Mark S. Miller

Electrical & Computer Engineering and
Materials Science & Engineering Departments

Courses

• Semiconductor device physics, (I) Fall 2006, and device engineering, (II) Spring 2006.
• Semiconductor lectures in Materials Engineering, MSE 6001.
• Semiconductor optoelectronic devices, Spring 2006 .
• Scaled MOSFETS (ECE 6264 Advanced Silicon Devices), Spring 2008.
• Heterogeneous Microsystems Technologies.
• Nanometer science and technology, Fall 2001.

Research: Solid-state devices and materials engineered at the molecular scale.

My research investigates new optical and electrical devices. The device goals range from increasing the capacity or function of information technology systems to detecting biochemical molecules to producing new power sources. Studies of new materials and nano structures underpin the device aims; for example, changing the geometry of a silicon nanowire changes the color of light emitted. Most of these devices and materials look ahead to the increasingly integrated micro and nano systems expected to emerge over the coming decades. In a Materials Science & Engineering Department, these research topics typically fall within the fields of electronic materials or optical materials; in an Electrical & Computer Engineering Department within the fields of solid state engineering, microelectronics, or photonics.

• Current research project areas:

• Solid state terahertz waveguide devices
• Microfabricated fuel cells and systems
• Molecular electronic contacts
• Silicon nano-electronic structures and devices

• Past research project areas:

• Serpentine superlattices, UC Santa Barbara
• Chemical beam epitaxy of III-V semiconductors, Lund University, Sweden
• Semiconductor quantum dots, Lund University, Sweden

Job Openings

• Follow the link for postings on teaching and research assistantships, post doctoral positions.

Biographical sketch

• Education

• Ph. D., UC Santa Barbara, ECE (1993)
  Dissertation: The Growth and Characterization of AlGaAs Serpentine Superlattices
  Patented a technique to form quantum wires: serpentine superlattices.
  Advisor: Herbert Kroemer. Committee: Arthur Gossard, Pierre Petroff, Walter Kohn.
• M. S. student, Colorado State University, Electrical Engineering (1985 - 1987)
  Masters project: Switched-Capacitor-Filter Silicon-Compiler
  Advisor: Carl Wilmsen
• B. S. Colorado State University, 1985
  Double major: Electrical Engineering and Chemistry
  

• Professional Experience

• University of Utah, Assistant Professor, ECE and MSE Departments (2000 to present)
• College of Engineering Microfabrication Laboratories, U Utah, Director (2001 to 2003)
• Terahertz Device Corporation, President (2000 to present)
• University of Virginia, Assistant Professor, ECE Department (1997 to 2000)
• Lund University, Sweden; Post Doc, Visiting Faculty; Solid State Physics Department (1993 - 1997)
• NCR Microelectronics, Analog Integrated Circuit Engineer, Fort Collins, Colorado (1987)

Links

• UU Microfab Lab.

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