Obtained a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Clemson University under the direction of Dr. John Ballato. My dissertation topic was semiconductor core glass-clad optical fibers. Selected publications:S. Morris, S. Martin, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, R. Rice, and J. Ballato, “Cladding Glass Development for Semiconductor Core Optical Fibers,” International Journal of Applied Glass Science 3, 144 – 153 (2012).S. Morris, C. McMillen, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, R. Stolen, R. Rice… Show more Obtained a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Clemson University under the direction of Dr. John Ballato. My dissertation topic was semiconductor core glass-clad optical fibers. Selected publications:S. Morris, S. Martin, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, R. Rice, and J. Ballato, “Cladding Glass Development for Semiconductor Core Optical Fibers,” International Journal of Applied Glass Science 3, 144 – 153 (2012).S. Morris, C. McMillen, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, R. Stolen, R. Rice, and J. Ballato, “The Influence of Core Geometry on the Crystallography of Silicon Optical Fiber,” Journal of Crystal Growth 352, 53 – 58 (2012).S. Morris, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, J. Hudson, L. Zhu, R. Stolen, and J. Ballato, “On loss in silicon core optical fibers,” Optical Materials Express 2, 1511-1519 (2012).S. Morris, T. Hawkins, P. Foy, C. McMillen, J. Fan, L. Zhu, R. Stolen, R. Rice, and J. Ballato, “Reactive Molten Core Fabrication of Silicon Optical Fiber,” Optical Materials Express 1, 1141 – 1149 (2011).P. Dragic, T. Hawkins, S. Morris, and J. Ballato, “Sapphire-derived all-glass optical fibers,” Nature Photonics 6, 629-635 (2012). Show less