Welcome to the AETC Seminar webpage. Here you will find abstracts of all seminar topics from Spring 2009- Spring 2007. These seminars are about the novel research done by current and past students of AETC. If you find a particular topic of interest, then just click on its name to get more information it. Keep checking back often to get details of new topics that are going to be presented in the current semester.

Fall 2009 Seminar Topics

1) Development of a Microwave and Millimeter Wave Tomography -Prof. A. Vertiy, Marmara Research Center, TUBITAK, Turkey

2) Novel FIN-MOSFET with Enhanced Quantization of Electrons -K . Kulovic

3) RF Semiconductors – Markets, Technologies, and Jobs - Dr. D. J. Carlson, M/A-COM Technology Solutions

4) Monte Carlo Simulations of Nanodevices for THz Data Processing at Room Temperature- Dr. I. Iñiguez-de-la-Torre

5) Three-dimensional Modeling of Mesoscopic Nanostructures- Kevin Rosario

6) Part 1: GaN HEMTs – The Future of High Power RF Electronics
Part 2: Direct Monolithic Integration of III-V Devices and Si CMOS on Silicon Substrates - Dr.Thomas Kazior, Director of Advanced Microelectronics Technology, Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems

7) A Bright Outlook in Spite of Troubled Times for RF - Fred Schindler Director of RF-MDs Boston Design Center

8) Decreasing e-waste by Converting Old Laptop Screens into Decorative and Informative Devices- A. Pillai

9) Reliability Assurance for GaAs-based Semiconductor Circuits under High Voltage, High Power Operation - P. Ersland, M/A-COM

10)Emerging Opportunities in High Efficiency III-V Photovoltaics.- Dr. Alexandre Freundlich, Photovoltaics and Nanostructures Laboratory, University of Houston

Spring 2009 Seminar Topics

1) Mixed Signal Design-for-Test Toolbox: a Path Toward Structured Approach-Kemal Kulovic

2) Ph.D. Thesis Proposal: Modeling and Design of RF Switches with High Linearity-Christopher Liessner

3) Varicap Threshold Logic-Samed Maltabas

4) Modeling of Heterojunction Solar Cells made of Quantum Wells Conjugated Polymers-Jorge Valenzuela

5) Validation and Characterization of Optical Metamaterials-N. Limberopoulos

6) Are Electron Drift Mobility and Hall Mobility the Same Parameters?-David Mailloux

7) Novel Ultra-Fast Electronic Nanodevices for THz Wave Detection and Emission-Professor Aimin Song, School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering,University of Manchester, UK

8) Determining DC/RF Survivability Limits of GaAs Semiconductor Circuits-Carlos Gill

9) M.Sc. Thesis Defense-Design of a Tandem Polymer Bulk Heterojunction Solar Cell-Jorge Valenzuela

10) Mobile System for Fingerprinting and Mapping of Blood -Vessels across a Finger-Mike Baier

11) Low Cost Phased Array Antenna Technologies-Dr. Wayne Kim-Cobham Ltd.

Fall 2008 Seminar Topics

1) M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Design and Testing of Imager for Near Infrared Medical Diagnostics-Ameya Shendye

2) Ballistic Transistor Technology – Next Paradigm in VLSI Circuit Design-Vikas Kaushal

3) Multimedia Oriented Reconfigurable Architectures-Sai Rahul

4) A Switched Magneto Plasma in a Cavity-Prof. Kalluri, ECE Dept. UMass Lowell

5) M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Line Scanner for Fingerprinting and Vein Mapping-Anup Pillai

6) M.Sc. Thesis Defense: Quantum Well Base and Emitter Heterojunction Bipolar Transistors-Amey Churi

Spring 2008 Seminar Topics

1) Comparative Analysis of E & D pHEMT Power Performance-Victor Piper

2) Novel Electro-Optical Coupler Utilizing Modified IN Diode-Brian Putnam

3) Is HEMT Operating in 2D Mode?- Amey Churi

4) Minimization of Materials Damage in Ion Implantation- Ameya Shendye

5) Fingerprinting and Blood Vessel Mapping by Contactless Line Scanning-Michael Baier

6) Recognition Algorithms for Fingerprints and Vein Mapping-Anup Pillai

Fall 2007 Seminar Topics

1) The Gyroscope Driven by Flux of Photons for Space Applications-Jorge Valenzuela

2) Photodetector with Uniform Response in 620 nm to 870 nm Range-Ameya Shendye and Anup Pillai

3) Transistor with Moving Gate to Control Electron Flow- Amey Churi, Leah Magaldi

4) Line Scan Algorithm for Biometric Applications-Ameya Shendye, Anup Pillai

5) Enhancing Infrared Images of Biological Objects-Deepti Sathe, Deepti Kulkarni

Spring 2007 Seminar Topics

1) Design of a Polymer Based Heterojunction Solar Cell to Increase Solar Light Harvesting-Jorge Valenzuela

2) Bipolar Transistor with Quantum Well Base-Amey Churi

3) Improving FET Switch Linearity- C. Liessner

4) Design of High Voltage HEMT with Small Energy Gap Semiconductors-John Palma

5) Line Scanner for Biometric Applications-Anup Pillai

6) Quantization Regime in the Emitter and Base of HBT-Ameya Shendye

7) Linear BJT Amplifier with Minimized Energy Consumption-M. Baier

8) Micro-Machines as Matching Elements for 50-110 GHz Amplifiers-Frederick A. Rose, Darius Rinkevicius