JAMES A. BAIN

Dept. of Electrical and Computer Engineering • Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh PA 15213 • Ph. (412) 268-3602 • FAX (412) 268-9687
email: jbain@cmu.edu • Web: http://www.ece.cmu.edu/~jbain

EDUCATION

• Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, June 1993.
• Thesis: Structural Characterization of Thin Metallic Films and Multilayers Using X-ray Diffraction.
• M.S. in Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, June 1991.
• B.S. cum laude in Materials Science and Engineering, University of Pennsylvania, June 1988.

WORK HISTORY (U.S. CITIZEN)

• Professor with Tenure: July 2005 – Present. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Associate Director, Data Storage Systems Center: April 2005 – Present. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Associate Professor: July 2002 – July 2005. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Senior Research Scientist: July 2001 – July 2002. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Research Scientist: July 1995 – June 2001. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
• Postdoctoral Research Associate: May 1993 – July 1995. Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
• Research Assistant: September 1988 – May 1993. Stanford University, Stanford, CA.
• Product Support Engineer: May 1988 – September 1988. Advanced Drivetrain Co., Jamestown, NY.
• Undergraduate Researcher: June 1987 – June 1988. The University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

• Editorial board, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2001-present
• National Research Council Board on Assessment of NIST, 2004-2008
• University Laser Safety Committee, 2010-present
• University Radiation Safety Committee: 1999-2009, vice-chair 2001, chair 2002
• Referee:
• J. Appl. Phys, Appl. Phys Lett., Phys. Rev. Lett., IEEE Trans. Mag., MRS Symp. Proc.,
• Dutch Technology Foundation, JMEMS
• Member: IEEE Magnetics Society
• Member: IEEE Electron Devices Society
• Session Chair, The Magnetic Recording Conference, July 2008, Singapore
• Session Chair, Intermag, May 2008, Madrid, Spain
• MORIS Workshop 2007, Steering Committee Chair, Sep 2007, Pittsburgh PA
• Session Chair, 10 Joint Intermag/MMM, Jan 2007, Tampa FL.
• Co-organizer, International Probe Storage Workshop, Nov 2006
• Program Co-Chair: The Magnetic Recording Conference, 2005 Pittsburgh PA
• Technical Program Committee, 3rd Int’l Probe Storage Workshop, Zurich, March 2005
• Sigma Xi Membership Secretary, Carnegie Mellon Chapter, 2003 – 2005
• Publications Chair, Intermag 2004, Anaheim CA
• Technical Program Committee, 2nd Int’l Probe Storage Workshop, Pittsburgh, PA, Nov 2002
• Co-organizer, Connexions Probe Storage Workshop, Twente, Netherlands, May, 2002
• Co-Editor, Proceedings of Intermag 2002
• Scientific Program Committee, Intermag 2002
• NSIC Tape Roadmap Heads Technology Team, 2001
• Session chair, Joint Intermag/MMM 2001, conference, San Antonio, TX, Jan 2001
• Graduate Education Committee Dept of ECE, CMU 1996-1999
• Undergraduate Studies Committee, Dept of ECE, CMU: 1999-2001
• Facilities Committee, Dept of ECE, CMU 1999-2000
• Leader Heads Recording Activity: DSSC, CMU (2002-present)
• Leader Tape Recording Thrust: DSSC, CMU (1995-2001)
• NSIC Tape Roadmap Executive Committee, 1997-1998
• Co-organizer, MRS Symposium L: Materials for Data Storage, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 1998 (1997-1998)
• Poster Session Chair, TMRC’ 95, Pittsburgh PA 1995.

AWARDS

• NSIC “Ironman” Award (Service Award) 2001-2002
• National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship
• IBM Graduate Fellowship
• National Merit Scholarship

RESEARCH INTERESTS:

• Thin Film Materials
• Nanoscale Energy Delivery
• Electronic/Magnetic Device Processing
• Recording Physics

RESEARCH FUNDING:

AWARDED TO DATE
“Nanoscale Thermometry of Oxide RRAM”, PI: M. Skowronski, Co-PI: J.A. Bain, SRC, $300,000, (January 2012 – September 2014).
“Memristive Materials and Devices”, PI: M. Skowronski, Co-PIs: J.A. Bain and P. Salvador, Air Force, $639,927, (October 2010 – December 2013).
“Engineering Research Center in Memory Intensive Self-Configuring Integrated Circuits”, PI: T.E. Schlesinger, Co-PI: J.A. Bain, SPAWAR, $463,442, (June 2010 – June 2011).
“STTR Phase II: Tunable RF Front Ends for Wireless Devices”, PI: J.A. Bain, CarleyTech, $152,373, (April 2010 – March 2012).
“GOALI: Accelerating Adoption of Magnetic MEMS Technology”, PI: T. Mukherjee, Co-PI: J.A. Bain, $120,000, (June 2010 – May 2011).
“Investigation of Nanoscale Spin Dynamics with Scanning Probes”, PI: J.A. Bain, Co-PI: S. Majetich, NSF $377,573, (September 2009 – August 2012).
“Tip-Directed Field Emission Assisted Nanomanufacturing”, PI: D. Ricketts, Co-PI. J.A. Bain, DARPA $4,186,411, (January 2008 – June 2011)
“Scanning Pump Probe Spin Stand Analysis”, PI J.A. Bain, Seagate, $89,000 (November 2007 – October 2008)
“Light Delivery of HAMR”, PI J.A. Bain, Seagate, $89,000 (October 2007 – September 2008)
“CMOS MEMS Rotary Actuator for Disk Drive Applications”, PI W. Messner, Co PI’s: J.A. Bain and G.K Fedder, Seagate $110,000 (June 2007 – June 2009)
“Center for Memory Intensive Self-Configuring Integrated Circuits”, PI: T.E. Schlesinger, Co-PI: J.A. Bain, DARPA, $3,000,000 (October 2006 – September 2012)
“Non-volatile Resistance Change Vias for Memory Intensive Self-Configuring IC’s (MISC IC’s)”, PI: J.A. Bain, UCLA (MARCO FENA), $175,000 (September 2006 – March 2009)
“Scalability of Resistive Switching Non-volatile Memories Using Mobile Dopant Materials”, PI J.A. Bain, Co PI’s: P. Salvador and M. Skowronski, SRC, $810,000 (June 2006 – June 2009)
“NIRT: Single particle Per Bit Magnetic Information Storage”, PI Sara Majetich, Co-PI J.A. Bain, NSF, $2,000,000 (September 2005 – September 2009)
“Examination of the feasibility of Delta-R Perovskites Films for Probe Storage”, PI J.A. Bain, Co-PI P. Salvador, Intel Corp. $450000, (June 2003-June 2006)
“Susceptibility of Magnetic Information Storage to Power Frequency Magnetic Fields”, PI: J.F. Hoburg, Co-PI J.A. Bain, EPRI, $150,000 (Oct 2002-Dec 2003)
“Sputtered Thin Film Tape Media” PI J.A. Bain, Co-PI D.E. Laughlin, Imation Corp, $300,000
(Jan 2003-Jan 2006)
“Methods to Assess the Probability of a Disk being recorded in a Disk Drive” PI: V. Bhagavatula,
Co-PI J.A. Bain, TTSWG, $400,000 (May 2002-May 2004)
“Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (HAMR)” PI: M.H. Kryder, Co-PI J.A. Bain, Dept of Commerce ATP Program, $20,000,000, 2001-2006
“An Integrated Head for Optically Assisted (Hybrid) Magnetic Recording” PI: J.A. Bain, Co PI: T.E. Schlesinger, NSF, $270,000, 2001-2004
“Development Of Disk-Like Sputtered Tape Media” PI J.A. Bain, Co-PI: D.E. Laughlin, National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC). $240,000 March 2000-Feb 2004.
“Understanding Deposition Kinetics In FeXN Sputtered Films,” PI J.A. Bain, Seagate and NIST (through the ATP Program). $202,968. Jun 1999-Sep 2000
“Proposal for Acquisition of a Chemical Mechanical Polishing System for the Purpose of Adding Planarization Capability to the Existing Advanced Thin Film Devices Prototyping Facility at Carnegie Mellon University” PI: J.A. Bain, NSF $200,000. Nov 1999 – Nov 2000.
“A Thin Film Deposition System for Storage Device Prototyping,” PI: R.M. White, Co-PI: J.A. Bain, NSF, $600,000., (Jul 1998 – Jul 1999).
“Ultra-High Density Cache for Low Power Communications,” PI: G. Fedder, Co-PI: J.A. Bain, DARPA, $3,393,166, (Jun 1998 – Jun 2001).
“Frontiers of Magnetic Recording: Write Head Materials and Device Fabrication,” PI: J.A Bain, NSIC/NSF, $354,000 (Nov 1998 – Nov 2001)
“Focused Ion Beam Etching: Development of Processes for Thin Film Head Trimming,” Grant from DSSC Industrial Consortium, P.I. J.A. Bain, $160,000 (Jan 1998- Jan 2002)
“Experimental Evaluation of Rise Time and Viscosity Effects in High Density Recording,” National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC) grant, PI: J.A. Bain, $25K (Sep 1997- Mar 1998)
“Single Channel System Development Spin Valve Tape Heads,” Grant from DSSC Industrial Consortium.
PI: J.A. Bain, $200,000, (Jan 1997- Jan 2002)
“Tape Systems Integration,” Source: Grant from DSSC Industrial Consortium, PI: J.A. Bain
$80,000 (Jan 1997- Jan 1999)
“High Frequency Permeability Measurements of Fe Nitride Laminated Pole Materials,” Grant from DSSC Industrial Consortium, PI: J.A. Bain $25K, (Jan 1997-June 1997).

TEACHING AND ADVISING ACTIVITIES 1995-PRESENT

TEACHING
Carnegie Mellon University:
ECE 18-617, “Memory Devices and Systems”, Fall 2011
ECE 18-402, “Applied Electyrodynamics”, Spring 2011
ECE 18-616, “Information Storage Devices and Systems”, Fall 2010
ECE 18-402, “Applied Electyrodynamics”, Spring 2010
ECE 18-300, “Fundamentals of Electromagnetics”, Fall 2009
ECE 18-617, “Memory Devices and Systems”, Spring 2009
ECE 18-300, “Fundamentals of Electromagnetics”, Fall 2008
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2008
ECE 18-416, “Data Storage Systems”, Fall 2007
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2007
ECE 18-416, “Data Storage Systems”, Fall 2006
ECE 18-819C, “Special Topics in Applied Physics: Micro and Nanofabrication”, Spring 2006
ECE 18-416, “Data Storage Systems”, Fall 2005ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2005
ECE 18-202, “Mathematical Foundations of Electrical Engineering”, Fall 2004
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2004
ECE 18-202, “Mathematical Foundations of Electrical Engineering”, Fall 2003
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2003
ECE 18-202, “Mathematical Foundations of Electrical Engineering”, Fall 2002
(co-taught with Prof. James Hoburg, rec. sec.)
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2002
ECE 18-715, “Physics of Applied Magnetism”, Fall 2001
MSE 27-770, “Electrical, Magnetic and Optical Properties of Materials”, Spring 2001
(co-taught with Professor Michael McHenry)
ECE 18-316, “Introduction to Data Storage”, Fall 2000
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 2000 (co-taught with Prof. Jimmy Zhu)
CIT 39-717, “Laboratory Methods in Data Storage Research”, Fall 1999
ECE 18-517, “Data Storage Systems Design”, Spring 1999 (co-taught with Prof. Jimmy Zhu)
CIT 39-717, “Laboratory Methods in Data Storage Research”, Fall 1998
ECE 18-316, “Introduction to Data Storage”, Fall 1998 (co-taught with Prof. Robert White: lab sec.)
ECE 18-316, “Introduction to Data Storage”, Spring 1998 (co-taught with Prof. Robert White: lab sec.)
ECE 18-819, “Processes for Microfabrication”, Fall 1997
ECE 18-316 “Introduction to Data Storage”, Spring 1995 (assisted Professor Robert White)

ADVISING/PROJECT SUPERVISION

Post-docs (bold indicates primary advisor):
Joseph Pichon Project Supervisor, 2008 – 2009
Dragos Mircea Project Supervisor, 2007 – 2009 Hired by HGST
Hwansoo Lee Project Supervisor, 2004 – 2007
Changmin Park Project Supervisor 2003 Hired by Intel
Chen Chen Project Supervisor 2001-2003
Gwan Soo Park Project Supervisor, 1997-1998 Returned to Korean Maritime Univ., 1998

Ph.D. Students: (bold indicates primary advisor):
Matthew Chabalko Thesis Advisor 2010-present (with D. Stancil), Exp Grad 2012
Gregory Slovin Thesis Advisor 2009-present (with T.E. Schlesinger), Exp Grad 2013
Stephen Powell Thesis Advisor 2009-present (with T.E. Schlesinger), Exp Grad 2013
Weihua Hu Thesis Committee, 2009-present, Advisor D. Ricketts, Exp Grad 2012
Bryan Tomko Thesis Committee, 2009-present, Advisor M Skowronski, Exp Grad 2015
Yu-Jen Fang Thesis Committee, 2011-present, Advisor G.K. Fedder, Exp Grad 2012
Onur Ozcan Thesis Committee, 2011-present, Advisor M. Sitti, Exp Grad 2012
Cheng-Yuan Wen Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor L. Pileggi, Grad 2011
Yunchuan Kong Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor J. Zhu, Grad 2011
Wenkan Jiang Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor J. Zhu, Grad 2011
Taehee Jeong Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor J. Zhu, Grad 2011
Euiseok Hwang Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2011
Ashfaque Habib Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor M. McHenry, Grad 2011
Steven Granz Thesis Committee, 2010-present, Advisor M. Kryder, Exp Grad 2012
Eric Evarts Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor S. Majetich, Grad 2011
Darmindra Arumugam Thesis Committee, 2010-2011, Advisor D. Ricketts, Grad 2011
Amy Wung Thesis Committee, 2009-2011, Advisor G.K. Fedder, Grad 2011
Seungjune Jeon Thesis Committee, 2008-2010, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2010
Matt Moneck Thesis Committee, 2008-2009, Advisor J. Zhu, Grad 2008
Katie McNerny RPE Committee, 2008-present, Advisor M. McHenry, Exp Grad 2011
Jingwei Liu Thesis Committee, 2008-2010, Advisor G.K. Fedder, Grad 2010
Soowong Lee Thesis Committee, 2008-2009, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2009
Peter Gilgunn Thesis Committee, 2008-2010, Advisor G.K. Fedder, Grad 2010
Chun Chia Tan Thesis Advisor 2008-2011 (with T.E. Schlesinger), Grad 2011
Jiacheng Huang Thesis Advisor 2008-present (with T.E. Schlesinger), Exp Grad 2012
Louis Draghi Thesis Advisor 2008-present (with G.K. Fedder), Exp Grad 2013
Chip Hogg Thesis Committee, 2008-2010, Advisor S. Majetich, Grad 2010
Sheida Nabavi Thesis Committee, 2007-2008, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2008
Chiung Lo Thesis Committee, 2007-2008, Advisor G.K. Fedder, Grad 2008
FeiFei Cao Thesis Committee, 2006-2008, Advisor D. Greve, Grad 2008
Aaron Gilad Kusne Thesis Committee, 2006-2009, Advisor D. Lambeth, Grad 2009
Lakshmi Ramamoorthy Thesis Committee, 2006-2008, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2008
Lu Xia Committee, 2006-2007, Advisor W. Messner, Grad 2007
Elon Terrel Thesis Committee, 2006-2007, Advisor C.F. Higss, Grad 2007
Sarisha Kuchimanchi Thesis Committee, 2004-2007, Advisor M. McHenry, Grad 2007
Sukwon Choi Thesis Committee, 2005-2008, Advisor P. Salvador, Grad 2008
Tim Cornell Thesis Co-Advisor 2006-2009 (with T.E. Schlesinger), Left program 2009
Eng Keong Chua Thesis Advisor 2007-2010 (with T.E. Schlesinger), Grad 2011
Mohammad Noman Thesis Co-Advisor 2006-present (with T.E. Schlesinger), Exp Grad 2012
Hsin-Yi (Katey) Lo Thesis Advisor 2003-present, Exp Grad 2009
Lifu Zhou, Thesis Co-Advisor 2003-2007 (with T.E. Schlesinger), Grad 2007
Lingyan Sun Thesis Committee, 2004-2006, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2006
Eric Black Thesis Co-Advisor 2003-2010 (w/ T.E. Schlesinger), Grad 2010
Brian Knight Thesis Co-Advisor 2004-2009 (w/ T.E. Schlesinger), Grad 2009
Xiaochun Wu Thesis Committee, 2004-Present, Advisor L.R. Carley, Grad 2006
Bala Subramanian Thesis Committee, 2004-2006, Advisor P. Salvador, Grad 2006
Xun Zhang Thesis Committee, 2004-2006, Advisor R. Negi, Exp Grad 2006
Kumar Srinivasan Thesis Committee, 2003-2005, Advisor D.E. Laughlin, Grad 2005
Zhaohui Fan Thesis Committee, 2003-2004, Advisor D.E. Laughlin, Grad 2004
Yi Ding Thesis Committee, 2003-2006, Advisor S. Majetich, Grad 2006
Lin Wang Thesis Co-Advisor 2003-2006 (with D.E. Laughlin), Left program 2006.
Ahmet Kaya Thesis Advisor 2002-2007 Grad 2007
Tim Rausch Thesis Committee, 2002-2003, Advisor T.E. Schlesinger, Grad 2003
Seungook Min Thesis Co-Advisor 1998-2003 (with D.W. Greve), Grad 2003
Rany Tawfik Thesis Committee, 2002-2004, Advisor L.R. Carley, Grad 2004
Jingfeng Liu Thesis Committee, 2001-2003, Advisor V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2003
Phil Herget Thesis Committee, 2001-2004, Advisor D. Stancil, Grad 2004
Winnie Yu Thesis Advisor, 2001-2005, Grad. 2005
Li Zhang Thesis Co-Advisor 2000-2005 (with J. Zhu) Grad. 2005
Hwansoo Lee Thesis Co-Advisor 2000-2004 (with D.E. Laughlin) Grad. 2004
Gang Li Thesis Committee, 1999-2000, Advisor J. Zhu, Grad 2000
Yumin Lee Thesis Committee, 2000-2001, Advisor J. Wickert, Grad 2001
Rick Shi Thesis Committee, 2000, Advisor J. Zhu, Grad 2000.
Haiwen Xi Thesis Committee, 2000-2002, Advisor, R.M. White, Grad 2002
Alex Roesler Thesis Committee, 2000-2001, Advisor J. Zhu; Grad 2001
Shingo Tamaru Thesis Co-Advisor 2000-2005 (with M.H. Kryder) Exp Grad. 2005
Yifei Yuan Thesis Committee, 2000, Advisor, V. Bhagavatula, Grad 2000.
Krishna Chowdary Thesis Committee, 1999-2001, Advisor S. Majetich, Grad 2001.
Min Xiao Thesis Committee, 1999, Advisor M.H. Kryder; Grad 1999
Mike Lu Thesis Committee, 1998-2002, Advisor G. Fedder; Grad 2002.
Xiangdong Lin Thesis Committee, 1998-2001, Advisor J. Zhu; Grad 2001
Josh Park Thesis Committee, 1998, Advisor R. Carley; Grad 1998
Chang-Min Park Thesis Advisor 1998-2002, Grad. Dec 2002
Jason Wolfson Thesis Advisor 1998-2002. Grad. May 2002
Fabian (Zhi-Ling) Lee Thesis Co-Advisor 1998-2002 (with M. E. McHenry) Grad. May 2002
Fatih Sarigoz Thesis Co-Advisor 1998-2002 (with V. Bhagavatula) Grad. May 2002
Pei Zou Thesis Advisor 1998-2002, Grad May 2002
Gwan Soo Park Project Supervisor, 1997-1998 Returned to Korean Maritime Univ., 1998
Wei Yi Thesis Committee, 1997-2000, Advisors R.M. White/J. Zhu; Grad 2000.
Wipul Jayasekara Thesis Committee, 1995-1998 Advisor M.H. Kryder; Grad 1998
Adrian Devasahayam Thesis Committee, 1995-1998 Advisor M.H. Kryder; Grad 1998
Pei-hui Zheng Thesis Co-Advisor 1995-1997 (with M.H. Kryder)) Took industry position 1997

Master’s Students: (bold indicates primary advisor)
Sahil Khurana Departmental Advisor, 2009-2011, Exp Grad 2011
Jing Wang Departmental Advisor, 2009-2011, Exp Grad 2011
Chenkai Xie Departmental Advisor, 2009-2011, Exp Grad 2011
Darren Wang Project Advsior, 2009, Grad 2010
Athreya, Arjun Departmental Advisor 2009-2010, Grad 2010
Umang Shah Departmental Advisor, 2008-present, Grad. 2009
Amal Al-Ghazaly Report Reader, 2010-present, Advisor W. Messner, Exp Grad 2012
Chen Song Report Reader, 2010-2011, Advisor W. Messner, Grad 2011
Brian Knight Report Reader, 2006 Co-Advisor T.E. Schlesinger; Grad 2006
Peter Gilgunn Report Reader, 2006 Advisor G.K. Fedder; Grad 2006
Eric Black Report Reader, 2005 Co-Advisor T.E. Schlesinger; Grad 2005
Shilpi Sahu Report Reader, 2002 Advisor V. Bhagavatula; Grad 2002
Eric Hughes Report Reader, 2002 Advisor W. Messner; Grad 2002.
Vickie Guo Project Advisor 2002, Grad 2002.
Winnie Yu Project Advisor, 1999-2001, Grad. 2001.
Dave Cuthbert Report Reader, 2000 Advisor M.H. Kryder; Grad 2000.
Alex Roesler Report Reader, 2000 Advisor J.-G. Zhu Grad 2000.
Shingo Tamaru Project Co-Advisor 1998-1999 (with M.H. Kryder) Grad. 1999
Ming Ni Project Advisor, 1997-1999, Grad. 1999
Shravan Bharthulwar Report Reader, 1998 Advisor D.N. Lambeth Grad 1998.
Mehmet Keskinoz Project Co-Advisor: 1995-1997 (with V. Bhagavatula) Grad 1997
Danny Lee Report Reader, 1997 Advisor S. Charap Grad 1997.
Angela Kennedy Report Reader, 1996 Advisor G. Spratt; Grad 1996.
Jason Wolfson Report Reader, 1996 Advisor M.H. Kryder; Grad 1996.

Undergraduate Students:
David Bromberg Project Advisor Spring 2010, Exp Grad 2010
Amal El-Ghazaly Project Advisor Spring 2010 (with W. Messner), Grad 2010
Chen Song Project Advisor Spring 2009 – Spring 2010, Grad 2010
Daniel Mirkovic Project Advisor Fall 2008, Exp Grad 2010
Matthew Salac Project Advisor Spring 2008 (with W. Messner), Exp Grad 2010
Alice Li Project Advisor Summer 2007, Exp Grad 2010
Nikhil Mallavarapu Project Advisor Fall 2006/Spring 2007 Grad 2007
Hiram Vasquez Project Advisor Spring 2006 (with J.F. Hoburg) Grad 2004
Olivia Tsai Project Co-Advisor Summer 2003 (with J.F. Hoburg) Grad 2004
Jim Salvia Project Co-Advisor Spring 2003 (with J.F. Hoburg) Exp Grad 2005
Project Co-Advisor Spring/Fall 2004; Spring 2005 (with P. Yue) Grad 2005
Kevin Roark Project Advisor, Summer 2000, Chemical Eng, Brown Univ , grad 2002
Kurt Edmiston Project Advisor, Summer 1999, Math & Computer Sci, Alfred Univ Grad 2000
Michael Scott Project Advisor, Fall 1999, ECE, CMU. Grad 1999
J.P van’t Hof Project Advisor, Summer 1999/Spring 2000, ECE, CMU, Grad 2001
Winnie Yu Project Advisor, Fall 1998/Spring 1999, Physics/ECE, CMU. Grad 1999
Kelly Pellerin Project Advisor, Fall 1998/Spring 1999, Physics, CMU. Grad 1999.
Jonathan Gimbel Project Advisor, Summer 1998, Mech E, Penn State. Grad 1999.
Keith Rothschild Project Advisor, Summer 1997, ECE, CMU. Grad 1999.
Jason Chow Project Advisor, Summer 1997, ECE, CMU. Grad 1999.
Anthony Boccio Project Advisor, Summer 1997, EE, Univ. of Rochester. Grad 1998.
Eli Depalma Project Advisor, Summer 1996, EE, Univ of Santa Cruz. Grad 1998.
Sidney Laurenceau Project Advisor, Summer 1996, EE, Univ of Rochester. Grad.1998
Tonya Galgon Project Co-Advisor (with G. Spratt), Summer 1995,
EE Univ of Rochester, Grad. 1996.
Joseph Yu Project Advisor, Summer 1995, EE UT Austin, Grad. 1996.

Technician Interns (bold indicates primary advisor):
Jarno Groenesteijn Supervisor (with W. Messner): Aug-Dec 2008
Dana Berer, Supervisor: Jan-Apr 1996 Graduated from ITT.
Koenders, Marcel Supervisor (with W. Messner): May-Aug 2008
Chris Florentz: Supervisor: Sep-Dec 1996 Graduated from ITT.
Plashette Scarborough, Supervisor: May-Aug 1996 Graduated from Electronic Institutes.

PUBLICATIONS AND TALKS

ARCHIVAL PAPERS REFEREED BEFORE PUBLICATION

• Kong, Y., Chabalko, M., Black, E., Powell, S., Bain, J. A., Schlesinger, T. E., & Luo, Y. “Evanescent Coupling Between Dielectric and Plasmonic Waveguides for HAMR Applications”. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), 2364-2367, October 2011.
• Lin, W.-C., Zhu, J.-G., Moneck, M. T., Okada, T., Fujimori, J., Kasuya, T., Katsumura, M., Iada, T., Kuriyama, K., Sokalski, V., Powell, S. P., & Bain, J. A. “Fabrication and Recording of Bit Patterned Media Prepared by Rotary Stage Electron Beam Lithography”. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 47(10), 2656-2659, October 2011.
• Jiang, W., Kamaladasa, R. J., Lu, Y. M., Vicari, A., Berechman, R., Salvador, P., Bain, J. A., Picard, Y. N., & Skowronski, M. “Local heating-induced plastic deformation in resistive switching devices”. Journal of Applied Physics, 110(5), 054514-054514-6, September 2011.
• S. Tamaru, J. A. Bain, M. H. Kryder, and D. S. Ricketts, “Green’s function for magnetostatic surface waves and its application to the study of diffraction patterns,” Physical Review B (Condensed Matter and Materials Physics), vol. 84, no. 6, p. 064437 (14 pp.), August 2011.
• Jiang, W., Noman, M., Lu, Y. M., Bain, J. A., Salvador, P., & Skowronski, M. “Mobility of oxygen vacancy in SrTiO3 and its implications for oxygen-migration-based resistance switching”. Journal of Applied Physics, 110(3), 034509-034509-8, August 2011.
  Chua, E. K., Shi, L. P., Li, M. H., Zhao, R., Chong, T. C., Schlesinger, T. E., & Bain, J. A. “Band alignment between GeTe and SiO2/metals for characterization of junctions in nonvolatile resistance change elements”. Applied Physics Letters, 98, 232104, June 2011.
• Yi Meng Lu, Wenkan Jiang, M. Noman, J. A. Bain, P. A. Salvador, and M. Skowronski, “Thermographic Analysis of Localized Conductive Channels in Bipolar Resistive Switching Devices,” Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics, vol. 44, no. 18, p. 185103 (6 pp.), May 2011.
• Bain, J. A., Bhagavatula, V., Cai, Y., Jeon, S., Mai, K. W., Messner, W. C., Sim, C. H., Wang, Y., & Zhu, J.-G. “Extendibility of traditional perpendicular magnetic recording for hard disk drives”. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(7), 07B774 – 07B774-3, April 2011.
• Powell, S. P., Black, E. J., Schlesinger, T. E., & Bain, J. A., “The influence of media optical properties on the efficiency of optical power delivery for heat assisted magnetic recording”. Journal of Applied Physics, 109(7), 07B775-07B775-3, April 2011.
• M. Noman, Wenkan Jiang, P. A. Salvador, M. Skowronski, and J. A. Bain, “Computational investigations into the operating window for memristive devices based on homogeneous ionic motion,” Applied Physics A: Materials Science & Processing, vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 877-83, Mar. 2011.
• Lu, Y. M.; Jiang, W.; Noman, M.; Choi, S.; Li, L.; Bain, J. A.; Salvador, P.; Skowronski, M. “Formation of localized conductive paths and Joule heating in Pt/SrZrO3/SrRuO3 bipolar resistive switching structures”, Journal of Physics: D. (Submitted 2010).
• Ricketts, D.; Bain, J. A.; Luo, Y.; Blanton, R. D.; Mai, K. W.; Fedder, G. K. “Enhancing CMOS Using Nanoelectronic Devices: A Perspective on Hybrid Integrated Systems”, IEEE Proceedings, 98, pp. 2061-2075, Dec 2010.
• Chua, E. K.; Shi, L. P.; Zhao, R.; Lim, K. G.; Chong, T. C.; Schlesinger, T. E.; Bain, J. A.; , “Low resistance, high dynamic range reconfigurable phase change switch for radio frequency applications,” Applied Physics Letters , vol.97, no.18, pp.183506-183506-3, Nov 2010
• Evarts, E.R.; Limin Cao; Ricketts, D.S.; Rizzo, N.D.; Bain, J.A.; Majetich, S.A.; , “Characterization of Conducting Atomic Force Microscopy for Use With Magnetic Tunnel Junctions,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.46, no.6, pp.1741-1744, June 2010
• Hogg, C.R.; Majetich, S.A.; Bain, J.A.; , “Investigating Pattern Transfer in the Small-Gap Regime Using Electron-Beam Stabilized Nanoparticle Array Etch Masks,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.46, no.6, pp.2307-2310, June 2010
• Knight, B.R.; Bain, J.A.; Schlesinger, T.E.; , “HAMR Adjacent Track Stability in the Presence of a Medium Curie Temperature Distribution,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.46, no.6, pp.2462-2465, June 2010
• Jiang, W.; Evans, D.; Bain, J. A.; Skowronski, M.; Salvador, P. A.; , “Electron beam induced current investigations of Pt/SrTiO3-x interface exposed to chemical and electrical stresses,” Applied Physics Letters , vol.96, no.9, pp.092102-092102-3, Mar 2010
• Suzuki, H.; Messner, W. C.; Bain, J. A.; Bhagavatula, V.; Nabavi, S.; “Simultaneous PES Generation, Timing Recovery, and Multi-Track Read on Patterned Media: Concept and Performance,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on , vol.46, no.3, pp.825-829, March 2010.
• Hsinyi Lo; Engkeong Chua; Jian Cheng Huang; Chun Chia Tan; Cheng-Yuan Wen; Rong Zhao; Luping Shi; Chong Tow Chong; Paramesh, J.; Schlesinger, T.E.; Bain, J.A.; , “Three-Terminal Probe Reconfigurable Phase-Change Material Switches,” Electron Devices, IEEE Transactions on , vol.57, no.1, pp.312-320, Jan. 2010
• B. Knight, J. Bain, and T. Schlesinger, “Magnetic decay at elevated temperature relevant to heat-assisted magnetic recording,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 45, Feb. 2009, pp. 883-8.
• E. Evarts, Limin Cao, D. Ricketts, N. Rizzo, J. Bain, and S. Majetich, “Spin transfer torque switching of magnetic tunnel junctions using a conductive atomic force microscope,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 95, Sep. 2009, p. 132510 (3 pp.).
• S. Nabavi, B. Vijaya Kumar, J. Bain, C. Hogg, and S. Majetich, “Application of image processing to characterize patterning noise in self-assembled nano-masks for bit-patterned media,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 45, Oct. 2009, pp. 3523-6.
• H. Suzuki, W. Messner, J. Bain, V. Bhagavatula, and S. Nabavi, “A method for simultaneous position and timing error detection for bit-patterned media,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 45, Oct. 2009, pp. 3749-52.
• Knight, B. R.; Bain, J. A.; Schlesinger, T.E., “Magnetic Decay at Elevated Temperature Relevant to Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, v 45, Issue 2, Part 2, Feb. 2009, p 883-888.
• S. Nabavi, B. V. K. Vijaya Kumar, and J. A. Bain, “Two-Dimensional Pulse Response and Media Noise Modeling for Bit-Patterned Media,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, v 44, Issue 11, (2008), p 3789-3792.
• Sachan, M., Bonnoit, C., Hogg, C., Evarts, E., Bain, J.A., Majetich, S.A., Park, J-H., and Zhu, J-G., “Self-Assembled Nanoparticle Arrays as Nanomasks for Pattern Transfer,” Journal of Physics D, v 41 (2008), p 134001-5.
• Zhang, L., Bain, J.A.; Zhu, J.-G., Abelmann, L.; Onoue, T. “The role of MFM signal in mark size measurement in probe-based magnetic recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers”, Physica B, v 387, (2007), p 328-32.
• Lee, H., Sato, T.; Ono, H.; Wang, L. Bain, J.A.; Laughlin, D.E.,. “Electrode Co alloy-granular-type longitudinal media for sputtered tape applications”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, v 43 (2007), p 3497-501
• Lee, H., Bain, J.A., Laughlin, D.E. “Use of bias sputtering to enhance decoupling in oxide composite perpendicular recording media”, Applied Physics Letters, v 90, (2007), p 252511/1-3
• Ohno, T, Bain, J.A. and Schlesinger, T.E., “Observation of geometrical resonance in optical throughput of very small aperture lasers associated with surface plasmons,” J. Appl. Phys v 101. (2007), p 83107-1-4
• Black, E.J., Bain, J.A., and Schlesinger, T.E., “Thermal Management in Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording,” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 43 (2007) pp 62-7.
• Lee, H., Bain, J.A., Choi, S. and Salvador, P. “Electrode Influence on the Transport through SrRuO3/Cr-doped SrZrO3/metal junctions”, Applied Physics Letters, v 90, n 20, (2007), p 202107-1-3
• Zhang, L., Bain, J.A., Zhu, J.-G., Abelmann, L. and Onoue, T, “A Model of Heat Transfer in STM-based Magnetic Reocrding on CoNi/Pt Multilayers”, Physica B. v. 381 (2006) pp. 204-208.
• Zhang, L., Bain, J.A., Zhu, J.-G., Abelmann, L. and Onoue, T, “Heat Assisted Magnetic Probe Recording on CoNi/Pt Multilayers”, J. of Phys D. (Applied Physics) v. 39 (2006) pp. 2485-7.
• Zhang, L., Bain, J.A., Zhu, J.-G., Abelmann, L. and Onoue, T, “ Dynamic Domain Motion of Thermal-Magnetically Formed Marks on CoNi/Pt Multilayers”, J. Appl. Phys. v 100 (2006) pp. 53901-1-5.
• Wang, L., Lee, H, Qin, Y., Bain, J.A., and Laughlin, D.E., “Effects of Deposition Rate on Microstructure of CoCrPt-SiO2 Granular Longitudinal Media for Tape Applications”, IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 42 (2006) pp. 2306-2308.
• Kaya, A., Benakli, M., Mallary, M.L., and Bain, J.A., A Micromagnetic Study of the Effect of Spatial Variations in Damping in Perpendicular Recording Heads.” IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, vol. 42 (2006) pp 2428-30.
• L. Zhang, J. A. Bain, J.-G. Zhu, L. Abelmann and T. Onoue, “Characterization of heat-assisted magnetic probe recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers,” J of Magn. and Mag. Mat., vol. 302 (2006) pp. 16-23.
• H. Lee, J. A. Bain and D. E. Laughlin, “Effects of substrate bias on CoPtCr-SiO2 magnetic recording media,” J of Appl. Phys., vol. 99 (2006) pp. 8G910-1-3.
• A. Kaya and J. A. Bain, “High Frequency Susceptibility of Closure Domain Structures.,” J of Appl. Phys., vol. 99 (2006) pp. 8B708-1-3.
• W. Yu, J. A. Bain, C. Ulrich and J. Unguris, “The effect of stress induced anisotropy in patterned FeCo thin film structures,” J of Appl. Phys., vol. 99 (2006) pp. 8B706-1-3.
• J. A. Bain, “Analysis and optimization of terabit magnetic recording systems limited by down-track and cross-track write field gradients (invited),” J of Mag. and Mag. Mat., vol. 287, pp 51-60 (2005)
• A. Kaya, C. P. Yue and J. A. Bain, “Experimental evidence for gyromagnetic damping in magnetic heads determined by impedance measurements up to 9 GHz,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 41, (2005) pp.2923-2925.
• H. Lee, J. A. Bain, L. Wang and D. E. Laughlin, “Thin Film Recording Media on Flexible Substrates for Tape Applications (Invited),” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 41, pp 654-659 (2005)
• H.-S. Lee, J. A. Bain and D. E. Laughlin, “Effects of polymeric substrate roughness on head-medium spacing and recording properties of sputtered magnetic tape,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 41, (2005) pp.2529-2533.
• P. Herget, B. Knight, J. A. Bain, T. E. Schlesinger and H. Awano, “Magnetically defined domain isolation for studies of nucleation and growth coercivities,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 41, (2005) pp.3763-3765.
• H.-S. Lee, J. A. Bain, S.-Y. Hong and H. J. Lee, “Influence of polarity of media DC background on write/read performance in perpendicular media with an antiferromagnetically stabilized soft underlayer,” Magnetics, IEEE Transactions on, vol. 41, (2005) pp.3157-3159.
• L. Zhang, J. A. Bain, J.-G. Zhu, L. Abelmann and T. Onoue, “The effect of external magnetic field on mark size in heat-assisted probe recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 99, (2006) pp. 023902-5.
• Bai, D.Z., J.-G. Zhu, W. Yu, and J.A. Bain, Micromagnetic simulation of effect of stress-induced anisotropy in soft magnetic thin films. Journal of Applied Physics, 2004. 95(11): p. 6864-6866.
• Bain, J.A., M.L. Williams, and R.H. Victora, Analysis of transition shape and adjacent track aging for 1 Tb/in/sup 2/ write head designs. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2004. 40(4): p. 2576-8.
• Lee, H., J.A. Bain, and D.E. Laughlin, The application of sputtered thin film in advanced recording tape media. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2004. 40(4): p. 2404-6.
• Park, C.M., J.A. Bain, T.W. Clinton, P.A.A. van der Heijden, and T.J. Klemmer, Measurement of Ga implantation profiles in the sidewall and bottom of focused-ion-beam-etched structures. Applied Physics Letters, 2004. 84(17): p. 3331-3.
• Tamaru, S., J.A. Bain, R.J.M. van de Veerdonk, T.M. Crawford, M. Covington, and M.H. Kryder, Measurement of Magnetostatic Mode Excitation and Relaxation in Permalloy Films Using Scanning Kerr Imaging. Physical Review B, 2004. 70: p. 104416.
• Yang, Y., S. Shojaeizadeh, J.A. Bain, J.-G. Zhu, and M. Asheghi, Detailed Modeling of Temperature Rise in Giant Magnetoresistive Sensor During an Electrostatic Discharge Event. Journal of Applied Physics, 2004. 95: p. 6780.
• Zhang, L., J.A. Bain, Z. Jian-Gang, L. Abelmann, and T. Onoue, A model for mark size dependence on field emission voltage in heat-assisted magnetic probe recording on CoNi/Pt multilayers. IEEE Transactions on Magnetics, 2004. 40(4): p. 2549-51.
• T. Rausch, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil and T. E. Schlesinger, “Thermal Williams’s Comstock Model for Predicting Transition Lengths in a Heat-Assisted Magnetic Recording System,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 40, pp 137-147 (2004)
• T. Rausch, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil, T. E. Schlesinger, W. A. Challener, T. McDaniel, N. Deeman and C. Brucker, “Experimental effects of laser power on the writability and pulse width in a heat assisted longitudinal recording system,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 42, pp 989-94 (2003)
• H. Lee, L. Wang, J. A. Bain and D. E. Laughlin, “Use of room-temperature bias sputtering to decrease intergranular coupling in magnetic media deposited on polymeric substrates,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 39, pp 3616-18 (2003)
• H. Lee, D. E. Laughlin and J. A. Bain, “Recording properties of CoCrPt tape media sputter-deposited at room temperature on polymeric substrates,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 93, pp 7783-5 (2003)
• C.-M. Park, J. A. Bain, T. W. Clinton and P. A. A. van der Heijden, “Effects of focused-ion-beam irradiation on perpendicular write head performance,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 93, pp 6459-61 (2003)
• A. V. Itagi, D. D. Stancil, J. A. Bain and T. E. Schlesinger, “Ridge waveguide as a near-field optical source,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 83, pp 4474-6 (2003)
• F. Chen, A. Itagi, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil, T. E. Schlesinger, L. Stebounova, G. C. Walker and B. B. Akhremitchev, “Imaging of optical field confinement in ridge waveguides fabricated on very-small-aperture laser,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 83, pp 3245-7 (2003)
• D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, R. W. Gustafson, M. H. Kryder and S. Khizroev, “Narrow-gap single-pole heads,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 2253-5 (2002)
• D. Litvinov, A. Lyberatos, J. Wolfson, J. Bain and S. Khizroev, “Recording layer influence on the dynamics of a soft underlayer,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 1994-6 (2002)
• S. Khizroev, J. A. Bain and D. Litvinov, “Fabrication of nanomagnetic probes via focused ion beam etching and deposition,” Nanotechnology, vol. 13, pp 619-22 (2002)
• P. Herget, T. Rausch, A. C. Sheila, D. D. Stancil, T. E. Schlesinger, J. G. Zhu and J. A. Bain, “Mark shapes in hybrid recording,” Appl. Phys. Lett., vol. 80, pp 1835-7 (2002)
• T. Rausch, P. Herget, A. Itagi, D. D. Stancil, J. A. Bain, J. G. Zhu and T. E. Schlesinger, “Effects of optical spot/magnetic head misalignment for perpendicular hybrid magnetic recording systems (invited),” Transactions of the Magnetics Society of Japan, vol. 2, pp 322-7 (2002)
• T. E. Schlesinger, T. Rausch, A. Itagi, J.-G. Zhu, J. A. Bain and D. D. Stancil, “An integrated read/write head for hybrid recording,” Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 41, pp 1821-4 (2002)
• W. Yu, J. A. Bain, P. Yingguo and D. E. Laughlin, “Magnetization reduction due to oxygen contamination of bias sputtered Fe/sub 35/Co/sub 65/ thin films,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 3030-2 (2002)
• L. Zhang, J. A. Bain and J.-G. Zhu, “Dependence of thermomagnetic mark size on applied STM voltage in Co-Pt multilayers,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 1895-7 (2002)
• G. Ju, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, S. Tamaru, T. M. Crawford, G. J. Parker, Y. Kubota, M. L. Wu, S. Batra, D. K. Weller and J. A. Bain, “High Frequency Dynamics of the Soft-Underlayer in Perpendicular Recording System,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 8052-8054 (2002)
  C.-L. Lee, J. A. Bain, S.-Y. Chu and M. E. McHenry, “Separation of Contributions to Spin Valve Interlayer Exchange Coupling Field by Temperature Dependent Coupling Field Measurements,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 7113-7115 (2002)
  H. Lee, D. E. Laughlin and J. A. Bain, “Controlling the Magnetic Properties of CoCrPt Thin Films by Means of Thin Hexagonal-close-packed Intermediate Layers,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 7065-7067 (2002)
  H. Lee, J. A. Bain and D. E. Laughlin, “Improvement of preferred orientation of NiAl/CrMn underlayers deposited on prebaked tape substrates,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 8736-8738 (2002)
  S. Min, J. A. Bain and D. W. Greve, “Control of Stress and Plasma-induced Heating During DC Magnetron Sputtering of Permalloy Films for Microelectromechanical Systems,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 6824-6826 (2002)
  C.-M. Park and J. A. Bain, “Focused-Ion-Beam Induced Grain Growth in Magnetic Materials for Recording Heads,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 6830-6832 (2002)
  S. Tamaru, J. A. Bain, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, T. M. Crawford, M. Covington and M. H. Kryder, “Imaging of Quantized Magnetostatic Modes Using Spatially Resolved Ferromagnetic Resonance,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 8034-8036 (2002)
  J. T. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, S. K. Khizroev and D. Litvinov, “Dynamic Kerr Imaging of Soft Underlayers for Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Applications (Invited),” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 8665-8669 (2002)
• C.-M. Park and J. A. Bain, “Local degradation of magnetic properties in magnetic thin films irradiated by Ga/sup +/ focused-ion-beams,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 2237-9 (2002)
• D. Litvinov, J. Wolfson, J. A. Bain, R. W. Gustafson, M. H. Kryder and S. Khizroev, “The role of the gap in single pole heads in perpendicular recording,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 1658-63 (2002)
  P. Zou and J. A. Bain, “Surface Nitrogen Concentration Dependence of the Nitrogen Incorporation in Reactively Sputtered FeXN Films,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 6827-2829 (2002)
  P. Zou, W. Yu and J. A. Bain, “Effect of Stress on Stripe Domain Onset in Sputtered FeN and CoFe Films,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 91, pp 7830-7832 (2002)
• P. Zou, W. Yu and J. A. Bain, “Influence of stress and texture on soft magnetic properties of thin films,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 3501-20 (2002)
• C.-L. Lee, S. Chu, J. A. Bain and M. E. McHenry, “Analysis of angular dependent resistance measurements on IrMn-based spin valves using a finite pinning model,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 38, pp 2694-6 (2002)
• D. Litvinov, R. Chomko, J. T. Wolfson, E. B. Svedberg, J. A. Bain, R. M. White, R. Chantrell and S. K. Khizroev, “Dynamics of Perpendicular Recording,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 37, pp 1376-1378 (2001)
• J. T. Wolfson and J. A. Bain, “Kerr Imaging of Thin Film Magnetic Transducer to Measure Thin-Film Head Fields,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 37, pp 2761-2763 (2001)
• J. P. van’t Hof, J. A. Bain, J.-G. Zhu, and R. M. White, “An Undergraduate Laboratory for Data Storage,” IEEE Transactions on Education, vol. 44, pp. 224-231, 2001.
• B. Bian, J. A. Bain, K. Soon-Ju and D. E. Laughlin, “High coercivity Co-alloy thin films on polymer substrates,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 37, pp 1640-2 (2001)
• G. Ju, R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, E. B. Svedberg, K. W. Wierman, D. Weller, K. J. Howard, M. H. Kryder, S. Tamaru, J. T. Wolfson and J. A. Bain, “Sub-nanosecond non-Arrhenius magnetic switching in perpendicular multilayers,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 37, pp 1570-2 (2001)
• R. J. M. van de Veerdonk, G. Ju, E. B. Svedberg, D. Weller, S. Tamaru, J. T. Wolfson and J. A. Bain, “Real-time observation of sub-nanosecond magnetic switching in perpendicular multilayers,” J of Mag. and Mag. Mat., vol. 235, pp 138-42 (2001)
• F. Sarigoz, B. V. K. Kumar and J. A. Bain, “Performance of Dropout Correction on Real Magnetic Tape Waveforms with Dropouts,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 37, pp 639-645 (2001)
• F. Sarigoz, H. Song, B. V. K. Kumar and J. A. Bain, “Dropout-tolerant read channels,” IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, vol. 19, pp 744-755 (2001)
• P. Zou and J. A. Bain, “Residual Stress Optimization in FeAlN Pole Materials,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 36, pp. 2536-2537, 2000.
• F. Sarigoz, G. Li, B. V. K. Kumar, J. A. Bain, and J.-G. Zhu, “Analysis of Dropout Peakshift in Magnetic Tape Recording,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 36, pp. 2170-2172, 2000.
• J. A. Bain, K. Pellerin, J. T. Chow, and P. Zou, “Growth Rate Dependence of Nitrogen Incorporation in Reactively Sputtered FeAlN Films for Recording Head Poles,” IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 36, pp. 3472-3474, 2000.
• L. R. Carley, J. A. Bain, G. K. Fedder, D. W. Greve, D. F. Guillou, M. S. C. Lu, T. Mukherjee, S. Santhanam, L. Abelmann, and S. Min, “Single Chip Computers With MEMS-Based Magnetic Memory (Invited),” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 87, pp. 6680-6685, 2000.
• L. Abelmann, J.-G. Zhu, J. A. Bain, K. Ramstock, and C. Lodder, “Micromagnetic Simulation of a Flux Guide for a Read Head with Sub 100-nm Resolution,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 87, pp. 5538-5540, 2000.
• L. Abelmann, S. K. Khizroev, D. Litvinov, J.-G. Zhu, J. A. Bain, M. H. Kryder, K. Ramstock, and C. Lodder, “Micromagnetic Simulation of an Ultra-small Single Pole Perpendicular Write Head,” J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 87, pp. 6636-6638, 2000.
• “Pulse Asymmetries and Write Non-linearities in the Write Equalization Process for Magnetic Tape Recording, G.S. Park, M. Ni, and J.A. Bain, IEEE Trans Mag., vol. 35 (1999) pp. 2262-4.
• “Limitation to Track Following Imposed by Position Error Signal SNR Using a Multi-Tapped Magnetoresistive Servo Head, ” (Invited) James A. Bain, William C. Messner, John H. Steele II, Theodore A. Schwarz, William J. O’Kane, and Maura P. Connolly, IEEE Trans. Mag, vol. 35 (1999) pp. 741-745
• “Multi-Tapped Magnetoresistive Heads for Magnetic Tape Tracking Servo,”, J.H. Steele II, W.C. Messner, J.A. Bain, T.A. Schwarz, W.J. O’Kane, and M.P. Connolly, IEEE Trans. Mag., V. 34 (1998) pp. 1904-1906.
• “High Frequency Initial Permeability of NiFe and FeAlN,” W.P. Jayasekara, J.A. Bain, and M.H. Kryder,
  IEEE Trans. Mag., V. 34 (1998) pp. 1438-1440.
• “MFM Quantification of Magnetic Fields Generated by Ultra-Small Single Pole Perpendicular Heads,” S.K. Khizroev, W. Jayasekara, J.A. Bain, R.E. Jones, Jr., and M.H. Kryder, IEEE Trans. Mag., V. 34 (1998) pp. 2030-2032.
• “A Reactive Ion Milling Process for Patterning Narrow Track Iron Nitride Recording Head Poles at the Wafer Level,” W.P. Jayasekara, J. Grant, J.A. Bain, M.H. Kryder and A.E.T. Kuiper, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 33 (1997) pp. 2830-2832.
• “Considerations in the Design of Probe Heads for 100Gbit/in2 Recording Density,” S.K. Khizroev, J.A. Bain and M.H. Kryder, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 33 (1997) pp. 2893-2895.
• “Magnetic Properties of FeAlN Films at Elevated Temperatures,” P. Zheng, J. Bain and M.H. Kryder, J. of Appl. Phys., vol. 81, (1997) pp. 4498-4197.
• “Narrow Track Dual Magnetoresistive Read Heads For Tape,” I. Trindade, A. Kennedy, J.A. Bain and M.H. Kryder, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 81 (1997) pp. 4524-4526.
• “The Effect of Nitrogen Partitioning on the Soft Magnetic Properties of FeAlN Films,” P. Zheng, J.A. Bain and M.H. Kryder, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 32 (1996) pp. 4541-4543.
• “Tape Erase Band Measured by MFM Compared to MR Head Cross Erase Band Responses,” T. Pan, A.C. Kennedy, J.A. Bain, Y. Yip and T. Schwarz, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 32 (1996) pp. 3407-3409.
• “Thin Film Tape Recording Heads with High Moment FeAlN Poles,” J.A. Bain, J. Wolfson, M.H. Kryder, Y. Yip, T. Schwarz, J. Reid, R.D. Silkensen and R.H. Dee, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 32 (1996) pp. 166-171. (Invited)
• “The Effect of Substrate Temperature on the Magnetic Properties of FeAlN Thin Films for Recording Heads,” J.A. Bain and M.H. Kryder, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 31 (1995) pp. 2703-2705.
• “Design of Small Recording Head Elements Using Thermally Constrained Transmission Line Modeling,” J.A. Bain, W. Jayasekara, A. Jander, R.S. Indeck and M.H. Kryder, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 31 (1995) pp. 2675-2677.
• “The Effect of Surface Topography on the Soft Magnetic Properties of FeAlN Films,” P. Zheng, J.A. Bain and M.H. Kryder, IEEE Trans. Mag., vol. 31 (1995) pp. 2700 2702.
• “X-ray Diffraction Characterization of Strain and Crystallographic Texture in Thin Film Media,” B.M. Clemens, J.A. Bain, S. M. Brennan and H. Kataoka, IEEE Trans. on Mag., vol. 29 (1993) pp. 300-306. (Invited)
• “X-ray Analysis of Compositional Modulation in Co/Pt Multilayer Films for Perpendicular Recording,” J.A. Bain, B.M. Clemens, H. Notarys, E. Marinero and S. Brennan, J. Appl. Phys., vol. 74 (1993) pp. 996-1000.
• “Crystallographic Anisotropy in Thin Film Magnetic Recording Media Analyzed with X-ray Diffraction,” H. Kataoka, J.A. Bain, S. Brennan and B.M. Clemens, J. Appl. Phys. vol. 73 (1993) pp. 7591-7598.
• “Elastic Strains and Coherency Stresses in Mo/Ni Multilayers,” J.A. Bain, L.J. Chyung, S.M. Brennan and B.M. Clemens, Phys. Rev. B. vol. 44 (1991) pp. 1184 1192.

INVITED SEMINARS AND TALKS

• “Resistance Change Materials”, DARPA/MTO N/MEMS S&T Fundamentals Program, December 2011.
• “Thermal and Magnetic Considerations in Setting the Separation between Pole Tip and Near Field Transducer for HAMR Heads”, Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2011 Conference, November 2011.
• “Plastic deformation in meristors”, Workshop on Multifunctional Materials, August 2011.
• “Characteristics of metal/oxide/metal memristive structures”, AFOSR Reconfigurable Electronics Workshop, May 2011.
• “Fabrication and Testing of PSTO for MAMR and A Novel HAMR Transducer Design and Fabrication”, DARPA/MTO N/MEMS S&T Fundamentals Program, January 2011.
• “Coupled Plasmonic Waveguides: Near Field Transducers for HAMR”, Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, Nov 2010.
• “Electrothermal Actuators for Hard Disk Drive Applications”, Asia-Pacific Magnetic Recording Conference, Nov 2010.
• “Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording”, (Invited) Western Digital, Fremont, CA, Aug 2008.
• “Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording (Short Course)”, (Invited) ISOM-ODS Meeting, Hawaii, Jul 2008.
• “Comparison of Electrical and Magnetic Flux Rise Times in Tape Recording Heads Using Impedance Measurements and High Speed Kerr Magnetometry”, Intermag 2008, Madrid, Spain, May 2008.
• “Two-Dimensional Pulse Response and Media Noise Modeling for Bit-Patterned Media”, Intermag 2008, Madrid, Spain, May 2008.
• “CMOS-MEMS Microactuators”, (Invited) Western Digital, Fremont, CA, Apr 2008.
• “Hest Assisted Magnetic Recording Heads and Testing Strategy”, (Invited) Western Digital, Fremont, CA, Apr 2008.
• “Sputtered Tape Research at Sputtered Tape Research at DSSC,” (Invited) Fujifilm, Tokyo, JAPAN, Nov 2005.
• “MISC-IC’s: Memory Intensive Self-Configuring IC’s: Using MEMS Technology for Efficient Reconfigurable Computing,” (Invited), Zyvex, Fort Worth, TX, August, 2005.
• “Hysteretic Resistance in Delta-R Perovskite Structures,” (Invited), Intel Workshop, Santa Clara, CA July 2005.
• “Visions of Probe Storage from Zurich: A Synopsis of the 3rd International Probe Storage Workshop, March 2005,” (Invited) Information Storage Industry Consortium Annual Meeting, Monterey, CA, July 2005
• “High Frequency Head Dynamics, (Invited), Maxtor, Shrewsbury, MA, June 2005.
• “Introduction to The Data Storage Systems Center” (Invited) Fujifilm, Tokyo, JAPAN, June 2005.
• “Introduction to The Data Storage Systems Center” (Invited) Hitachi Maxell, Tokyo, JAPAN, June 2005.
• “Introduction to The Data Storage Systems Center” (Invited) Toshiba, Tokyo, JAPAN, June 2005.
• “CMU Research Activities in Probe Technology,” (Invited), ST Microelectronics, Milan, IT, March 2005.
• “Hysteretic Resistance in Delta-R Perovskite Structures,” (Invited) International Probe Storage Workshop, Zurich, SWITZERLAND, March 2005.
• “Undergraduate Research Opportunities in Information Technology,” (Invited), Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr PA, Jan 2005.
• “Analysis and Optimization of Terabit Magnetic Recording Systems Limited by Downtrack and Crosstrack Write Field Gradients,” (Invited) Maxtor, Shrewsbury, MA, May 2004.
• “Sputtered Magnetic Tape Media Fabrication and Recording Performance” (Invited) Sony, Sendai, JAPAN, April, 2004.
• “Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording A route beyond 1 Tbit/in2” (Invited) presented at Hitachi-Maxell, Tokyo, JAPAN, April 2004.
• “MEMS-Based Probe Storage: Disruptive Technology or Laboratory Curiosity?” (Invited) MESA+ Seminar, University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands, March 2004.
• “On the Challenges of Achieving Areal Densities with Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording Substantially Greater than with Conventional Magnetic Recording,” presented at Joint Intermag/MMM 2004 (Invited), Anaheim, CA, January 5, 2004.
• “MEMS-Based Probe Storage: Disruptive Technology or Laboratory Curiosity?,” presented at MESA+ Seminar, University of Twente (Invited), Enschede, The Netherlands, 2004.
• The Future of Probe Storage: Conclusions of the International Probe Storage Workshop II,” presented at INSIC Annual Meeting (Invited), Monterey, CA, June 24, 2003.
• “Data Storage Technology: Opportunities in Nanotechnology Education,” presented at Nanoengineering Education Workshop (Invited), Santa Clara CA, January 2003.
• “Heads for thermally assisted recording: density and data rate issues,” presented at IDEMA Diskcon (Invited), San Jose, CA, September 18, 2002.
• “The Future of Probe Storage: Conclusions of the Connexions Workshop,” presented at National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC) Annual Meeting (Invited), Monterey, CA, June 18, 2002.
• “Probe-based storage: A new platform for mechanically accessed non-volatile storage,” presented at Connexions International Probe Storage Worskhop (Invited), Twente, NETHERLANDS, May 3, 2002.
• “Beyond 1Tbit/in2: Assisted Magnetic Recording,” presented at Dept. of ECE, Carnegie Mellon University (Invited), Pittsburgh, PA, April 18, 2002.
• “A Systematic Approach to Engineering Magnetically Soft Crystalline Thin Films,” presented at Seagate Research (Invited), Pittsburgh, PA, March 18, 2002.
• “A Systematic Approach to Engineering Magnetically Soft Crystalline Thin Films,” presented at MINT Center, University of AL (Invited), Tuscaloosa, AL, February 14, 2002.
• “Nanotechnology Issues in Thermally Assisted Recording,” presented at Workshop in Nanotechnology Research (Invited), Pittsburgh, PA, September, 2001.
• “Center for Highly Integrated Information Processing and Storage Systems: Technology, Vision and Progress,” presented at HP Corporation (Invited), Palo Alto, April, 2001.
• “Center for Highly Integrated Information Processing and Storage Systems: Technology, Vision and Progress,” presented at Intel Corporation (Invited), Santa Clara, CA, April, 2001.
• “A Systematic Approach to Engineering Magnetically Soft Crystalline Thin Films,” presented at Dept of MSE Seminar, Carnegie Mellon University (Invited), Pittsburgh, PA, May, 2001.
• “Heads for thermally assisted recording: density and data rate issues,” presented at International Storage Symposium (Invited), Kalamata, GREECE, September, 2001.
• “Sputtered thin film media for tape recording,” presented at International Storage Symposium (Invited), Kalamata, GREECE, September, 2001.
• “Probe-based storage: a new platform for mechanically accessed non-volatile storage,” presented at IDEMA Diskcon (Invited), San Jose, September, 2001.
• “Systems issues in the pursuit of 1 Tbit/in2,” presented at DSSC Annual Retreat (Invited), Pittsburgh, May 19, 2000.
• “The March to 1Tbit/in2: Issues in Recording Head Design and Fabrication,” presented at Dept. of ECE, Carnegie Mellon University (Invited), Pittsburgh, May, 2000.
• “NSIC Magnetic Tape Systems and Technology Roadmap: An Update for 2000,” presented at National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC) Annual Meeting (Invited), Monterey, CA, June, 2000.
• “Focused-Ion-Beam Processing of Magnetic Materials for Magnetic Disk Recording: the Grain Growth Problem,” presented at Seagate (Invited), Normandale, MN, February 20, 2000.
• “Hybrid recording challenges at 1 Tbit/in2,” presented at NSIC 1 Terabit Workshop (Invited), San Jose, CA, August, 2000.
• “High Moment Pole Materials for High Density Data Storage,” presented at Seoul National University (Invited), Seoul, KOREA, May, 1999.
• “High Moment Pole Materials for High Density Data Storage,” presented at Korean Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) (Invited), Seoul, KOREA, May, 1999.
• “High Moment Pole Materials for High Density Data Storage,” presented at Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) (Invited), Taejeon, KOREA, May, 1999.
• “The NSIC Tape Roadmap Technology Section Summary,” presented at IEEE Mass Storage Symposium (Invited), San Diego, CA, March, 1999.
• “High Moment Pole Materials for High Density Data Storage,” presented at Samsung (Invited), Seoul, KOREA, May, 1999.
• “Tape Tracking Research At DSSC,” presented at IEEE Chapter Meeting (Invited), Minneapolis, MN, March, 1998.
• “The NSIC Tape Roadmap Technology Section Summary,” presented at National Storage Industry Consortium (NSIC) Annual Meeting (Invited), Monterey, CA, July, 1998.
• “Limitations to Track Following Imposed by Position Error SNR Using a Multi-Tapped Magnetoresistsive Servo Head,” presented at TMRC 98 (Invited), Boulder, CO, August, 1998.
• “Recent Work on Tape Recording Heads at the DSSC,” presented at Seagate Corporation (Invited), Londonderry, N. Ireland, October 31, 1997.
• “Tape Tracking Research At DSSC,” presented at Philips Research Labs (Invited), Eindhoven, NETHERLANDS, November 3, 1997.
• “High Moment Write Heads for Ultrahigh Density Recording,” presented at Quantum Corporation (Invited), Shrewsbury, MA (simultaneously televised to Louisville, CO and Milpitas, CA), July 25, 1996.
• “High Moment Write Heads for Ultrahigh Density Recording,” presented at IEEE Chapter Meeting (Invited), Minneapolis, MN, April 4, 1996.
• “The Processing of FeAlN for Recording Head Applications,” presented at Fe-based Nanocrystalline Alloys for Recording Heads Workshop (Invited), Tuscloosa, AL, April 15, 1996.
• “Thin Film Tape Recording Heads with High Moment FeAlN Poles,” presented at TMRC ’95 (Invited), Pittsburgh, PA, August, 1995.

PEER REVIEWED PAPERS IN CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS OR EDITED VOLUMES

• Huang, J. C., Song, W. D., Shi, L. P., Zhao, R., Chong, T. C., Bain, J. A., & Schlesinger, T. E. (2011). Crystallinity and its influence on physical and magnetic properties in phase change magnetic materials. Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium (NVMTS), 2011 11th Annual (7-9 Nov. 2011), 1-4.
• Tan, C. C., Zhao, R., Shi, L., Chong, T. C., Bain, J. A., Schlesinger, T. E., Malen, J. A., & Ong, W. L. (2011). Thermal conductivity measurements of nitrogen-doped Ge2Sb2Te5. Non-Volatile Memory Technology Symposium (NVMTS), 2011 11th Annual (7-9 Nov. 2011), 1-4.
• Fedder, G. K., Bain, J. A., Carley, L. R., Davis, R. F., Ricketts, D., Hu, W., Tang, Y., & Zhang, Y. (2011). Ti/TiO2 Nanodevices made with CMOS-MEMS Dual-Mode AFM/STM Probe Arrays., 4.
• Evarts, E., Booth, R., Shah, L. R., Tang, Y., Tamaru, S., Ricketts, D., Bain, J. A., & Majetich, S. (2011). Sub-30 nm Magnetic Tunnel Junction and Spin Valve Nanopillar Analysis Using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy. Intermag: International Magnetics Conference.
• Draghi, L.J.; Bain, J.A.; Fedder, G.K., “Self-engaging and disengaging CMOS-MEMS probes,” Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2011 IEEE 24th International Conference on , pp.1273-1276, 23-27 Jan. 2011
• Wen, C.-Y.; Chua, E.K.; Zhao, R.; Chong, T.C.; Bain, J.A.; Schlesinger, T.E.; Pileggi, L.T.; Paramesh, J.; , “A phase-change via-reconfigurable on-chip inductor,” Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), 2010 IEEE International , vol., no., pp.10.3.1-10.3.4, 6-8 Dec. 2010
• Ricketts, D.S.; Bain, J.A.; Yi Luo; Blanton, R.D.; Mai, K.; Fedder, G.K.; , “Enhancing CMOS Using Nanoelectronic Devices: A Perspective on Hybrid Integrated Systems,” Proceedings of the IEEE , vol.98, no.12, pp.2061-2075, Dec. 2010
• Black, E.J.; Kong, Y.; Powell, S.; Chabalko, M.; Luo, Y.; Schlesinger, T.E; Bain, J.A.; , “Coupled plasmonic waveguides: Near field transducers for HAMR,” APMRC, 2010 Digest , vol., no., pp.1-2, 10-12 Nov. 2010
• Bain, J.A.; El-Ghazaly, A.; Bromberg, D.; Fedder, G.K.; Messner, W.C.; , “Electrothermal actuators for hard disk drive applications,” APMRC, 2010 Digest , vol., no., pp.1-2, 10-12 Nov. 2010
• Liu, J.; Draghi, L.; Noman, M.; Bain, J.A.; Schlesinger, T.E.; Fedder, G.K.; , “High current low contact resistance platinum-coated CMOS-MEMS probes,” Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2010 IEEE 23rd International Conference on , vol., no., pp.1143-1146, 24-28 Jan. 2010
• Liu, J.; Draghi, L.; Bain, J.A.; Schlesinger, T.E.; Fedder, G.K.; , “Three-DOF CMOS-MEMS probes with embedded piezoresistive sensors,” Micro Electro Mechanical Systems (MEMS), 2010 IEEE 23rd International Conference on , vol., no., pp.284-287, 24-28 Jan. 2010
• Evarts, E. R.; Farkas, T. T.; Tsukerman, B.; Cao, L.; Ricketts, D.; Markovich, G.; Bain, J. A.; Majetich, S. “Noise Measurements on Magnetic Tunnel Junction Nanopillars using Conductive Atomic Force Microscopy”, Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2010).
• Smith, J. R.; Hu, W.; Dang, Y. Y.; Ozcan, O.; Sitti, M.; Bain, J. A.; Ricketts, D.; Davis, R. F. “Scanning Probe Nanomanufacturing on Si: Surface Characterization of the Process Technique”, Materials Research Symposium (2010).
• Evarts, E. R.; Moneck, M.; Booth, R. A.; Hogg, C.; Ricketts, D.; Zhu, J.-G.; Bain, J. A.; Majetich, S. “Spin Torque Switching of 26 nm Diameter Magnetic Tunnel Junction Using a Conductive Atomic Force Microscope”, Conference on Magnetism and Magnetic Materials (2010).
• J. Liu, M. Noman, J. Bain, T. Schlesinger, and G. Fedder, “Lever-based CMOS-MEMS probes for reconfigurable RF IC’S,” 22nd IEEE International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, MEMS 2009, January 25, 2009 – January 29, 2009, Sorrento, Italy: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2009, pp. 1111-1114.
• J. Liu, L. Draghi, M. Noman, J. Bain, T. Schlesinger, and G. Fedder, “Platinum sputtered CMOS-MEMS electrothermal probes with piezoresistive force sensing,” 2009 IEEE Sensors, Christchurch, New Zealand: Oct. 2009, pp. 1911-1914.
• J. Liu, M. Noman, J. Bain, T. Schlesinger, and G. Fedder, “Polysilicon sensors for CMOS-MEMS electrothermal probes,” TRANSDUCERS 2009 – 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, June 21, 2009 – June 25, 2009, Denver, CO, United states: IEEE Computer Society, 2009, pp. 2425-2428.
• W. Messner, J. Bain, M. Koenders, J. Groenesteijn, G. Marsman, P. Gilgunn, and G. Fedder, “A CMOS-MEMS rotary microactuator suitable for hard disk drive applications,” TRANSDUCERS 2009 – 15th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, June 21, 2009 – June 25, 2009, Denver, CO, United states: IEEE Computer Society, 2009, pp. 1509-1512.
• J. Liu, M. Noman, J.A. Bain, T.E. Schlesinger and G.K. Fedder, “Lever-Based CMOS-MEMS Probes for Reconfigurable RF IC’s”, MEMS ’09, Jan. 25-29, 2009, Sorrento, ITALY.
• Lo, H. and Bain, J., “Effects of High Current Density at Nanoscale Point Contacts,” Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference (MNHT), MNHT2008-52349, Tainan, Taiwan, Jan 6-9, 2008.
• J. Liu, M. Noman, J.A. Bain, T.E. Schlesinger and G.K. Fedder, “MEMS Probes for Reconfigurable IC’s”, MEMS ’08, Jan. 13-17, 2008, Tucson, Arizona, US.
• S. Nabavi, B. V. K. Vijaya Kumar, and J. A. Bain, “Mitigating the Effects of Track Mis-Registration in Bit-Patterned Media,” Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Communications, Pages: 2061-2065, 2008.
• Lo, H. and Bain, J., “Thermal Design for Probe Transformation of Phase Change Vias,” International Mechanical Engineering Congress and Exposition (IMECE), IMECE2008-66441, Boston, MA, Nov 2-6, 2008.
• Lo, H. and Bain, J.A. “Effects Of High Current Density At Nanoscale Point Contacts”, , Proceedings of MNHT2008, Micro/Nanoscale Heat Transfer International Conference, January 6-9, 2008, Tainan, Taiwan. (in press)
• F. Sarigoz, B. V. K. Kumar, and J. A. Bain, “Characterization and equalization of dropouts in the magnetic tape recording channel,” Proceedings of 2000 International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing, vol. 6, pp. 3554-3557, 2000.
• “Structural Characterization of Pt/Co Multilayers for Magneto Optic Recording Using X-ray Diffraction,” J.A. Bain, B.M. Clemens and S. Brennan, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 313 (1993) pp. 799-804.
• “Microstructural Dependence of the Perpendicular Anisotropy in Co-Pt Alloys,” E.E. Marinero, R.F.C. Farrow, G.R. Harp, R.H. Geiss, J.A. Bain and B.M. Clemens, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 313 (1993) pp. 677-683.
• “Strain Relaxation During Growth of Epitaxial Fe on Cu (001)/MgO(001),” B.J. Daniels, N.M. Rensing, J.A. Bain, S. Brennan, B. Lairson, A.P. Payne and B.M. Clemens, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 312 (1993) pp.101-106.
• “In-Situ Observation of the Initial Stages of Co (0001) Epitaxy on Pt (111) Using Grazing Incidence X-ray Diffraction,” J.A. Bain, B.M. Clemens, and S. Brennan, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 312 (1993) pp. 291-296.
• “Structural Characterization of Multilayers Using X-ray Diffraction,” B.M. Clemens, J.A. Bain, A.P. Payne, T.C. Hufnagel and S.M. Brennan, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 239 (1992) pp. 475-486.
• “Magnetic Anisotropy of Crystalline Defects,” B.M. Clemens, R.L. White, W.D. Nix and J.A. Bain, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 231 (1992) pp. 459-464. (Invited)
• “Coherency Stresses in Mo/Ni multilayer Films,” J.A. Bain, L.J. Chyung, S. Brennan and B.M. Clemens, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 221, (1992) pp. 477-482.
• “Interfacial Composition and Structure in Pt/Ni and Pt/Nb Multilayer Thin Films,” J.A. Bain and B.M Clemens, MRS Conference Proceedings, vol. 187 (1990), pp. 315 320.

OTHER PAPERS IN SYMPOSIUM OR CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

• C. Hogg, S. Majetich, and J. Bain, “Exploring the limits of RIE-based pattern transfer using self-assembled nanoparticle arrays as etch masks.,” Digest of the International Magnetics Conference, Intermag 2009, May. 2009.
• J.A. Bain and D.D. Stancil, “High Efficiency Near Field Sources for Heat Assisted Magnetic Recording,” Digest of the 2009 Magnetics and Optics Research International Symposium for New Storage Technology (MORIS 2009), Jun. 2009.
• J. Bain, D.D. Stancil, E. Black, T. Schlesinger, Y. Kong, and Y. Luo, “Near field HAMR optical sources suitable for excitation with single mode waveguides,” Digest of the 20th International Conference on Magnetic Recording Heads and Systems, Oct. 2009.
• S. Nabavi, V. Bhagavatula, and J. Bain, “Equalization and Detection for Bit-Patterned Media Recording (BPMR) Channels with Inter-Track Interference,” Digest of the 20th International Conference on Magnetic Recording Heads and Systems, Oct. 2009.
• James C. Salvia James A. Bain C. Patrick Yue “Tunable On-Chip Inductors up to 5 GHz using Patterned Permalloy Laminations”, Proceedings of 2005 IEEE International Electron Devices Meeting, Washington, DC, December 5 – 7, (2005)
• Herget, P., T.E. Schlesinger, J.A. Bain, D.D. Stancil, and H. Awano, MAMMOS read-only memory. Proceedings of the SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004. 5380(1): p. 163-70.
• Itagi, A.V., T.E. Schlesinger, J.A. Bain, and D.D. Stancil. Analytical Evaluation of the Electromagnetic Fields of a Near-Field Circular Aperture in a Real Conductor at Optical Frequencies. in Proceedings of 2003 International Symposium on Optical Memory. 2004. Nara, JAPAN
• Ohno, T., A.V. Itagi, C. Fang, J.A. Bain, and T.E. Schlesinger, Characterization of very small aperture GaN lasers. Proceedings of the SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004. 5380(1): p. 393-402.
• Zhou, L., J.A. Bain, T.E. Schlesinger, M. Lang, and T.D. Milster, Prototype mode index lens for heat-assisted magnetic recording. Proceedings of the SPIE – The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2004. 5380(1): p. 28-33.
• A. V. Itagi, T. E. Schlesinger, J. A. Bain and D. D. Stancil, “Efficiency of Light Coupling From a Light Delivery System to a Planar Waveguide for Optical and Hybrid Recording Heads,” Proc. SPIE- Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., vol. 5069, pp 341 (2003)
• F. Chen, A. V. Itagi, L. Stebounova, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil, G. C. Walker and T. E. Schlesinger, “”A Study of Near-field Aperture Geometry Effects on Very Small Aperture Lasers (VSAL),” Proc. SPIE- Int. Soc. Opt. Eng., vol. 5069, pp 312 (2003)
• T. Rausch, A. Itagi, P. Herget, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil and T. E. Schlesinger, “Heat assisted magnetic recording (invited),” in Proceedings of MORIS 2002, (2002)
• T. Rausch, P. Herget, J.-G. Zhu, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil and T. E. Schlesinger, “Experimental Test Bed for Hybrid Recording,” in SPIE Proceedings of Optical Data Storage Conference, vol. 4342, pp 502-10 (2002)
• T. Rausch, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil, and T. E. Schlesinger, “Near-field Hybrid Recording with a Mode Index Lens,” Proceedings of Optical Data Storage Conference (SPIE), vol. 4090, pp. 66-71, 2000.
• J. Liu, H. Song, B. V. K. Kumar, H. P. D. Shieh, and J. A. Bain, “Channel modeling for hybrid magneto-optical recording,” Proceedings of Optical Data Storage Conference (SPIE), vol. 4090, pp. 292-299, 2000.
• “Fine Grain Barium Thin Films with Perpendicular C-axis Orientation,” Y. Chen, J.A. Bain and M.H. Kryder, 4th Perpendicular Magnetic Recording Conference (PMRC), October 20-23, Akita, Japan, 1997.
• “Recording Heads: Write Heads for High Density Magnetic Tape,” J.A. Bain, presented at SPIE ’95, Philadelphia, PA, SPIE Proceedings, vol. 2604 (1995) pp. 165 175. (Invited)
• “Advanced Materials and Devices for High Density Recording and Readback Heads,” M.H. Kryder, J.A. Bain and M. Xiao, Proc. of ISPMM ’95, Seoul, Korea, Aug., 1995. (Invited)

PUBLISHED ABSTRACTS, DISCUSSIONS, REVIEWS

• “Next Generation Pole Materials for Magnetic Recording Heads,” J.A. Bain, Data Storage Magazine, vol. 3, no. 7, (1996) pp. 61-66. (Invited)
• “Stress Determination in Textured Thin Films Using X-ray Diffraction,” B.M. Clemens and J.A. Bain, MRS Bulletin, vol. 17, no. 7 (1992) pp. 46 51. (Invited)

BOOKS AND BOOK CHAPTERS

• J. F. Hoburg and J. A. Bain, “Susceptibility of Magnetic Information Storage to Power Frequency Magnetic Fields” Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Report No. 1008154 (2003) 110 pgs.
• J. A. Bain, “The Manufacture of Inductive and Magnetoresistive Heads,” in The Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Technology, Elsevier Science Ltd., Ed. by K. H. J. Buschow, R. W. Cahn, M. C. Flemings, B. Ilschner, E. J. Kramer and S. Mahajan. pp 4868-4879 (2001)

OTHER WRITINGS

• T. Rausch, J. A. Bain and T. E. Schlesinger, “Does hybrid recording have a future?,” Insight Magazine, Winter, pp 8 (2002)
• T. Rausch, J. A. Bain and T. E. Schlesinger, “Hybrid recording,” Data Storage Magazine, 8, pp 16-22 (2001)
• National Storage Industry Consortium Tape Technology roadmap, Heads Section, June 2001
• National Storage Industry Consortium Tape Technology roadmap, Heads Section, June 1998.
• “A Checklist for Use in the Preparation of Scientific Documents (v. 1.0),” J.A. Bain, Unpublished. (1997)
• “Structural Characterization of Thin Metallic Films and Multilayers Using X-ray Diffraction,” J.A. Bain, Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, (1993). 195 pp.

PATENTS

• Pileggi, L.; Bain, J.A.; Schlesinger, T E , “Reconfigurable IC interconnect using resistance change materials and MEMS probes”, Application No. 2005-100, filed 2011
• Bain, J.A.; Schlesinger, T E; Powell, Stephen P; Black, Eric J., “Coupled Plasmonic Waveguides and Associated Apparatus and Methods”, Application No. 12/780,207, filed April 2010
• Stancil; Daniel D., Itagi; Amit, Schlesinger; Tuviah E., Bain; James A., Rausch; Tim, “Device with waveguide defined by dielectric in aperture of cross-track portion of electrical conductor for writing data to a recording medium,” US Patent #6,999,384 (2006)
• D. D. Stancil, T. Rausch, A. Itagi, J. A. Bain and T. E. Schlesinger, “An integrated transducer for hybrid recording”, US Patent: pending (2004)
• T. Rausch, J. A. Bain, D. D. Stancil and T. E. Schlesinger, “Solid immersion lenses for focusing collimated light in the near-field region”, US Patent: 6,594,430 (2003)
• X. Sui, J. A. Bain and M. H. Kryder, “Method of enhancing the c-axis perpendicular orientation of barium hexaferrite thin films and barium hexaferrite thin film recording media produced thereby”, US Patent: 5,863,661 (1999)