Education

• July, 1982 B.S. in Physics (Minor in Math), Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia.
  
• Aug., 1986 M.A. in Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• May, 1990 Ph.D. in Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Professional Experience

• 6/78-6/79 Aviation Maintenance Technical School Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
• 8/81-8/82 Radiation Technician Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa Ethiopia.
• 8/82-8/84 Lecturer, Gondar College of Medical Sciences Gondar, Ethiopia.
• 8/84-5/86 Teaching Assistant, Department of Physics, Temple University, Philadelphia.
• 5/86-8/90. Research Assistant, Department of Physics Temple University ,Phildelphia.
• 8/90-5/92 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics Temple University.
• 8/92-8/93 Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physics NCA&T State University.
• 8/93- Assistant Professor, Department of Physics North Carolina A&T State University.

Professional Affiliations

• National Society of Black Physicists,Member
• Los Alamos National Laboratory, Consultant
• American Physical Society, Member
• Physical Review B and Physical Review Letters, Reviewer
• African Distance Learning Association,Member
• Ethiopian Distance Learning Assoication,Member

Honors and Recognition

• Recognized by The B. F. Goodrich Collegiate Inventors Program for a distinguished contribution to the 1991 national invention competition.
• North Carolina A&T State University ,Guilford County Schools Understanding Calculus via the information Super Highway (Certificate of Participation)
• Who is Who Among American Teachers, 1996

Proposals (funded)

• Project Title: Transport , Calorimetric and Magnetic studies of Bismuth-based High Temperature Superconductors
  Source of Support: Office of the Naval Research,
  Award Amount : $200,000 Period Covered: 04/15/95-04/14/98
  Location of Project: NC A&T State University
  
• Project Title: Physics of Materials Research Initiative at NC A&T State University
  Source of Support: The Regents of the University of California-DOE Los Alamos National Laboratory.
  Award Amount : $150,000 Period Covered: 09/18/95-08/31/98
  Location of Project: NC A&T State University
  
• Project Title: A Proposal to Enhance the Research Capability of Physics Majors at NC A&T State University
  Source of Support: DOE-Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory,
  Award Amount : $5,000 Period Covered: 03/1/95-02/29/96
  Location of Project: NC A&T State University

Computer and Language Skills

• Familiar with HP, IBM PC and Mac microcomputers
• Experience in interfacing IEEE-488 and RS232
• Experience DOS, UNIX, LAN, Windows 95/NT Operating Systems,
• Familiar with Java, Visual basic and C++ programing
• Experience in system administration, TCP/IP protocol, Microsoft Access and Oracle
• Experience in computer based and multimedia based teaching technologies
• Language Skills: Amharic , English, Italian, and French

OTHER SKILLS

• Preparation of samples using such techniques as solid state reaction, freeze dry methods, spray pyrolisis, evaporation and sputtering, magnetic alignment, crystal growth
• Material Characterization Techniques: dc and ac resistivity, Hall effect, adiabatic, ac and thermal relaxation techniques to measure specific heat, x-ray diffraction, high pressure and high field measurements of magnetization, specific heat and resistivity, Mossbauer effect, magnetic measur ements using SQUID magnetometer, Thermogravimetric Analysis, x-ray florescence, Familiar with NMR and EPR
• Cryogenics: Ability to develop efficient thin film and bulk thermometers to be used at cryogenic temperatures. Experience in the use of Closed Cycle Refrigerators, Designed basic He4 and He3 Cryostats Ability to build a low noise cryogenic amplifier

Achievement

• Built a full operational Low Temperature Physics Laboratoy at NC A&T State University.

Scientific presentation, invited talks, workshops and conferences

1. A. Kebede, I. Perez, J.E. Crow, P. Schlottmann, T. Mihalisin: Magnetic Ordering and Superconductivity in (Y,Pr) Ba2Cu3O7.(Conference on Foundamental issues of High Temperature Superconductivity, Princeton, NJ, June 1989) (poster).
2. Magnetic Ordering in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇ as evidenced by Muon Spin Relaxation: D.W. Cooke, R.S. Kwok, R.L. Lichti, T. Adams, C. Boekema, W.K. Dawson,
3. A. Kebede, J. Schwegler, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin: Proceedings of the 34th Annual Conf. on Mag. and Mag. Materials, Boston, MA, Nov 28-Dec 1,1989.
4. Impurity effect of S on Superconductivity in YBa₂Cu₃SO₆: J.T. Wang, Stanely Tsai, Willie Williams, Saligrama SubbaRao, A. Kebede and J. E. Crow: Bulletin of APS; Vol. 35, No. 3, p. 248, March 1990.
5. A. Kebede, T. Mihalisin, G. Myer, P.Schlottmann, J.E. Crow, M. V. Kuric, and R. P. Guertin: Mgnetic and Thermodynamic Properties of Non-superconducting (Y,Pr)Ba₂Cu₃O₆: (Presented at the 35th annual conference om Magentism and Magnetic Materials, San Diego, Califonia, October 29-November 1, 1990)
6. I. Perez, Ajmal Khun, William R. Scott, Dianne M. Granata, Richard Neiseld, Paul Wise, A. Kebede, C. Fuller, C.J. Martoff: Break Junctions in Thin Films of the YBCO Ceramic Superconductor. (The 1991 Fall Meeting of the MRS Conference, Bostn MA, 1991.) (poster)
7. Evidence of Pair Breaking in High Tc Superconductors Clemson University, Department of Physics, October 1992
8. Observation of Cu NMR in Antiferromagnet PrBa₂Cu₃O₇, Evidence of Hole-Band Filling: A.P. Reyes, D.E. Maclaughin, M. Takigawa, P.C. Hammel, R.H. Heffner, J.D. Thompson, J.E. Crow, A. Kebede, T. Mihalisin, J. Schwegler Bulletin of APS Vol. 35, No. 3, p429, March 1990.
9. Science and Technology Alliandce Materials Conference NC A&T State Univeristy Oak Ridge National Laboratory (October 27,-29, 1993)
10. Electronic Properties of Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇ University of Wisconsin-Madison, Materials Research Center, Novwmber, 1994
11. ⁶³Cu NMR in the Normal State of Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇ : D.E. Maclaughin, M. Takigawa, P.C. Hammel, R.H. Heffner, D. Thompson, J.E. Crow, A. Kebede, T. Mihalisin, J.Schwegler: Bulletin of APS; Vol. 35, No. 3, p429, March 1990.
12. High temperature Supercoducting Tape Commercialization Conference Albuquerque, New Mexico ( July 5-7 1995)
13. South Eastern Secion of the American Physical Society Tallahasse Florida, (November 8-12, 1995)
14. Workshop on Materians Sicencde for Historically Black colleges and Universities in the Southeastern United States Oak Ridge, Tennessee, October 13-14, 1995
15. Magentic Field Dependece of the Energy Gap of SmB₆: A. Lacerda,J.D. Goettee, J.L. Smith, and A. Kebede Bulletin of APS, Vol. 41, No. 1, March 1996
16. Resistivity and Magnetic Susceptibility of Mixed Phase BiSCCO Superconducting Whiskers: A. Kebede, G.X. Tessema, M. Skove, C. Schneider, and H. Safar Bulletin of APS, Vol. 41, No. 1, March 1996
17. The American Physical Society, March Meeting March 17-21, 1997 Kansas City, MO
18. Poster presentation at The National Society of Black Physicists Conference, April 27-28, 1997 Unviersity of California at Berkeley, Berkeley CA.
19. Free Electron Laser Workshop: Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility: June 25-26, 1997
20. WorkShop on High Resolution Cold Neutron Spectroscopy, NIST Center for Neutron Research, August 13-15, 1997, Gaithersburg Maryland

Teaching and Education Related Workshops and Conferences

1. Astronomy Workshop for North Carolina Teachers: 7-8 June 1997-American Astronomical Society-Winston-Slem North Carolina
2. Academic Technology Tools Conference: August 2-6 1997, UNC Greensboro, North Carolina
3. Distance Learning Initiative for Ethiopia: A. Kebede, B.Tekelhaimanot, D. Alamineh and Mulumebet Worku: Ethiopian Scientific Society Telecom 1997 Conference on Distance Learning, July 1, 1997 Washington DC: Sponsored by the World Bank

Publications

1. Transport and Meissner Effect Studies for YBa₂(Cu_1-xZn_x)₃O₇: S.H. Bloom, M.V. Kuric, Y.S. Yao, R.P. Guertin, D. Nichols, G.H. Myer, P. Schlottmann, A. Kebede, Chan-Soo Jee, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin: Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc.Vol. 99, 805 (1988)
2. d-hole Localization and the Suppression of Superconductivity in YBa₂(Cu_1-xZn_x)₃O_7-y: Chan-Soo Jee, D. Nichols, A. Kebede, S. Rahman, J.E Crow, T. Mihalisin, A.M. Ponte Goncalves, G.H. Myer, I. Perez, R.E. Salomon, P. Schlottmann, S.H. Bloom, M.V. Kuric, Y.S. Yao, R.P. Guertin, J. Superconductivity, 1, 63 (1988).
3. Thermodynamic and Pressure Dependent Magnetic Characterization of PrBa₂Cu₃O₇ Chan-Soo Jee, A. Kebede, T. Yuen. S. H. Bloom. M.V. Kuric, J.E. Crow, J.Mag. Mag. Mater. 76&77, 617-618 (1988)
4. Evidence of A-G Pair Breaking in High Tc Superconductor: A. Kebede, Chan-Soo Jee, D. Nichols, M. V. Kuric, J. E. Crow, R. P. Guertin, T. Mihalisin, G. H. Myer, I. Perez, R. E. Salomon, and P. Schlottmann, J. Mag. Mag. Mater. 76&77, 619 (1988).
5. Magnetic Order of Pr in PrBa₂Cu₃O₇: W.H. Li, J.W. Lynn, S. Skanthakumar, T.W. Clinton, A. Kebede, C. S. Jee, J.E. Crow, and T. Mihalisin , Physical Review B 40, 7 (1989)
6. Depression of Superconductivity, Heavy Fermion Behavior and Valence Fluctuations in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇: Chan-Soo Jee, A.Kebede, D. Nichols, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin, G.H. Myer, I. Perez, R.E. Salomon, P. Schlottmann: Solid Sate Commun. 69, 379 (1989).
7. Magnetic Ordering and Superconductivity in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇: A. Kebede, C-S- Jee, J. Schwegler, J. E. Crow, T. Mihalisin, G. H. Myer, R. E. Salomon, P. Schlottmann, M. V. Kuric, S. H. Bloom, and R. P. Guertin, Phys. Rev. B40, 4453 (1989).
8. Normal state Cu Knight Shift and Hole-Band Modification in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇: A.P. Reyes, D.E. Maclaughlin, P.C. Hammel, R.H. Heffner, M. Takigawa, J.D. Thomspson,J.E. Crow, A. Kebede, T. Mihalisin, J. Schwegler, (Proceedings of the 34th Annual conf. on Mag. Materials Boston, MA, Nov 28-Dec 1,1989). J. Appl. Phys. 67 (9), p.5032
9. Magnetic Ordering in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇ as evidenced by Muon Spin Relaxation: D.W. Cooke, R.S. Kwok, R.L. Lichti, T. Adams, C. Boekema, W.K. Dawson, A. Kebede, J. Schwegler, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin, J. Appl. Phys. 67, p. 5061
10. Superconductivity and Magnetic Phase Boundaries for Heavy Fermion (Y,Pr)Ba₂Cu₃O₇ System: M.V. Kuric, R.P. Guertin, A. Kebede, J. Schwegler, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin, G.H. Myer, P. Schlottmann, S. Foner: Physica B 163 (1990) p.9-12.
11. Magnetic Properties of Pr in non Superconducting PrBa₂Cu₃O₇: S. Skanthakumar, W.-H. Li, J.W. Lynn, A. Kebede, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin, Physica B, 163 (1990), p. 239-241.
12. Muon-SR investigation of the Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇: D.W. Cooke, R.S. Kwok, M.S. Jahan, R.L. Lichti, T.R. Adams, C. Boekema, W.K. Dawaon, A. Kebede, J. Schwegler, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin, Physica B 163 (1990) p. 657-677
13. Preparation of YBa₂Cu₃O_7-x Using Barium Hydroxide Flux: N. Coppa, A. Kebede, J.W. Schewegler, I. Perez R.E. Salomon, G.H Myer, J.E. Crow, J. Matter. Res., 5(12), p.2755(1990).
14. Muon-SR investigation of the Coexistence of Magnetism and Superconductivity in Y_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇ : D.W. Cooke, R.S. Kwok, M.S. Jahan, R.L. Lichti, T.R. Adams, C. Boekema, W.K. Dawaon, A. Kebede, J. Schwegler, J.E. Crow, T. Mihalisin. Hyperfine Interactions (Switzerland) 63(1-4), p.219(1990).
15. Magnetic Ordering and Superconductivity inY_1-xPr_xBa₂Cu₃O₇ as evidenced by Muon-Spin Relaxation: D. W. Cooke, R. S. Kwok, R. L. Lichti, T. Adams, C. Boekema, W. K. Dawson, A. Kebede, J. Schwegler, J. E. Crow, and T. Mihalisin, J. Appl. Phys. 67, 5061 (1990).
16. The magnetic Properties of Non Superconducting (Y,Pr)Ba₂Cu₃O₆: A. Kebede, J. P. Rodriguez, I. Perez, T. Mihalisin, G. H. Myer, J. E. Crow, P. P. Wise, and P. Schlottmann, J. Appl. Phys. 69, 5376 (1991).
17. Preparation of High-Tc Oxide Films via Solvent Spray: J. McHale, R. W. Shaeffer, Abebe Kebede, J. Macho, and R. E. Salomon, J. Supercond. 5, 511 (1992).
18. Silver Alloys for High Temperature Superconducting Wire: B.N. Hubert. R. Zhou, T.G. Holsinger, W.L. Hults, A. Lacerda, A.S. Murray, R.D. Ray II, C. M. Buford, A. Kebede, and J.L.Smith, (submitted to Journal of Electronics, February 1995)
19. Studies of the correlated electron system SmB6: A. Kebede, M.C. Aronson, C.M. Buford, P.C. Canfield, Jin Hyung Cho, B.R. Coles, C. Cooley, J.Y. Coulter, Z. Fisk, J.D. Goettee, W. L. Hults and A. Lacerda, Physica B,223&224 (1996) 256-259
20. The Energy Gap of SmB₆ at Low Temperatures and High Magnetic Fields: Lacerda, A.;Goettee,J.D;Schmiedeshoff, G.M.; Kebede, A., and Smith, J.L.
    Czechoslovac Journal of Physics,46, 1991-1992 (1996)
21. Lowering of the inter-layer Cu moment Reordering Temperature upon Ta doping in Pr_1.5Ce_0.5Sr₂Cu₂NbO₁₀ M. Bennahmias, H.B. Radousky, M. Buford, A. Kebede, M. McIntyre, T.J. Goodwin and R. Shelton, Phys. Rev. Vol 53, p 2773-2780 (1996)

List of References:

Dr. J.L. Smith
Los Alamos National Laboratoy, 
Superconductivity Technology Center
MS 763 Los Alamos , NM 87545
Tel: (505) 667-4471		
e-mail:jlsmith@lanl.gov

Professor G.X. Tessema	
Department of Physics
Clemson Univerisity 
Clemson, NC 29634-1911
email: TGUEBRE@clust1.clemson.edu


Professor Sekazi Mtingwa
Department of Physics
NC A&T State University
Greensboro, NC 27411
Tel: (910) 334-7646
	
Dr. Jack Crow, Director
National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 
Telephone: (904) 644-0850 or PL: (904) 644-086

Dr. Tan Yuen
Department of Physics
Temple Universiy
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Tel: (215) 707 7634