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Group Leader
- Prof. Paul R. Berger.
- More complete information on Prof. Berger can be found in
the opening pages of this website.
Current Administrative Asssistant
- Vacant.
Current Postdoc/Visiting Scholar
- There are currently no Postdocs or Visiting Scholars.
Current Technical Staff Members
- Conner Chambers (PhD track)
(Fall 2013 to present)
- Working on printed organic electronics.
- Began as undergraduate researcher. Advanced to Masters. Currently technical staff member.
- Bachelors degree from Ohio State in Electrical Engineering (May 2013).
- Exchanged with Tampere University of Technology, Finland (Summer 2014 & Summer 2015)
- Masters degree from Ohio State in Electrical Engineering (December 2014).
Current Ph.D. Students
- Minjae Kim.
- He completed his Bachelors in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering at Yonsei
University in Seoul, Korea (2006) and his Master's thesis in Electrical and Electronics
Engineering, also at Yonisei University.
- Also had experience at Samsung in 2008 in their 64 Giga NAND Flash memory using a 20 nm process.
- Arrived as a transfer student from RPI September 2008 pursuing his Ph.D. degree.
- Passed Ph.D. Qualifying Exam Spring 2012.
- Working on polymer materials and devices, particularly polymer solar cells.
- Internship at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium working on organic tandem solar cells (Winter/Spring 2013).
- Back in USA.
- Tyler Growden
- Began as undergraduate researcher. Advanced to Masters. Currently PhD track.
- Bachelors degree from Ohio State in Electrical Engineering (Dec. 2010).
- Working on novel quantum tunneling structures, mostly nitrides.
- Ph.D. Qualifying Exam waived Fall 2012. Masters degree (2012).
Current Master's Thesis or Pre-Qual Ph.D. Students
- Parastou Fakhimi (PhD track)
(Spring 2014 to present)
- Began as undergraduate researcher. Advanced to Masters. Currently PhD track.
- Bachelors degree from Ohio State in Electrical Engineering (December 2013).
- Worked on SiGe tunneling devices as an undergrad research (Summer 2013 - December 2013).
- Continuing work on quantum tunneling devices.
- Vishank Talesara (ECE Masters)
(Summer 2013 to present)
- Began as undergraduate researcher. Advanced to Masters.
- Working on polymer tandem solar cells.
- Jeremy Guttman (ECE Masters)
(Fall 2013 to Spring 2014, Fall 2014 to present)
- Began as undergraduate researcher. Advanced to Masters.
- Working on printed organic electronics.
- Internship at Texas Instruments in Santa Clara, CA (Summer 2014).
Current Co-Advised Graduate Students
- There are currently no Co-advised Graduate Students.
Current Academic-Advised Only Graduate Students
- There are currently no Academic-Advised Graduate Students.
Current Independent Study Graduate Students
- There are currently no Independent Study Graduate Students.
New Incoming Graduate Students
- There are currently no new Incoming Graduate Students.
Current Undergraduate Researchers
- Ms. Shloka K. Raghavan (ECE junior)
(Fall 2013 to present)
- Working on polymer tunneling devices.
- Presented poster at 2015 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
- Zia Mohammad (ECE sophomore)
(Spring 2014 to Spring 2015)
- Working on devices.
- On internship elsewhere Summer 2015.
- Mohamed Alshawa (ECE junior)
(Summer 2014 to Fall 2014)
- Working on thin film growth.
- On internship elsewhere Summer 2015.
- Michael Halasa (ECE Senior)
(Spring 2015)
- Working on thin film growth.
- On internship elsewhere Summer 2015.
- Kiran Bangalore (ECE Junior)
(Summer 2015)
- Working on thin film growth.
- Culver McWhirter (ECE Junior)
(Summer 2015)
- Working on thin film growth.
- Amber Silvaggio (ECE Junior)
(Summer 2015)
- Working on thin film growth.
- On internship elsewhere Summer 2015.
Current High School Researchers
- There are currently no High School Researchers.
Former Technical Staff Members
- Ms. Aimee L. Bross (now Price).
- Ms. Bross commenced September 12, 2005 as the new Electron Beam Lithography Engineer for the
OSU Nanoscale Patterning Laboratory.
- Ms. Bross joined us from TriQuint Semiconductor in Texas where she was also an EBL Engineer since January 2001.
- Prior to joining TriQuint, Ms. Bross received her BS in Chemistry from Pennsylvania State University.
Former Postdoc/Visiting Scholar
- Petri Heljo (Visiting PhD student from Tampere University of Technology, Finland)
(September 2013 - November 2013)
- Working on polymer tunneling devices.
- Dr. Xiaona Li
- Associate Research Fellow in the Institute of Electrical Engineering (IEE), Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
- Working on tunneling devices.
- Arrived September 2011 and returned December 2012.
Former Ph.D. Students
- Ms. Anisha Ramesh.
Final Defense on May 17, 2012.
- Dissertation" "Tunneling Based Quantum Functional Devices and Circuits for Low Power VLSI Design"
- Developed the first comprehensive tunneling static random access memory (TSRAM) array simulation, examining 4-corner robustness and 6-sigma performance with process variations, complete with pre-charge circuitry and sense amplifiers.
- Technology transferred Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes (RITD) from molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) to chemical vapor deposition (CVD), culminating with a mileston of a peak-to-valley current ratio (PVCR) of 5.2 at room temperature on 200mm wafers.
- Co-invented an ionic barrier coating for advancement of cost-effective in vivo protein sensors.
- She completed her Masters in Electrical Engineering specializing
in Microelectronics at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India.
- Arrived from India September 2006 pursuing her Ph.D. degree in ECE.
- Supported initially by an OSU University Fellowship.
- Passed her Ph.D. Qualifying Exam (November 2007).
- Received a scholarship at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium (September 2008 - March 2009) while performing
research towards her Ph.D. at IMEC (Interuniversity Microelectronics Center) in Leuven, Belgium.
- Received the most prestigious fellowship at OSU, the Presidential Fellowship, which covers the LAST 12 months of her Ph.D. studies (July 2011 - June 2012).
- Commenced employment at Intel in Hillsboro, OR in July 2012. Can be reached at anisha_r@ieee.org
- Woo-Jun Yoon.
Final Defense on November 18, 2009.
- Dissertation: "Studies of Conjugated Polymer Semiconductor Electronics and Optoelectronics"
- Co-invented room temperature negative differential resistance in polymer tunnel diodes and demonstration of threshold logic
- Studied plasma polymerized multistacked organic bipolar films: A new approach to flexible high-k dielectrics
- Advanced polymer bulk heterojunction photovoltaic devices, including:
- Tailored modification to electrode for improved efficiency
- Surface plasmon enhanced organic photovoltaic devices toward improved optical
absorption and photocurrent
- Hermetic seals for organic photovoltaic devices for long-term stability
- Received his B.S. and an M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Korea University.
- Completed his M.S.E. (May 2006) in our group on polymer optoelectronics (see below).
- Ph.D. Qualifying Exam was waived. Ph.D. Candidacy exam passed (Summer 2008).
- Twice nominated for campus-wide Teaching Assistant award (2005, 2006).
- Received an Honorable Mention award at the 33rd IEEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, San Diego, CA (May 11-16, 2008).
- Received a Runner-Up award for Best Poster at the 34th 1EEE Photovoltaic Specialists Conference, Philadelphia, PA (June 9-12, 2009).
- Winner of the prestigious OSU Presidential Fellowship award, commencing January 2009.
- Studied conjugated polymer electronics, molecular electronics and polymer solar cells.
- Worked as a research scientist at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Dayton, OH (January 2010).
- Commenced work January 2011 with the Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, DC. Can be reached at woojun.yoon@ieee.org
- Si-Young Park.
Final Defense on November 20, 2009.
- Dissertation: "Quantum Functional Devics with Extended CMOS Technologies
and Various Applications including Millimeter-Wave Detectors"
- Demonstrated the first Si-based backwards diode grown by chemical vapor deposition.
- Demonstarted the first Si-based resonant interband tunnel diode (RITD) grown by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) on 200mm wafers.
- Showed RF performance of Si-based backwards diodes for passive millimeter-wave sensing.
- Developed a self-aligned, self-limited nanowire process combining self-limiting oxidation of 3D structures and Ge segragation effects induced by oxidation of SiGe alloys.
- Advanced very low damage plasma etching with inductively-coupled plasma reactive ion etching (ICP-RIE) with a hydrogen bromide chemistry.
- Received his B.S.E.C.E. from Ohio State University.
- Completed his M.S.E. (June 2006) in our group on plasma processing issues of Si-based nanoelectronics (see below).
- Passed his Ph.D. Qualifying Exam (Summer 2007). Passed Ph.D. Candidacy Exam (Fall 2008).
- Nominated for campus-wide Teaching Assistant award (2008).
- Studied Si/SiGe electronics for mixed-signal, mm-wave sensing and quantum dot nanoswitches.
- Worked as a post-doc with Prof. David H. Gracias at Johns Hopkins
on self-assembly of 3-D nanostructures.
- Commenced work January 2011 with Micron's Emerging Memory group. Can be reached at apark@micron.com
- Edward D. Herderick (Materials Science)
- Principle Advisor: Prof Nitin Padture in Materials Science.
- Ed is pursuing a combined BS/MS program in the area of nanowire synthesis.
- Joined group August 2005. Left group in May 2009. Graduated August 2009.
- Ronghua Yu (Physics).
Final Defense on August 30, 2007.
- Dissertation: "Phonon-Assisted Tunneling in Silicon/Silicon-Germanium Resonant Interband Tunnel Diodes"
- Studied low-temperature phonon spectra of Si/SiGe RITDs
- Studied low resistance ohmic contact schemes
- Performed modeling and analysis.
- Joined group July 2002 from Physics Department.
- Worked in group following defense to tie up loose ends and train replacements.
- Began working in the modeling and characterization group at
Maxlinear, Inc. in August 2008.
- Presently working at Global Foundaries in Albany, New York.
- Sung-Yong Chung. Final Defense on October 27, 2005.
- Dissertation: "Si/SiGe Heterostructures: Materials, Physics, Quantum Functional Devices
and Their Integration with Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors"
- Identified the deep levels systemic to low temperature molecular beam epitaxy (LT-MBE) of Si/SiGe
- Demonstrated the annihilation of vacancy-related defects during post-growth rapid thermal annealing.
Correlated the suppression of defects with the reduction of excess current in Si-based resonant interband
tunnel diodes (RITD).
- First demonstration of a Si-based RITD monolithically integrated with a Si/SiGe heterojunction
bipolar transistor (HBT). Demonstrated the RITD-HBT tandem as enabling a 3-terminal negative differential
resistance (NDR) device with adjustable peaqk-to-valley current ratio (PVCR). The RITD-HBT tandem
also was demonstrated as a switching element.
- Received his B.S.E.E. from Korea University.
- Completed Master's thesis on Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes (Summer 2002).
- Finalist for Best Student Paper award at the 2003 International Electron Devices Meeting.
- Finalist for Best Student Paper award at the 2005 International Semiconductor Device Research Symposium.
- Began at Spansion (a spin-off of AMD specializing in memory) in November 2005 working on non-volatile memory.
- More recently, Dr. Chung is a Senior Member of Technical Staff at SanDisk, sun-20nm and 3D NAND Flash memory.
- Can be reached by email at chung212@gmail.com.
- Ms. Yifan Xu. Final Defense on August 2, 2005.
- Dissertation: "Studies on Field Effect Transistors with Conjugated Polymers
and High Permittivity Gate Dielectrics Using Pulsed Plasma Polymerization"
- Developed the usage of pulsed plasma polymerized dielectrics that are suitable
for flexible polymer field effect transistors. PPP films were demonstrated to have
permittivities as high as 7-10.
- Examined the effects of varying channel lengths on polythiophene PFETs and
showed that at short channel lengths that the high longitudinal field acts to
increase mobility.
- Developed a photosensitive PFET using the terpolymer BAS-PPE.
- Born in Changsha, China
- Received her B.S. in Materials Science and Engineering from Tianjin University in 1997.
- Completed Master's thesis on polymer electronics (Fall 2002).
- Currently working at Global Communication Semiconductors as a Process Engineer.
- Can be reached by email at xuyf74@yahoo.com.
- Niu Jin. Final Defense on August 29, 2004.
- Dissertation: "Si-Based Quantum Functional Tunneling Devices and
Their Applications to Logic and Other Future Circuit Topologies"
- Integrated two Si-based tunnel back-to-back to provide for symmetrical
negative differential resistance (NDR) regions.
- Co-invented a Si-based interband tunnel diode with an added SiGe cladding
region to suppress B outdiffusion and lead to an elevated thermal budget for processing.
- Achieved the world record high current density in an interband
Si-based tunnel diode with over a 150 kA/cm2.
- Vertically integrated two Si-based tunnel diodes and fashioned a tri-state logic
element exploiting the multiple NDR regions.
- Demonstrated a high tolerence to radiation damage and suitability
for harsh environments for Si-based interband tunnel diodes.
- Developed self-aligned quantum dots.
- Transferred from the University of Delaware (Fall 2000).
- Completed Master's thesis on Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes (Fall 2001).
- In October 2004, Dr. Jin commenced as a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign under Professor Ilesanmi Adesida.
- Began at National Semiconductor in March 2007 working as a modeling engineer.
- Can be reached by email at Niu.Jin@nsc.com.
- Sean L. Rommel. Final Defense on December 10, 1999.
- Dissertation: "Si-Based Tunnel Diodes for Integrated Circuit Applications."
- Modeled MSM photodiodes by extracting equivalent circuit.
models using HP/EESOF Libra software from measured high frequency
S-parameter data.
- Implementation of VCSEL/MSM/DOE optical I/O buses within an SRAM memory cell.
- Performed ohmic contact study and tunnel diode study on Group IV materials.
- Co-inventor of the world's first Si-based resonant interband tunneling diode.
- Winner of the Laird Fellowship (1997).
- Winner of the University's Excellence-in-Teaching Teaching Assistant
Award (2000).
- Winner of Allan P. Colburn Prize for Best Dissertation in Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (2000).
- Worked as a Post-doctoral Researcher (2000-2002) at the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign under Professor Ilesanmi Adesida.
- Commenced July 2002 as an
Assistant Professor at
Rochester Institute of Technology
in their Microelectronics Engineering Department.
- In 2008, Prof. Rommel was promoted to an Associate Professor at RIT.
- Can be reached via email at
slrommel@ieee.org.
- Ms. Xiaoping Shao. Final Defense on September 23, 1997.
- Dissertation: "Structural and Electrical Characteristics of SiGeC
and GeC Alloys and their Application to Optical Detectors."
- Characterized low resistance ohmic contacts to GeC alloys.
- First demonstration of rectification in p-GeC/n-Si diodes
with low turn-on voltage and photoresponsivity.
- First demonstration of 1.3 micron photoresponsivity from
GeC photodiodes.
- Joined Intel in Oregon as a Senior Process Engineer
in Sort/Test Technology Development.
- Can be reached at Intel by phone at (503) 613-8863.
- Al-Sameen Tewfik Khan. Final Defense on October 3, 1996.
- Dissertation: "Photoluminescence and Process Issues of SiGeCSn Alloys."
- First demonstration of band edge PL from SiSn alloy.
- First demonstration of band edge PL from GeC alloy.
- Etching properties of SiGeC alloys.
- Currently employed as a Full Professor in the Physics Department at
Delaware State University.
- Dr. Khan formerly collaborated on a variety of
research topics related to his Ph.D. thesis.
- Can be reached at work at (302) 857-6655.
- Wei Gao. Final Defense on September 5, 1995.
- Dissertation: "Studies of High Performance InGaAs
Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodiodes."
- High quality InGaAs grown by rare earth doping of liquid phase
epitaxial melts.
- Schottky barrier heights of transparent conductors on InAlAs.
- High responsivity InGaAs MSM photodiodes using transparent
conductors as the electrodes.
- Joined Lasertron, Inc. (9/11/95) in Burlington, MA as a Senior
Engineer working on the manufacture of 980 nm pump laser diodes for
Er-doped fiber amplifiers which are utilized in long distance fiber
optic communications systems.
- Joined Multiplex, Inc. (Summer 1998) in South Plainfield, NJ
working on laser diodes.
- Joined Nortel Networks Optoelectronics Division (Summer 1999)
in Billerica, MA.
- Dr. Gao was President/CEO of a new company called
Axcel Photonics, Inc.
in Marlborough, MA (Summer 2000). Read a past interview with Dr.
Gao about Axcel at
Global Executive Forum
- Most recently, Dr. Gao is the President of ZenitacTechnologies in Greater Boston.
Former Master's Thesis Students
- Ms. Fang 'Freda' Ren Completed thesis March 2012.
- Masters thesis: "Development of Aluminum Oxide (Al2O3) Gate Dielectric
Protein Biosensor under Physiologic Buffer"
- Bachelors degree from Inner Mongolia University in Applied Physics (2007).
- Masters degree from Beihang University, Beijing, China in Integrated Circuit Design (expect July 2010).
- Joined group on September 6, 2010.
- Developing biosensors for in vivo protein detection.
- Si-Young Park. Completed thesis June 2006.
- Master's thesis: "Inductively-Coupled Plasma Reactive Ion Etching
with HBr and Other Etch Chemistries of Si/SiGe-based Resonant Interband
Tunnel Diodes Grown by Low Temperature Molecular Beam Epitaxy."
- Received his B.S.E.C.E. from Ohio State University.
- Completed his M.S.E. in our group on plasma processing issues of Si-based nanoelectronics (see below).
- Completed his studies and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. on
Si/SiGe electronics for mixed-signal, mm-wave sensing and quantum dot nanoswitches.
- Woo-Jun Yoon. Completed thesis May 2006.
- Master's thesis: "Enhanced Light Emission Using Thin Metal-Halide
Cathodic Interlayers for Improved Electron Injection into MEH-PPV
Polymer Light Emitting Diodes."
- Received his B.S. and an M.S. in Metallurgical Engineering from Korea University.
- Completed his studies and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. on
polymer electronics and molecular electronics (see above).
- Sandro J. Di Giacomo.
Completed thesis June 2005.
- Master's thesis: "Development of SiGe-Based Quantum Dots for Nanoelectronic
Device Applications."
- Received his B.S.E.E. from University of Delaware during which he
performed undergraduate research in my group, also at Delaware.
- Joined Northrop-Grumman for 1-year before matriculating into the
graduate program at Ohio State University.
- Rejoined Northrop-Grumman (Baltimore area),
effective July 2005, in their research department.
- Anthony T. Rice.
Completed thesis March 2003.
- Master's thesis: "Low Current Density and Large Voltage Swing
Si-based Resonant Interband Tunneling Diodes for Tunneling-based SRAM Memory."
- Joined Battelle Memorial as a Researcher in the
Systems Analysis and Engineering group.
in Sort/Test Technology Development.
- Can be reached by email at
Battelle Memorial Institute (Columbus, OH).
- Ms. Yifan Xu.
Completed thesis December 2002.
- Master's thesis "C-V Characterization Of Pulsed Plasma Polymerized
Allylamine Dielectrics".
- Yifan Xu was born in Changsha, China and lived there till she went to college.
- Yifan Xu received the B.S.E. degree in Material Science and Engineering in 1997 from Tianjin University.
- Completed her studies and also completed a Ph.D. on polymer electronics and photonics (see above).
- Sung-Yong Chung.
Completed thesis September 2002.
- Master's thesis "Deep-levels and their Attribution to the Elevated
Valley Current of Si-based RITDs Grown by Low Temperature Molecular Beam
Epitaxy".
- Sung-Yong Chung was born in 1973 in Masan, Korea.
- He received the B.S.E degree in the Department of Material and Metallurgical Engineering
in 1999 from Korea University in Seoul, Korea.
- In 1999, he worked for a SK global Ltd. In the following year, he stayed at Korea Institute
of Science and Engineering as an associate researcher.
- Completed his studies and also completed a Ph.D. on nanoelectronics (see above).
- Niu Jin. Completed
thesis December 2001.
- Master's thesis "Si-based PNP Resonant Interband Tunneling Diodes
for CMOS Integration".
- Transferred from the University of Delaware (Fall 2000).
- Continued his studies and also completed a Ph.D. on nanoelectronics (see above).
- John-Michael Taylor.
Completed thesis April 1999.
- Master's Thesis: "CVD Growth of Nitrides Using Novel Organometallic Precursors."
- Joined Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division in Philadelphia.
- Can be reached at work at (215) 897-8244.
- Hao Feng. Completed thesis March 1998.
- Master's Thesis: "Studies of Boron Diffusion and Ohmic Contacts in SiGeC Alloys Grown by MBE."
- Joined Hughes in Baltimore, MD.
- Michael McCarthy. Completed thesis November, 1996.
- Master's Thesis: "Studies of Embedded Electrode GaAs
Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodiodes."
- Currently working as an engineer at AMD in Austin, TX.
Former Academic-Advised Only Graduate Students
- Zachary Imm (Masters thesis)
(Spring 2014, Summer 2014 internship)
- Bachelors degree from Ohio State in Electrical Engineering (December 2013).
- Worked on silicon oelectronics.
- Internship at Texas Instruments, Dallas TX (Summer 2014).
- Masters degree from Ohio State in Electrical Engineering (May 2015).
- Ms. Ying Ding
- BS Microelectronics from Fudan University (July 2011).
- Worked on tunneling devices.
- Arrived September 2011. Departed group November 2012.
- Ms. Shang Wei
- Bachelors degree from Tsinghua University in Microelectronics (2008).
- Masters degree from University of Pennsylvania in Electrical Engineering focusing upon organic circuits (July 2010).
- Worked on organic semiconductor devices.
- Joined group on August 11, 2010. Departed group March 6, 2012.
- Ms. Sheng Jiang (Physics).
- She completed her Bachelors in Physics at the University of Science and
Technology of China in Hefei (June 2008).
- Arrived from China September 2008 pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Physics.
- Working on nanoelectronic devices, including tunneling based systems.
- Joined group March 2009. Departed group March 2010.
- Ms. Lyndsay Benedict (Non-thesis Master's) Final presentation May 4, 2007.
- Master's Thesis: Part A: "Women in Engineering and the Benefits of Undergraduate Research"
- Looking to pursue a Ph.D. in Education!
- :Ms. Shumaila Afzal (Non-thesis Master's) Final presentation May 12, 2006.
- Received her B.S.E.E. from Louisiana State.
- Successfully completed a non-thesis Master's degree with the topic
"Bulk Heterojunction Organic Solar Cells: Synthesis and a Review of the
State-of-the-Art."
- Will commence in mid-June 2006 at Micron in Manassas, VA.
- Eric Martin (ECE junior)
(Spring 2014 to Spring 2015)
- Worked on thin film growth.
- Anastasia Lawson (Engineering Physics Junior)
(Spring 2012 to Spring 2015)
- Worked on biosensors/bioelectronics.
- Presented poster at 2013 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
- Peter Franaszek (ECE sophomore)
(Summer 2012 to Spring 2015)
- Working on tunneling devices.
- Akinlawon Solomon (ECE junior)
(Spring 2014 to Winter 2015)
- Worked on hybrid devices.
- Braxton Snavely (ECE junior)
(Spring 2014 to present)
- Michael Newburger (Physics/Math Junior)
(Summer 2012 to Summer 2014)
- Working on quantum tunneling theory, designs and fabrication.
- Presented poster at 2014 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
- Peter Bruce (Engineering Freshman)
(Summer 2014)
- Working on thin film growth.
- Tyler Heaton (ECE Freshman)
(Fall 2013 to Spring 2014)
- Worked on graphene and polymer devices.
- Tim Heaton (ECE Freshman)
(Fall 2013 to Spring 2014)
- Worked on graphene and polymer devices.
- Rachael Teuschler (ECE senior)
(Summer 2013 to Spring 2014)
- Transfer student from Ohio State Materials Science and Engineering program.
- Worked on organic devices and graphene synthesis.
- Presented poster at 2014 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
- Graduated May 2014.
- Parastou Fakhimi (ECE senior)
(Summer 2013 to Fall 2013)
- Worked on quantum tunneling devices.
- Transitioned to PhD track following December 2013 BSE graduation. See above.
- Zachary Imm (ECE senior)
(Spring 2013 to December 2013)
- Worked to develop/design a new ECE Photovoltaics laboratory class.
- Participated in a semester-abroad Spring 2013 in Shanghai, China. Returned to USA to resume research July 1st.
- Transitioned to Masters degree (BS/MS) following December 2013 BSE graduation. See above.
- Sarah Al-Issa (ECE senior)
(Fall 2012 to Spring 2013)
- Worked on organic devices.
- Graduated May 2013.
- Tai Cheng (ECE Senior) (Winter 2012 to Fall 2013)
- Nathan Vaughn (ECE junior)
(Summer 2013)
- Worked on polymer devices.
- Conner Chambers (ECE Senior)
(Fall 2012 to Spring 2013)
- Worked on SiGe tunneling devices as an undergrad research (Fall 2012 - Spring 2013).
- Spent Summer 2013 at NASA Ames in California working on quantum dot solar cells.
- Entered Masters program working on polymer tunneling devices. See above.
- Brian Li (Engineering Physics sophomore)
(Spring 2013)
- Worked to develop/design a new ECE Photovoltaics laboratory class.
- Left for leave of absence Summer 2013 for an internship at NASA Glenn Research Center in Cleveland.
- David Scherer (ECE sophomore)
(Spring 2013)
- Worked on tunneling devices.
- Spent Summer 2013 as an intern in Stuttgart, Germany.
- Shayla Mona Breedlove (ECE sophomore)
(Summer 2013)
- Worked on graphene synthesis.
- Nedyalko Ivanov (ECE/Pre-Med Senior)
(Fall 2012 to Spring 2013)
- Working on biosensors.
- Presented poster at 2013 Denman Undergraduate Research Forum.
- Graduated May 2013, pursuing medical school.
- Ben Aring (Civil Engin. senior)
(Spring 2013)
- Worked to develop/design a new ECE Photovoltaics laboratory class.
- Graduated May 2013
- Daniel Dressler (Biomedical Engin/Pre-Med Junior)
(Summer 2012 to Spring 2013)
- Worked on biomedical devices.
- Nadia Ahlborg (MatSciE Senior)
(Spring 2013)
- Worked on organic materials for application with electronic and optolectronic devices.
- Additionally, offerred a 3-year fellowship to pursue PhD studies at OSU.
- Graduated May 2013. Matriculated to Stanford for PhD studies.
- Andrew Koch (ECE Senior)
(Winter 2012 to Fall 2012)
- Harry Kennedy (ECE senior)
(Fall 2012)
- Worked on organic devices.
- Porter Ritchie (Materials Science Junior)
(Summer 2012)
- Worked on polymer devices and inorganic thin film.
- Max Chaiken (ECE, Junior)
(Summer 2012)
- Working on organic photovoltaics.
- Amritesh Rai (ECE Senior)
(Summer 2011 to Spring 2012)
- Tiffany Davis (ECE Senior)
(Fall 2011 to Spring 2012)
- Worked on organic photovoltaics and electrode materials, including sputtering.
- Ms. Hye Jin Song (ECE Senior)
(Summer 2010 to March 2012)
- Worked on novel quantum tunneling structures.
- Ken Clive (ECE Junior)
(Summer 2011 to March 2012)
- Ms. Katurah Hansen (ECE Junior)
(Winter 2011 to December 2011)
- Tyler Growden (ECE Senior)
(Summer 2010 to Fall 2010)
- Worked on novel quantum tunneling structures.
- Graduated Fall 2010 and commenced graduate school on a Ph.D. track (see above).
- Ms. Ruonan Liu (ECE Junior)
(Winter 2010 to Fall 2010)
- Worked on novel resist technologies.
- Graduated Spring 2011 and commenced graduate school on a Ph.D. track.
- Christopher Gasper (Chemistry Junior)
(Fall 2010 to Winter 2010)
- Worked on organic solar cells.
- Hyun Lee (Computer Science Junior)
(Spring 2009 to Fall 2009)
- Worked on computer semi-automation of polymer solar cells and other polymer devices.
- Graduated Spring 2010 and commenced working at the OSU Medical campus.
- Derek Reichel (Chemical Engineering Sophomore)
(Spring 2009 to Summer 2009)
- Ms. Mengchuan Li (Chemical Engineering Sophomore)
(Spring 2009)
- Literature review of polymer solar cells.
- Eshar Ben Dor (ECE Senior)
(Summer 2007 to Spring 2009)
- Worked on electron beam lithography and novel resists.
- Graduated in 2009 and commenced graduate studies in ECE at Texas at Austin.
- John Mergo (Physics, Sophomore)
(Summer 2006 to Spring 2008)
- Working on polymer semiconductor devices.
- Dan Twaddell (ECE Senior)
(Summer 2007 to Spring 2008)
- Working on Si/SiGe nanoelectronics.
- Ms. Lijen Wang (ECE Senior)
(Summer 2006 - Fall 2006, Fall 2007)
- Working on polymer semiconductor devices.
- Jeffrey W. Daulton (Senior).
(Summer 2004 - Spring 2007)
- Supported by an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Participated in Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (2005 & 2006).
- Studies in imprint lithography.
- Studies in electroactive polymer optoelectronic device encapsulation.
- Studies in wafer bonding for Si nanoelectronics.
- Graduated with a BSE in EE (June 2007).
- Presently, working at Cree on wide bandgap FETs.
- Ms. Sheena O. Anum (Senior)
(Fall 2005 to Fall 2006)
- Working on polymer semiconductor devices with an emphasis towards nanoengineering of polymer solar cells.
- Graduated with a BSE in EE (December 2006).
- Robert L. Olmon (Senior) (Summer 2005)
- Supported by an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Worked on electroactive polymer optoelectronic devices and processing.
- Graduated with a BSE in EE (June 2006).
- Presently, pursuing a Ph.D. at the University of Washington (commenced Fall 2006).
- Timothy R. Garcia (Senior).
(Summer 2004, Summer 2005)
- Supported by an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Began with studies in wafer bonding for Si nanoelectronics.
- Worked on electroactive polymer optoelectronic devices and processing.
- Scott B. Orlove (Senior).
(Winter 2003 - Spring 2005)
- Supported by an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Participated in Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (2004).
- Started after his sophomore year.
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Worked on electroactive polymer optoelectronic devices and processing.
- Graduated in June 2005.
- Working at Northrop-Grumman Electronic Systemsin Linthicum, MD since 2005,
working in RF Antenna System Products on MMIC design..
- Presently, attending Johns Hopkins part-tiem pursuing a Masters, expected
completion December 2007.
- Ms. Sita M. Asar (Junior/Senior).
(Summmer 2003 - Summer 2004)
- Started after her sophomore year.
- Worked on polymeric devices and processing.
- Sita came to us from the OSU Physics Department.
- Supported by an NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Participated in Denman Undergraduate Research Forum (2005).
- Graduated in June 2005.
- Currently working at Ashland Chemical on the testing of new materials.
- Eric X. Wang (Junior).
(Summer 2003 - Summer 2004)
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Working on polymeric devices and processing.
- Supported by an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Due to graduate OSU in June 2006. He will enter the Master of Engineering Management
Program at Duke University in Autumn 2006.
- Benjamin D. Przybyla (Senior).
(Summer 2004)
- Studies in electroactive polymer electronics.
- Supported by an Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU).
- Graduated in March 2005.
- Commenced as an Engineer for Micron (Manassas, VA) in their Chemical Vapor Deposition group.
- Ms. Tricia Bull.
(Autumn 2003 - Summer 2004)
- Worked on polymeric solar cells.
- Tricia came to us as from the Materials Science and
Engineering Department.
- Graduated in June 2004.
- Entered graduate school at the University of Washington pursuing her Ph.D. degree (Fall 2005).
- Roux M. Heyns (Senior).
(Summer 2002, Spring 2003 - Spring 2004)
- Started after his sophomore year and graduated with his BSE in ECE (June 2004).
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Worked on polymeric devices and processing.
- Supported by an NSF REU during Summer 2002.
- EE 693 (Spring 2003)- Individual Studies (1 credit hour)
- He is currently pursuing a Master's degree in electrical engineering at UCLA (since Fall 2004).
- Mr. Heyns is currently employed as an electrical engineer for Lockheed Martin Corporation,
Advanced Technology Center, Palo Alto, CA.
- Can also be reached at Lockheed by email:
roux.m.heyns@lmco.com, or by phone: (650) 424-3059
- Ryan E. Pavlovicz (Senior).
(Summer 2002, Winter 2003 - Spring 2004)
- Started after his sophomore year.
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Worked on Si/SiGe devices and processing.
- Supported by an NSF REU.
- Graduated June 2004.
- Worked at the OSU Electroscience Laboratory as a staff member starting June 2004.
- Currently pursuing an MSE degree at Ohio State's Biomedical Engineering Department.
- Ms. Ling F. Kho (Senior).
(Winter 2003 - Spring 2004)
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Working on polymeric devices and processing.
- Supported by an NSF REU.
- Graduated June 2004.
- Entered medical school in London, England (September 2004).
- Ms. Fatema Motiwala (Baxamusa) (Junior).
(Summer 2002, Summer 2003 - Autumn 2003)
- EE 693 (Summer 2002)- Individual Studies (3 credit hours)
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Working on polymeric devices and processing.
- Currently working at Intuit..
- Ms. Jennifer E. Washco.
(Summer 2003)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Worked on polymeric devices and processing.
- Supported by an NSF REU.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Mark Zimmerman (Physics, Junior).
(Summer 2003)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Investigated low resistance ohmic contacts.
- Mark came to us from Miami University via the OSU Physics
REU Site sponsored by the NSF.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- McHughson D. Chambers (Junior).
(Summer 2002, Spring 2003)
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Developing flexible polymeric electronics and patterning methods.
- EE 693 (Spring 2003)- Individual Studies (1 credit hour)
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Matthew T. Williams.
(Winter 2003)
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Independent Study (Winter 2003)- 6 credit hours.
- Graduated Winter 2003 with his bachelor's degree.
- Currently working at Wright-Patterson AFB.
- Phuong Phan.
(Winter 2003)
- Helping set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Independent Study (Winter 2003)- 3 credit hours.
- Anson C. Wooten (Senior). (Summer 2002)
- EE 693 (Summer 2002)- Individual Studies (3 credit hours)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Jonathan Fan (Princeton,
Junior). (Summer 2002)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Graduated from Princeton in EE and entered the Ph.D. program at Harvard under Federico Capasso.
- Nathan Triplett
(Physics, Junior). (Summer 2002)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Nathan Eggan (Senior). (Spring 2002)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Graduated in 2002.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Ian N. Barford (Senior). (Spring 2002)
- EE 693 - Individual Studies (3 credit hours)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Graduated in 2002.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Ashwin S. Raghavan (Sophomore). (Winter 2002)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Ms. Inge Tansu .
Senior (Spring & Summer 2001)
- CAD work for photomask design.
- Graduated in 2002 with BSE and continued at Ohio State also completing her MSE degree.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Sandro Di Giacomo.
Sophomore (Summer 1999, Winter 2000 - Summer 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Recipient of a Science and Engineering Scholars award (2000).
- Graduated in 2002, worked at Northrop-Grumman while attending graduate school at Johns Hopkins.
- Re-joined our group in 2003 and received a Master's degree in June 2005 (see above).
- Returned to Northrop-Grumman in Summer 2005.
- Bryan Cord.
Sophomore (Winter 2000 - Summer 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Recipient of a Science and Engineering Scholars award (2000).
- Graduated in 2002 and is now attending graduate school at MIT.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Chris D'Imperio.
Sophomore (Winter 2000, Summer 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Investigating organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Recipient of a Science and Engineering Scholars award (2000).
- Graduated in 2002.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Jason Hancock.
Sophomore (Winter 2000, Summer 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Graduated in 2002.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Jonathan Frey.
Sophomore (Spring 2000 - Summer 2000)
- Developed Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Investigated organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Currently working as a Scientist at Primestar Solar.
- Neil Kirpalani.
Sophomore (Winter 2000, Summer 2000)
- Developed Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Investigated organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Graduated in 2002.
- Started work at DuPont (Chestnut Run) in Fall 2005.
- Pete Llanso.
Sophomore (Winter 2000, Summer 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Joel Banyai.
Junior (Summer 1999, Winter 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Investigating organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Graduated in 2001.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Thomas E. Dillon III. Junior (January 97 - Winter 2000)
- Recipient of a Science and Engineering Scholars award (1997).
- Modeling Group IV alloy heterostructure devices.
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Investigated organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Pursuing a Ph.D. degree with Prof. D. Prather at University of Delaware.
- Vince Emanuele. Sophomore (Winter 2000)
- Developing Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Investigating organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Graduated in 2002.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Pingsheng "Ken" Hu. Freshman (Winter 2000)
- Investigated organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- As of April 2005, Ken was working at MBNA and leading a non-profit org,
see www.oca-de.org for details.
- He is also targetting graduate school in Political Science for his longterm career goals, possibly at Harvard.
- Rob Henns. Freshman (Winter 2000)
- Investigating organic conducting polymer electronics and displays.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Paul T. Tanpitukpongse. (Summer 1998)
- Full-time biomedical engineering student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Coded programs to streamline and semi-automate data extraction for
measuring Si-based resonant interband tunneling diodes.
- Built a web-based visual walking tour of the semiconductor fabrication facilities.
- Assisted graduate students.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Timothy R. Hodson. (Summer 1998)
- Full-time electrical engineering student at the University of Pennsylvania.
- Assisted graduate students.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Brian McMonagle.
Senior (January 98 - May 1998)
- Implementation of VCSEL/MSM/DOE optical I/O buses within
an SRAM memory cell.
- Graduated May 1998 and works for works for Northrop-Grumann
in Linthilum, MD.
- Richard Doyle.
Senior (January 98 - May 1998)
- Implementation of VCSEL/MSM/DOE optical I/O buses within
an SRAM memory cell.
- Graduated May 1998 and worked for W. L. Gore and Associates
in Delaware.
- Now working as the Materials Manager at Agilent Technologies in Philidephia area.
- David Erby.
Senior (June 96 - May 1998).
- Recipient of a Science and Engineering Scholars award (1996).
- Modeling MSM photodiodes by extracting equivalent circuit
models using HP/EESOF Libra software from measured high frequency
S-parameter data with Sean Rommel. Resulted in a refereed
conference presentation.
- Rebuilding thermal evaporator.
- Repaired electron beam evaporator.
- Designed and built display cases.
- CVD Growth of Nitrides Using Novel Organometallic Precursors
- Organic computational and light emitting structures.
- Graduated May 1998 and works for Applied Control Engineering
in Delaware.
- Can be reached at work at (302) 998-4040.
- Kian-Soon Lee. Senior (Summer 1997).
- Exchange student from Imperial College in London, England.
- Rebuild evaporator.
- Organic computational and light emitting structures.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Armando Torres.
Senior (January 96 - May 1996, Fall 1996).
- Characterized optical filters.
- Literature search of oxidation issues of SiGe(C) alloys.
- Graduated Summer 1998.
- Whereabouts unknown.
- Sean L. Rommel. Senior (January 95 - May 1996).
- Setup laser diode system donated by ILX Lightwave for
demonstrations to be used in ELEG 340.
- Brought Cadence software (LayoutPlus) online. Generated new
MOSFET array mask set for use in ELEG 650 laboratory. Developed a
simplified instruction handout on Cadence software for the ELEG 650 class.
Taught ELEG 650 lab sections how to use Cadence software.
- Performed extensive literature search on ohmic contact resistance
measurements. Redesigned a more sophisticated mask set based on survey
using Cadance software. Mask set produced by external vendor.
- Continued ohmic contact study of p-doped GeC layers. Resulted in
a submitted manuscript for publication in a refereed journal.
- Graduated May 1996. Entered Ph.D. track in my research group (see above).
- David DiBona.
Senior (Winter 96).
- Computer modeling of MSM photodiodes.
- Graduated May 1996.
- Joined Andersen Consulting, Philadelphia.
- Can be reached at (215) 241-7361.
- Christopher Hook. Junior (Summer 95).
- Computerized and automated several experimental setups.
- Graduated May 1997.
- Joined Martin-Lockheed in the Valley Forge, PA area.
- Chad Wilson.
Senior (Fall 94).
- Completed setup of recently donated e-beam evaporator and made great
progress on donated sputtering machine. Demonstrated reliable
Au and Ti e-beam depositions.
- Graduated May 1995 and works for Northrop-Grumann, formerly
Westinghouse, in the Active Aperture Module Group in Linthilum, MD.
- Was working towards his Master's degree at the Johns Hopkins
University of Whiting School of Engineering.
- Wed LeAnne Marie Evans on November 2, 1996.
- Re-located to the Pacific Northwest by Northrup Grumman.
- Dheeraj Bhatra. Sophomore (Fall 94).
- Continued ohmic contact study to SiGeC alloys.
- Transferred out of EE Program. Whereabouts unknown.
- Christopher M. Whitcoe.
Junior, (Summer 94).
- Recipient of 1994 Science and Engineering Scholars award.
- Setup donated ellipsometer.
- Aided computerization of photoluminescence setup. Wrote a program
which pulls the data in from an IBM PC file to the SUN workstation, and
automatically plots the data in MATLAB, converting the x-axis from
time to electron volts and displaying all the pertinent experimental
settings used.
- Graduated May 1996 and hired by Applied Control Engineering
in Delaware.
- Entered MBA program at Delaware in Fall 1996.
- Married Summer 1998.
- Joined Worldport as
Director of Software Engineering.
- Can be reached at work at (302) 894-2007.
- Truc T. Nguyen. Senior (Summer 94).
- Initial design and SPICE modeling of a CMOS-based amplifier using
MOSIS's 0.6 micron process.
- Calibrated the stability of the heater used in an image reversal
photolith process.
- Graduated December 1995.
- Joined National Semiconductor in San Jose, CA.
- Can be reached at work (408) 721-3357.
- Ms. Elizabeth McDonald-Krukosky. Sophomore (Winter 94).
- Helped setup photodiode responsivity experiment.
- Eventually graduated with her BS in electrical engineering and
commenced work at MBNA thereafter.
- Currently, cultivating her entrepreneurial spirit by starting
her own business with her husband, Joe, also a Delaware EE alumnus.
- They can be reached at
Cool Fire Technologies located in Aberdeen, MD. She can be
reached by email at
liz@coolfiretech.com.
- Vincent Brown. Senior (Fall 93).
- Designed a simple photomask for TLM ohmic contact measurements.
- Performed initial ohmic contact measurements to SiGeC alloys.
- Graduated December 1993. Whereabouts unknown.
- Joshua Burrill. (Summer 1993).
- Exchange student from Imperial College in London, England.
- Set-up and tested donated C-V software.
- Calibrated Hall mobility measurement system.
- As of November 2004, working in London as a medical doctor / radiologist.
Former High School Researchers
- Cole Schumacher (New Albany HS)
(Summer 2014)
- Worked on thin film growth.
- Maria Berger (Upper Arlington HS)
(Summer 2013 to Spring 2014)
- Denise Costin (Upper Arlington HS)
(Fall 2012 to Spring 2014)
- Worked on polymer devices and inorganic thin film.
- Graduated Upper Arlington HS (June 2014). Accepted to University of Chicago.
- Tyler Heaton (ECE Freshman)
(Fall 2013 to Spring 2014)
- Working on graphene and polymer devices.
- Tim Heaton (ECE Freshman)
(Fall 2013 to Spring 2014)
- Working on graphene and polymer devices.
- Joydeep Ganguly (New Albany HS)
(Summer 2012 to Spring 2013)
- Ms. Katie Hua.
(Summer 2004)
- Katie joined us from the Columbus School for Girls
where she worked towards her high school diploma.
- Ms. Sarah E. Sheldon (H.S.).
(Summer 2003)
- Helped set up new equipment and new experimental setups.
- Worked on polymeric devices and processing.
- Sarah came to us as a H.S. volunteer from the
Columbus Academy.
Former Administrative Asssistants
- Ms. Katherine Kucharski
(Fall 2011 - Spring 2012)
- Kasia came to us from Allied Medicine in the OSU Medical Campus.
- Arrived November 2011 and left June 2012.
- Ms. Christine Sukarya.
(Fall 2004 - Spring 2005)
- Christine came to us from Indonesia and completed her BS in Accounting (2005).
- After graduation, she commenced working at Citibank.
- Ms. Vidya Gopal.
(Fall 2001 - Fall 2004)
- Vidya came to us from Bangalore, India and completed her MS in Economics (2004).
- Ms. Gopal worked for the Limited under the Victoria Secret brand following graduation.
- She now resides in Washington, DC working for the National Geographic.
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