Thomas Scharf

Materials Science and Engineering

Professor

Discovery Park E117

About

Ph. D., 2000, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama, advisor John A. Barnard
“Growth, Structure, and Mechanical Wear Strength of Ultra-Thin Ion Beam and Sputter Deposited Hard Coatings”
M.S., 1997, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, The University of Alabama,
“Structural, Tribo-Mechanical, and Thermal Characterization of Sputtered Diamond-Like Carbon and Nitrogenated Diamond-Like Carbon Thin Films”
B. S., 1994, Ceramic Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
”The Effects of Oxidation on the Strength Behavior of a-SiC Fibers” under Dr. Richard E. Tressler.

Physical and chemical vapor deposition of ceramic and metallic thin films for moving mechanical assemblies
Atomic layer deposition of nanocrystalline solid lubricant thin films for rolling element bearings
Micro- & Nano-Tribology studies of solid lubricants and hard coatings
MEMS materials and tribology
In-situ chemical diagnostic tribology of dry and lubricated contacts using Raman spectroscopy and optical techniques
Interfacial studies of surface engineered thin films using FIB/FESEM and HRSTEM

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05/2014-Present Professor, University of North Texas, Materials Science &Engineering
12/2018-Present Joint Faculty Appointee, U.S. Army Research Laboratory, Impact Physics Branch, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD
05/2010-05/2014 Associate Professor, University of North Texas, Materials Science &Engineering
09/2005-05/2010 Assistant Professor, University of North Texas, Materials Science & Engineering
06/2003-9/2005 Member of the Technical Staff, Microsystems Materials, Tribology, and Technology, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM.

American Ceramic Society (ACerS)
Microanalysis Society (MAS)
American Vacuum Society (AVS)
Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers (STLE), Board of Directors STLE