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Postdoctoral Scholars
Ayan Kar
Postdoctoral Scholar
auk33@psu.eduBE Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India
PhD Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, May 2012
Research Interests:
Complex Oxides for next generation energy efficient transistors, Oxide and nitride nanostructures for use in sensing and optoelectronic applications and Surface passivation of nanostructures. .
Current Students
Dheeraj K. Mohata
Ph.D. Candidate and IBM 2011-2012 Ph.D. Fellow
dkm154@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2012
Education: M.S, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
B.S. College of Engineering and Technology, Bhubaneswar, Orissa, India
Research Interests:
Design, simulations, modeling and characterization of low power high speed logic devices beyond silicon. Current research includes characterization of tunnel diodes and FETs and comparison and analysis using simulations and modeling. Hobbies include indoor games such as badminton. .
Lu Liu
Ph.D. Candidate
lul137@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2013
Education: B.S. Peking University, China
Research Interests:
Lu is aiming at quantum transport in nanoscale devices and Tunnel Field Effect Transistor Modeling. He likes sports and photography.
Bijesh Rajamohanan
Ph.D. Candidate
bor5067@psu.eduResume
Expected Graduation: Fall 2013
Education: M.S. EE, Indian Institute of Technology, Mumbai
B.S. NIT, India
Research Interests:
Modeling, design, fabrication and characterization of novel low power devices. Current research includes experimental demonstration of multi-gated interband tunnel transistors and exploration of their circuit design space.
Himanshu Madan
Ph.D. Candidate
hsm128@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Spring 2014
Education: B.S. College OF Engineering Pune, India
Research Interests:
Small signal response of minority and majority carriers in III-V channel FETs with high-k gate stacks up to gigahertz frequency domain. Current works include admittance modeling to characterize III-V and oxide interfaces.
Ashish Agrawal
Ph.D. Candidate
axa981@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Spring 2014
Education: M.S. Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2011)
B.S. B.Tech. E.C.E., Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology(VNIT), Nagpur, India
Research Interests:
Device Characterization, III-V Compound Semiconductor. Current Research involves Inelastic Electron Tunneling Spectroscopy(IETS) of novel devices to study Phonon-Assisted Tunneling.
Michael Barth
Ph.D. Candidate
mjb590@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2015
Education:
M.S. Microelectronic Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY
B.S. Microelectronic Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY
Research Interests:
Device design, fabrication, and characterization, III-V compound semiconductors, Tunneling Field Effect Transistors (TFETs)
Nidhi Agrawal
Ph.D. Candidate
nua130@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2014
Education:
M.Tech, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India
B.Tech, National Institute of Technology Raipur, Chhattisgarh, India
Research Interests:
Device simulations and modeling of novel devices and materials for ultra low power applications. Current research includes study of III V MuGFETs.
Arun V. Thathachary
Ph.D. Candidate
avt114@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2014
Education:
M.E. ECE, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India
B.S. MSRIT, Bangalore, India.
Research Interests:
Semiconductor device design, modeling and physics. Current research involves developing models for ballistic deflection junctions.
Matthew J. Hollander
Ph.D. Candidate
mjh423@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Spring 2014
Education:
M.S. Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, PA
B.S. Electrical Engineering w/ Honors in Materials Science and Engineering, Schreyer Honors College, Pennsylvania State University (PSU), University Park, PA
Research Interests:
Matthew's interests extend from materials science to electrical engineering with a focus on engineering electronic devices utilizing novel materials systems. He is particularly interested in understanding the fundamental physics of device operation and how materials and materials engineering can be utilized to enhance device performance for high-speed, low-power applications. Current research efforts include development/fabrication of high extrinsic performance graphene based RF transistors and growth/characterization of high quality gate dielectrics for graphene electronics. He enjoys cooking and trying new foods, motorcycles, and traveling to new places.
Eugene Freeman
Ph.D. Candidate
exf181@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2015
Education: B.S. Microelectronic Engineering, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY
Research Interests:
Semiconductor device physics and materials. Current research involves study of complex oxides.
Nikhil Shukla
M.S. Student
nss152@psu.eduExpected Graduation: Summer 2013
Education: B.S. University of Mumbai, India
Research Interests:
Semiconductor device physics and materials. Current research involves study of complex oxides.
Alumni
Saurabh Mookerjea
sam567@psu.eduPh.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2010)
M.S. EE, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
B.S. University of Mumbai, India
Dissertation: Band-To-Band Tunneling Field Effect Transistor For Low Power
Logic and Memory Applications: Design, Fabrication and
Characterization
Currently working for Intel Corporation, Logic Technology Development, Hillsboro,Oregon, USA
Ramakrishnan Krishnan (co-advised with Dr. Vijay Narayanan)
ruk142@psu.edu Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Fall 2009)
B.S., National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India
Dissertation: Analysis of Failures in Nanoscale Devices
Currently working for TSMC, Advanced Technology Platform Group, Hsin-chu, Taiwan
Wei-Chieh Kao
wxk151@psu.edu
M.S, Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Spring 2010)
B.S., B.S. Soochow University, Taipei City, Taiwan
Dissertation: Impact of Interface States on
Sub-Threshold Response of
III-V MOSFETs, MOS HEMTs AND Tunnel FETs
Currently pursuing PhD at Arizona State University
Chad Ostrowski
cao5021@psu.edu
B.S. Electrical Engineering & Engineering Science, Penn State (Fall 2009)
Dissertation: Exploration of novel heterostructures in compound semiconductors to create energy efficient tunneling transistors
Srijith Rajamohan (co-advised with Dr. Vijay Narayanan)
szr144@psu.edu
M.S, Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Fall 2009)
Dissertation: A neural network based classifier based on the cell broadband engine
Ashish Agrawal
axa981@psu.eduM.S. Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2011)
B.S. B.Tech. E.C.E., Visvesvaraya National Institute of Technology (VNIT), Nagpur, India
Salil Shashikant Mujumdar
M.S. Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2011)M.Sc. ,Electronic Science, University Of Pune India Currently working as a Device Engineer at InterMolecular Inc, California
Vinay Saripalli
vxs924@cse.psu.edu
Ph.D., Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Penn State (Fall 2011)
B.S. & M.S. Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
Currently working for Intel Corporation,Santa Clara, CA, USA
Ashkar Ali
aua176@psu.eduPh.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2012)
M.S, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Penn State (Spring 2009)
B.S., Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India
M.S. Dissertation: Transport in Silicon Quantum Dots Embedded in a Rare Earth Oxide
Ph.D. Dissertation: Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Antimonide MOS Transistors
Currently working for Intel Corporation, Portland Technology Development, Oregon, USA
Feng Li
fxl135@psu.eduPh.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2012)
Dissertation: Magnetoelectric Flexural Gate Transistor with NanoTesla Sensitivity
B.S., Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
Currently working for Freescale Semiconductor, Austin, Texas, USA
Yufei Wu
yiw5052@psu.edu
B.S. Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Spring 2012)
Dissertation: Comsol Multiphysics Simulation of the frequency response of a three-layer cantilever deflection under a uniformly distributed load on the top surface
Currently pursuing PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Euichul Hwang
euh125@psu.edu
Ph.D., Department of Electrical Engineering, Penn State (Summer 2012)
B.S., Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Currently working for Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT), Seoul, Korea
Zhao Fang
zuf101@psu.edu
M.S. Tsinghua University, China, 2007
Currently working working as a Design Engineer at Texas Instruments, Dallas, Texas.