Courtney Hollar

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Department of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering

Courtney Hollar joined the Nanoscale Materials and Device Group and the Mullner Group during Winter Break 2010. She is currently a senior majoring in Mechanical Engineering. Courtney is involved in many community activities, including: Engineers without Borders Club, Society of Women Engineers Club and the Mechanical Engineering Club. As part of the Mechanical Engineering Club, Courtney worked on the Mini-Baja Team. Courtney has been the secretary of Society of Women Engineers Club since 2011. She was also an AVID tutor for students at Riverglen Junior High. Courtney’s research is on evaluating the magnetic properties of NiMnGa using atomic force microscopy and magnetic force microscopy.

Instruments, Techniques and Software

Instruments

Dimension Icon Scanning Probe Microscope
Veeco Dimension 3100 Scanning Probe Microscope
FEI Phenom Desktop Scanning Electron Microscope
Struers LaboPol-5 Polishing Wheel
Vibratory Polisher
Allied TechCut 4 Wafer Saw

Techniques

Atomic Force Microscopy
Magnetic Force Microscopy
Nanomanipulation
Nanoindentation
AFM Sample Preparation
Sample Polishing

Software

Solid Works
EndNote Web
Nanoscope Analysis
Nanoscope 7.3

Publications

C.S. Watson, C. Hollar, K. Anderson, W.B. Knowlton, P. Müllner, Magnetomechanical Four-State Memory, Advanced Functional Materials, DOI: 10.1002/adfm.201203015, published online March 13th, 2013.