Center for Magnetic Recording Research

Sheldon Schultz Prize

The Sheldon Schultz Prize for Excellence in Graduate Student Research was first presented in May 2003 at the 20th anniversary of the founding of the Center for Magnetic Recording Research. The Prize is named in honor of former CMRR Director, Sheldon Schultz, who skillfully guided the Center from November 1990 through August 2000.

The Schultz Prize is intended to recognize CMRR graduate students who have distinguished themselves through the creativity of their research and the impact of their publications. The selection of the recipient is based upon the recommendation of a committee consisting of CMRR faculty members, with input from selected experts in information storage technology. The award is presented each year at the Spring CMRR Research Review.

Recipients:
Geoffrey Beach - May 2003
Kai-Zhong Gao - May 2003
Brian Kurkoski - June 2004
Marcus Marrow - June 2004
Joseph B. Soriaga - May 2005
Sharon Aviran - May 2006
Ismail Demirkan - May 2006

Maik Duwensee - May 2007

Bart Raeymaekers - May 2007

Ralf Brunner - April 2008

Junsheng Han - April 2008

Zheng Wu - May 2009

If you are interested in making a donation of any amount to the Schultz Prize please make checks payable to "UC San Diego Foundation" with a notation on the check or a brief cover letter designating the contribution for the "Schultz Prize."   You can also submit an online donation   Under select a school, click on Jacobs School of Engineering and under "fund" select "Schultz Prize." Your donation is 100% tax-deductible, and an official acknowledgement of your contribution will be provided to you.

All correspondence pertaining to the Prize can be directed to:

Prof. Paul H. Siegel, Director
CMRR, 0401
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla , CA 92093-0401

Research Interests

The Schultz research group at UCSD is actively involved in the development and implementation of their newly discovered “Left Handed Meta Materials” (see Publication 10 and Patent 2) with entirely new electro-magnetic properties, including the experimental demonstration of a negative index of refraction material (see Publication 7). Other interests include: Photonic Band Gap (PBG) structures (with controlled defects as cavities for high gradient Linear Accelerators), Plasmon resonant nano-particles (PRPs) as optical transducers for biochemical and clinical medical applications (see Patent 1); PRP based Kerr Scanning Near-field Optical Microscopy; sub-micron magnetic particles; Advanced Instrumentation; and microwave spectroscopy (CESR, TESR, dilute-local moments, spin glasses, and superconductors

Biography

M.E. Stevens Institute of Technology (New Jersey), 1954
Ph.D. Columbia University (New York), 1959

Publications

Research Group

CMRR Alumni:

Student Name: Mladen Barbic

Dissertation:Characterization Of Patterned Magnetic Media Prepared Via Nano-Lithography  [Abstract]  [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 2000

Student Name: Eric Boerner *

Dissertation: Simulation of Thermal Decay and Dynamic Relaxation in Ferromagnetic Materials [Abstract]   [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 2000

Student Name: Gang Lin *

Dissertation: Experimental Studies of Nonlinearities, Erasure and Noise in Magnetic Recording Channel [Abstract only]  

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 1994

Student Name: Robert O'Barr

Dissertation: Quantitative Measurements of The Micromagnetic Behavior Of Single-Domain Ferromagnetic Particles  [Abstract]  [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 1997

Student Name: Qingzhi Peng *

Dissertation: Microstructural Dependence of Magnetization Process in Thin Film Recording Media [Abstract]   [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 1997

Student Name: Matt Pufall

Dissertation: Investigation and Development of Magneto-Optical Methods Of Ellipsometry And Vector Magnetometry Of Structures With One And Two Magnetic Layers [Abstract]  [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 2000

Student Name: Craig Salling

Dissertation: Micromagnetization Reversal In Y Fe2o3 Particles

Degree: Ph.D. [Abstract only available]

Year: 1991

Student Name: Gene Sandler  *

Dissertation: Computational Analyses of Magnetization Dynamics in Thin Film Write Heads [Abstract]   [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 1998

Student Name: Thomas Silva

Dissertation: A Scanning Near-Field Optical Microscope With Magneto - Optic Kerr Effect Contrast for the Imaging Of Magnetic Domains With 200 A Resolution [Abstract]  [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year:  1994

Student Name: Joseph Smyth

Dissertation: Hysteresis In Lithographic Permalloy Particles Arrays  [Abstract only available]  

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 1991

Student Name: Xinzhi Xing  *

Dissertation: Noise and Nonlinearities in Digital Magnetic Recording Systems [Abstract]   [PDF  ucsd only]

Degree: Ph.D.

Year: 1998

* Co-Chair Advisor