SiGe Devices and Circuits Group, 2009
Back (L-R): Laleh, Aravind, Akil, Kurt, John, Seth, Chris, Prabir, Rohan, Tushar
Front (L-R): Curtis, Jiahui, Stan, Partha, Subu, Tom, Ryan, Anuj, Troy, Duane, Steve, Ted
Student Award and Accomplishments
- 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
Laleh Najafizadeh, PhD
Aravind Appasamy, PhD
Jiahui Yuan, PhD
Tushar Thrivikraman, PhD
Tom Cheng, PhD
Prabir Saha, PhD
Anuj Madan, PhD
Kurt Moen, PhD
Stephen Horst, PhD
Partha Chakraborty, PhD
Duane Howard, PhD
Ryan Diestelhorst, PhD
Ted Wilcox, MS
Stan Phillips, MS
Dylan Thomas, MS
Sachin Seth, MS
John Poh, MS
Troy England, MS
Subu Shankar, MS
Chris Coen, BS
Rohan Verma, BS
Brian Lieblick, BS
Former Students and Degree
Lakshmi Vempati, MS 95
David Richey, PhD 96
Alvin Joseph, PhD 96
Greg Bradford, MS 96
Kartik Jayanarayanan, MS 97
Juan Roldan, MS 98
Bill Ansley, PhD 98
Stacey Salmon, MS 98
Usha Gogineni, MS 99
Gaurab Banerjee, MS 99
Suraj Mathew, PhD 99
Krish Shivaram, MS 99
Shiming Zhang, MS 99
David Sheridan, PhD 00
Gang Zhang, PhD 02
Shiming Zhang, PhD 02
Ramkumar Krithivasan, MS 02
Ying Li, PhD 04
Zhiyun Luo, PhD 04
Zhenrong Jin, PhD 04
QingQing Liang, PhD 05
Akil Sutton, MS 05
Becca Haugerud, MS 05
Mustayeen Nayeem, MS 05
Adnan Ahmed MS 05
Curtis Grens, MS 05
Mustansir Pratapgarhwala, MS 05
Tianbing Chen, PhD 06
Amit Bavisi (co-advised), PhD 06
Enhai Zhao, PhD 06
Jon Comeau, PhD 06
Lance Kuo, PhD 06
Ramkumar Krithivasan, PhD 07
Chendong Zhu, PhD 07
Yuan Lu, PhD 07
Bhaskar Banerjee (co-advised), PhD 07
Jiahui Yuan, MS 07
Tom Cheng, MS 07
Tushar Thrivikraman, MS 07
Xiangtao Li, PhD 08
Steven Finn, MS 08
Anuj Madan, MS 08
Nand Jha, MS 08
Kurt Moen, MS 08
Joel Andrews, PhD 09
Marco Bellini, PhD 09
Curtis Grens, PhD 09
Akil Sutton, PhD 09
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
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
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