Abebe Kebede

Associate Professor

NC A&T State University

Physics Department

Contact Information:
1601 East Market Street
Greensboro, NC 27411
(336) 285-2113
abkebede@gmail.com

Education
Addis Ababa University	BSc	1982	Physics/Mathematics
Temple University	MA	1986	Physics
Temple University	PhD	1990	Physics

Positions & Employment
1998-present	Associate Professor, NC A&T State University
1992-1998	Assistant Professor, NC A&T State University
1990-1992	Visiting Assistant Professor, Temple University

Research Interests

Physics of Materials and Space Science Education

Publications

Structural and flux-pinning properties of laser ablated YBCO thin films: effects of self-assembled CeO2 nanodots on LaAlO3 substrates; Talisha Haywood, Sang Ho Oh, Abebe Kebede, Devdas M. Pai, Jag Sankar, David K. Christen, Stephen J. Pennycook and Dhananjay Kumar, Physica C Superconductivity V.468,23, P2313-2316, 2008

Pulsed Laser Assisted Processing And Properties Of Multifunctional Nanostructured Materials, D. Kumar, Alok Gupta, M. Varela, A. Gapud, C. Cantoni, S.K.Viswanthan, A. Paige, J.T. Abiade1, D.K. Christen1, S.J. Pennycook, T. Haywood, and A. Kebede International Conference on Computational Experimental Engineering and Sciences (ICCES-05), December 1-6, Chenai, India

151Eu and 57Fe Mössbauer study of mechanically alloyed EuFeO3. (Accepted for publication Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 2005)

Structural Studies and Fermiology in NbSe3 under Uniaxial Stress G.X. Tessema, M.J. Skove and A. Kebede (NHMFL Report, 2004)

Evidence of Ferrimagnetic Ordering in FeMnO3 produced by Mechanical Alloying, D. Seifu, A. Kebede, F. W. Oliver, E. Hoffman, E. Hammond, C. Wynter, A. Aning, L/ Takacs, I-.L. Siu, J.C. Walker, G. Tessema, M.S. Seehra, Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials, 212 (2000) 178-18

Structural Studies and Fermiology in NbSe3 under Uniaxial Stress G.X. Tessema, M.J. Skove and A. Kebede (NHMFL Report, 2004)

Grants Awarded (past 7 yrs.)

NIRT: Science and technology of self-assembled magnetic and superconducting Nano-arrays funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)

Capacity Building Partnership for Research and Education in Space Science funded by NASA

International Heliophysical Year-Africa Workshop 

SCINDA2007 Workshop Addis Ababa Ethiopia funded by National Science Foundation (NSF)

US Air Force

Research Mentoring

Served as a committee member for several MS and PhD students.

Professional Memberships

American Physics Society. (Life Member)
Ethiopian Physical Society (Founder and Member)
African Physical Society (Founder and Member)
African Scientific and Academic Network (Moderator)

Synergistic Activities or Collaborations

Reviewer of Physical Review Letters and Physical Review B (on going)
Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation (on going)
Proposal Reviewer, United States Civilian Research and Development Foundation (on going)
UNC System-wide Undergraduate Research Consortium liaison (on going).
American Physical Society Committee on Minorities in Physics: Minority Speakers List. (on going)
Developed the African Scientific Network (http://hoth.ncat.edu/~michael/asn)
Developed the African Biotechnology Forum (the only forum in the World) (http://hoth.ncat.edu//~michael/biotech)
Developed the African Journal of Physics
Physics in Africa and International Affairs: Session organizer at National Society of Black Physicists and National Conference of Black Physics Student Joint Conference, March 13-17, 2002 Alabama A&M University, Huntsville AL
Physics for Development, Africa Focus session chair, American Physical Society, March 2003 Meeting, Austin Texas
Physics for Development, Africa Focus session chair, American Physical Society, March 2009 Meeting, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Existing Institution Research Laboratory or Research Center

Physics of Materials Research - Material synthesis and Characterization
Number of participants - 3 (this is variable)
Role of Professor Kebede - Principal investigator

For more information about the Faculty and Student Team program, contact:

Noel Blackburn
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Building 438, PO Box 5000
Upton, New York 11973-5000
(631) 344-2890
(631) 344-5832 fax