Research/Projects  

           

1) University of New Mexico, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

          Graduate Assistant: Aug. 2018 – Dec. 2018

          Accomplishments:

  • Taught 24 students in the microelectronics processing lab course (ECE 574L), as a lab instructor, to fabricate N-MOS transistors successfully at the cleanroom located at the UNMs Center for High Tech Materials (CHTM).

2) University of New Mexico, Center for High Technology Materials, Albuquerque, NM

          Graduate Research Assistant: Aug. 2012 – Aug. 2018

          Funding Agency: National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Research Center (ERC) under the

                                Lighting Enabled Systems & Applications (LESA).

          Accomplishments:

  • Demonstration of extremely low-noise for the speed-optimized large-area CMOS avalanche photodiodes (APDs) for visible light communication (VLC).

  • Development of mixed-injection exact analytical formula as well as exact numerical method for excess noise factor for APDs.

  • Development of low-cost algorithmic spectral sensor for adaptive lighting system. (VLC).

3) Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies (CINT), Albuquerque, NM

    Graduate Student Researcher: Jan. 2016 – Sept. 2016

    Funding Agency: U.S. Department of Energy (U.S.–DOE)

          Accomplishments:

  •  Development of automation and measurement systems for continuous-variable quantum key distribution (CV-QKD) using LabVIEW software tools for the Sandia enabled communications and authentication network using QKD.

  • Multiple I-V measurements (DC) on Gen-1 Bob chips to check repeatability as well as calculations of extinction ratios from experiments.

 

Research Interests  

 

           

      CMOS Avalanche photodiodes Silicon photonics, Semiconductor processing, Volatile and/or non-volatile memory, Smart-  

          lighting, Visible-light communication, Spectral sensing algorithm, Quantum key distribution, and Quantum dot lasers.

Technical and Software Skills

 

           

      CMOS Avalanche photodiodes (APDs), Silicon photonics, Semiconductor device fabrication, Semiconductor processing,  

         Volatile and/or non-volatile memory, Smart-lighting, Visible-light communication, Spectral sensing algorithm, Quantum

      key distribution, and Quantum dot lasers.

Interpersonal Skills

 

           

      Ability to work independently as well as in cross-group and cross-culture environment.