The Lundstrom Group explores the physics and technology of nanoelectronic devices through theory, modeling, and simulation that is closely linked to experimental research.  Our previous work focused on the physics and the ultimate and practical limits of CMOS transistors for digital logic, then on examining alternatives to the silicon MOSFET such as carbon nanotube, semiconductor nanowire, spintronic, and most recently graphene transistors.  Our current work is beginning to explore new ideas for energy conversion, and in the future, energy storage and conservation.

Lundstrom was the founding director of the Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN), an initiative to accelerate the evolution of nanoscience to nanotechnology by connecting those who develop simulations to those who use them.  The NCN’s science gateway, nanoHUB.org has become a major, global resource for online simulation, education, and collaboration.

For Professor Lundstrom, research and education are impossible to separate.  With his colleagues, Professors Alam and Datta, he is spearheading “Electronics from the Bottom Up,” an initiative to bring the new  insights and understanding developed  in research  on nanoelectronics into the education of students and practicing engineers.

Students in the Lundstrom Group are interested in understanding the physics of nanodevices and in exploring new devices and new applications for devices.  During the course of their studies, they become adept at addressing these issues through innovative theory and novel simulation approaches.  Upon graduation they go on to careers in academia or industry that involve analyzing or developing new electronic devices.