SiGe Devices and Circuits Group, 2011
Students (Left to Right): Prabir, Saeed, Adilson, Subu, Troy, Farzad, Uppili, Azar, Richie, Duane, Rob, John, Stan, Michael, Sachin, Kurt, Chris, Rajan, Peter, Nelson, Jung, Ryan, Dr. Cho
Not Pictured: Steve, Anuj, Partha, Shaleen
Student Award and Accomplishments
- Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh was awarded the IEEE-CAS 2010 Pre-doctoral Scholarship Award, 6/10
- Eleazar Kenyon was awarded a 2010 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, 5/10
- Kurt Moen was awarded a Semiconductor Research Corporation GRC Graduate Fellowship, 4/10
- Tushar Thrivikraman was awarded the 2009 Georgia Tech STEP Fellowship, 4/09.
- Peng Cheng was awarded the 2009 Sam Nunn Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 4/09.
- Jiahui Yuan was awarded a 2008 IEEE Electron Devices Society Ph.D. Fellowship Award, 7/08.
- Best Student Paper, A. Madan, J.D. Cressler, and S. Koester, “Low-Frequency Noise in Buried Channel SiGe n-MODFETs,” Proceedings of the 4th International SiGe Technology and Devices Meeting (ISTDM), pp. 60-61, 2008.
- Stephen Horst was awarded the 2008 Sam Nunn Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 4/08.
- Best Student Paper, J.P. Comeau, M.A. Morton, W.-M.L. Kuo, T. Thrivikraman, J.M. Andrews, C.M. Grens, J.D. Cressler, J. Papapolymerou, and M. Mitchell, “A Monolithic 5-Bit SiGe BiCMOS Receiver for X-Band Phased-Array Radar Systems,” Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, pp. 172-175, 2007.
- Laleh Najafizadeh was awarded the 2007/08 Texas Instruments’ Women’s Leadership Fellowship, 8/07.
- Marco Bellini was awarded the 2007 Donofrio Fellowship, 8/07.
- Anuj Madan was awarded a 2007 IEEE Electron Devices Society M.S. Fellowship Award, 7/07.
- Tushar Thrivikraman was awarded the 2007 Sam Nunn Pre-Doctoral Fellowship, 4/07.
- Akil Sutton was awarded the 2007 FOCUS-IBM Fellowship, which includes a $10,000 salary stipend, and an intern
position at IBM Research, 1/07. - Akil Sutton was awarded the 2004 Phelps Award by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, 7/04.
- Ying Li was awarded the 2002 Phelps Award by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, 7/02.
- Best Student Paper, S. Salmon, J.D. Cressler, R.C. Jaeger, and D.L. Harame, “The Impact of Ge Profile Shape on the Operation of SiGe HBT Precision Voltage References,” Proceedings of the 1997 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, pp. 100-103, 1997.
- Best Student Paper, D.M. Richey and J.D. Cressler, "Scaling Issues and Ge Profile Optimization in Advanced
UHV/CVD SiGe HBTs,” Proceedings of the 1996 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and Technology Meeting, pp.
19-22, 1996. - Best Student Paper, L.S. Vempati, J.D. Cressler, R.C. Jaeger, and D.L. Harame, "Low Frequency Noise in
UHV/CVD Si- and SiGe-base Bipolar Transistors," Proceedings of the 1995 IEEE Bipolar/BiCMOS Circuits and
Technology Meeting, pp. 125-128, 1995. - S. Zhang was awarded the 2001 Phelps Award by the IEEE Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society, 7/01.
- D.C. Sheridan was selected as one of the Top 10 Auburn University PhD students for the 1999/00 year.
- A.J. Joseph was selected as one of the Top 10 Auburn University PhD students for the 1996/97 year.
- D.M. Richey received the 1996 Carolyn Taylor Carr Outstanding Research Award from Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Honor Society.
- D.M. Richey and A.J. Joseph were inducted into Sigma Xi, the National Scientific Research Honor Society.
Current Students and Degree
Prabir Saha, PhD
Anuj Madan, PhD
Kurt Moen, PhD
Stephen Horst, PhD
Partha Chakraborty, PhD
Duane Howard, PhD
Ryan Diestelhorst, PhD
Stan Phillips, PhD
Sachin Seth, PhD
John Poh (co-advised), PhD
Subu Shankar, PhD
Rajan Arora, PhD
Saeed Zeinolabedinzadeh, PhD
Seungwoo Jung, PhD
Michael Oakley, PhD
Farzad Inanlou, PhD
Troy England, MS
Adilson Cardoso, MS
Richie Mills, MS
Rob Schmid, MS
Chris Coen, MS
Nelson Lourenco, MS
Azar Kenyon, MS
Peter Song, MS
Uppili
Raghunathan
Shaleen Jain, BS
Former Students and Degree
| PhD | Masters |
|---|---|
David Richey, 96 |
Lakshmi Vempati, 95 |
Alvin Joseph, 96 |
Greg Bradford, 96 |
Bill Ansley, 98 |
Kartik Jayanarayanan, 97 |
Suraj Mathew, 99 |
Juan Roldan, 98 |
David Sheridan, 00 |
Stacey Salmon, 98 |
Gang Zhang, 02 |
Usha Gogineni, 99 |
Shiming Zhang, 02 |
Gaurab Banerjee, 99 |
Ying Li, 04 |
Krish Shivaram, 99 |
Zhiyun Luo, 04 |
Shiming Zhang, 99 |
Zhenrong Jin, 04 |
Ramkumar Krithivasan, 02 |
QingQing Liang, 05 |
Akil Sutton, 05 |
Tianbing Chen, 06 |
Becca Haugerud, 05 |
Amit Bavisi (co-advised), 06 |
Mustayeen Nayeem, 05 |
Enhai Zhao, 06 |
Adnan Ahmed 05 |
Jon Comeau, 06 |
Curtis Grens, 05 |
Lance Kuo, 06 |
Mustansir Pratapgarhwala, 05 |
Ramkumar Krithivasan, 07 |
Jiahui Yuan, 07 |
Chendong Zhu, 07 |
Tom Cheng, 07 |
Yuan Lu, 07 |
Tushar Thrivikraman, 07 |
Bhaskar Banerjee (co-advised), 07 |
Steven Finn, 08 |
Xiangtao Li, 08 |
Anuj Madan, 08 |
Joel Andrews, 09 |
Nand Jha, 08 |
Marco Bellini, 09 |
Kurt Moen, 08 |
Curtis Grens, 09 |
Subu Shankar, 09 |
Akil Sutton, 09 |
Dylan Thomas, 10 |
Aravind Appasamy, 09 |
Ted Wilcox, 10 |
Laleh Najafizadeh, 09 |
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Jiahui Yuan, 10 |
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Tom Cheng, 10 |
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Tushar Thrivikraman, 10 |
Post-Doctoral Fellows
Guofu Niu, 97-00
Rao Rapeta, 00
Emery Chen, 02-03
Jongsoo Lee, 03-04
Gnana Prakash, 04-06
Bongim Jun, 05-07
Lance Kuo, 07-08
Laleh Najafizadeh, 09-10
Visitors
Geunho Lee, 00-01
Jeiyoung Lee, 00-01
Jarle Johansen, 02-03
Seung-Yun Lee, 03-04
José-Luis Olvera Cervantes, 06
Jiongjiong Mo, 08
Rao Rapeta, 08
Choon Sik Cho, 10-11
Undergraduate Students
Todd Hoffenberg, 02
Mustayeen Nayeem, 02-03
Curtis Grens, 02-03
Ragad Al-Huq, 02-03
Akil Sutton, 02-03
Adnan Ahmed, 03
Ming Teng Han, 03
Man-Chun Lam, 04-05
Ryan Diestelhorst, 04-06
Gustavo Espinel, 04-06
Steven Finn, 05-06
Greg Duperon III, 06
Ted Wilcox, 06-07
Craig Johnson, 06-07
Jessica Nance, 07
Adilson Cardoso, 08
Rohan Verma, 09
Brian Lieblick, 09
Chris Coen, 08-09
Nelson Lourenco, 09
Azar Kenyon, 09
Joe Gonzalez, 10
Shaleen Jain, 10

