Honorary Society Memberships:
Eta
Kappa Nu
Omicron Delta Kappa
Sigma Pi Sigma
Honors:
RCA
Fellowship (1980)
Professional Experience:
June 1981 - Aug. 1985 Research Scientist, Raytheon Company, Lexington,
Massachusetts.
Nov. 1985 – May 1989 Engineer, Electronic Decisions, Inc., Urbana, Illinois.
July 1989 - present
School of Electrical
and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
Professional Society Activities
Electronic Materials Committee, The Minerals, Metals & Materials
Society (TMS), Member -- 2000-2006.
Conferences:
Co-Chair: 2006 IEEE
Nanotechnology Conference.
Session Chair: 8th International Conference on
Superlattices, Microstructures and Microdevices Cincinnati, OH, Aug. 1995.
Session Chair:
Electrochemical Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, Oct. 1995.
Session Chair:
Symposium on Control of Semiconductor Surfaces and Interfaces, Materials
Research Society 1996 Fall Meeting, Boston, MA, Dec. 1996.
Program Committee, Session Chair:
41st Electronic Materials Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, June 30 - July 2
1999.
Program Committee, Session Chair:
42nd Electronic Materials Conference, Denver, CO, June 21-23, 2000.
Session Chair:
27th International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors, Monterey, CA, 2-5
October, 2000.
Program Committee, Co-Organizer of Special Topical Session:
43rd Electronic Materials Conference, South Bend, IN, June 2001.
Organizer of Special Topical Session: Great Lakes VLSI Symposium, W.
Lafayette, IN, March 2001.
Ph.D. Thesis Supervision Completed
G.
L. Chen, “Studies of Coherent Transport Through Quantum-Dot Arrays and Weak
Antilocalization in InAs Heterostructures,” May 1994, (Joint with S. Datta).
K.
C. Huang, “Modeling of Resonant Tunneling Diodes,” Dec. 1995, (Joint with K.
J. Webb).
V.
R. Kolagunta, “Study of Conduction in Vertical and Lateral Nanostructures,”
May 1997.
E. B. Cohen, “Real Space Transfer Devices,” Aug. 1998, (joint with
K. J. Webb)
Haw-Jye
Ueng, “Characterization of Nonalloyed Ohmic Contacts” Aug. 2000 (joint with K.
J. Webb)
N.-P. Chen, “Modeling of Electronic States in Low-Temperature-Grown Gallium
Arsenide and Conduction Properties of Tunneling Based Contact, Aug. 2001
(Physics, administratively supervised by R. Reifenberger)
M.S. Thesis Supervision Completed
T.
S. Laverghetta, “Swept Frequency Measurements of Relative Dielectric Constant
in Microwave Laminates,” 1991.
M. S. Carroll, “Resonant Tunneling Diode Fabrication and DC
Characterization,” May, 1992, (Joint with K. J. Webb).
G.
E. Starnes, “Resonant Tunneling Diode Impedance Characterization for
Oscillator Applications,” August, 1992, (Joint with K. J. Webb).
V.
R. Kolaganta, “Nanofabrication Techniques - Development and Application," Dec.
1993.
R.
Jazayeri, “Single Electronics and the Modeling of Coulomb Blockade Devices,"
May 1995.
B. Walsh, “Kelvin Force Microscopy of Carbon Nanotubes,” May 2000.
Nishant Nerurkar, “Electron Beam Lithography Using a Scanning Electron
Microscope” Aug. 2000
E. Subramaniam, “Three-Dimensional Circuits” Dec. 2000
S. Lodha,
"Experimental and Modeling Studies of Schottky Contacts to
Low-Temperature-Grown GaAs," Dec. 2001.
Srinivasan Kadathur,
May 2002.
Undergraduate Student Projects Supervised
[1] Steven Lerman -- Design of a Microwave Amplifier (1991)
[2] Albert Loper -- Microstrip Patch Antenna (1991)
[3] Robert Lyle -- Microwave Wafer Probe (Summer 1992)
[4] Chris Bahns -- Automation of Hall Effect Measurement (Spring 1993)
[5]
Suresh Sethuraman -- Resonant Tunneling Diode Equivalent Circuit Extraction
from Microwave Measurements (Fall 1993)
[6] Steve Lin -- Noise Figure Characterization (Fall 1994)
[7]
Susan Kim (Stanford (Chem. Eng.) -- Patterning of Nanoscale Metal Cluster
Networks using Contact Printing (Summer 1996 -- NSF MRSEC summer intern)
[8]
Sharon West (Stanford, EE) -- Device Applications of Low-Temperature Grown
GaAs Surface Layers (Summer 1996 -- NSF MRSEC summer intern)
[9]
Christopher Wilcox -- Organic Monolayers on Low-Temperature Grown GaAs Surface
Layers (Summer - Fall 1997 -- NSF MRSEC intern)
[10] Ravi Bhat -- Modeling of Multilevel SOI Devices and Circuits
(Fall 1997)
[11] Rejon Sarrazine -- Modeling of Multilevel SOI Devices and
Circuits (Fall 1997)
[12] Saket Rattan -- SOI Device/Circuit Simulation (Spring, Summer
1998)
[13] Elizabeth Peckham (Michigan, Chem. Eng.) -- GaAs Device Patterning by
Nanoimprint Lithography (Summer 1998 -- NSF MRSEC summer intern)
[14] Sinn Wee Lau -- Multilayer silicon SRAM circuit design and layout
(Spring 1999)
[15] Eswaran Subramaniam -- Performance Analysis of Multilayer SOI Circuits
(Summer 1999).
[16] Johan Laban -- Design of Contact Structures for Characterization of
Carbon Nanotubes (Spring 2000).
[17] Kuet-Liong Fam -- Modeling of Current-Voltage Relationships for Schottky
Tunneling Contacts (Summer 2000).
[18]
Dennis Sidharta – Scanning Probe Microscopy of Molecular Heterostructures
(Summer 2001 -- 21st Century REU)
[19]
Franz Kuhlmann (UTEP, EE) – Electrical Characterization of Metal/Molecule
Chemical Sensors (Summer 2001 -- 21st Century REU)
Courses Developed
EE 452 Microwave Measurements and Applications (with K. J.
Webb)
EE 695S
High-Frequency Device
Characterization (with K. J. Webb)
Courses "In Charge of" (1989-1996)
EE 452 Microwave Measurement and Applications (with K. J.
Webb)
EE695S High-Frequency Device Characterization (with K. J. Webb)
EE441 Distributed Parameter Systems (2000-)
EE557 Integrated Circuit Fabrication Laboratory (2000-)