Researchers apply advances in semiconductor device fabrication to high-power electronics, RF and THz photonics, microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), and biological tissues and sensors.
Current Research:
- MEMS for thermal management
- Next-generation cooling solutions for high-power microelectronics based on phase change heat transfer, advanced manufacturing technologies, and state-of-the-art modeling and simulation techniques
- Microelectronic THz-wave rotational absorption spectroscopy for quantitative industrial gas sensing; thin-film lithium-niobate-on-insulator device research for optoelectronics; dielectric and optical properties of materials in the THz-frequency band
- Electro-thermal transient analysis of microelectronic power devices under radiation; radiation-hardened SiC power device (diodes and transistors) development, fabrication, and testing; heavy ion transport and energy deposition in semiconductors
- Power packaging, thermal management, optical systems for sensing and control, smart systems development, lighting and visible light communications, monolithic optoelectronic integration and photonic integrated circuits, sensing for agriculture
- Optoelectronic devices (modulators, photodetectors, etc.); chip-scale photonic computing devices and systems
- Use of microfabrication to make biological tissues; stimulation of cardiac tissues with microsize electrodes
