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Dr. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb

Dr. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb

Dr. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, Ph.D., P.E.
Professor and Chairman
Department of Electrical Engineering


Contact Information

Dr. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb
Department of Electrical Engineering
Engineering Building - Room 332
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL  60115   U.S.A.

Phone:  (815) 753-8570     Fax:  (815) 753-1289
E-mail:  ibrahim@niu.edu

 

Achievements as a Department Chair

  • Enrollment increased by 121% in two years.
  • External funding increased from about $89,448 per year to $1,026,334 in two years.
  • In-kind equipment grant totaled about $3M in two years compared with $3.3M in the previous eight years.
  • Faculty submitted 17 proposals with a total budget of $3,719,946.
  • Rate of peer review publications increased to 4 papers per faculty per year.
  • The faculty published 2 textbooks and 3 book chapters in two years.

Educational Background 

  • Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Canada, 1982-1986
    Ph.D. dissertation title, “GaAs MESFETS and their applications in digital logic and digital to analog conversion”
  • M.S., Physics, University of Manitoba, Canada, 1981-1982
    M.S. thesis title, “Theory of rod and half rod concentrated solar cells”
  • B.S., Physics, Cairo University, Egypt, 1977-1979
  • B.S., Electrical Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt, 1971-1976 (5-year program)

Citizenship

    U.S.A.

Employment

  • Chair, Electrical Engineering Department, NIU, July 2008-present (served as Acting Chair during the first two years with all authorities of a regular chair)
  • Director of the Biomedical Engineering Program, College of Engineering, NIU, August 2007-present
  • Professor, Northern Illinois University, 2001-present
  • Associate professor, Northern Illinois University, 1995-2001
  • Assistant Professor, Northern Illinois University, 1992-1995
  • Assistant Professor, Northwestern University, 1985-1991

Visiting Positions

  • Air Force Summer Faculty Fellowship Program, Wright-Patterson Air Face Base Research Laboratory, Sensor Directorate, summer 2007.
  • Visiting Research Associate, Argonne National Laboratory, February 2001-May 2002.
  • Visiting Scholar, Northwestern University, summers of 1999 and 2000.

Graduate School Memberships

  • Senior member of the graduate school, Northern Illinois University.
  • Full member of the graduate school, Northwestern University, 1988-1991.

Professional Societies and Activities

  • Senior Member of the IEEE.
  • Member of the IEEE Regions & Chapters Committee starting June 2010-present.
  • Regional editor for IEEE EDS Newsletters, Regions 1, 2, and 3, 2005-present.
  • Registered Professional Engineer (PE)
  • Member of the American Society for Engineering Education.
  • Invited Speaker, Man to Machine conference, Chicago, Illinois, 2009.
  • Session chair in the ICSICT conference, China, 2006 and 2008.
  • Invited speaker, ICSICT, China, 2006 and 2008.
  • Advised the Egyptian Prime Minster on Microelectronics, 2000.
  • Listed in Who is Who in Education, 1991 and renewed in 1995.
  • Listed in Who is Who in the World, 1995.
  • Member of the New York Academy of Science 1989-1990.
  • Member of the steering committee of the Center for Integrated Microelectronic Systems at Northwestern University, 1986-1989.
  • Member of Illinois Professional Engineering Society, 1994.

Industrial Experience

  • President of Civil-Electric Inc., Egypt, 1977-1981.
  • Consulting engineer for Techicool consulting firm.  Worked on the design of the electrical system and control of 250,000 tons refrigerator in Egypt, 1979-1981.
  • Consulting for SKS Technologies, 1988-1989.
  • Have been working at Argonne, which has a research facility similar to an industrial research facility.
  • Consultant at S&N Manufacturing Incorporated, Geneva, Illinois

Administrative Experience

  • Chairman of the department of Electrical Engineering.
  • Director of the Biomedical Engineering program.
  • President of a construction company for civil and electrical construction works with more than 40 employees.
  • Chaired the College Council and the Department Personnel committee.  Served on the University Council, the University Senate, the University Council Personnel Committee, the Graduate Council, and the Undergraduate Coordinating Council.  Chaired many departmental committees and served on many college and university committees. 
  • Served on the board of Holmes Student Center, which manages the student center hotel, cafeterias, shops, entertainment activities, and social functions.
  • Board member of the NIU Press for 3 years.
  • Member of the Rules and Governance Committee, which proposes changes to the governing rules of the University.

Expert Witness in the Court of Law

Dr. Abdel-Motaleb testified in the court of law as an expert witness regarding the performance of electronic systems.


Research Areas of Expertise

  • Nanotechnology: nanostructures devices, sensors, and growth of nanostructure materials.
  • Electronic Material Growth and Characterization: Barium Strontium Titenate, ZnO, and Al2O3 growth using Pulsed Laser Deposition (PLD);  Ultrananocrystalline diamond thin films using CVD technique; Zinc Selenide using MOCVD technique;  Characterization of GaN Grown using MOCVD, Characterization of SI GaAs wafers.
  • Device Fabrication and Characterization: GaAs MESFETs; GaAs IGFET, Ultrananocrystalline diamond field emission devices; ZnSe/Ge Diodes.
  • Biomedical and Chemical sensors: DNA sensors using Barium Strontium Titenate,
  • Biomedical Instrumentations: Wireless diagnostic systems; Balisocardiography diagnostic systems for doctors’ offices.
  • Integrated Circuit Fabrication and characterization: GaAs devices and integrated circuits.
  • MEMS: Design and fabrication of micropumps.
  • Device Modeling:  GaAs Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors (HBT);  ZnSe/Ge/GaAs HBT; Non-quasi-static modeling of GaAs MESFETs, SiC MESFETs, GaAlAs MODFETs, GaAlAs HBTs, GaAlAs quantum well HEMTs, GaN MESFETs, and GaAlN MODFETs.

Experience with ABET

  • Prepared ABET Self Study Report for 2010 visit to the Department of Electrical Engineering, Northern Illinois University.
  • Attended 5 days ABET work shop “IDEAL” presented by ABET Executives, 2009.
  • Worked on fulfilling ABET 2000 Criteria for the electrical Engineering Department at NIU.
  • Attended ABET-2000 workshop and presented the findings to the department and college.
  • Developed the assessment process needed for ABET accreditation for the Department of Electrical Engineering through the chairmanship of the assessment committee.
  • Spearheaded the curriculum changes which provided the flexibility and depth that helped the department to pass the last ABET accreditation.
  • Developed the graduate assessment report for the University several years ago.

Experience in Program Development

  • Development of a Biomedical Engineering emphasis.
  • Development of an Electrical Engineering minor.
  • Development of a Biomedical Engineering minor.
  • Development of a BS/MS program, which has been adopted by all engineering departments.
  • Spearheaded the development of the new Electrical Engineering undergraduate program.
  • Major participant in the development of the proposed Ph.D. degree, Ph.D. in Systems Engineering program (proposed by Dean Kasuba).

Publications and Scholarly Activities

Referred Publications

1. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, F. Konopasek, and S. El-Nahawy, "Theory of Rod and Half Rod Concentrator Solar Cells", Proceedings of the E.C. Photovoltaic Solar Energy Conference, pp. 250-253, Athens, 1982.

2. W. Tang, K. Lowe, Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, and L. Young, “Back-gating in Ion Implanted GaAs MESFETs," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, p. 2794, November 1985.

3. S. Dendo, Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, K. Lowe, and L. Young, "Deep Levels in Semi-Insulating LEC GaAs Before and After Silicon Implantation," Journal of the Electrochemical Society, p. 2673, November 1985.

4. "Deep Levels in GaAs before and After Si implantation," Presented at the Symposium of the state of the art program on compound semiconductors, Electrochemical Society, Toronto Canada, May 1985.

5. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, and L. Young, "The Common Drain Directly Coupled FET Logic Approach and Its Applications in VLSI Systems,” Proceedings of the 29th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 781-784, August 1986.

6. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb and L. Young, "GaAs Common Drain Logic (CDL), The Proceedings of the IEEE Region V Conference, pp. 68-73, March 1987.

7. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb and L. Young, "Investigation of the Temperature Dependence of GaAs MESFET Parameters," The Proceedings of the IEEE Region V Conference, pp. 51-56, March 1987.

8. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb and L. Young, “Characterization of Saturated Resistors for GaAs High Speed Digital to Analog Converters," Proceedings of the 30th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 682-685, Syracuse, August 1987.

9. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, and L. Young, "A Simple Self Aligned GaAs MESFET Using Polyimide," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 30 No. 4, p 361 April 1987.

10. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, W. Rutherford, and L. Young, "GaAs Inverted Common Drain Logic (ICDL) and Its Performance Compared With Other GaAs Logic Families," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 30, No. 4 p. 403, April 1987. 

11. T. L. Syu and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "An Analytical MODFET Charge Control Model for CAD Applications," Proceedings of the 32nd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 1263-1266, Urbana Illinois, August 1989.

12. D. Chu and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "BiCMES and BiCMOD: Bipolar-FET Logic Configurations For High Speed Applications," Proceedings of The IEEE Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, pp. 311-314, Minneapolis, MN, September 1989.

13. C. N. Huang and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "A Gummel-Poon Model For Single and Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors," Proceedings of The IEEE Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, pp. 254-257, Minneapolis, MN, September 1989

14. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb and T. L. Syu, "An Analytical Charge Control Model for AlGaAs MODFETs," Journal of Applied Physics, pp. 3141-3147, March 15, 1990.

15. B. Ryum and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "A Gummel-Poon Model for Abrupt and Graded HBTs," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 33, No. 7, pp. 869-880, July 1990.

16. Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb and A. Razdan, "Analysis of Latch-up in GaAs Complementary Logic Structures,” Proceedings of the 33rd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 239-242, Calgary, Canada, August 1990.

17. Y. Maa and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Analysis of the Switching Characteristics of NMOS Common Drain FET Logic,” Proceedings of the 33rd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 926-929, Calgary, Canada, August 1990.

18. H-K. Lin and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb "Non-Quasi-Static Modeling Technique for Microwave GaAs FETs,” Proceedings of the 33rd Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems, pp. 621-524, Calgary, Canada, August 1990.

19. Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb and J-F Horng, "Large and Small Signal Models for Simulation of High Speed MODFET ICs," Proceedings of Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics Symposium, pp. 696-701, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, August 115-117 1990.

20. C-N. Lin and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Nonlinear Modeling of GaAs FET Parasitic Resistance's" Proceedings of Antenna Technology and Applied Electromagnetics Symposium, pp. 724-729, Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, August 115-117 1990.

21. B. Ryum and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "Investigation of Current Transport and Charges in Graded Base HBTs," Proceedings of The IEEE Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meeting, pp. 199-202, Minneapolis, MN, September 1990.

22. B. Ryum and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Effect of Recombination Current on HBT Current Gain," IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, Part G., pp. 115-119, February 1991.

23. C. N. Huang and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "A Gummel-Poon Model for Single and Double HBTs," IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, Part G., pp. 165-169, April 1991.

24. B. Ryum and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Modeling of Junction Capacitance of Graded Base HBTs," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 34. No. 5, pp. 481-488, May 1991.

25. C. C. Yu and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "An Analytical Model For Current-Voltage Characteristics of Quantum-Well Heterojunction Field Effect Transistors," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 34, No. 5, pp. 567-579, May 1991.

26. David C. Yu and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "An Analytical Charge Control Model for p-Type Quantum Well HEMTs," The Pittsburgh Conference on Modeling and Simulation, May 2-3, 1991

27. David C. Yu and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Estimation of the 2DEG location in Quantum Well Structures" Solid State Electronics, Vol. 34, No. 10, p. 1179, October 1991.

28. B. Ryum and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "An Analytical All Injection Charge Based Model for Graded Base HBTs," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 34, No. 10, pp. 1125-1139, October 1991.

29. H-K. Lin and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Small Signal Non-Quasi-Static Model for CAD Application: Part I. MODFETs" IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, Part G., Vol. 138, No. 6, pp. 735-748, December, 1991.

30. H-K. Lin and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "Small Signal Non-Quasi-Static Model for CAD Application: Part II. MESFETs" IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, Part G., Vol. 138, No. 6, pp. 749-755, December 1991.

31. C. Li and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "Nonlinear Parasitic Resistance Model for MODFETs" Solid State Electronics, Vol. 35, No. 6, pp. 759-767, June 1992.

32. Jeffrey Huang and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "Large Signal Non-Quasi-Static Model for Single and Double Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 35, No. 8, pp. 1093-1098, August 1992.

33. David C. Yu and Ibrahim M, Abdel-Motaleb, "An Analytical d.c. Model for p-Type Quantum Well HEMTs" IEE Proceedings on Circuits, Devices and Systems, Part G., Vol. 140, No 1., pp. 7-15, February 1993.

34. Jeffrey Huang and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "Small Signal Non-Quasi-Static Model for Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 36, No. 7, pp. 1027-1034, July 1993.

35. Jeffrey Huang and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "Non-Quasi-Static Modeling of HBT Junction Capacitance's," Solid State Electronics, Vol. 26, No. 11, pp. 1583-1592, November 1993.

36. P. Desai and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, "Recent Advances is Zinc-Selenide Materials and Devices: An Overview", Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Microelectronics, p. 273, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia, Dec. 13-16 1993.

37. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, P. Desai, and S. Pal“Design, Construction, and Testing of an MOCVD Crystal Growth System For Building Blue Laser Diodes,” The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS’97, Cairo, Egypt, December 15-18, 1997.

38. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, S. Pal, and P. Desai “Material Growth and Characterization of ZnSe/Ge Heterojunctions,” The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS’97, Cairo, Egypt, December 15-18, 1997.

39. Yann Maa, Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, and Martin Plonus, “Investigation of Diode Space Charge Region Model Based on Theories of Thermodynamics,” The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS’97, Cairo, Egypt, December 15-18, 1997.

40. Yann Maa, Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, and Martin Plonus, “Modeling and Simulation of p-n Junction Diodes Using the Theory of Thermodynamics,” The Fourth IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits, and Systems, ICECS’97, Cairo, Egypt, December 15-18, 1997.

41. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, S. Pal, and P. Desai, “Growth of ZnSe/GaAs and ZnSe/Ge Using Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Vapor Deposition,” Journal of the Electrochemical Society, ESL, vol. 3, no. 6, p. 293, 2000.

42. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, S. Pal, and P. Desai, “Characterization of ZnSe/Ge material growth using the Atomic Force Microscope,” Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol. 217, No. 4, pp. 366-370, August 2000.

43. Yann Maa and Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb,”Modeling and simulation of bipolar junction transistors using the theories of thermodynamics. J. of Applied Physics, Vol. 88, No. 10, pp 5959-5964,15, November 2000.

44. Yann Maa and Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, "Analysis of the diode characteristics using the thermodynamics theory" Solid state Electronics, Vol. 46, No. 5, pp 735-742, May 2002.

45. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, O. Auciello, J. Carlisle, D. Gruen, and James Birrell. “Effect of temperature on nanocrystalline diamond field emission device characteristics,” Device Research Conference, Salt Lake City, UH, June 23-25, 2003.

46. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb and Roman Korotkov, “Modeling of GaN electron mobility,” The 11th IEEE International Symposium on Electron Devices for  Microwave & Optoelectronic Applications, University of Central Florida, Orlando, USA, 17-18 November 2003.

47. Radhika Chintakayala and Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, Small Signal Non-Quasi-Static Model for AlGaN/GaN MODFETs,” The 7th International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Beijing, China, October 18-21, 2004.

48. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, “Non-Quasi-Static Modeling of heterojunction bipolar transistors,” The 7th International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Beijing, China, October 18-21, 2004.

49. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, “Teaching microelectronic courses using MathCAD,” presented in the ASEE, Illinois-Indiana Chapter conference, held at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL, April 1-2, 2005. (http://www.ceet.niu.edu/ASEE_ILIN/)

50. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb and Gauthami Arikatla “Non-Quasi-Static Modeling of Field Effect Transistors” ISDRS symposium, Bethesda, MD, 2005.

51. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb and J. Lagu, “Modeling and analysis of ZnSe/Ge heterojunction bipolar transistor,” IEEE Transaction on Electron Devices, Vol. 52, No 3, pp299-304, March 2005.

52. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, R. Roman, “Modeling of GaN Mobility,” Journal of applied Physics, Vol. 97, 093714, May 1, 2005.

53. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, R. Roman, “Response to “Comment on ‘Modeling of the electron mobility in GaN materials’” Journal of applied Physics, Vol. 99, 036107, 2006.

54. Praveen Navuduri, Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, Young Yoo, and Omar Chmaissem “Characterization of Large Area PLD Grown Combinatorial Compositions of Barium Strontium Titanium Oxides” The 8th International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Shanghai, China, October 23-26, pp. 1004-1006, 2006.

55. Shbna Asmi and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, “Effect of Traps and Self Heating on the Microwave Performance of SiC MESFETs,” The 8th International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Shanghai, China, October 23-26, 2006.

56. Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, “Diamond Technology: An Overview, Invited Paper, “ The 8th International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Shanghai, China, October 23-26, 2006.

57. Nita Rai and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, “Characterization of Microbridge Gas-Flow Sensor,” IEEE EIT 2007 Proceedings, pp.453-458, 2007.

58. Martin Kocanda and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, “Design of a DNA Probe Using Barium Strontium Titanate” submitted to The  International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Shanghai, China, October 20-23, 2008.

59. Martin Kocanda and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb,  “DNA Sensing – an Overview of Present Technology and Future Trends” submitted to The  International conference on solid state and integrated circuit technology, Shanghai, China, October 20-23, 2008

60. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, Neeraj Shetty, Kevin Leedy, and Rebecca Cortez   “Investigation of the Drain Current Shift in ZnO Thin Film Transistors,” ISDRS 2009, December 9-11, 2009, College Park, MD, USA.

61. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, Sensors for the Heart,” M2M magazine, p. 32, November/December 2009.

62. Martin Kocanda and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, “Development of a DNA probe using barium strontium titanate,” J. Applied Physics, accepted, p 123916, 2009.

63. Martin Kocanda and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb "Development of a DNA probe using barium strontium titanate," Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, January 1, 2010. http://vjbio.aip.org/getpdf/servlet/GetPDFServlet?filetype=pdf&id=JAPIAU000106000012123916000001&idtype=cvips&src=vj&subid=VIRT02.

64. Martin Kocenda and Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, “DNA detection using a CMOS ring oscillator circuit,” J. Applied Physics, p. 76103, 2010.

65. Mark Austin and Ibrahim Abdel-Motaleb, Integrated Ballisto-Cardio-Diagnostic System for Doctor’s Office, American Medical Association-IEEE conference, March 21-23, Washington DC, 2010.

66. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Motaleb, Neeraj Shetty, Kevin Leedy, and Rebecca Cortez   “Investigation of the Drain Current Shift in ZnO Thin Film Transistors,” Journal of Applied Physics, p. 014503, 2011.



Papers, Proposals, and Books Review

Papers Review

  • Reviewed a large number of papers for the solid-state Electronics Journal.
  • Reviewed for the IEEE ED transactions.
  • Reviewed for the IEEE ED letters.
  • Reviewed for International Journal for VLSI.
  • Reviewed for the Journal of Applied Physics.
  • Reviewed for ASEE.
  • Reviewed for the Journal of Vacuum Society.
  • Reviewed for the Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Journal.

Proposals Review

  • Reviewed normal proposals for NSF, NSERC of Canada, and Canada Foundation for Innovation.
  • Served on countless review panels for the SBIR program since August 1998, where 100’s of proposals were reviewed.

Books Review

  • "Electronics," by Hambley, MacMillan, 1989.
  • "Semiconductor Electronic Devices," by G. D. Sanders, Prentice Hall, 1992.
  • “Heterojunction Bipolar Transistor”, by J. J. Liu, (proposal for a book) HRW, 1994.
  • “Semiconductor Devices,” by Anderson& Anderson, McGraw-Hill 2001. 
  • “Electrical Engineering for all Engineers, by Roadstrum, to be published by Wiley (Proposal of a revision of the book), 2001
  • “Understanding of Semiconductor Devices,” Oxford University Press, by Sima Dimitrijev (Proposal of a revision of the book), 2002.
  • Many other books that were not published.


Funding

  • National Institute of Standards and Technology (SURF-NIST)
    Project:    Undergraduate Research
    Amount:   $8,000
    Period:     Summer 2010
  • Advanced Solar Dynamics: Development of CdTe Solar Cells
    Amount:   $24,000
    Period:     November 2008-November 2009
  • Air Force: Optimization of Growth Process of PLD-Grown High-K Oxides for RF Applications
    Agency No.      Write-Patterson Air Force Base
    Award Dates:    05/18/07-10/06/07
    Amount:            $23,000
  • Army: Rapid Optimization of Commercial Knowledge for Army, Vehicles Center for Tribology and Coatings
    Agency No.      W56HZV-04-C-0783
    Award Dates:    5/15/06-8/15/06
    Amount:            $1,152,000
    PI:  Promod Vohra
    My Part:  Study of the tribological properties of diamond coating of military equipment ($50K)
  • S&N Manufacturing: Testing and Evaluation of S&N Relay for use in Earth movement vehicle.
    Amount:    $10,500
    Date:         May-August 2005
  • NSF MRI:  Acquisition of a Raith 150 Electron Beam Lithography System for a Nanofabrication Education, Research Training and Exploration Consortium
    Award No.  0216518 (group proposal, PI: Alan Feinerman)
    Amount:      $502,768
  • BioRad:  Characterization of ZnSe/Ge Hetrointerfaces Using BioRad’s DLTS system and Electrochemical C-V Profiler
    OSP No.     95-382
    Amount:      $34,650
  • Argonne National Laboratory:  Investigation of nitrogen doping on Field Emission device Characteristics
    OSP No.     02-015
    Amount:      $7,033
  • The Material Research Center at Northwestern University, 1999
    OSP No.     99-231
    Title:  Study of Magnesium diffusion in Gallium Nitride
    Amount:      $4,500
  • The Material Research Center at Northwestern University, 2000
    OSP No.     00-379
    Title:  Characterization of Magnesium Oxide (MgO) MOS Capacitor
    Amount:      $4,500
  • Northern Illinois University, Faculty Career Enhancement Grant
    Title:  Work on Zinc Selenide Semiconductors, NIU
    Amount:      $5,000

List of funding from 1986-1992:

  • Northwestern University, Faculty Development Grant
    Account #:   0100-510-89XA
    Awarded :    $5,000
  • Research laboratory levelopment at Northwestern University
    Amount:      $87,000
    Account #:  0010-350-3390
  • Development of device fabrication facility at Northwestern University
    Amount:      $115,000
    Account #:  0100-510-106C
  • Center For Integrated Microelectronics Systems at Northwestern University
    Amount:      $25,000 (my share was $5K)
    Account #:  0100-510-161F
  • Mentor Graphics, VLSI laboratory equipment
    Amount:      $250,000

Research Experience

  1. Medical Instrumentations:
    • Ballisocardiography
    • Wireless diagnostic systems
  2. Sensors:
    • DNA sensors
    • Fabrication of micro-pump
    • Fabrication and testing of diamond field emission devices
    • Design and simulation of MEMS gas sensor
  3. Nanotechnology:
    • Growth of high dielectric materials (BaSrTiO) for RF MEMS applications
    • Material growth and characterization of ultrananocrystalline diamond thin films using microwave plasma enhance chemical vapor deposition (CVD) technique
  4. Material growth and characterization:
    • Growth of BaSrTiO using Pulsed Laser Deposition technique (PLD)
    • Growth of Zinc Selenide (ZnSe) using metalorganic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) technique
    • Characterization of Gallium Nitride material
    • Characterization of semi-insulating and ion-implanted GaAs materials
  5. Device Fabrication and Characterization:
    • Fabrication and characterization of GaAs MESFETs and IGFETS
    • Fabrication and characterization of ZnSe/Ge p-n junction diodes
    • Fabrication and Characterization of ZnSe/GaAs p-n junction diodes
    • Fabrication and characterization of Metal/BaSrTiO/p-Si MOS diodes
    • Fabrication and characterization of ITO/Diamond hetero-structure diodes
    • Fabrication and characterization of Diamond Field Emission Devices
    • Characterization of Magnesium Oxide MOS devices
  6. Integrated Circuit Fabrication:
    • GaAs digital logic gates
    • GaAs MESFET Digital to Analog Converter
  7. Modeling and Simulation:
    • Modeling for GaAlAs/GaAs Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors for circuit simulation CAD tools
    • Modeling for ZnSe/Ge Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors for circuit simulation CAD tools
    • Modeling of n and p type GaAlAs Quantum Well MODFETs
    • Non-quasi-static modeling of GaAs MESFETs, GaN MESFETs, SiC MESFETs, GaAlAs MODFETs, and GaN MODFETs, HBTs

List of Courses Taught

    210. ENGINEERING CIRCUIT ANALYSIS (4)
    330. ELECTRONIC CIRCUITS (4)
    335. THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES I (3)
    420. MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATIONS (4)
    421. BIOMEDICAL SENSOR ENGINEERING (3)
    431. THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES II (3)
    432. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION LABORATORY (3)
    433. DESIGN OF GALLIUM ARSENIDE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (3)
    434. SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION (3)
    491. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROPOSAL (1)
    492. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN PROJECT (3)
    520. MEDICAL INSTRUMENTATIONS (4)
    521. BIOMEDICAL SENSOR ENGINEERING (3)
    531. THEORY OF SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES II (3)
    532. SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION LABORATORY (3)
    533. DESIGN OF GALLIUM ARSENIDE INTEGRATED CIRCUITS (3)
    534. SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIAL AND DEVICE CHARACTERIZATION (3)
    635. ADVANCED ELECTRONIC DEVICES (3)
    636. DESIGN OF MICROSYSTEMS (3)

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