John
W. M. Rogers of Carleton University
Receives 2001-2002 SSCS Predoctoral Fellowship
John W. M. Rogers, a doctoral candidate at Carleton University, Ottawa,
Canada, has been selected to receive the second IEEE Solid-State Circuits
Society Predoctoral Fellowship for 2001-2002.
Born
in Cobourg, Ontario, Canada, in 1974, Rogers received his BE degree in
1997 and his ME degree in 1999, both in electrical engineering, from Carleton
University. During his ME degree research he was a resident re-searcher
at Nortel Networks’ Advanced Technology Access and Ap-plications
Group, where he performed exploratory work on VCOs for personal communications.
During that same period he was involved in the development of a Cu interconnect
technology for building high-quality passives for RF applications. He
is currently collaborating with SiGe Semiconductor Ltd. in Ottawa while
pursuing his PhD at Carleton University under the supervision of Professor
Calvin Plett. His research interests are in the areas of RFIC design for
wireless and broadband applications. Mr. Rogers received the BCTM best
student paper award in 1999, has four U.S. patents pending, and is a member
of the Professional Engineers of Ontario.
An award certificate will be presented to Mr. Rogers at the International
Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC) during the opening morning Plenary
Session at the San Francisco Marriott on Monday, 4 February 2002.