EDS Distinguished Lecturer/Chapter Partner Visits West Ukraine

 
Prof. Jagadish, presenting his EDS Distinguished lecturer at the Radio Engineering Faculty of NULP

The visit to Lviv by Prof. Chennupati Jagadish, our EDS Chapter partner and EDS Distinguished lecturer was held on May 17, 2002. During his stay in Lviv, Prof. Jagadish visited the Institute of Applied Problems of Mechanics and Mathematics (IAPMM), NASU, and the National University “Lviv Politechnic” (NULP).

The first part of his visit was held at the IAPMM. The Institute director, Prof. Grygoriy Kit, introduced Prof. Jagadish to the Institute structure and main fields of scientific researches.

Dr. Mykhaylo Andriychuk, the West Ukraine Chapter Chair, talked about the current activities, future plans, and the existing problems. The attendees had the possibility to become more familiar with the Chapter history and its achievements, as well as obtain information about the Conferences supported by the Chapter last year and the advertising of the Chapter activities in the IEEE Newsletter and Magazine issues.

Then Prof. Jagadish talked shortly about the Australian National University, the National Institute of Physical Sciences, and the Research School of Physical Sciences and Engineering. He also spoke about the current scientific investigations in areas of quantum physics and devices, photonics and lasers, nuclear physics, nanoscience and nanotechnology, and other fields of physics that were developed at the National Institute of Physical Sciences.

Creative discussions resulted regarding the following initiatives of the Chapter:
  • establishment of the IEEE Student Branch and the IEEE ED-S Student Chapter,
  • joining the IEEE LEO Society,
  • involving the invited lecturer from the ED-S Distinguished Lecturer Program to the Conferences supported by the Chapter.

The second part of Prof. Jagadish’s visit took place at the NULP. He presented his distinguished lecture on “Quantum Well Intermixing for Optoelectronic Device Integration” at the Radio Engineering Faculty of NULP. In his speech, Prof. Jagadish presented a survey of the various quantum well intermixing techniques and their suitability for various applications. He said that integration of optoelectronic devices is of current interest due to its application in communication systems for the fabrication of wavelength division multiplexing sources and photonic integrated circuits. The attendees listened attentively to the results on multi-wavelength lasers and quantum well infrared photodetectors, and the potential of this technique for the integration of devices with quantum dots in the active regions.

Mykhaylo Andriychuk
MTT/ED/AP/CPMT/SSC West Ukraine
Chapter Chair
Institute for Applied Problems of
Mechanics and Mathematics of NASU
LVIV, Ukraine