Courses Taught

 

EE 235: Electronic Circuits I

EE 283: Principles and Models of Semiconductor Devices

ES101:  Freshman Seminar - Microsensors and Microsystems

EE 397: Independent Study

            EE 203: Independent Study 

ES 130: Model and Simulation

EE 301: Introduction to Solid State Electronics

EE 285: VLSI Design

 

Undergraduate Student Advising      

   

·        Faculty Advisor to the Class of 1993, 1994, 2000, and 2001 EE students during their sophomore, junior, senior, and freshmen years.  

·        Faculty Advisor to the Class of 2005 EE students (total advisees 34) during their freshmen year.

·        Faculty Advisor to the Classes of 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 AES (Applied and Engineering Sciences) students during freshmen, sophomore, junior, and senior years.    

 

Graduate Student Advising:

           

(a)   Served as Primary Advisor:

 

C. K. Kim (PhD 1992)

“Catalyst-adsorptive oxide MIS structure for gas detection”

 

Y. Gurbuz (PhD 1997)

“Diamond-Based Chemical Gas Sensors”

 

A. Wisitora-at  (PhD 2002)

“Diamond Vacuum Microelectronics”

 

Q. Zhou (PhD Serving)

“Diamond Power Devices”

 

Y. M. Wong (PhD Serving)

“Carbon Nanotubes Devices”

 

Y. Gurbuz (MS 1993)

“Characterization and Analysis of Gas Sensing Behavior of Pd, Pt-GaAs and Pt-SnOx-Si for O2, H2 and CO Gases”

 

T. Stults (MS 1994)

“Electrical Characterization and Analysis of Polycrystalline Diamond Based MIS Diodes”

 

A. Wisitora-at  (MS 1997)

“Characterization of the Electron Emission Behavior of Micropatterned Polycrystalline Diamond Microtips

 

Qiang Zhou  (MS 1999)

“Design and Fabrication of CVD Diamond Rectifier for Power Application”

 

J. J.  Cheng (MS 2000)

“Characterization of the Electron Emission from Silicon Tips Coated with Sol-Gel (Ba0.67Sr0.33)Ti1.04O3 Ferroelectric Thin Film”

 

A. Jamaluddin (MS 2002)

“Lateral Diamond Field Emitters”

 

K. L. Soh (MS 2002)

“Diamond Electrodes for Electrochemical Analysis”

 

(b) Served as PhD Committee Member or MS Reader:

 

N. Kaul (PhD 1992)

“Computer-Aided Estimation of Vulnerability of CMOS VLSI Circuits to Single Event Upsets”

 

C. L. Song (PhD 1992)

“Design, Development, and Quantum Mechanical Conduction Mechanism Study of Thick Film Piezoresistive Sensors”

                       

L. Edwards (PhD 1993)          

“Diamond Resistors: Fabrication Process Development and Characterization”

 

D. Wur (PhD 1995)    

“Fabrication and Characterization of Diamond Films for Piezoresistive Sensors”

 

Lixin Jiang (MSE) (PhD Serving)

“Diamond Insulative Layer for Silicon MOS Devices”

 

Kevin C. Holmes (MSE) (PhD Serving)

Piezoresistive Micro-Electro-Mechanical Applications in Diamond Films”

 

Robert Newton (MSE) (PhD Serving)

“The Effect of Proton Radiation on the Mechanical Properties of Diamond Films”

 

Y. Chillaridge (MS 1991)

“Characterization of Diamond Films”

 

D. Feather (MS 1991)

“A Study of the Dielectric Properties of Polycrystalline Diamond Film: The Diamond Capacitor”

 

I.K. Lee (MS 1995)

“The Effect of Strain on Polycrystalline Diamond Metal-Insulator-Semiconductor Structure”

 

Sirithan Bulpakdi (MS 1996)

“Sr2TiSi2O8 Grain Oriented Glass Ceramic”

 

N. M. Johnson (MS 1996)

“Investigation of Electron Emission from Diamond Microtips for Acceleration Measurement”

 

Vankata S. Pulugurta (MS 1997)

“Effect of Free Electron Laser (FEL) Exposure on p-Doped CVD Diamond Films”

 

Pitak Laoratanakul (MS 1997)

“Liquid Phase Sintering of Modified PbTiO3 by Lead Stannous Fluorophosphates Glass and Its Effect on Dielectric Constant”

 

Kevin C. Holmes (MS 1998)

“Design and Fabrication of Diamond Diaphragm for Strain Sensing”

 

Lisa Davis (MS 1998)

“Development of Diamond Patterning Process”

 

Pitsini Mongkolkachit (MS 1999)

“Evaluation of Device Lifetime Due to Hot-Carrier Effects under Dynamic Stress”

 

Ramesh Venkatasubramanian (MS 2000)

“Fabrication and Testing of Diamond Resistors for High Power Applications”

 

Vankata S. Pulugurta (MS in EE 2001)

“Power Density Capability of Boron Doped Diamond Thin Films”

 

Abdulrahman Al-Badri (MS 2001)

“A Study of Electric and Magnetic Field Effects on Diamond-Based Field Emitter Devices”

 

Puteri Hamari (MS Serving)

“Determination of Maximum Current Density Capability for p-Doped Diamond”

 

            Rohit  S. Takalkar (MS Serving)

            “Investigation of Diamond Knife-Edged Field Emitter”

 

 (c) Post-Doc Advising:

 

Dr. Yasar Gurbuz; (1/1/1998 to 5/31/1999)