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Faisal Khair Chowdhury

Ph.D. Candidate
AMANDA Research Lab
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering


Media Coverage

Radiation-Resistant Circuits from Mechanical Parts Devices Can Survive Work in Space, Damaged Nuclear Plants

Contact

University of Utah
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
50 S. Central Campus Drive, Room 3280
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9206

Office: SMBB 3800
E-mail: faisal dot chowdhury at utah dot edu

 

Research Interests

  • Micro- and Nano-electromechanical Systems (MEMS & NEMS)
  • MEMS/NEMS based switches, logic gates & computational circuits
  • Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) & Single Molecule Detection (SMD)
  • Novel SERS substrates & applications
  • Carbon Nanotube (CNT) electronics and growth
  • Micro/nano energy harvesting

 

Presentations

  • "Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy on Dielectrophoresis-Induced Diffusion Limited Aggregation of Gold Nanoparticles," Presented at The 6th annual Utah Statewide Nanotechnology Conference, NanoUtah 2010, Salt Lake City, Utah, October, 2010.

 

Publications

J1. F. K. Chowdhury, et al., "Single-device “XOR” and “AND” gates for high speed, very low power LSI mechanical processors," Sensors and Actuators A: Physical.

C1. P. Pai, F. K. Chowdhury, and M. Tabib-Azar, “MEMS-Based Hemispherical Resonator Gyroscopes,” IEEE Sensors, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2012.

C2. M. Cai, F. K. Chowdhury and M. Tabib-Azar, “Micro-Plasma Field-Effect Transistors,” IEEE Sensors, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2012.

C3. Pai, L. Chen, F. K. Chowdhury and M. Tabib-Azar, “Non-Intrusive Electric Power Sensors for Smart Grid,” IEEE Sensors, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2012.

C4. Y. Xie, R. Surapaneni, F. K. Chowdhury, M. Tabib-Azar and C. H. Mastrangelo, “Fabrication of Localized Plasma Gold-Tip Nanoprobes with Integrated Microchannels for Direct-Write Nanomanufacturing,” IEEE Sensors, Taipei, Taiwan, October 2012.

C5. F. K. Chowdhury, et al., “MEMS Based Single Device ‘XOR” and “AND” Logic Gates for LSI Mechanical Processors Operating in High Radiation Environments," in Solid State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems Workshop, Hilton Head Island, SC, USA, 2012.

C6. W. Yuan, F. K. Chowdhury and Massood Tabib-Azar, “Microplasma Field Effect Transistors,” The 25th International Conference on Micro Electro Mechanical Systems, IEEE MEMS 2012 - Paris, France, January 2012.

C7. F. K. Chowdhury, Karumbaiah N. Chappanda, Daniel Saab, & Massood Tabib-Azar, “Novel Single-Device “XOR” and “AND” Gates for High Speed, Very Low Power LSI Mechanical Processors,” The 16th International Conference on Solid-State Sensors, Actuators and Microsystems, Beijing, China, June 2011.

C8. F. K. Chowdhury, Karumbaiah N. Chappanda and M. Tabib-Azar, “Selective Growth of MWCNT on Patterned Tungsten at Room Temperature using Oxygen Plasma and Photo-resist,” IEEE Sensors, Limerick, Ireland, October 2011.

C9. F. K. Chowdhury, D. Choe, T. Jevremovic and M. Tabib-Azar, “Design of MEMS based XOR and AND Gates for Rad-Hard and Very Low Power LSI Mechanical Processors,” IEEE Sensors, Limerick, Ireland, October 2011.

C10. F. K. Chowdhury, Karumbaiah N. Chappanda and M. Tabib-Azar, “High Enhancement SERS Substrates Created Using DEP-DLA & Annealing Au-W,” IEEE Sensors, Limerick, Ireland, October 2011.