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Ronald D. Schrimpf
Professor of Electrical Engineering
Vanderbilt University
Box 1608, Station B
Nashville, TN 37235
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Ron Schrimpf is a Professor of
Electrical Engineering at Vanderbilt University , where his research activities focus on
microelectronics and semiconductor devices. In particular, he has a
very
active research program dealing with the effects of radiation on
semiconductor devices and integrated circuits. The
Radiation Effects and Reliability
Group at Vanderbilt is the
largest of its type at any US University. Current projects include
application and development of Technology Computer Aided Design (TCAD)
tools for radiation effects, use of high performance parallel computing
to simulate single-event effects and soft errors in integrated
circuits,
atomic-scale modeling of radiation-induced defects, very low dose-rate
(spacelike) effects on bipolar and MOS integrated circuits, total-dose
and single-event effects in power devices and circuits, and development
of radiation-effects and hardness-assurance test methodologies.
Ron is the Director of the Institute for Space and Defense
Electronics (ISDE). The engineering staff of ISDE performs design,
analysis, and modeling work for a variety of space- and
defense-oriented
organizations.
He received his BEE, MSEE, and Ph.D.
degrees from the University of Minnesota in 1981, 1984, and 1986,
respectively. He joined the University of Arizona in 1986, where he
served as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering. He joined
Vanderbilt in 1996 and was an Invited Professor at the University of
Montpellier II, France, in 2000
Contact Information
Phone: (615) 343-0507
Fax: (615) 343-0601
Honors and Awards
- Chancellor's Award for Research, Vanderbilt University, 2003.
- Elected a Fellow of the IEEE in
2000 "for contributions to the understanding and the modeling of
physical mechanisms governing the response of semiconductor devices
to radiation exposure."
- 1996 IEEE Nuclear and Plasma
Sciences Society Early Achievement Award.
- Outstanding Paper Awards, 1991,
1996, and 1998 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conferences.
- Meritorious Paper Awards, 1994,
1995, 1996, 1997, 2001, and 2002 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation
Effects Conferences.
- Outstanding Oral Presentation,
1995 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference.
- Outstanding Poster Presentation,
1995 IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference.
- Outstanding Paper Award, Power
Semiconductors, 1989 IEEE Industrial Applications Conference.
- American Electronics Association
Faculty Development Fellowship, 1985.
- Tau Beta Pi (Elected 10/80); Eta
Kappa Nu (Elected 10/79).
Selected Professional Activities
- Chairman, IEEE Radiation Effects Steering Group, 2003-2006.
- Past Chairman, IEEE Radiation Effects Steering Group,
2006-2009.
- Executive Vice-Chairman, IEEE
Radiation Effects Steering Group, 2000-3.
- General Chairman, 1999 IEEE
Nuclear
and Space Radiation Effects Conference .
- Technical Program Chairman, 1996
IEEE Nuclear and Space Radiation Effects Conference.
- Guest Editor, December issue of
IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science, 1993-95.
- Member, technical program
committees for the 1993-94 IEEE International Electron Devices Meetings
and 1988-94 IEEE Bipolar Circuits and Technology Meetings.
Publications
Journal Articles and Book Chapters
Conference Proceedings and Presentations
Book
R. D. Schrimpf and D. M. Fleetwood, Eds., "Radiation
Effects and Soft Errors in Integrated Circuits and Electronic Devices,"
World Scientific, Singapore, 2004.