Evelyn Hu
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Evelyn L. Hu is currently Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics
and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University
. She was born in New York City
. She received her B.A. from Barnard
College in 1969 and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University
all in Physics in 1971 and 1975, respectively. She was employed at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories from 1975 to 1984, when she joined UCSB as a full professor, a position she has held since 1984. She served UCSB’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as vice chair from 1989 to 1992 and as chair from 1992 to 1994. She has been a pioneer in the fabrication of nanoscale electronic and photonic devices, has been named Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), effective Jan. 1, 2009. She has also served since 2000 as scientific co-director of the California Nanosystems Institute, a joint initiative at UCSB and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Hu has made major contributions to nanotechnology by designing and creating complex nanostructures. Her work has focused on nanoscale devices made from compound semiconductors and on novel devices made by integrating various materials, both organic and inorganic. She has also created nanophotonic structures that might someday facilitate quantum computing.
Hu’s seminal work in nanofabrication has included high-resolution patterning and high-resolution etching of circuits onto nanoscale materials. She has also developed biological approaches to nanotechnology, using biological assembly pathways to control the composition and structure of novel devices.
Some of her research ideas led to her co-founding of Cambridge, Mass-based Cambrios Technology, a start-up that is developing new, cost-effective materials of importance for electronic device applications.
At UCSB, she has led the Institute for Quantum Engineering, Science and Technology, the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Quantized Electronic Structures and Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics, and the UCSB component of the National Science Foundation’s National Nanofabrication Users Network.
Hu is currently a reviewing editor at the journal Science. Her honors include election as a fellow of the IEEE, formerly the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
(1994), the American Physical Society
(1995), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
(1998). She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
in 2002 and to the National Academy of Sciences
in 2008.
Applied physics
Applied physics is a general term for physics which is intended for a particular technological or practical use.It is usually considered as a bridge or a connection between "pure" physics and engineering....
and Electrical Engineering at Harvard University
Harvard University
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. She was born in New York City
New York City
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. She received her B.A. from Barnard
Barnard
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College in 1969 and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
all in Physics in 1971 and 1975, respectively. She was employed at AT&T’s Bell Laboratories from 1975 to 1984, when she joined UCSB as a full professor, a position she has held since 1984. She served UCSB’s Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering as vice chair from 1989 to 1992 and as chair from 1992 to 1994. She has been a pioneer in the fabrication of nanoscale electronic and photonic devices, has been named Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Electrical Engineering in Harvard University’s School of Engineering and Applied Sciences (SEAS), effective Jan. 1, 2009. She has also served since 2000 as scientific co-director of the California Nanosystems Institute, a joint initiative at UCSB and the University of California, Los Angeles.
Hu has made major contributions to nanotechnology by designing and creating complex nanostructures. Her work has focused on nanoscale devices made from compound semiconductors and on novel devices made by integrating various materials, both organic and inorganic. She has also created nanophotonic structures that might someday facilitate quantum computing.
Hu’s seminal work in nanofabrication has included high-resolution patterning and high-resolution etching of circuits onto nanoscale materials. She has also developed biological approaches to nanotechnology, using biological assembly pathways to control the composition and structure of novel devices.
Some of her research ideas led to her co-founding of Cambridge, Mass-based Cambrios Technology, a start-up that is developing new, cost-effective materials of importance for electronic device applications.
At UCSB, she has led the Institute for Quantum Engineering, Science and Technology, the National Science Foundation-funded Center for Quantized Electronic Structures and Center for Robotic Systems in Microelectronics, and the UCSB component of the National Science Foundation’s National Nanofabrication Users Network.
Hu is currently a reviewing editor at the journal Science. Her honors include election as a fellow of the IEEE, formerly the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
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(1994), the American Physical Society
American Physical Society
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(1995), and the American Association for the Advancement of Science
American Association for the Advancement of Science
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(1998). She was elected to the National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Engineering
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in 2002 and to the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
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in 2008.