Steven M. Stinnett

Assistant Professor

Department of Physics

McNeese State University

 

Education

Doctor of Philosophy / Physics / August 2000, The University of Alabama / Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Dissertation Topic: High Speed Switching Studies in Magnetic Recording Materials

Master of Science / Physics / May 1999, The University of Alabama / Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Bachelor of Science / Physics / December 1994, Lamar University / Beaumont, Texas

 

Experience

Interim Department Head of Physics, McNeese State University , January 2006 - Present

Assistant Professor of Physics, McNeese State University , August 2004 - Present

Postdoctoral Research Associate, Mississippi State University, August 2002 – June 2004

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, Millsaps College, August 2000 - August 2002

Graduate Research Assistant, MINT Center and the Department of Physics and Astronomy / The University of Alabama May 1995 – August 2000

Professional Affiliations

American Association of Physics Teachers (APS)

American Physical Society (APS)

Advisory Board for ComPADRE Introductory Physics Collection

Student Researchers 

Ajeeta Khatawadi (Spring 2007)

Joshua Sumrall, Alumni Research Award Recipient (Spring 2006).

Publications

In Press

1. "Finite-temperature simulations of hysteresis." M. A. Novotny, S. M. Stinnett, G. Brown, D. Robb, and P. A. Rikvold. In  A volume of Springer Lecture Notes in Physics, edited by D. Shi, B. Aktas, L. Pust, and F. Mikailov (Springer, Berlin, in press). Invited article.

Published

2. "Finite-temperature Micromagnetics of Hysteresis for Misaligned Single Iron Particles." M. A. Novotny, S. M. Stinnett, G. Brown, and P. A. Rikvold. In Nanostructured Magnetic Materials and their Applications 2003, Edited by F. Mikzilov, et al. (Kluwer, Amsterdam, in press). Preprints: FSU-CSIT03-22 and arXiv:cond-mat/0309237. Invited article.

3.  ``Angular Dependence of Switching Properties in Single Fe Nanopillars.'' G. Brown, S. M. Stinnett, M. A. Novotny, and P. A. Rikvold. J. Appl. Phys. 95, 6666-6668 (2004). Reprinted in Virtual Journal of Nanoscience & Technology 9 (June 7, 2004). Preprint: arXiv:cond-mat/0310497.

4. "High speed switching in magnetic recording media,"  W. D. Doyle, S. M. Stinnett, and V. Konovalov, In Magnetic Storage Systems Beyond 2000, p. 425-437, 2001. Invited article.

5. "High speed switching studies of magnetic recording materials," S. M. Stinnett, PhD Dissertation, University of Alabama, August 2000.

6. "The relationship between the intrinsic thermal switching field at 10-9 s and the anisotropy field in magnetic recording media,"  S. M. Stinnett and W. D. Doyle, IEEE Trans. Magn., 36, 2456 (2000).

7. "The relationship between the time-dependent remanent coercivity, magnetic viscosity and irreversible susceptibilty in magnetic recording media,"  S. M. Stinnett, J. W. Harrell, A. F. Khapikov, and W. D. Doyle, IEEE Trans. Magn., 36, 148 (2000). Invited article.

8. "The relationship between high speed switching characteristics and the fluctuation field,"S. M. Stinnett, W. D. Doyle, O. Koshkina, and L. Zhang, J. Appl. Phys., 85, 5009 (1999).

9. “High speed switching measurements in thin film disk media," S. M. Stinnett, W. D. Doyle, P. J. Flanders, and C. Dawson, " IEEE Trans. Magn., 34, 1828 (1998). Invited article.

10. "The effect of particle size on the thermal switching characteristics of metal particle tapes,"  S. M. Stinnett and W. D. Doyle, IEEE Trans. Magn., 34, 1681 (1998).

11. "Magnetization reversal at high speed - an old problem in a new context," W. D. Doyle, S. Stinnett, C. Dawson, and L. He, J. Magn. Soc. Japan, 22, No. 3, 91 (1998). Invited article.

Presentations

1. “Micromagnetic calculations of magnetic reversal in single Fe nanoparticles.” University of Mississippi, March 24, 2004.

2.  "Angular dependence of switching properties in single Fe nanopillars.'' 9th Joint/MMM Intermag Conference, Anaheim, CA, January 2004.

3. "Angular dependence of switching properties in magnetic nanopillars," March Meeting of the American Physical Society, Austin, TX, March 2003.

4. "The relationship between the intrinsic thermal switching field at 10-9 s and the anisotropy field in magnetic recording media," Intermag 2000, Toronto, CA, April 2000.

5. "The relationship between the time-dependent remanent coercivity, magnetic viscosity, and irreversible susceptibilty in magnetic recording media," The Magnetic Recording Conference, University of California at San Diego, San Diego, CA, August 1999.

6. "The relationship between high speed switching characteristics and the fluctuation field," 38th MMM Conference, Miami, FL, November 1998.

7. "The effect of particle size on the thermal switching characteristics of metal particle tapes," 7th Joint MMM/Intermag Conference, San Francisco, CA, January 1998.

 

Contact Information

Office Address:

Department of Physics

PO Box 93140

McNeese State University

Lake Charles, LA 70601

 

Phone: (337) 475 - 5758

Fax: (337) 475 - 3058

E-mail: stinnett@mcneese.edu

 

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