials, Myer Kutz, editor, John Wiley and Sons, New York, 2005
  • Review Papers:
    1. 1. Gary P. Halada, Complementary Spectroscopic Techniques to Model the Association of Contaminant Uranium with Structural Surfaces, accepted for publication in the Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena
    2. Clive R. Clayton and Gary P. Halada, The Application of Laboratory and Synchrotron-based Spectroscopic Techniques to the Study of Passive Films and Corrosion Protective Layers, Zairyo-To-Kankyo (Corrosion Engineering), Vol. 50, pp. 364-372, (2001).
  • Journal Papers:
    1. Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada, Lisa M. Miller and Miriam Rafailovich, Examination of the interactions of oppositely charged proteins in gels, Langmuir; 23(4) pp 2021 – 2029 (2007)
    2. Donald F. Roeper, Devicharan Chidambaram, Clive R. Clayton, Gary P. Halada and J. Derek Demaree, Development of an environmentally friendly protective coating for the depleted uranium–0.75 wt% titanium alloy Part III: Surface analysis of the coating, Electrochimica Acta Volume 51, Issue 19 , 20 May 2006, Pages 3895-3903
    3. D. Chidambaram and C. R. Clayton, The Role of Hexafluorozirconate in the Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings on Aluminum Alloys, Electrochimica Acta, vol. 51, 2862-2871 (2006)
    4. Roeper, Donald F.; Chidambaram, Devicharan; Clayton, Clive R.; Halada, Gary P. Development of an environmentally friendly protective coating for the depleted uranium-0.75wt.% titanium alloy. Part II: Coating formation and evaluation Electrochimica Acta (2005), 51(3), 545-552.
    5. A.J. Francis, C.J. Dodge, J.A. McDonald and G.P. Halada, Decontamination of Uranium-Contaminated Surfaces by Hydroxycarboxylic Acid with Uranium Recovery, Env. Sci. Technol., vol. 39, pp. 5015-5021 (2005).
    6. 7. Roeper, Donald F.; Chidambaram, Devicharan; Clayton, Clive R.; Halada, Gary P.. Development of an environmentally friendly protective coating for the depleted uranium-0.75wt.% titanium alloy. Part 1. Surface morphology and electrochemistry. Electrochimica Acta (2005), 50(18), 3622-3633.
    7. Lionel T. Keene, Thomas Fiero, Clive R. Clayton, Gary P. Halada, David Cardoza and Tom Weinacht, On the Use of Femtosecond Laser Ablation to Facilitate Spectroscopic Depth Profiling of heterogeneous Polymeric Coatings, Polymer Degradation and Stability, vol. 89, pp. 393-409 (2005)
    8. Lionel T. Keene, Gary P. Halada and Clive R. Clayton, Failure of navy Coatings Systems 1: Chemical Depth Profiling of Artificially and Naturally Weathered High-Solids Aliphatic Poly(ester-urethane) Military Coating Systems, Progress in organic Coatings, vol. 52, pp. 173-186 (2005)
    9. Lionel T. Keene, M. Jaime Vasquez, Clive R. Clayton and Gary P. Halada, Failure of Navy Coatings Systems 2: Failure Pathways of Artificially Weathered Navy Coating Systems Applied to Chromate Conversion Coated AA2024-T3 Substrates, Progress in Organic Coatings, vol. 52, pp. 187-195 (2005)
    10. Eng, C.W.; G.P. Halada; A.J. Francis; and C.J. Dodge., Spectroscopic study of decontaminated corroded carbon steel surfaces Surface and Interface Analysis, vol. 36, pp. 1516-1522 (2004)
    11. D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, M. W. Kendig and G. P. Halada, Surface Pretreatments of Aluminum Alloy AA2024-T3 and Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings Composition and Electrochemical Behavior of the Chromate Conversion Coating. Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 151 (11), pp. B613-B620 (2004)
    12. D. Chidambaram, C. R. Clayton, G. P. Halada and M. W. Kendig, Surface Pretreatments of Aluminum Alloy AA2024-T3 and Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings Composition and Electrochemical Behavior of the Oxide Film, Journal of The Electrochemical Society, vol. 151(11), pp. B605-B612 (2004)
    13. D. Chidambaram and C. R. Clayton, The Role of Fluoride Compounds in the Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings on Aluminum Alloys, in Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention of Low Density Metals and Alloys - II, 204th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, R.G. Bucheit, R.G. Kelly, B.A. Shaw, N. Missert, Eds., The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, NJ, PV2003-23, p. 203 (2004).
    14. D. Chidambaram, G. P. Halada, and C. R. Clayton, Spectroscopic Elucidation of the Repassivation of Active Sites on Aluminum by Chromate Conversion Coating, Electrochemical and Solid State Letters, 7 (no. 9) pp. B31-B33 (2004).
    15. M. Jaime Vasquez, G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton and P.I. Gouma, Fabrication of Nanostructured Al2CuMg Thin Film by Femtosecond Pulsed Laser Ablation, Thin Solid Films, vol. 458, pp. 37-42 (2004).
    16. Devicharan Chidambaram, C.R. Clayton and G.P. Halada, Interactions of the Components of Chromate Conversion Coating with the Constituents of Aluminum Alloy AA2024-T3, , Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 151, no. 3, pp. B151-B159 (2004).
    17. Devicharan Chidambaram, Gary P. Halada and Clive R. Clayton, Synchrotron Radiation Based Grazing Angle Infrared Spectroscopy of Chromate Conversion Coatings Formed on Aluminum Alloys, , Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 151, no. 3, pp. B160-B164 (2004).
    18. Devicharan Chidambaram, C.R. Clayton and G.P. Halada, A Duplex Mechanism-Based Model for the Interaction Between Chromate Ions and the Hydrated Oxide Film on Aluminum Alloys, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 150, no. 5, pp. B224-B237 (2003).
    19. C.W. Eng, G.P. Halada, A.J. Francis, C.J. Dodge and J.B. Gillow, Uranium Association with Corroding Carbon Steel Surfaces , Surface and Interface Analysis, vol. 35, no. 6, pp. 525-535 (2003).
    20. Devicharan Chidambaram, M. Jaime Vasquez, Gary P. Halada and Clive R. Clayton, Studies on the Repassivation Behavior of Aluminum and Aluminum Alloy Exposed to Chromate Solution, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 35, pp. 22697230 (2003).
    21. M. Jaime Vasquez, G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, The Application of Synchrotron-Based Spectroscopic Techniques to the Study of Chromate Conversion Coatings, Electrochimica Acta, Vol. 47, no. 19, pp. 3105-3115 (2002).
    22. M. Jaime Vasquez, J.R. Kearns, G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, Spatially resolved Microchemical Analysis of Chromate Conversion Coated Aluminum Alloy AA2024-T3, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 33, no. 10/11, pp. 796-806 (2002).
    23. M. Jaime Vasquez, Gary P. Halada and Clive R. Clayton, On the Nature of the Chromate Conversion Coating Formed on Intermetallic Constituents of AA2024-T3, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 33, no.7, pp. 607-616 (2002).
    24. C.J. Dodge, A.J. Francis, J.B. Gillow, G.P. Halada, C.W. Eng and C.R. Clayton, Association of Uranium with Iron Oxides Typically Formed on Corroding Steel Surfaces, Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 36, no. 16, pp.3504-3511 (2002).
    25. S.V. Kagwade, C.R. Clayton and G.P. Halada, On the Causes and Prevention of Photochemical Reduction of Hexavalent Chromium During X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 442-447 (2001).
    26. R. Goswami, H. Herman, S. Sampath, X. Jiang, Y. Tian and G. Halada, Plasma Sprayed Mo-Mo Oxide Nanocomposites: Synthesis and Characterization, Surface and Coatings Technology, Vol. 141, no. 2, pp. 220-226 (2001).
    27. Sanjay V. Kagwade, Clive R. Clayton, Devicharan Chidambaram and Gary P. Halada, Photochemical Breakdown of Acetone on Copper, Electrochimica Acta,Vol. 46, no. 15, pp. 2337-2342 (2001).
    28. Devicharan Chidambaram and Gary P. Halada, Infrared Microspectroscopic Studies on the Pitting of AA2024-T3 Induced by Acetone Degreasing, Surface and Interface Analysis, Vol. 31, no. 11, pp. 1056-1059 (2001).
    29. Devicharan Chidambaram, Gary P. Halada and Clive R. Clayton, Development of a Technique to Prevent Radiation Damage of Chromate Conversion Coatings During X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Analysis, Applied Surface Science, Vol. 181, no. 3-4, pp. 283-295 (2001).
    30. L.C. Wang, G.P. Halada, R.J. Gambino, A. Hayes and S DiStefano, Radio Frequency Ion Beam Deposition of Diamond-Like Carbon for Sliders and Heads, Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 79, no. 8, pp. 5776-5778 (1996).
    31. G.P. Halada, D. Kim and C.R. Clayton, The Influence of Nitrogen on the Electrochemical Passivation of High Ni Stainless Steels and Thin Mo-Ni Films, Corrosion (Houston), Vol. 52, no.1, pp. 36-46 (1996).
    32. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada and J.R. Kearns, Passivity of High Nitrogen Stainless Alloys: The Role of Metal Oxyanions and Salt Films, Materials Science and Engineering A, Vol. A198, no. 1-2, pp. 135-144 (1995).
    33. R. Tiwari, S. Sampath, B. Gedmundson, H. Herman, G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, Microstructure and Tensile Properties of L12-Type Ni-Cr-Al Alloy Prepared by Vacuum Plasma Spray Forming, Scripta Metallurgica et Materialia, Vol. 33, no. 7, pp. 1159-1162 (1995).
    34. G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton, H. Herman, R. Tiwari and S. Sampath, An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopic Study of the Passive Film Formed on Pure Mo and MoSi2 in 4M HCl, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 142, no. 1, pp. 74-81 (1995).
    35. A.J. Francis, C. J. Dodge, F. Lu, G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, XPS and XANES Studies of Uranium Reduction by Chlostridium sp., Environmental Science and Technology, Vol. 28, no. 4, pp.636-639 (1994).
    36. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, J. R. Kearns, J.B. Gillow and A.J. Francis, Spectroscopic Study of Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria-Metal Ion Interactions Related to Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion (MIC), ASTM Special Technical Publication, STP 1232, pp. 141-152 (1994).
    37. G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, Comparison of Mo-N and W-N Synergism During Passivation of Stainless Steel through X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Electrochemical Analysis, Journal of Vacuum Science Technology A, Vol. 11, no. 4, pp.2342-2347 (1993).
    38. J.R. Kearns, C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, J.B. Gillow and A.J. Francis, The Application of XPS to the Study of Microbiologically Induced Corrosion, Materials Performance, Vol. 31, no. 10, pp. 48-51 (1992).
    39. G. Halada and C.R. Clayton, Photoreduction of Hexavalent Chromium During XPS Analysis of Electrochemical and Thermal Films, Journal of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 138, no. 10, pp. 2921-2926 (1991).
    40. G. Halada, C.R. Clayton and D.H. Lindsley, Evidence of Photoreduction in Thermal Oxides Formed on Chromium, Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. A103, no. 2, pp. L5-7 (1988).
  • Refereed Conference Papers:
    1. G. P. Halada, Samrat Chawda, J. Mawyin, R.J. Tonucci, A.H. Mahan, C.M. Fortmann, Advances in Amorphous Silicon Integrated Photonics Science and Technology, Paper A9.1, MRS
    2. Gary P. Halada, Designs, Disasters and Demonstrations: A Research-Oriented Approach to a Freshman Course in Engineering Science, Proceedings of the Fall 2003 American Society for Engineering Education Middle Atlantic Section Conference, American Society for Engineering Education
    3. Lionel Keene, C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, K. Kovaleski, D. Dumsha, S. McKnight and W. Kosik, Investigation of Pitting Phenomena Beneath Multi-Layer Polymeric Coatings, in Corrosion and Corrosion Protection, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-22, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 565-572.
    4. Marvin J. Vasquez, Clive R. Clayton and Gary P. Halada, Composition of Chromate Conversion Coatings Formed on Multi-Layered Thin Films of AA2024-T3 Matrix and Al2Cu, Al2CuMg and Al20Cu2(MnFe)3, in Corrosion and Corrosion Protection, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-22, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 444-451.
    5. Devicharan Chidambaram, Clive R. Clayton and Gary P. Halada, Studies on the Repassivation Behavior of Aluminum Exposed to Dichromate Solution, in State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-5 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 282-289.
    6. M.J. Vasquez, G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton and J.P. Longtin, Study of the Structure and Formation of Chromate Conversion Coatings on Thin Films of Copper-Containing Intermetallic Constituents in AA2024-T3, in State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-5 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 261-270.
    7. Devicharan Chidambaram, Clive R. Clayton, Gary P. Halada and Jeffery R. Kearns, Effect of Surface Pretreatments on Chromate Conversion Coatings, in State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-5 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 240-250.
    8. Lionel Keene, C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, S. McKnight and W. Kosik, Novel Techniques for the Investigation of Long-Term Photodegradation of Multi-Layer Polymer Coatings, in State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-5 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 197-206.
    9. Clive R. Clayton and Gary P. Halada, An XPS Study of the Surface Modification of Passive Films by Microbes, in State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2001-5 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 102-112.
    10. G. Halada and C. Clayton, Applications of Synchrotron Infrared Microspectroscopy (SIRMS) to Corrosion, Contamination and Coatings, in State-of-the-Art Application of Surface and Interface Analysis Methods to Environmental Material Interactions: In Honor of James E. Castle's 65th Year, D. Baer, C.R. Clayton, G. Davis and G. Halada (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 149-162.
    11. M.J. Vazquez, G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton, J.P. Longtin, Composition of Surface Treated Thin Film Analogs of Intermetallic Constituents in AA2024-T3, in Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention of Low Density Metals and Alloys, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2000-23, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 57-68.
    12. D. Chidambaram, C.R. Clayton and G.P. Halada, On the Electrochemical Behavior of Dichromate and Molybdate Treated Intermetallic Particles Present in AA2024-T3, in Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention of Low Density Metals and Alloys, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2000-23, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 69-78.
    13. M.J. Vazquez, G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton and J.P. Longtin, Effects of Aging on Chromate Conversion Coatings Formed on AA2024-T3 and Some Intermetallic Constituents, in Corrosion and Corrosion Prevention of Low Density Metals and Alloys Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 2000-23, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2001) pp. 101-113.
    14. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, M.J. Vasquez, J.R. Kearns, D. Chidambaram and R.D. Granata, Hydrophobicity and Structural Stability During Aging of Chromate Conversion Coatings on Al Alloys, in Passivity and Localized Corrosion, M. Seo, B. MacDougall, H. Takahashi and R.G. Kelly (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 99-27, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2000) pp. 290-299.
    15. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, D. Chidambaram and M.J. Vasquez, On the Bipolar Mechanism for Chromate-Induced Repassivation of Active Sites on Chromate Conversion Coated Aluminum Alloys, in Passivity and Localized Corrosion, M. Seo, B. MacDougall, H. Takahashi and R.G. Kelly (editors), Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 99-27, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 2000) pp. 249-258.
    16. Costas G. Fountzoulas, Jack V. Kelley and Gary P. Halada, An Electrochemical Impedance Evaluation and Laser Irradiation Effects on the Electronic Structure of Silicon-Containing Diamond-Like Carbon Coating, in Amorphous and Nanostructured Carbon, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 593, pp. 445-450 (2000).
    17. J.D. Demaree, W.E. Kosik, C.R. Clayton and G.P. Halada, Effects of Nitrogen on the Electrochemical Passivation of Metal Nitride Coatings Produced by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition, in Surface Engineering in Materials Science I, Proceedings of a Symposium during the TMS Annual Meeting, Nashville, Tennessee, March 12-16, 2000, pp. 335-345 (2000).
    18. C.R. Clayton, M.E. Monserrat, G.P. Halada, C.G. Fountzoulas and J.K. Hirvonen, Effect of the Evaporation Temperature of an Organic Precursor on the Properties of Silicon Containing Diamond-Like Carbon (Si-DLC) Coatings synthesized by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition (IBAD), in Ion Implantation Technology-98, Proceedings of the XII International Conference on Ion Implantation Technology, Kyoto, Japan, 1998, J. Matsuo, G. Takaoka and I. Yamada (editors), (IEEE, Piscataway, New Jersey, 1999) pp. 885-888.
    19. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada and S.V. Kagwade, Photochemical Reaction of Organics on Copper and Copper-Containing Aluminum Alloys and Constituent Intermetallic Particles, in Critical Factors in Localized Corrosion III - Jerome Kruger 70th Birthday Symposium, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 98-17, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1999) pp. 223-233.
    20. G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton, M.J. Vasquez, J.R. Kearns, M.W. Kendig, S.L. Jeanjaquet, G.G. Peterson and G. Shea-McCarthy, Spatially Resolved Microchemical Analysis of Chromate Conversion Coated Aluminum Alloys and Constituent Intermetallic Particles, in Critical Factors in Localized Corrosion III - Jerome Kruger 70th Birthday Symposium, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 98-17, (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1999) pp. 139-154.
    21. J.D. Demaree, C.G. Fountzoulas, C.W. Hubbard, C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada and M.E. Monserrat, Synthesis of Hard Nitride Coatings by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition, in Atomistic Mechanisms in Beam Synthesis and Irradiation of Materials, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 504 (1999) pp. 271-276.
    22. G.P. Halada, M.E. Monserrat, C.R. Clayton and J.D. Demaree, A Surface Analytical Study of the Role of Nitrogen in Oxyanion Formation and Incorporation During Aqueous Corrosion of Nitride Surfaces, in Passivity and its Breakdown, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 97-26 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1998) pp. 357-368.
    23. G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton, M.E. Monserrat and J.D. Demaree, An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Role of Nitrogen in Oxyanion Formation During Aqueous Corrosion of Molybdenum and Chromium Nitrides, in Advances in Coatings Technologies for Surface Engineering II, Clive R. Clayton, James K. Hirvonen and Arun R. Srivatsa (editors), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Advanced Coatings Technologies Surface Engineering Proceedings Symposium, (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 1997), pp. 339-351.
    24. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, M.E. Monserrat, S.V. Kagwade, J. Di, T. Tamagawa, A.R. Srivatsa and B.L. Halpern, A Study of the Passivation Mechanism in Highly Corrosion Resistant "Stainless Steel" Alloy Coatings Formed Using the JVDTM Process, in Advances in Coatings Technologies for Surface Engineering II, Clive R. Clayton, James K. Hirvonen and Arun R. Srivatsa (editors), Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Advanced Coatings Technologies Surface Engineering Proceedings Symposium, (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 1997), pp. 353-364.
    25. A.R. Srivatsa, T. Tarnagawa, Y. Di, B. Halpern, J.J. Schmidt, M. Monserrat, C.R. Clayton and G.P. Halada, Corrosion Resistant "Stainless Steel" Alloy Coatings Using the Jet Vapor Deposition Process, in Surface Modification Technologies IX, Proceedings of the 9th International Conference, T.S. Sudarshan, Wayne Reitz, and Jack L. Stiglich (editors), (The Minerals, Metals and Materials Society, Warrendale, Pennsylvania, 1996) pp. 167-175.
    26. A.F. Hmiel, Y. Bauer, V. Leikus, H. Rodriguez, G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, Multipole rf Switch Contact Resistance Interference: An Industrial Application of Surface Analysis, in Proceedings of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society Symposium on Advanced Coatings, Las Vegas, Nevada (1995).
    27. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada and J.R. Kearns, Passivity of High Nitrogen Stainless Steels: The Formation and Role of Prepassive Ultra-Thin Films, Proceedings of the U.S.-Japan Seminar on Passivity, Timberline Lodge, Mt. Hood, Oregon, 1994, R. Latanison and K. Hashimoto (editors) (1995) pp. 87-96.
    28. C.R. Clayton, G.P. Halada, J.R. Kearns, J. Gillow and A.J. Francis, Spectroscopic Study of Sulfate Reducing Bacteria-Metal Ion Interactions Related to Microbially Influenced Corrosion, in Microbiologically Influenced Corrosion Testing, Brenda Little and Jeffrey R. Kearns (editors), ASTM, STP 1232, (1994) pp. 150-165.
    29. G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, The Effect of Surface Nitriding on the Passivation of Mo-Ni Thin Films, in Corrosion, Electrochemistry and Catalysis of Metastable Materials and Intermetallics, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 93-30, C.R. Clayton and K. Hashimoto (editors), (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1993) pp. 157-180.
    30. G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton, H. Herman, S. Sampath and R. Tiwari, An X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Study of the Passive Film Formed on Pure Mo and MoSi2 in 4M HCl, in Corrosion, Electrochemistry and Catalysis of Metastable Materials and Intermetallics, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 93-30, C.R. Clayton and K. Hashimoto (editors), (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1993) pp. 263-283.
    31. Cleveland J. Dodge, A.J. Francis, F. Lu, G.P. Halada, S.V. Kagwade and C.R. Clayton, Speciation of Uranium After Microbial Action by XANES and XPS, in Applications of Synchrotron Radiation Techniques to Materials Science, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings, Vol. 307, D.L. Perry, N.D. Shinn, R.L. Stockbauer, K. L. D'Amico and L.J. Terminello (editors), (Materials Research Society, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1993) pp. 89-93.
    32. G.P. Halada, C.R. Clayton, H.S. Isaacs and A.J. Davenport, XANES and XPS Studies of the Reduction of Ammonium Paramolybdate, in X-ray Methods in Corrosion and Interfacial Electrochemistry, Proceedings of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 92-1, A. Davenport and J.G. Gordon II (editors), (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1991) pp. 337-347.
    33. G.P. Halada and C.R. Clayton, Underestimation by XPS of Hexavalent Chromium Species Incorporated into Corrosion Product Layers, Proceedings of the Symposium on Application of Surface Analysis Methods to Environmental/Material Interactions, 178th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society, Vol. 91-7 (The Electrochemical Society, Pennington, New Jersey, 1990) pp. 99-115.
  • Recent abstracts:
  • “Comparison of electrospun and non-electrospun oxidized cellulose and chitosan fibrous mats serving as matrices for adsorption of heavy metal ions”, Dong Han, Gary P. Halada, Brian Spalding and Scott C. Brooks, abstract ENVR 208, 234th National American Chemical Society meeting, August 19th-24th, 2007, Boston, MA
  • “Combined spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis of Uranium-Organic interactions”, P. Jha, Gary Halada, J. Kubicki, and A. Ceballos, abstract NUCL 139, 234th National American Chemical Society meeting, August 19th-24th, 2007, Boston, MA
  • “Examination of interaction of FITC tagged and untagged albumin with poly-L-lysine of varying sizes” - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich – MRS 2007, Boston.
  • “Protein Fingerprinting Using Flat-Surface Electrophoresis”- poster - Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich – MRS 2007, Boston.
  • “A light scattering study of interactions of oppositely charged proteins in solution” Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada and Miriam Rafailovich MRS 2007, Boston.
  • “Electrostatic field calculations for electrophoresis using surfaces” (poster) Perumal Ramasamy, M. Raafat El-Maghrabi, Gary Halada, MRS 2007, Boston.
  • P. Jha, Gary P. Halada, B. Phillips, J. D. Kubicki and A. Ceballos (undergraduate), Complexation and polymerization: interactions of uranium with organic molecules, abstract NUCL 119, Symposium on Understanding Radionuclide Transport in the Environment: Remediation, Nuclear Waste Disposal, and Long-term Stewardship, Division of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007
  • Gary P. Halada, Michael Cuiffo, A. J. Francis, and Cleveland J. Dodge, Effect of uranium complexation on aging of iron oxyhydroxides, abstract ENVR 43 (also extended abstract published), Symposium on Abotic and Biotic Factors Affecting Contaminant Transformation at Iron Oxide Surfaces, Division of Environmental Chemistry, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007
  • Gary P. Halada, A freshman course linking biomimetic engineering and biodiversity, abstract CHED 149, Division of Chemical Education, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007
  • Dong Han, Gary P. Halada, , and James Kubicki, Oxidized cellulose fibers used for metal chelation, abstract CELL 13, Symposium on Model Cellulose Surfaces, Division of Cellulose & Renewable Materials, The 233rd ACS National Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 25-29, 2007
  • Perumal Ramasamy and Gary Halada "A dynamical light scattering study of interactions of oppositely charged proteins in solution." ID: 271118 abstract submitted to for Materials Research Society 2006, Boston for poster presentation.
  • P. Jha, G. Halada and B. Phillips, Effect of Uranyl on Organic Polymerization, CEMS Fall 2006 Graduate Student Conference and the CEMS Fall Meeting, Center for Environmental Molecular Science, Stony Brook University, November 2-3, 2006
  • D. Han, G. Halada and J. Kubicki, Cellulose Degradation Products used as Matrices for Uranium Remediation, CEMS Fall 2006 Graduate Student Conference and the CEMS Fall Meeting, Center for Environmental Molecular Science, Stony Brook University, November 2-3, 2006
  • Brian Albert (undergraduate), Gary Halada, Miriam Rafailovich, John Jerome, Synthesis and Measurement of Catalytic Thin Films Exposed to Supercritical Carbon Dioxide for PEM Fuel cells, 2005 Simons Summer Research Program symposium (2006)


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