Regions & Chapters Committee

Vice President of Regions & Chapters

M.K. Radhakrishnan - Senior Member

NanoRel Technical Consultants

273, 18D Main, 6th Block
Koramangla, Bangalore 560095
India

P: +91 80 25630695
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Lecture Topics: 1. Physical Analysis Challenges and Interface Physics Studies in Silicon Nano Devices 2.  Building in Reliability in Devices through Analysis and Study of Failure Mechanisms.

Biography:  M.K. Radhakrishnan (M’82-SM’94) received B.Sc from Kerala University, India in 1972, M.Sc in Solid State electronics from Sardar Patel University, India in 1975 and Ph.Ddegree in Semiconductor Physics from Cochin University of Science and Technology in 1981.

He is currently Directorof NanoRel Technical Consultants Singapore from 2004.  He has been with Indian Space Research Organization till 1990. From 1991-1993 he was with ST Microelectronics Singapore. From 1993 to 2001 he was with Institute of Microelectronics Singapore, where he pioneered the setting up of a full-fledged device failure analysis laboratory.  From 1994 to 2004 he served as adjunct professor at National University of Singapore. His current research interests include analysis and reliability in nano-electronic devices and interface physics studies.

Dr. Radhakrishnan is a fellow of Institution of Electrical and Telecommunication Engineers India, member of Electron Device Failure Analysis Society (EDFAS) USA and ESD Association USA.  He served as Editor of Journal of Semiconductor Technology and Science (Korea) during 2001-2003 and is an Editorial board member of Microelectronics Reliability journal (UK). He served as Guest Editor to IEEE Transactions Devices Materials and Reliability and edited or co-edited of 4 conference proceedings.  He was Technical Chair IEEE International Symposium on Physical and Failure Analysis of ICs (IPFA) in 1995 and 1997 and General Chair of IPFA in 1999.  He was IEEEIEDST General Chair in 2009. He has been in the technical program committees of ESREF, IRPS, EPTC, MIEL, ICEE and EOS/ESD Symposium.  Currently he is the Editor-in Chief of IEEE EDS Newsletter and serves as a member of IEEE EDS Technical Committee on Electronic Materials.  He is a Distinguished Lecturer of IEEE Electron Devices Society.

Regions & Chapters Committee Members

Albert Chin

Albert Chin - Fellow

Thin Film Transistors
National Chiao Tung University

Dept. of Electronics Engineering
Hsinchu Taiwan

P: -4528

F: -35730955

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Website:
https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Albert_Chin

Lecture Topics: Ultra-low power & energy-efficient green electronic devices Three-Dimensional Technologies toward Brain-Mimicking IC Hardware 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.

Arokia Nathan

Arokia Nathan - Fellow

Cambridge Touch Technologies

154 Science Park Milton Road
Cambridge CB4 0GN
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

IEEE Region 8 (Europe, Middle East and Africa)

P: +44 7886831216

F: -7886831172

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Website:
http://www.camtouch3d.com

Arokia Nathan holds the Professorial Chair of Photonic Systems and Displays in the Department of Engineering, Cambridge University. He received his PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Alberta. Following post-doctoral years at LSI Logic Corp., USA and ETH Zurich, Switzerland, he joined the University of Waterloo where he held the DALSA/NSERC Industrial Research Chair in sensor technology and subsequently the Canada Research Chair in nano-scale flexible circuits. He was a recipient of the 2001 NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Fellowship. In 2006, he moved to the UK to take up the Sumitomo Chair of Nanotechnology at the London Centre for Nanotechnology, University College London, where he received the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award. He has held Visiting Professor appointments at the Physical Electronics Laboratory, ETH Zürich and the Engineering Department, Cambridge University, UK. He has published over 500 papers in the field of sensor technology and CAD, and thin film transistor electronics, and is a co-author of four books. He has over 50 patents filed/awarded and has founded/co-founded four spin-off companies. He serves on technical committees and editorial boards in various capacities. He is a Chartered Engineer (UK), Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (UK), Fellow of IEEE (USA), and an IEEE/EDS Distinguished Lecturer. Lecture Topics: Flexible electronics Thin film transistors Sensor interfaces OLED displays

Jayasimha Prasad

Jayasimha Prasad - Fellow

Micrel Semiconductor

1849 Fortune Drive
San Jose, CA 95131
USA

P: 408-435-3451

F: 408-944-0510

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Lecture Topics: Silicon-Germanium Heterojunction Bipolar Technology Compound Semiconductor Heterojunction Bipolar Technology Low Frequency and High Frequency Noise in Transistors High Frequency Characterization of Transistors Power MOSFET Technology

Murty Prlavarajpu

Charles Surya

Charles Surya - Optoelectronics Devices

Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Electronic and Information Engineering
Yuk Choi Road
Hong KongHong Kong

IEEE Region 10 (Asia and Pacific)

P: 852 2766 6220

F: 852 2362 4711

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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.