Jeff Bechtold

Post-Secondary Education

University of Houston
Doctor of Philosophy
Physics

University of Houston
Master of Science
Physics

Teaching Experience

Austin Community College

Full time Physics faculty 1996 to present

Adjunct Physics & Engineering 1995-1996.

 

University of Houston

Teaching assistant 1985 to 1994. General Physics I Fall of 1994.

 

Houston Community College

General Physics I Fall of 1994.

 

Florida State University

Teaching assistant 1984-1985.

 

Miscellaneous

Variety of tutoring and consulting jobs.

Professional Publications

  1. "SUPERCONDUCTIVITY ABOVE 90 K IN THE SQUARE-PLANAR COMPOUND SYSTEM Ba2Cu3O6+x WITH A = La, Y, Nd, Sm, Eu, Gd, Ho, Er, and Lu", P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, Y. Q. Wang, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, J. Bechtold, K. Forster, and C. W. Chu, Phys. Rev. Lett. 58, 1891(1987). 
  2. "DISCOVERY AND PHYSICS OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY ABOVE 90 K", C. W. Chu, P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, Y. Q. Wang, and J. Bechtold, Novel Superconductivity, ed. S. A. Wolf and V. Z. Kresin (New York: Plenum Press, 1987), p. 581.
  3. "THE PROSPECT OF SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AT VERY HIGH TEMPERATURES", C. W. Chu, J. Bechtold, L. Gao, P. H. Hor, Z. J. Huang, R. L. Meng, and Y. Q. Wang, Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 26(suppl. 26-3), 2011(1987).
  4. "SUPERCONDUCTIVITY UP TO 114 K IN THE Bi-Al-Ca-Sr-Cu-O COMPOUND SYSTEM WITHOUT RARE-EARTH", C. W. Chu, J. Bechtold, L. Gao, P.H. Hor, Z. J. Huang, R. L. Meng, Y.Y. Sun, Y. Q. Wang, and Y.Y. Xue, Phys. Rev. Lett. 60, 941 (1988).
  5. "THE 120 K - SUPERCONDUCTING PHASE IN Bi-Ca-Sr-Cu-O", R. L. Meng, P. H. Hor, Y. Y. Sun, Z. J. Huang, L. Gao, Y. Y. Xue, Y. Q. Wang, J. Bechtold, and C. W. Chu, Mod. Phys. Lett. B2, 543(1988).
  6. "BULK SUPERCONDUCTIVITY IN Tl2CaBa2Cu­2O8+d UP TO 120 K", L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, R. L. Meng, P. H. Hor, J. Bechtold, Y.Y. Sun, C. W. Chu, Z. Z. Sheng, A. M. Herman, Nature 332, 623(1988).
  7. "NEW MATERIALS AND HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY", C. W. Chu, P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, Z. J. Huang, L. Gao, Y. Y. Xue, Y. Y. Sun, Y. Q. Wang, and J. Bechtold, Physica C 153-155, Part 2, 1138(1988).
  8. "MICROSTRUCTURAL AND ELECTRON-STRUCTURAL ANOMALIES AND HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTIVITY", C. W. Chu, Y. Y. Xue, Y. Y. Sun, R. L. Meng, Y. K. Tao, L Gao, Z. J. Huang, J. Bechtold, P. H. Hor, and Y. C. Jean, Proc. Taiwan Intl. Symp. on Superconductivity, April 17-19, 1989; Hsinchu, Taiwan, ROC (Singapore: World Scientific, 1989) pp. 1-28.
  9. "RESISTIVE AND MAGNETIC ANOMALIES IN THE Bi-Sr-V-O AND Tl-Sr-V-O COMPOUND SYSTEMS", Z. J. Huang, Y. Q. Wang, Y. Y. Sun, R. L. Meng, J. W. Chu, L. Gao, J. Bechtold, H. Feng, Y. Y. Xue, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, Physica C 175, 595(1991).
  10. POSSIBLE FLUX PINNING CENTERS IN YBa2Cu3O7-x", J. Kulik, Z. J. Huang, J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, P. H. Hor, in Proc. of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Electron Microscopy Society of America, ed. G. W. Bailey, (San Francisco: San Francisco Press, 1991).
  11. "CRYSTAL GROWTH OF YBa2Cu3O7-x AND REACTION OF GOLD CRUCIBLES WITH (Ba-Cu)-RICH FLUX", Y. K. Tao, H. C. Chen, L. Martini, J. Bechtold, Z. J. Huang, R. L. Meng, and P. H. Hor, J. Cryst. Growth 114, 279(1991).
  12. "IRRADIATION EFFECTS ON FLUX PINNING AND Jc IN HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCUTORS", P. H. Hor, J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, C. W. Chu and E. V. Hungerford, X. K. Maruyama, H. Backe, F. R. Buskirk and S. M. Connors, Y. C. Jean, and J. W. Farmer, Physica C 185-189, 2311(1991).
  13. "DEFECT SIZE DEPENDENCE OF CRITICAL CURRENT ENHANCEMENT FOR IRRADIATED YBa2Cu3O7-d", J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, Z. J. Huang, E. V. Hungerford, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, X. K. Maruyama, H. Backe, F. R. Buskirk, S. M. Connors, D. D. Snyder, Y. C. Jean, J. W. Farmer, Physica C 191, 199(1992).
  14. "THE AC SUSCEPTIBILITY AND VORTEX GLASS TRANSITION IN YBa2Cu3O7-d.", X. C. Jin, Y. Y. Xue, Z. J. Huang, J. Bechtold, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, submitted to Phys. Rev. B.
  15. "RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS IN YBa2Cu3O7", J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, E. V. Hungerford, R. L. Meng, P. H. Hor, C. W. Chu, X. K. Maruyama, H. Backe, F. R. Buskirk, S. M. Connors, D. D. Snyder, Y. C. Jean, and J. W. Farmer, Proceedings of the 1992 TCSUH Workshop on HTS Materials, Bulk Processing, and Bulk Applications, Houston TX, February 27-28, 1992.
  16. "RADIATION DAMAGE EFFECTS ON FLUX PINNING AND CURRENT DISSIPATION IN THE HIGH TEMPERATURE SUPERCONDUCTOR YTTRIUM-BARIUM-COPPER-OXIDE", Jeffrey James Bechtold, Ph. D. Dissertation (University of Houston, Houston, 1992).
  17. "AC PERMEABILITY MEASUREMENTS IN 770 MeV 129Xe17+ and 560 MeV 16O6+ Irradiated YBa2Cu3O7.", J. Bechtold, X. C. Jin, Y. Y. Xue, I. A. Rusakova, E. V. Hungerford, H. Feng, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, Materials Research Society Symposium Proceedings 275, 213(1992).
  18. "SUPERCONDUCTING PROPERTIES OF MULTILAYERED Bi(Pb)-2223/Ag TAPES", L. Martini, J. Bechtold, M. Majoros, V. Ottoboni, J-C. Vallier, S. Zanella, Supercond. Sci. & Technol., 7, 24(1994).
  19. "HIGH PRESSURE CONDUCTIVITY STUDY OF TEMPLATE SYNTHESIZED POLYPYRROLE", Bernd Lorenz, Joachim P. Spatz, Hans D. Hochheimer, Vinod Menon, Ranjani Parthasarathy, Charles R. Martin, Jeff Bechtold, and Pei-Herng Hor, Proc. 32nd European High Pressure Research Group Conference, BRNO, Czech Republic August 28th through September 1st , 1994.
  20. “HIGH-PRESSURE CONDUCTIVITY STUDY OF TEMPALTE SYNTHESIZED POLYPYRROLE: OBSERVATION OF A CROSSOVER FROM THREE- TO ONE-DIMENSIONAL VARIABLE RANGE HOPPING”, Bernd Lorenz, Joachim P. Spatz, Hans D. Hochheimer, Vinod Menon, Ranjiani Parthasrathy, Charles R. Martin, Jeff Bechtold, and Pei-Herng Hor, Philosophical Magazine B 71, 929(1995).

 

PRESENTATIONS:

 

"High Pressure Effect on the Superconducting Compounds Pb2Sr2Ln1.33Ce0.67-Cu3O10," J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Sun, H. H. Feng, Y. K. Tao, and P. H. Hor, APS March Meeting, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 38, 347(1993).

 

"AC Permeability Measurements in 770 MeV 129Xe17+ and 560 MeV 16O6+ Irradiated YBa2Cu3O7.", J. Bechtold, X. C. Jin, Y. Y. Xue, I. A. Rusakova, E. V. Hungerford, H. Feng, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, MRS Spring Meeting, Symposium S, April 27- May 1, 1992.

 

"Observation of Defect-Shape Dependence in Fluxon-Defect Interactions", R. L. Meng, J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, E. Hungerford, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, S. M. Connors, H. Backe, F. R. Buskirk, X. K. Maruyama, and H. Rietdyk, March Meeting of the APS, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 36, 728(1991).

"Degradation of Transport Jc in Melt-Textured Y123 by e-Irradiation", J. Bechtold, R. L. Meng, L. Gao, Y. Y. Xue, E. Hungerford, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, X. K. Maruyama, H. Backe, F. R. Buskirk, S. M. Connors, and D. D. Snyder, March Meeting of the APS, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 36, 728(1991).

"Increased Resistive Rounding in Oxygen Deficient YBa2Cu3O7-d", J. Bechtold, R. L. Meng, Y. Y. Sun, Y. K. Tao, P. H. Hor, and C. W. Chu, APS Bulletin 35, 533(1990).

"Superconducting Tl-Ba-Ca-Cu-O films by Tl2O3 Vapor Process", Y. Q. Wang, R. L. Meng, P. H. Hor, Y. Y. Sun, J. Kulik, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, and C. W. Chu, March Meeting of the APS, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 34, 891 (1989).

"Superconducting and Structural Dependence of BCSCO Compounds on Oxygen Pressure in High Temperature Annealing", J. Bechtold, Y. Y. Xue, R. L. Meng, P. H. Hor, Y. Y. Sun, L. Gao, Q. Xiong, Y. Q. Wang, J. K. Burton, and C. W. Chu, March Meeting of the APS, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 34, 889(1989).

"Effects of Sr Doping on the Superconducting Gd(Ba1-xSrx)2Cu3O7-d", J. Bechtold, P. H. Hor, R. L. Meng, L. Gao, Z. J. Huang, Y. Y. Sun, Y. Q. Wang, and C. W. Chu, March Meeting of the APS, Bull. Amer. Phys. Soc. 33, 329(1988).

Published: August 19, 2024