Nominations & Elections Committee

Lecture Topics: Reliability and scaling of CMOS, SiGe Reliability  

Lecture Topics

Nanoscale Vacuum Electronics:  Back to the Future?

Printed and Flexible Electronics: Equipment, Processes and Applications

Nanoelectronics Beyond Moore’s Law Era

Nanotechnology: Development of Practical Systems and Nano-Micro-Macro Integration

Biography
Meyya Meyyappan is Chief Scientist for Exploration Technology at NASA Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, CA. Until 2006, he served as the Director of the Center for Nanotechnology. He is a founding member of the Interagency Working Group on Nanotechnology (IWGN) established by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP). The IWGN is responsible for putting together the National Nanotechnology Initiative.  He has authored or co-authored over 400 articles in peer-reviewed journals and made over 250 Invited/Keynote/Plenary Talks across the world and over 250 seminars at universities. His research interests include nanoelectronics, carbon nanotubes and various inorganic nanowires, their growth and characterization, and application development in chemical and biosensors, instrumentation, energy storage devices, electronics and optoelectronics.

Dr. Meyyappan is a Fellow of the IEEE, ECS, AVS, MRS, IOP, AIChE, ASME, National Academy of Inventors, and Canadian Academy of Engineering.  For his contributions and leadership, he has received numerous awards including: a Presidential Meritorious Award; NASA's Outstanding Leadership Medal; Arthur Flemming Award given by the Arthur Flemming Foundation and the George Washington University; IEEE Judith Resnick Award; IEEE-USA Harry Diamond Award; AIChE Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum Award; Distinguished Engineering Achievement Award by the Engineers' Council; Pioneer Award in Nanotechnology by the IEEE-NTC; Sir Monty Finniston Award by the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK); Outstanding Engineering Achievement Merit Award by the Engineers' Council; IEEE-USA Professional Achievement Award; AVS Nanotechnology Recognition Award; IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society Merit Award; Distinguished Grumman Project Engineering Award by the Engineers' Council; AVS Plasma Prize; MRS Impact Award. For his sustained contributions to nanotechnology, he was inducted into the Silicon Valley Engineering Council Hall of Fame in 2009. He has received Honorary Doctorate from the University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa and Concordia University, Montreal, Canada. For his educational contributions, he has received: Outstanding Recognition Award from the NASA Office of Education; the Engineer of the Year Award (2004) by the San Francisco Section of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA); IEEE-EDS Education Award; IEEE-EAB (Educational Activities Board) Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education.

Lecture Topics: (1) Compact Variability Modeling; (2) Scaling Flash Memory Cell to Nanometer Regime; (3) High-performance and Ultra-low Power CMOS Device and Technology