• Ph.D., 1991 Northwestern University
  
• M.S., 1988 Northwestern University
  
• B.S., 1985 Iowa State University

Dr. Rohde joined the Department of Mechanical Engineering in January 1992. In 1993 she received the National Science Foundation Young Investigator Award. She served as the Interim Associate Dean of the college for the Omaha campus from 2000-2002. She was honored as a RFT (Swedish Research Council) guest professor in Linkoping, Sweden in 2000, a post she still holds. Dr. Rohde served as editor for the International Conference on Metallurfical Coatings and thin Films and is a member of the DOE/Argonne National Lab's Energy Technology division review board, the American Vacuum Society, Society of Vacuum Coaters, Society of Women Engineers, and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) International. She is the 2005 chairperson of the Advanced Service Engineering Division of the AVS.

Thin Film Deposition and Surface Engineering

Development of novel thin film sputtering equipment, processes and technology transfer. Materials characterization, specifically in the areas of hard coatings, piezoelectrics, nanostructured and super lattice thin films. Tribological (frictional), micro structural, and chemical analysis of thin films and surfaces via mechanical testing, scanning electron microscopy, Auger electron microscopy, spectroscopic ellipsometry and x-ray diffraction. Ion implantation and analysis of ion induced effects in materials. With funding from the National Science Foundation, NATO, AAAS, TFR (the Swedish Research Council), UNL and a number of industrial sponsors, Dr. Rohde's research group actively promotes collaborative research among faculty, students, government laboratories, and industry in the United States, Europe and Asia.

Journal Articles and Conference Proceedings:

• T. Z. Gorishnyy, S. M. Aouadi, L. G. Olson, M. Oden, and S. L. Rohde , "Optimization of Wear-resistant Coating Architectures using Finite Element Analysis," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, Jan/Feb, (2003).
  
• Aouadi, S.M., J. Chladek, F. Namavar, N. Finnegan and S. L. Rohde, "Characterization of Ti-based Nanocrystalline Ternary Nitride Films," Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 20(5) (2002) 1967.
  
• Aouadi, S.M., T. Gorishnyy, F. Namavar, and S. L. Rohde, "Characterization of TiBN Films Grown by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition," Surface and Coating Technology, 160 (2002) 145.
  
• Aouadi, S.M., T.Z. Gorishnyy, D.M. Schultze, and S.L. Rohde,"Control and Montioring of Chromium Nitride Coatings Using In-Situ Spectroscopic Ellipsometry". Surface and Coatings Technology, 153 (2002) 1-9.
  
• Aouadi, S.M , F. Namavar, R. Haash, R. Nilchiani, J. A. Turner, and S.L. Rohde, &#Characterization of CrBN Films Deposited by Ion Beam Assisted Deposition". Journal of Applied Physics, 91(3) (2002) 1040.
  
• Aouadi, S.M., D.M. Mihut, M.L. Kuruppu, S.R. Kirkpatrick, and S.L. Rohde, "Spectroscopic Ellipsometry Measurements of Chromium Nitride Films", Journal of Vacuum Science A 19(6) (2001) 2800.
  
• Aouadi, S.M., D.M. Schultze, S.L. Rohde, K.-C. Wong and K.A.R. Mitchell, "Growth and Characterization of CrN/Cr2N multilayer coatings". Surface and Coatings Technology, 140(3) (2001) 269.
  
• Engström, C., T. Berlind, J. Birch, L. Hultman, I.P. Ivanov, S.R. Kirkpatrick and S.L. Rohde, "Design, Plasma Studies, and Ion Assisted Thin Film Growth in an Unbalanced Dual Target Magnetron Sputtering System with a Solenoid Coil,"Vacuum, 56 (2000) 107-113.
  
• Schneider, J.M., S.L. Rohde, W.D. Sproul, and A. Matthews, ARecent Developments in Plasma Assisted Physical Vapour Deposition," Journal of Physics D (Applied Physics) 33 (2000) R173.
  
• Kirkpatrick, S.R., D.M. Mihut, M.L. Kuruppu, M.L., J.R. Swanson III, S.L. Rohde, D. Thompson, and J.A. Woollam, Process Monitoring and Control of Low Temperature Reactively Sputtered AlN," Thin Solid Films, 332(1-2), 16 (1998).
  
• Kuruppu, M.L., G. Negrea, I.P. Ivanov, S.L. Rohde, "Monolithic and Multilayer Cr/CrN, Cr/Cr2N and Cr2N/CrN Coatings on Hard and Soft Substrates," Journal of Vacuum Science an<nt heating," International Communications in Heat and Mass Transfer, 24(2), 171-180 (1997).
  
• Ziegele, H., C. Rebholz, A.A. Voevodin, A. Leyland, S.L. Rohde and A. Mathews, "Studies of the Tribological and Mechanical Properties of Laminated CrC-SiC Coating Produced by r.f. and d.c. Sputtering", Tribology International , 30(12), 845 (1997).
  
• Rohde, S.L. , "Low Temperature Sputtering for Production of Tribological Thin Films," NSF & Belarus Academy of Sciences sponsored" Second Joint American - Eastern European Conference on New Materials and Technologies in Tribology," held in Minsk & Grondo, Belarus, and Warsaw, Poland, Sept. 1-5, 1997.

Books and Proceedings Edited

• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 2002, Volume I, editors, B. Sartwell, K. Wahl, W. Ensinger, K. Marchev, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, 22 April- 26 April 2002, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 2002.
  o Also appears as: B. Sartwell, K. Wahl, W. Ensinger, K. Marchev, and S.L. Rohde, Surface and Coating Technology, in press.
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Films 2002, Volume II, editors, B. Sartwell, K. Wahl, W. Ensinger, K. Marchev, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 29th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, 22 April- 26 April 2002, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 2002.
  o Also appears as: B. Sartwell, K. Wahl, W. Ensinger, K. Marchev, and S.L. Rohde, Thin Solid Films, in press.
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1999, Volume I, editors, A. Matthews, J.H. Givens, W. Ensinger, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, 12 April- 15 April 1999, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 1999.
  o Also appears as: A. Matthews, J.H. Givens, W. Ensinger, and S.L. Rohde, Surface and Coating Technology, 120/121 (1999).
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1999, Volume II, editors, A. Matthews, J.H. Givens, W. Ensinger, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, 12 April- 15 April 1999, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 1999.
  o Also appears as: A. Matthews, J.H. Givens, W. Ensinger, and S.L. Rohde, Thin Solid Films, 355-356 (1999).
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1998, Volume I, editors, B.D. Sartwell, J.H. Givens, C. Mitterer, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, 27 April-1 May 1998, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 1998.
  o Also appears as: Sartwell, BD; Givens, JH; Mitterer, C; and Rohde, SL, Surface and Coating Technology, 108/109 (1-3) (1998).
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1998, Volume II, editors, J.H. Givens, A. Matthews, C. Mitterer, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA, 27 April-1 May 1998, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 1998.
  o Also appears as: Sartwell, BD; Givens, JH; Mitterer, C; and Rohde, SL, Thin Solid Films, 332 (1998).
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1997, Volume I, editors, J.H. Givens, A. Matthews, C. Mitterer, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA,1997, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 1997.
  o Also appears as: Givens, JH; Matthews, A; Mitterer, C; and Rohde, SL, Surface and Coating Technology, 94-5(1-3) (1997).
  
• Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films 1997, Volume II, editors, J.H. Givens, A. Matthews, C. Mitterer, and S.L. Rohde, Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Metallurgical Coatings and Thin Films, San Diego, CA, USA,1997, Elsevier, Shannon, Ireland, 1997.
  o Also appears as: Givens, JH; Matthews, A; Mitterer, C; and Rohde, SL, Thin Solid Films, 308 (1997).

Book Chapters, Handbooks, and Summaries

• Rohde, S.L., R.S. Cowan, and W.K. Grant, "Executive Summary: First Australian - USA Workshop on Critical Issues in High Performance Wear Resistant Films," Surface and Coating Technology, 81(1) VIII-VX (1996).
  
• Rohde, S.L., "Unbalanced Magnetron Sputtering," Physics of Thin Films, Vol. 18, Plasma Sources for Thin Film Deposition and Etching, M. Francombe and J. Vossen, editors, Academic Press, 1994.
  
• Rohde, S.L., "Sputter Deposition," ASM Handbook, Vol. 5, "Surface Engineering," ASM International, Materials Park , Ohio , 1994. Refereed Article.
  
• Rohde, S.L., and W.-D. Munz, "Sputtering", in Advanced Surface Engineering, editors D. Rickerby and A. Matthews, Blackie and Son Publishers, United Kingdom, 1991.