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The Baltimore Chapter of IEEE Electron Devices and Solid-State Circuits is pleased to host Dr. Muhammad Hussain from King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia. Dr. Hussain will discuss Integrated Nanotechnology for Smart Living. The meeting will be held on Monday evening June 17 at the National Electronics Museum near the BWI airport. The technical presentation will be preceded by complimentary refreshments; attendance is free but please
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by Friday June 14.
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AGENDA
ABSTRACT
We live in a fast-paced world where information technology and electronics play critical roles. Information is vital for a sustainable future and smart living, and the goal of the Integrated Nanotechnology Lab at KAUST is “Information for anyone, anywhere, anytime”. Quality food, purified water, natural environment, and clean energy are necessities for a sustainable future. In addition, quality health care, a secured financial system, and safety of life and property are integral components of smart living for a prosperous world for us and our future generations. Information gathering through highly sensitive and selective sensors, information storage in ultra-high capacity memory, information processing through ultrahigh performance computation at ultra-low power, and information dissemination via error-free seamless communication medium is not a luxury but rather a necessity to ensure a sustainable future which offers all of us an affordable smart living. The Integrated Nanotechnology Lab strives for energy-efficient smart living and a sustainable future through the homo- and heterogeneous integration of advanced nano-materials, using state-of-the-art CMOS-compatible (batch fabrication at an affordable price) in-house micro- and nano-fabrication processes. This talk will discuss the efforts of the Integrated Nanotechnology Lab to build and study advanced micro- and nano-scale devices for: i) High-performance computation with longer battery lifetime and area-efficiency for enhanced functionality by developing conventional channel material (Si, SiGe, etc.) based nanotube field effect transistors, ii) Cost-effective nano-manufacturing of flexible inorganic electronics for multipurpose applications, and iii) Conveniently powered to energy independent systems by complex integration of energy harvesting and storage components.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Hussain received his PhD in December 2005 from UT Austin. Select aspects of his PhD work have been utilized by major semiconductor industries since 2008. Before joining King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Saudi Arabia in August 2009, he was Program Manager of Novel Emerging Technology Programs at SEMATECH. He was also the lead or co-lead Principal Investigator for three DARPA-funded programs: NEMS, CERA, and STEEP. Recently promoted to Associate Professor at KAUST, Dr. Hussain leads a group of 15 PhD students who have won 7 international awards for exemplary research work. He has conceptualized and demonstrated the world’s first silicon nanotube field effect transistor, thermoelectric windows, amorphous metal M/NEMS, wavy-channel thin-film transistors, and a generic process to make flexible and transparent silicon electronics. Dr. Hussain has authored 123 research papers including Nature journals, Nano Letters, ACS NANO, Applied Physics Letters, IEDM, VLSI Symposium, MEMS, and Transducers. He has given 38 invited talks and has 15 issued or pending US patents. Dr. Hussain is a senior member of IEEE, a Fellow of the Institute of Nanotechnology, UK, a regular member of US NSF panels, and Editor-in-Chief of Applied Nanoscience, Springer. |
