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Professor James A. Bain received his B.S. (1988) in Materials Science and Engineering from the University of Pennsylvania and his M.S. (1991) and Ph.D. (1993) in Materials Science and Engineering from Stanford University. He is a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department of Carnegie Mellon University. He also holds a courtesy appointment in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering and is associate director of the Data Storage Systems Center (DSSC). These departments and the DSSC are part of the College of Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. Bain has co-authored more than 225 papers in the field of magnetic, optical, electrical, thermal, and mechanical devices and materials for information storage. He currently has active research programs in heat assisted magnetic recording, and resistive switches for memory and reconfigurable electronics. He is a member of the Materials Research Society and the IEEE Magnetics, IEEE Electron Devices, and IEEE Photonics Societies.
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342 Roberts Engineering Hall
Phone
412.268.3602
Email
jbain@ece.cmu.edu
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Scott Institute

Eight faculty receive Scott Institute seed grants for energy research

The Scott Institute recently selected awardees from the College of Engineering for its seventh round of seed grants for energy research.

Bain named ECE’s new Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs

ECE’s James Bain was recently named ECE’s new Associate Department Head for Academic Affairs, effective June 1, 2018.

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