Alan Seabaugh Alan Seabaugh is a Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, Director of the SRC-NRI Midwest Institute for Nanoelectronics Discovery (MIND) and Associate Director of the Notre Dame Center for Nano Science and Technology. He received the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, in 1985. Before joining the faculty at Notre Dame he held research positions at the National Bureau of Standards (1979 to 1986), Texas Instruments (1986 to 1997), and Raytheon (1997 to 1999). He has authored or coauthored more than 300 papers and given 90 invited presentations at conferences and workshops; he has 22 U.S. patents and 10 foreign patents and is an editor for the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. He received teaching awards in 1990 from U.T. Dallas and 2001 from Notre Dame. He was elected Senior Fellow at Raytheon in 1999 and IEEE Fellow in 2003. He received the Int. Symp. on Comp. Semicon. Quantum Devices Award in 2011 for seminal contributions and leadership in semiconductor devices and circuits based on quantum mechanical tunneling. His current research interests are in nanoelectronic devices and circuits, III-V and graphene tunnel field-effect transistors, and Li-ion batteries.
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Soo Doo Chae Soo Doo Chae joins the Seabaugh group as a research associate with MIND. He comes to Notre Dame from Samsung in Korea, where he has more than 10 years' experience in the fabrication and characterization of nanoscale tunneling devices for flash memory products. In addition, he previously worked as a research engineer with the LG Semiconductor Corporation and as a visiting scientist at Cornell University. His work with the tunnel FET group at Notre Dame will focus on the interface issues currently limiting tunnel transistor performance. Soo Doo received his bachelor's and master's degrees in material engineering from Yonsei University, Korea. His research interests include the design, fabrication, and characterization of nanoscale devices, graphene and III-V FET, charge transport mechanism and related measurement, and single electron effects. |
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Group News Cuong Tran joins the Notre Dame faculty as a visiting research assistant professor. He is working as part of the MIND team on the synthesis of atom-thick materials for high performance transistors. Most recently, he was a research professor with the School of Chemical Engineering and Bio-engineering at the University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea. He earned his master's degree and PhD from Chonbuk National University, Republic of Korea. (Feb. 2012) Qingmin Liu has relocated to the St. Louis area to accept a position with MEMC Electronic Materials. (Oct. 2011) As part of the IBM Summer Intern Program, MIND graduate students Guangle Zhou, Edit Varga, and Kristof Tahy spent July and August at IBM Research in Zurich, Switzerland. Guangle and Kristof worked with Dr. Heike Reil and the nanowire TFET group, while Edit was part of the nanomagnet team led by Dr. Rolf Allenspach. Read more about their experience. EE students Barnali Dey and Irere Kwihangana join the Seabaugh group this summer. Barnali is part of the TARDEC battery research team, and Irere will work on TFET characterization for the MIND program. (May 2011) As recipients of a 2011 NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Suong Do (Saint Mary's College) and Dean Schaetzl (Purdue College of Technology) will work with the Seabaugh group this summer, focusing on the TARDEC battery program. (May 2011) Tim Vasen passed his oral candidacy exam. His research focuses on the "Experimental Investigation of III-V Tunneling Field-Effect Transistors and Their Performance." (April 2011) Alan Seabaugh has been named the recipient of the 2011 Quantum Devices Award by the International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors. (April 2011) more > Soo Doo Chae joins the Seabaugh group as a research associate with MIND. He comes to Notre Dame from Samsung in Korea, where he has more than 10 years' experience in the fabrication and characterization of nanoscale tunneling devices for flash memory products. (Mar. 2011) Suong Do from Saint Mary's College and Melissa Cunningham from Marian High School are working with the Seabaugh group to assist with research on the TARDEC program. (Dec. 2010) Alan Seabaugh is among a group of researchers at Notre Dame awarded a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Army Tank and Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center (TARDEC). The work focuses on the development of next-generation batteries. (Dec. 2010) more > Prof. Seabaugh has been appointed to the editorial board of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices. (Nov. 2010) more > Shahriar Rahman is now working with the reliability group at Intel in Hillsboro, Ore. (Oct. 2010) Rui Li comes to Notre Dame as a postdoc with MIND. He was previously a senior flash memory circuit designer with Silicon Storage Technology Inc. in Shanghai, China. Rui received the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics and solid electronics from the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. (Aug. 2010) Wan Sik Hwang joins the Seabaugh group as a visiting research assistant professor with MIND. He received the Ph.D. degree from National University of Singapore and was most recently a senior engineer with Samsung in Korea. (Aug. 2010) Sajid Kabeer has accepted a position with Microchip Technology in Tempe, Ariz., as a device and process integration engineer. Sajid will start his new position in July. (June 2010) As recipients of NDnano's 2010 Nanoelectronics Undergraduate Research Fellowships, Chen Chen and Brian Rockwell are working with MIND this summer on energy-efficient tunnel transistors. (June 2010) Qingmin Liu returns to Notre Dame and the Seabaugh group Luke Powell has joined the Seabaugh Group and is pursuing his Ph.D. in electrical engineering. Luke was awarded a four-year Schmitt Presidential Fellowship. (May 2010) Shahriar Rahman joins the Seabaugh Group as a post-doctoral associate with MIND. Shahriar received his PhD in December from the University of Texas, Arlington. His research with MIND focuses on the physics and modeling of tunnel transistors. (Apr. 2010) Surajit Sutar has accepted a post-doctoral position with Prof. Ji Ung Lee at SUNY Albany working on graphene logic devices. (Apr. 2010) Bin Wu has joined Prof. Mark Wistey's group at Notre Dame as a post-doctoral associate working on germanium laser. (Mar. 2010) Tim Vasen is the recipient of a 2010 IBM PhD Fellowship. Tim will spend the summer at IBM's T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown, New York, where he will perform electrical
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Nhu Suong Do This summer, Suong continues her work on the TARDEC battery program as a recipient of the 2011 NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship. Suong is a sophomore at Saint Mary's College, majoring in both math and electrical engineering. Her research interests include finding new ways to create better secondary solid Li batteries and improving energy efficiency of electrical devices. Suong is a native of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam and has been in the United States since 2006. In her free time, Suong enjoys fishing, football, camping, traveling, reading, and spending time with her family, friends, and her chocolate Lab dog, Bamboo. |
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Wan Sik Hwang Wan Sik Hwang joins the MIND research effort as visiting research assistant professor where he will focus his attention on tunnel FETs, particularly on graphene. He received his bachelor's and master's degrees in materials engineering from Korea Aerospace University. He received the Ph.D. degree from the National University of Singapore, where he conducted research on Si devices and plasma processing. He was most recently a senior engineer with Samsung Electronics in Korea, working on flash memory. His research interests include the application of high-k dielectric / metal electrode in CMOS devices and flash memory. |
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Rui Li As a postdoctoral researcher with MIND, Rui Li's work focuses on III-V compound tunneling field effect transistor design and demonstration for future low-voltage and low-power applications. He comes to Notre Dame from Shanghai, China, where he was a senior flash memory circuit designer with Silicon Storage Technology Inc. (acquired by Microchip Technology Inc. in 2010). Rui received a bachelor's degree in electrical science and technology from the University of Science and Technology of China in 2003 and the Ph.D. degree in microelectronics and solid electronics from the Shanghai Institute of Microsystem and Information Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 2008. Rui's research interests are advanced semiconductor devices and process, new non-volatile memory technologies, and analog/memory circuit design. |
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Dean Schaetzl As a recipient of the 2011 NDnano Undergraduate Research Fellowship, Dean is conducting research at Notre Dame this summer on the TARDEC battery program. Dean earned an associate's degree in laser technology from Northcentral Technical College (Wausau, Wisc.) in 2008. He is currently enrolled at Purdue College of Technology in South Bend, where he is studying electrical and computer engineering technology and has earned a spot on the Dean's List. His long-term goal is to finish his master's degree and secure a career in electrical vehicle development. Dean's outside interests include audiophile home electronics, physics, astronomy, and gardening. |
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Cuong Viet Tran Cuong Tran joins the Notre Dame faculty as a visiting research assistant professor. He is working as part of the MIND team on the synthesis of atom-thick materials for high-performance transistors. From 2009-2012, Cuong was with the School of Chemical Engineering and Bio-engineering at the University of Ulsan, Republic of Korea. He was a postdoctoral researcher until 2010, and most recently was a research professor involved in transparent conductive thin film, graphene-based thin film transistors, and gas and UV-sensor devices. Previously, he was a semiconductor and physics lecturer at Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences, Vietnam (2008-2009) and was a postdoctoral researcher at Chonbuk National University's Semiconductor Physics Research Center (SPRC), Republic of Korea (2006-2008). Cuong received a bachelor's degree in the faculty of physics from Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences. He earned his master's degree and PhD from the SPRC's Department of Semiconductor Science and Technology, Chonbuk National University. His research interests are related to the synthesis and characterization of nanomaterials and devices. |
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Tim Vasen Originally from Montgomery, Ill., Tim received his bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Valparaiso University (Valparaiso, Indiana) in 2007. He is currently working toward his Ph.D. in the department of electrical engineering at the University of Notre Dame. Tim's research interests are semiconductor devices and noise in such devices. He is a recipient of the 2009 and 2010 IBM PhD Fellowship. |
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Qin Zhang Qin received her bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 2003 from Tsinghua University (Beijing, China) and her Ph.D. in electrical engineering in 2009 from the University of Notre Dame. As recipient of the NIST/MIND Postdoctoral Fellowship, she currently is working in NIST's Semiconductor Electronics Division in Gaithersburg, Md. Her research interests are tunneling FET design and modeling for Si, Ge, III-V, and graphene nanoribbons; sub-micron Ge and III-V tunnel diode fabrication; and TSRAM based on III-V tunnel diodes.
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