The national semiconductor strategy highlights the fundamental importance of the technology to the UK and this is a key research area for Electronics and Computer Science (ECS). We aim to strengthen the current and future leadership in semiconductors and build further links with related areas across ECS and the University. We will do this by exploiting our expertise, outstanding cleanroom facilities, and measurement and packaging laboratories.
Semiconductor technology is also complementary to other ECS growth areas such as quantum, communications, and sustainability, as well as wider ECS activities in AI and healthcare.
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Semiconductors are core to our electronics and electrical engineering courses with first-year modules in solid state devices through to masters level modules in, for example, power electronics and analogue and mixed-signal CMOS design.
Semiconductors lie at the heart of most technologies that define our modern era. Among others, they are integral to our personal computers, telecommunications infrastructure, medical equipment, manufacturing tools, and transportation systems.
My research passion is in developing innovative semiconductor devices to deliver faster, smaller, and more energy-efficient technologies. Specifically, my group and I focus on a novel class of atomically thin semiconductors, also known as two-dimensional materials. We develop techniques to grow, dope, and fabricate these materials into nanodevices such as new architecture transistors, optoelectronics, and novel quantum information devices.
We are fortunate at the University and ECS to have access to state-of-the-art facilities for semiconductor research. This includes an extensive set of tools to fabricate semiconductor devices and test their electronic and optoelectronic performance.