Seminars
On topics in 21st Century Electronics
from materials and devices to compact models to circuits, systems, and applications.
List of selected seminars by topic
Biomedical devices
Sequencing a Genome by a Torrent of Ions – How an Old pH-Meter Got Its Groove Back
Ionic Selectivity in Channels: complex biology created by the balance of simple physics
Implantable Networks of Wireless Nanoelectronic Devices
Introduction to BioMEMS and Bionanotechnology
Engineering Nanomedical Systems
By James Leary
Optical Microelectromechanical Systems - Applications in Bio-Inspired Design and Bio-Integrated Devices
By John Rogers
Circuit modeling and simulation
Statistical SPICE Modeling Using Backward Propagation of Variance (BPV)
Xyce: An Open Source SPICE Engine
By Eric Keiter
Modeling and Analysis of VLSI Interconnects
Computational science and engineering
Predictive Simulations of Materials and Devices with Quantified Uncertainties
Scientific Software Development
The Good the Bad and the Awful: Scientific Simulation and Prediction
Computational Science: An Engineering Perspective
Computational Modeling: Experience from my Bell Lab Days
TCAD Revisited, 2007: An Engineers Point of View
Can numerical experiments INSPIRE physical experiments?
Self-energies: Opening Doors for Nanotechnology
Nonequilibrium Green's Functions: Reliably Predicting Chemical Reactions
Electronic transport
Non-Equilibrium Green's Function (NEGF): A Different Perspective
NEMO 1-D: The First NEGF-based TCAD Tool and Network for Computational Nanotechnology
Counter Intuitive Physics of Ballistic Transport in the State-of-the-Art Electronic Devices
By Michael Shur
A Primer on Semiconductor Device Simulation
Energy conversion
Nanoscience at Work: Creating Energy from Sunlight
The Energy Problem: What the Helios Project Can Do About It
By Steven Chu
Aluminum: a safe, economical, high energy density material for energy storage, transport and splitting water to make hydrogen on demand
Innovations and a Sustainable Energy Future
Competing Policy Choices at the Intersection of Energy and Climate Change An Engineers Role
Flexible electronics
Circuits on Cellulose: From Transistors to LEDs, from Displays to Microfluidics on Paper
The Long and Short of Pick-up Stick Transistors: A Promising Technology for Nano- and Macro-Electronics
Softening Hard CMOS Electronics through Manufacturable Heterogeneous Integration
Printing SMART Thin Films: An Applications Perspective
General
Microelectronics in Transition
By Dennis Buss
History of Semiconductor Engineering
By Bo Lojek
Writing Modern Technical English
Inside Real Innovation
Analyzing Disaster : A nanoscale guy stumbles into a mega problem
Quantum Beauty: Real and Ideal
Thirty-eight years as an Academic Chairman: Struggling to Prosper by doing the Right Thing
Introduction to Project Management
By Jon Wright
Questioning in Research: A Practical Guide to Have Cooperative and Constructive Argumentative Dialogue
How to Write a Journal Paper
Instrumentation
Overview of Scanning Probe Microscopy (SPM)
Atomic Force Microscopy
By Arvind Raman
Electron and Ion Microscopies as Characterization Tools for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology
By Eric Stach
The Optical Freqency Comb: A Remarkable Tool for Metrology, Science and Medical Diagnostics
By John L. Hall
Magnetics and spintronics
p-bits for Probabilistic Spin Logic (PSL): A Brief Introduction
p-bits for Probabilistic Spin Logic (PSL)
Magnetic Nanowires: Revolutionizing Hard Drives, Random Access Memory, & Cancer Treatment
By Beth Stadler
Materials
Common Materials for Uncommon Microsystems
By Babak Ziaie
Nano Carbon: From ballistic transistors to atomic drumheads
Chemically Enhanced Carbon-Based Nanomaterials and Devices
By Mark Hersam
The History of Semiconductor Heterostructures Research: From Early Double Heterostructure Concept to Modern Quantum Dot Structures
Energy Dissipation at the Nanoscale: from graphene to phase-change materials
By Eric Pop
Journey Along the Carbon Road
By Zhihong Chen
Non-Conjugated Radical Polymers as an Emerging Class of Transparent Conductors for Flexible Polymer Thermoelectric Applications
MEMS/NEMS
Single Electron Switching with Nano-Electromechanical Systems and Applications in Ion Channel Transport
Peanuts vs. Pyramids: Two Perspectives on MEMS
In Search of a Better MEMS-Switch: An Elementary theory of how nanostructured dielectrics may soften landing, increase travel range, and decrease energy dissipation
What I've Learned Over Two Decades in MEMS
By Busbee (Buzz) Hardy
Nanofluidics
What is "Nanofluidics"? or The Nano-izing of Fluid Mechanics
Novel devices and approaches for computing
Auger Generation as an Intrinsic Limit to Tunneling Field-Effect Transistor Performance
Molecular Transistors
By Mark A. Reed
An Introduction to Quantum Computing
The Pioneers of Quantum Computing
The Elusive Spin Transistor
Putting the Electrons Spin to Work
By Daniel Ralph
Re-Engineering Computing For Next Generation Autonomous Intelligent Systems: Devices, Circuits, and Algorithms
By Kaushik Roy
Optics and photonics
Silicon MEMS + Photonic Systems
By Sunil Bhave
Plasmonic Nanophotonics: Coupling Light to Nanostructure via Plasmons
Metamaterials, Part 1: Electrical and Magnetic Metamaterials
Metamaterials, Part 2: Negative-Index, Nonlinear Optics and Super/Hyper-Lenses
Metamaterials, Part 3: Cloaking and Transformation Optics
Three-Dimensional Photonic Crystals
By Minghao Qi
Transformation Optics at Optical Frequencies
By John Pendry
Invisible cloaks and the perfect lens
By John Pendry
Taming Light and Electrons with Metamaterials
Transformation Optics and Sub Wavelength Control of Light
By John Pendry
Digitizing and Functionalizing Metamaterials
Ultrafast & Broadband Photonic Signal Processing: From Microdevices to Control of RF Propagation
Signal Processing at Light Speed: Ultrashort Optical Pulse Generation with Arbitrary Waveforms
Ultrafast Photonic Signal Processing: A Quarter Century Perspective
New Frontiers in Optics and Photonics With Designer Electronic and Optical Materials
Maxwells Equations and Electromagnetics after 150 Years
Complex Nanophotonics
By Hui Cao
Photovoltaics
A Physical Model for Non-Ohmic Shunt Conduction and Metastability in Amorphous Silicon Solar Cells
By Sourabh Dongaonkar, Souvik Mahapatra, Karthik Yogendra, Muhammad Alam
Renewable Solar Energy: Has the Sun Finally Risen on Photovoltaics?
Symposium on Nanomaterials for Energy: Photonic Nanostructures for Enabling High-Efficiency Thermophotovoltaics
By Peter Bermel
OPV: Untangling the Essence of Bulk Heterostructure Organic Solar Cells: Why the Complex Need not be Complicated
High-Rate Processing and Advanced Emitter Structures for CIGS PV Module Manufacturing
Power electronics
The Revolution in Wide Band Gap (WBG) Power Devices
By Anant Agarwal
Progress Toward Wafer-Scale Thermionic Energy Conversion
Transformative Power Semiconductor Technologies to Impact 21st Century Energy Economy, and Space and Defense Electronics
Wide Bandgap Power Semiconductor Devices and Future Electric Power Delivery System
History of SiC Power Devices and a Vision for the Future
Progress Toward Wafer-Scale Thermionic Energy Conversion
Sensors
Molecular Sensors for MEMS
New Directions in MEMS for Wireless Harsh-Environment Sensors
Thermal transport
Radiative Heat Transfer at the Nanoscale
By Pramod Reddy
Heat Under the Microscope: Uncovering the Microscopic Processes that Govern Thermal Transport
Modeling and Simulation of Sub-Micron Thermal Transport
Understanding Phonon Dynamics via 1D Atomic Chains
Thermal Microsystems for On-Chip Thermal Engineering
Nanoscale Thermodynamics
Heat Transfer across Solid Contacts Enhanced with Nanomaterials
Limits of Thermal Processes and their Implications on Efficient Energy Utilization
Thermal Transport in Nanostructured Materials: Working to Improve Efficiency in the Field of Thermoelectrics
Tutorial 2: A Bottom-Up View of Heat Transfer in Nanomaterials
Thermoelectrics and thermionics
Nanotechnology-Enabled Direct Energy Conversion
By Gang Chen
The Potential of Nanostructured Materials to Address the Challenge of a Sustainable Energy Resource
Designing Nanocomposite Thermoelectric Materials
By Timothy D. Sands
Nanoscale Opto Thermo Electric Energy Conversion Devices
By Ali Shakouri
Thermoelectric Energy Conversion: Transport, Materials, and Systems
By Gang Chen
Progress Toward Wafer-Scale Thermionic Energy Conversion
Transistors
Transistor Scaling: The Age of Innovation
High-Frequency Carbon Nanotube Transistors: Fabrication, Characterization, and Compact Modeling
By Martin Claus
The MVS Nanotransistor Model: A Primer
RF Solid-State Vibrating Transistors
Tunnel FETs - Device Physics and Realizations
The Road Ahead for Carbon Nanotube Transistors
Self-Heating and Scaling of Silicon Nano-Transistors
By Eric Pop
Design and Compact Modeling of CMOS-MEMS Resonant Body Transistors
By Dana Weinstein, Luca Daniel, Bichoy W. Bahr