Former Students:

Name Year Degree

Thesis

Location
Ebrahim Andideh 1990 Ph.D. Characterization of Reactive Ion Etching of III-V Compound Semiconductor Materials Intel
Andrew Ketterson 1991 Ph.D. A Modulation-Doped Field-Effect Transistor-Based Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit Receiver for Optical Interconnects Triquint
William Guggina 1991 M.S. Selective Reactive Ion Etching of GaAs/AlxGa1-xAs in SiCl4/SiF4 Plasmas Delco
Andrew Pawlowski 1991 M.S. Simulation of Electron Beam Lithography Motorola
Minh Tong 1992 Ph.D. An Enhancement/Depletion Process for III-V Compound Semiconductor Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors and Optoelectronic Integrated Circuits IBM
Luana Kim Lavalle 1992 M.S. Microlithographic Fabrication of RF Coils for NMR Microscopy Intel
Kari Nummila 1993 Ph.D. Short-Channel Effects in III-V Compound Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors Nokia
Jong-Wook Seo 1993 Ph.D. Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetectors for Optoelectronic Receiver Applications Hong-ik Univ., South Korea
Timothy Jon Dow 1993 M.S. Characterization of the Chemically Assisted Ion Beam Etching of III-V Semiconductors .  Intel
Hong Chang 1994 Ph.D Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of Low-Dimensional Quantum Devices Intel
Sambhulal Agarwala 1994 Ph.D Reactive Ion Etching of InP-Based Heterostructures and Field-Effect Transistors using HBr Plasma Intel
Daniel Ballegeer 1992 1995 M.S. Ph.D. Design, Fabrication, and Characterization of InP-Based Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors for High-Power Microwave Applications  Intel
Carl Scafidi 1995 M.S. Damage Induced to Semiconductor Devices Via Reactive Ion Etching Intel
Roberto Panepucci 1996 Ph.D. Fabrication and Characterization of Compound Semiconductor Nanostructures Florida International University
Patrick Fay 1996 Ph.D. A High Speed Monolithic Integrated Photoreceiver for Long Wavelength Communication Systems University of Notre Dame
Aaditya Mahajan 1996 M.S. A Study of Enhancement-Mode Modulation Doped Field Effect Transistors on Lattice Matched Indium Phosphide Based Semiconductor Compounds Nanovation/Triquint
Walter  Wohlmuth 1997 Ph.D. High Speed and High Sensitivity Metal-Semiconductor-Metal Photodetectors for Optoelectronic Integrated Circuit Applications Triquint
Ronald Grundbacher 1993 1997 M.S. Ph.D. Modulation-Doped Field Effect Transistors for High-Power Microwave Applications TRW
Mohamed Arafa 1997 Ph.D. Silicon/Silicon-Germanium Modulation-Doped Field-Effect Transistors for Complementary Circuit Applications Intel
Masud Hannan 1997 Ph.D. Fabrication of Quantum Effect Devices and Their Characterization in the Ballistic Transport Regime Maxim
Anthony Schmitz 1997 M.S. Investigations of Metal Contacts to Gallium Nitride Intel
Jean Fleurimont 1997 M.S. A Chemically Assisted Ion Beam Etching Process for High Quality Laser Mirrors in Gallium Arsenide Intel
Christopher Youtsey 1995 1998 M.S. Ph.D. Photoelectrochemical Wet Etching of Gallium Nitride Nanovation/Triquint
Andrew Ping 1994 1999 M.S. Ph.D. Process Development and Characterization of A1GaN/GaN Heterostructure Field-Effect Transistors Triquint
Aaditya Mahajan 1999 Ph.D. The Monolithic Integration of Enhancement- and Depletion-Mode High Electron Mobility Transistors for Low-Power and High-Speed Circuit Applications in the Lattice-Matched Indium Phosphide Material System Nanovation/Triquint
Gabriel Cueva 1999 M.S. A Direct-Coupled FET Logic Divide-by-Four Circuit in the Lattice-Matched Indium Phosphide Material System BAE
Cathy Lee 2000 M.S. Fabrication of Recessed-Gate GaN MESFETs Using Inductively-Coupled-Plasma Reactive Ion Etching Triquint
Anand Daga 2000 M.S. A Study of the Effect of Damage of Electron Mobility in an AlGaN/GaN Heterostructure AMD
Noah Kim 2001 M.S. A Study of Schottky Contacts to Aluminum Gallium Nitride Lucent Technologies
Jae-Hyung Jang 2002 Ph.D. Monolithic Integration of Long Wavelength Photodetectors and High Electron Mobility Transistors on Metamorphic Gallium Arsenide Substrates[Gold Prize, Samsung HumanTech Thesis Award] Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, South Korea
Ling Zhou 2002 Ph.D. Development and Characterization of Ohmic and Schottky Contacts for GaN and AlGaN Devices Lumileds
William Lanford 2002 M.S. Selective Dry Etching of Gallium Nitride Over Aluminum Gallium Nitride For Gate Recess in Gallium Nitride-Based MODFET Fabrication Intel
Randall Schwindt 2004 Ph.D. GaN Based HEMTs for Microwave Power and Noise: Physics and Applications Union University
Deepak Selvanathan 2004 Ph.D. Ohmic Contacts to n-type GaN Based Semiconductors Intel
Almaz Kuliev 2001 2004 M.S. Ph.D. AlGaN/GaN HEMTs for High-Power Applications: Transistor Device Issues and Process Development Schlumerger
Farid Khan 1999 2004 M.S. Ph.D. High Density Plasma Etching of Wide Bandgap Semiconductor Materials for Fabricating Novel Devices Islamic Development Bank
Michael Word 2004 M.S. High Resolution Electron Beam Lithography using Hydrogen Silsesquioxane Thin Films MBHB
Seiyon Kim 2005 Ph.D.

1.    Development of Thermally Stable Ir-based Gate Technology for InA1Hs/InGaAs/InP E/D-HEMTs

Intel
Pavan Sannuti 2005 M.S. Fabrication of Ordered Arrays of Nanopores Intel
Weifeng Zhao 2006 Ph.D. Monolithic Integration of E/D- InGaAs/InAlAs/InP HEMTs PDF Solutions
Wiliam Lanford 2006 Ph.D. Process Development for Enhancement Mode AlGaN/GaN HEMTs Intel
Fitih M. Mohammed 2007 Ph.D. Foundations of Ohmic contact formation on AlGaN/GaN heterostructures Intel
Donghyun Kim 2008 Ph.D. Process development and device characteristics of aluminum gallium nitride / gallium nitride HEMTs for high frequency applications Korea Advanced Nanofab Center
Liang Wang 2008 Ph.D. Ohmic metallizations to aluminum gallium nitride/gallium nitride high electron mobility transistors: Electrical and microstructural studies Texas Instruments
Guang Chen 2008 Ph.D.

Gallium nitride-based HEMT devices modeling and performance characterization

Analog Devices Inc.
Anirban Basu 2008 Ph.D. Post-doc at UIUC
Sookyung Choi 2009 Ph.D.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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