Regions & Chapters Committee

MK Radhakrishnan (M’82, SM’94, LSM’18) is the Founder Director of NanoRel LLP -Technical Consultants providing analysis-based solutions to micro and nano electronic industries for improving reliability of devices. As a researcher in the area of semiconductor device failure physics for more than 35 years, he worked with industries (ST Microelectronic and Philips), research institutions (Institute of Microelectronics, Singapore and Indian Space Research Organization) and in academia with National University of Singapore.  As a technical consultant he works with many MNCs and also provides training on device failure analysis & reliability to various Industries, Universities and Research Centres. 

Lecture Topics: 

- Circa 70 – Semiconductor Device Progression and Challenges towards Nanoera.

- Interface Physics and Analysis Challenges in Silicon Nanodevices

- Are the Progressions towards the “Benefit of Humanity”? -  A Failure Analyst’s View

Biography: Albert Chin received Ph.D. from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, in 1989 and B.S. from National Tsing Hua University in 1982. He was with AT&T Bell Labs, General Electric E-Lab, and Texas Instruments SPDC. He has been a professor, vice executive officer of diamond project and deputy director of National Chiao Tung University, and a visiting Professor at National University of Singapore. He is a pioneer on low DC-power high-κ CMOS, high-κ Flash memory, high mobility Ge-On-Insulator, low AC-power 3D IC, high power asymmetric-MOSFET, Si fs/THz devices, and resonant-cavity photo-detector. He co-authored >500 papers and 7 “Highly Cited Papers” (top 1% citation). His high-κ CMOS, GeOI, Flash memory, and RF devices were also cited by ITRS www.itrs.net Dr. Chin has served as Subcommittee Chair and Asian Arrangements Chair of IEDM Executive Committee, Editor of IEEE Electron Device Letters, Guest Editor & Editor-in-Chief of IEEE JEDS Special Issue on Advanced Technology for Ultra-Low Power Electronic Devices, and IEEE EDS Technical Committee Chairs on both Electronic Materials and Compound Semiconductor Devices & Circuits. He is an IEEE Fellow, Optical Society of America Fellow, and Asia-Pacific Academy of Materials Academician.

Lecture Topics:

- Device-Circuit Co-design for RF & AI Memory
- Monolithic Three-Dimensional IC Devices for Brain-Mimicking IC Hardware
- Ultra-low power & energy-efficient green electronic devices

Prof. Lluis F. Marsal is Distinguished Professor and full professor at the University Rovira i Virgili, Spain. Ph.D. from the University Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain, 1997. Postdoctoral researcher at the ECE, University of Waterloo, Canada (1998-1999). In 2014, he received the UniSA Distinguished Researcher Award, and the 2014 ICREA Academia Award from the Generalitat of Catalunya. Since 2019, he is the Chair of the Subcommittee for Regions/Chapters (SRC) Regions 8, IEEE- EDS. He was the Chair of Spain Chapter of the IEEE-EDS (2013-2018). He is a senior member of the IEEE and a member of the Distinguished Lecturer program of the EDS. He has co-authored more than 200 publications in international refereed journals, 2 books, 5 book chapters and 3 patents. His current research interests focus on organic solar cells and hybrid nanostructured materials for optoelectronic devices and low-cost technologies based on micro- and nanoporous materials for biosensing. Lecture Topics: Current progress and perspectives in polymer solar cells Nanostructured organic solar cells and polymers for flexible optoelectronic applications Photonic and optoelectronic devices based on porous materials Micro- and nanoporous materials for biosensing

Lecture Topics:

-Organic photovoltaic solar cells 
-Nanostructured polymers and porous materials 
-Photonic and optoelectronic devices 
-Optical Biosensors

Professor Arokia Nathan leads a multi-disciplinary research group whose primary focus is on the heterogeneous integration of materials and processes, sensors, energy harvesting and storage devices pertinent to wearable technologies. Formerly a Chair Professor of Photonic Systems and Displays at the University of Cambridge, he is currently the Chief Technical Officer of Cambridge Touch Technologies, a company spun out of the University developing advanced interactive technologies. He has published over 600 papers and 110 patents, and has co-authored five books.

Lecture Topics
- Flexible Electronics
- Oxide Semiconductor Electronics
- Ultralow Power Transistors and Sensor Interfaces
- Active Matrix OLED Displays
- TFT Compact Modeling and Parameter Extraction
- Nanoscale Large Area Electronics
- Multi-Force Touch Technology for Interactive Displays 

Charles Surya received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Rochester in 1987. From 1987 to 1994 he was associated with the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department of Northeastern University. He joined the Electronic and Information Engineering (EIE) Department in 1994 and remained there since. Professor Surya’s research interests are: optoelectronic materials and devices including MOCVD growth of GaN thin films and the study of GaN-based LEDs and UV detectors; growth of organic-inorganic hybrid perovskite materials and the fabrication of advanced perovskite based photovoltaic cells; and low-frequency noise in electron devices. Presently, Professor Surya is spearheading a collaborative effort between The Hong Kong Polytechnic University and the City of Dongguan, China for the establishment of an R&D Center on the study of photovoltaic materials, devices and systems. He became a full professor of the Department in 2002andsince 2013hewas appointed Clarea Au Endowed Professor in Energy. Professor Surya had served in various administrative posts including Associate Head of the EIE Department (2002-2005), Associate Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (2007 – 2010) and the Acting Dean of the Faculty of Engineering (2010 – 2012) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. While serving as the Associate Dean and Acting Dean of the Faculty he was responsible for the implementation of outcome-based approach in the Engineering Faculty. From 2007 – 2013 Professor Surya was the The Hong Kong Polytechnic University representative to the Hong Kong University Grants Council Panel for Outcome-based Education to oversee the implementation of Outcome-based Approach among the Engineering Faculties in Hong Kong. He had been active in EDS and had served in various capacities including conference co-chair and chapter chair in the past. He is presently serving as the Chairman of the Optoelectronic Devices Technical Committee.