In 2000, the IEEE approved the establishment of the Electron Devices Society Graduate Student Fellowship Program. It is designed to promote, recognize, and support graduate level study and research within the Electron Devices Society’s field of interest: Compact Modeling, Compound Semiconductor Devices and Circuits, Device Reliability Physics, Displays, Electronic Materials, Microelectromechanical Systems, Nanotechnology, Optoelectronic Devices, Photovoltaic Devices, Power Devices and ICs, Semiconductor Manufacturing, Technology Computer-Aided Design, Vacuum Devices, VLSI Technology and Circuits.

EDS proudly announces the four 2002 EDS Graduate Fellows. Brief biographies of the 2002 recipients are included in this article. Detailed articles about each graduate fellow and his work will appear in the forthcoming issues of the EDS Newsletter.

Jack Chen, received two B.S. degrees in mechanical engineering and electrical engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, in May 2000, and an M.S. degree in electrical engineering in August 2002. As an undergraduate, his research focused on fabricating microdischarge devices in silicon. He is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in electrical engineering at the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory at the University of Illinois where he is researching micromachined sensors.

Yung Fu Chong, graduated with a B.A. Sc. Degree (First Class Honors) in Materials Engineering from Nanyang Technical University, Singapore in 1999. He is currently working towards a Ph.D. degree in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the National University of Singapore (NUS). His research interests are primarily in the area of front-end processing, which includes the formation of ultrashallow junctions, self aligned silicides and advanced gate structures using laser thermal processing. He has authored or co-authored more than 10 publications and holds for United States patents. Yung Fu is a recipient of the NUS University Graduate Fellowship.

Ofir Degani, (S’97) was born in Ashkelon, Israel, on April 17, 1974. He received the B.Sc. degree in electrical engineering and the B.A. degree in physics (both Summa Cum-Laude) in 1996 and the M.Sc. degree in electrical engineering in 1999, all from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel. He is currently working toward the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering at the Technion.

He investigates motion sensing and actuation mechanisms in micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS). His research focuses on the coupled energy domain modeling as well as noise modeling of MOEMS including: electrostatic actuation, magnetostatic actuation and optical motion sensing. He is involved in the development of micromachined inertial (acceleration and rate) sensors employing integrated optical sensing. Other fields of interest are: analog readout and control interfaces, silicon optical benches and thermal sensors.

David Michael Fried, was born on July 5, 1976 in Madison, WI but grew up in Madison, NJ. He graduated Madison High School in 1994 and attended Cornell University. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical Engineering in December of 1997, he remained at Cornell until receiving his Master of Engineering degree in Electrical Engineering, under the guidance of Professor J. Peter Krusius, in December of 1998. In January of 1999, David began working in the ASICs Development organization at IBM Microelectronics in Essex Junction, Vermont. There, he worked on modeling the effects of semiconductor process variations on ASIC circuit timing models. In August of 2000, David moved into the Technology Development organization of IBM Microelectronics, also in Essex Junction, Vermont. There, he participated in the development of the FinFET, a novel vertical double-gate MOSFET. In January of 2002, David returned to Cornell University to begin his PhD research in the Advanced Integrated Microsystems (AIMs) research group, led by Professor Kevin T. Kornegay. His research focuses on the analog, RF and mixed-signal applications of double-gate CMOS devices. David has co-authored several papers published at both Device Research Conference (DRC) and International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM), and over 20 US and international patent applications.

Ilesanmi Adesida
EDS Education Chair
University of Illinois
Urbana, IL, USA

Arlene A. Santos
EDS Graduate Student Fellowship Chair
National Semiconductor Corporation
Annapolis, MD, USA