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Sept.
3 , 2002 |
Semiconductor Expert To Head Future
Chips Constellation
E. Fred Schubert, a pioneering semiconductor researcher
and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Boston
University, has been appointed Senior Constellation Professor
of the Future Chips Constellation at Rensselaer. His tenure begins
this week.
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Lauren Grace
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"Dr. Schubert brings substantial research
activity and an exciting and productive new research thrust that
will expand Rensselaer's global reach and global impact,"
said Rensselaer President Shirley Ann Jackson. "Our research
in future chips and our programs of graduate and undergraduate
education in microelectronics and information technology will
benefit from his energy, his expertise, and his innovative spirit."
The Future Chips Constellation will specialize
in technologies based on compound semiconductors that have brought
the world such well-known devices such as high-frequency transistors,
light-emitting diodes, and lasers. The focus of this faculty constellation
is on "leapfrog technology" that will usher in totally
new advances in imaging, lighting, sensing, and communications.
The technology will include three-dimensional chip architectures
as well as optical, microwave, terahertz and even plasma wave
communications. Such incredibly high-speed on-chip devices will
transform communication, medicine, transportation, defense, entertainment,
and other aspects of modern life.
The Future Chips Constellation will specialize
in technologies based on compound semiconductors that have
brought the world such well-known devices such as high-frequency
transistors, light-emitting diodes, and lasers. The focus
of this faculty constellation is on "leapfrog technology"
that will usher in totally new advances in imaging, lighting,
sensing, and communications.
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Schubert received his bachelor's and master's
degrees from the University of Stuttgart in 1978 and 1981, respectively.
He was a member of the scientific staff at the Max Planck Institute
for Solid State Research from 1981-1985, and in 1986 he was awarded
a Ph.D. with honors from the University of Stuttgart.
In 1985 Schubert joined AT&T Bell Laboratories
in New Jersey as a postdoctoral research associate, becoming a
member of the technical staff and a principal investigator in
1988. In 1995, he was named professor of electrical and computer
engineering at Boston University, director of the Semiconductor
Devices Research Laboratory, and an affiliated faculty member
of the Boston University Photonics Center.
Schubert is a fellow of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers, the American Physical Society, the
Optical Society of America, and the International Society for
Optical Engineering (SPIE). He also was the recipient of the prestigious
Alexander von Humboldt Senior Research Award in 1999. Schubert
holds more than 30 patents. More
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