Sorab K. Ghandhi
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Sorab K. Ghandhi - Professor Emeritus at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
(RPI), is known for his pioneering work in electrical engineering
education, and in the advancement of Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (OMVPE) for compound semiconductors.
, Nainital , India
, received his B.Sc. in electrical and mechanical engineering from Benares Hindu University in 1947, and his MS and Ph.D. in electronics from the University of Illinois in 1948 and 1951 respectively.
Company, from 1951–1960, he co-authored the first books in the world on transistor circuits and transistor circuit engineering He joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1963 as a Professor of Electrophysics, and was Chairman from 1967-1974. He retired from RPI in 1992.
At RPI, he introduced microelectronics into the graduate studies curriculum and wrote a book on this subject. Subsequently, this was followed by a book on semiconductor power devices, in which he presented a comprehensive theory for second breakdown. Following the work of Manasevit in 1968, he started the first university program on the OMVPE of compound semiconductors in 1970, and conducted research with his students in this area until retirement. This work included the growth and characterization of GaAs, InAs, GaInAs, InP, CdTe, HgCdTe and ZnSe materials and devices, which resulted in over 180 papers. Many of these were "firsts" in the field: the growth of GaInAs over the full range of compositions, the use of homostructures for evaluating recombination in surface-free GaAs, the use of halogen etching in GaAs, the OMVPE growth of large area films of HgCdTe with uniform composition and the p-type doping of this HgCdTe. He also wrote two books on VLSI fabrication principles which included silicon and GaAs materials technology.
Guest Editor, Special Issue of the IEEE on Materials and Processes in Microelectronics (1966–1967)
Associate Editor, Solid-State Electronics (1974–1988)
Secretary, International Solid State Circuits Conference (1959)
Program Chairman, International Solid State Circuits Conference (1960)
Co-Chairman, Workshop on HgCdTe and other Low Gap Materials (1992)
Member, Editorial Board, IEEE Press (1983-1987).
Fellow, IEEE (1965)
Rensselaer Distinguished Teaching Award (1975)
Rensselaer Distinguished Professor Award (1987)
Education Award, Electron Device Society, IEEE (2010) http://eds.ieee.org/education-award.html
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Stephen Van Rensselaer established the Rensselaer School on November 5, 1824 with a letter to the Rev. Dr. Samuel Blatchford, in which van Rensselaer asked Blatchford to serve as the first president. Within the letter he set down several orders of business. He appointed Amos Eaton as the school's...
(RPI), is known for his pioneering work in electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
education, and in the advancement of Organometallic Vapor Phase Epitaxy (OMVPE) for compound semiconductors.
Education
Ghandhi was schooled at St. Joseph's CollegeSt Joseph's College, Nainital
St Joseph's College Nainital is a day boarding and residential school in Nainital, Uttarakhand, India providing public school education. Starting from 2010 academic session, the school will also accept girls for day boarding, for classes 11 and 12.-Overview:...
, Nainital , India
India
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, received his B.Sc. in electrical and mechanical engineering from Benares Hindu University in 1947, and his MS and Ph.D. in electronics from the University of Illinois in 1948 and 1951 respectively.
Career
While a member of the Advanced Circuits Group, General ElectricGeneral Electric
General Electric Company , or GE, is an American multinational conglomerate corporation incorporated in Schenectady, New York and headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut, United States...
Company, from 1951–1960, he co-authored the first books in the world on transistor circuits and transistor circuit engineering He joined Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in 1963 as a Professor of Electrophysics, and was Chairman from 1967-1974. He retired from RPI in 1992.
At RPI, he introduced microelectronics into the graduate studies curriculum and wrote a book on this subject. Subsequently, this was followed by a book on semiconductor power devices, in which he presented a comprehensive theory for second breakdown. Following the work of Manasevit in 1968, he started the first university program on the OMVPE of compound semiconductors in 1970, and conducted research with his students in this area until retirement. This work included the growth and characterization of GaAs, InAs, GaInAs, InP, CdTe, HgCdTe and ZnSe materials and devices, which resulted in over 180 papers. Many of these were "firsts" in the field: the growth of GaInAs over the full range of compositions, the use of homostructures for evaluating recombination in surface-free GaAs, the use of halogen etching in GaAs, the OMVPE growth of large area films of HgCdTe with uniform composition and the p-type doping of this HgCdTe. He also wrote two books on VLSI fabrication principles which included silicon and GaAs materials technology.
Membership
Member, Administrative Committee, IEE Transactions on Circuit Theory (1963-1966)Guest Editor, Special Issue of the IEEE on Materials and Processes in Microelectronics (1966–1967)
Associate Editor, Solid-State Electronics (1974–1988)
Secretary, International Solid State Circuits Conference (1959)
Program Chairman, International Solid State Circuits Conference (1960)
Co-Chairman, Workshop on HgCdTe and other Low Gap Materials (1992)
Member, Editorial Board, IEEE Press (1983-1987).
Awards
Scholar, J.N. Tata Foundation (1947-1951)Fellow, IEEE (1965)
Rensselaer Distinguished Teaching Award (1975)
Rensselaer Distinguished Professor Award (1987)
Education Award, Electron Device Society, IEEE (2010) http://eds.ieee.org/education-award.html