This division spans a wide range of research involving emerging solid-state devices, integrated micro/nanosystems, advanced materials, nanotechnology, electromagnetic fields and waves, and their applications.
The division includes the following active topics and themes:
- Electromagnetic (EM) fields – from fundamentals to applications
- Electrical power generation, distribution/transmission, and utilization
- EM waves – wave guiding, propagation, and interactions
- Optical fibers and applications
- Photonics – materials, devices, and photonic integrated circuits
- Optoelectronics (lasers, solar cells, detectors)
- Transistors (SiGe, MIS, III-V) and beyond-CMOS devices
- Micro/nanoelectromechanical systems (MEMS & NEMS) – mechanical, electrical, magnetic, optical, thermal, and biological transducers
- RF/microwave devices and systems
- Sensors and actuators, sensors for Internet of Things (IoT)
- Nanotechnology
- Biotechnology – BioMEMS, biomedical materials, devices, and microsystems, wearable and implantable devices
- Advanced materials – wide-bandgap semiconductors, ferroelectric, piezoelectric materials, metamaterials
- Quantum devices and quantum technologies
FACULTY
Area Chair: Navid Asadi
Jack Judy
Professor Intel/Charles E. Young Chair in Nanotechnology Director of the Nanoscience Institute for Medical and Engineering Technologies
Biography
Primary Research Area
Electrophysics
Research Interests
The development of novel micro/nano scale systems and their use in a wide variety of engineering and bio medical applications.
Honors and Awards
Medal for Exceptional Public Service, Office of the Secretary of Defense, 2013
Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of New South Wales, Australia, 2006
Okawa Foundation Award, 2002
National Science Foundation Career Award, 1999
Education
PhD, Electrical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1996
ME, Electrical Engineering, University of California-Berkeley, 1994
BE, Electrical Engineering, University of Minnesota, 1989