PHELPS GRANTS

The 2007 Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grant was awarded to two student members from the radiation effects community. On behalf of NPSS, we are proud to announce two recipients for the 2007 Paul Phelps Continuing Education Grant.

ANUPAMA BALASUBRAMANIAN

Anupama Balasubramanian is pursuing her Ph.D. in the area of radiation effects on deep submicron technologies at Vanderbilt University. Anupama has presented papers at NSREC, IRPS, SEE symposium and at the IEEE Sensor conference. Her PhD project deals with the development of radiation hardened by design (RHBD) approaches that address error mitigation for deep sub-micron technologies. Specifically, she has developed circuit designs that mitigate the effects of SET pulses in combinational logic without significant area, power or speed penalties. She has designed radiation hardened storage cells that do not upset even in the case where charge sharing occurs between storage nodes. She has been consulted multiple times by industry personnel regarding these designs for incorporation into their products. Anupama has authored or co-authored 7 publications. She plans to complete her PhD in May 2008. Her advisor, Dr. Bharat Bhuva, Associate Professor of EECS, nominated her.

MARC GAILLARDIN

Marc Gaillardin, was born in Bagnolet, France, in 1980. He received the Electronics Engineering degree from the Formation d’Ingénieurs de l’Université Paris Sud Orsay (FIUPSO) and the M.Sc. degree in nanoelectronics from the University of Orsay, France. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree with the Institut de Microélectronique Electromagnétisme et Photonique (IMEP) and the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble (INPG), France, in collaboration with the Commissariat à l’Energie Atomique (CEA), Bruyères-Le-Châtel, France. He is involved in the study of the sensitivity to radiation of planar and nonplanar nano-electronic devices based on Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology. His research areas focus on experiments, simulations and modelling of permanent and transient effects of radiation on advanced devices based on SOI technologies, in particular multiple gate MOS transistors. Marc has authored or co-authored 7 publications, including the NSREC 2006 Outstanding Paper Award. He expects to receive his PhD in end of 2007. He was nominated by Dr. Philippe Paillet of CEA.

At the opening of the NSREC technical sessions (July 2007), both students were presented with the Phelps Grant. The grants included tuition for the short course and a check for $500.
It should be noted that both students have submitted papers for publication in the December 2007 issue of the Transactions on Nuclear Science. Both are members of IEEE and NPSS.
The purpose of the Phelps Grant is to promote continuing education and encourage membership in the Nuclear and Plasma Sciences Society (NPSS).
The basis for judging is exceptional promise as a graduate student working in the fields of the NPSS, “exceptionally good work” in those fields, and an expectation that attendance at an NPSS-sponsored short course will result in an improved possibility of obtaining a job.
Professors should consider nominating their most promising students before May 15, 2008. Forms can be found on the NSREC web site (www.nsrec.com).