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Northwestern University

Ramandeep Mandia, PhD

Postdoctoral Researcher
Materials Science & Engineering
Northwestern University

 

 

Room: AG90, AB Wing, Tech Institute
2145 Sheridan Rd
Evanston IL, 60208 
Email: ramandeep.mandia@northwestern.edu

 

 

Educational Background

Current Postdoctoral Researcher, Northwestern University, USA
2020-2025 Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Arizona State University, USA
2016-2019 M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
2011-2016 Engineer in Corporate Research & Development, Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd., India
2007-2011 B. Tech. in Metallurgical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology - Banaras Hindu University (IIT-BHU), India

 

Research Objectives

 

 Publications and Supported Works

 

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  1. R. Mandia, A. Nandi, D. Cherns, M. Kuball, D.J. Smith, (Pseudo-)symmetry-driven coherent interfaces and texture in epitaxial β-Ga2O3 thin films on (001) diamond, Journal of Applied Crystallography 58 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1107/S1600576725008283.

  2. A. Nandi, R. Mandia, I. Sanyal, X. Ji, X. Zheng, D.J. Smith, D. Cherns, J. Pomeroy, M. Kuball, Adherent β-Ga2O3 thin films on single crystal diamond (001) substrates enabled by (AlxGa1−x)2O3 buffer layers, APL Materials 13 (2025) 071108. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0276605.

  3. R. Mandia, M. Malakoutian, K. Woo, M.A. Roldan, S. Chowdhury, D.J. Smith, Structural and chemical transitions in diamond/dielectric/Si heterostructures, Acta Materialia 292 (2025) 121021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2025.121021.

  4. M. Malakoutian, K. Woo, D. Rich, R. Mandia, X. Zheng, A. Kasperovich, D. Saraswat, R. Soman, Y. Jo, T. Pfeifer, T. Hwang, H. Aller, J. Kim, J. Lyu, J.K. Mabrey, T.A. Rodriguez, J. Pomeroy, P.E. Hopkins, S. Graham, D.J. Smith, S. Mitra, K. Cho, M. Kuball, S. Chowdhury, Lossless Phonon Transition Through GaN-Diamond and Si-Diamond Interfaces, Advanced Electronic Materials (2024) 2400146. https://doi.org/10.1002/aelm.202400146.

  5. K. Woo, M. Malakoutian, Y. Jo, X. Zheng, T. Pfeifer, R. Mandia, T. Hwang, H. Aller, D. Field, A. Kasperovich, D. Saraswat, D. Smith, P. Hopkins, S. Graham, M. Kuball, K. Cho, S. Chowdhury, Interlayer Engineering to Achieve <1 m^2K/GW Thermal Boundary Resistances to Diamond for Effective Device Cooling, in: 2023 International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2023: pp. 1–4. https://doi.org/10.1109/IEDM45741.2023.10413734.

  6. D.H. Mudiyanselage, R. Mandia, D. Wang, J. Adivarahan, Z. He, K. Fu, Y. Zhao, M.R. McCartney, D.J. Smith, H. Fu, Anisotropic electrical properties of NiOx/β-Ga₂O₃ p-n heterojunctions on (2̅01), (001), and (010) crystal orientations, Applied Physics Express 16 (2023) 094002. https://doi.org/10.35848/1882-0786/acf8ad.

  7. R. Mandia, A. Navrotsky, Energetics and structure of the B-type solid solution in the Nd2O3–Y2O3 system, Journal of the American Ceramic Society 105 (2022) 5843–5852. https://doi.org/10.1111/jace.18522.

  8. F.-Z. Mouhib, F. Sheng, R. Mandia, R. Pei, S. Korte-Kerzel, T. Al-Samman, Texture Selection Mechanisms during Recrystallization and Grain Growth of a Magnesium-Erbium-Zinc Alloy, Metals 11 (2021). https://doi.org/10.3390/met11010171.

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