# overview
My research interests incluse CMOS and Silicon technology, materials integration, novel electrical and physical device and materials characterization, III-V and nanophotonics, self-assembled nanotechnology, and Supercritical Fluid Processing and Deposition.

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Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Phase Deposition (mocvd) Gan-on-si

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Texas Tech University - (Amarillo, Texas, United States)

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Texas Tech University - (Amarillo, Texas, United States)

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Texas Tech University - (Amarillo, Texas, United States)

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Mechanisms Limiting EOT Scaling and Gate Leakage Currents of High-k/Metal Gate Stacks Directly on SiGe and a Method to Enable sub-1nm EOT

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Silicon detector dark matter results from the final exposure of CDMS II.

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Effective work function modification of atomic-layer-deposited-TaN film by capping layer

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Results from the Super Cryogenic Dark Matter Search Experiment at Soudan.

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Thermal response of Ru electrodes in contact with SiO2 and Hf-based high-k gate dielectrics

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Developing a systematic approach to metal gates and high-k dielectrics in future-generation CMOS

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Metal gate work function engineering using AlNx interfacial layers

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Simplified manufacturable band edge metal gate solution for NMOS without a capping layer

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Device and Reliability Improvement of HfSiON+LaOx/Metal Gate Stacks for 22nm Node Application

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Demonstration of High Performance Transistors with PVD Metal Gate

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Optical studies of the effect of oxidation on GaN

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Mask registration and lithography platform portability for nitride fin-based field effect transistors prototyping

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HfO2 gate dielectric with 0.5 nm equivalent oxide thickness

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Composition dependence of the work function of Ta1xAlxNy metal gates

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Electrical properties of fluorinated amorphous carbon films

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Thermally stable N-metal gate MOSFETs using La-incorporated HfSiO dielectric

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Reducing the interfacial formation of SiOx in HFO <inf>2</inf> MOS structures: A study in pre-deposition cleaning, surface oxidation and post-deposition annealing

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Cryogenic Dark Matter Search detector fabrication process and recent improvements

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Light Dark Matter Search with a High-Resolution Athermal Phonon Detector Operated above Ground.

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Nuclear-recoil energy scale in CDMS II silicon dark-matter detectors

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Work function extraction of metal gates with alternate channel materials

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Dipole Model Explaining High-k/Metal Gate Threshold Voltage Tuning

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The effects of Ge composition and Si cap thickness on hot carrier reliability of Si/Si1-xGex/Si p-MOSFETs with high-$K$/metal gate

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Evaluation of tantalum silicon alloy systems as gate electrodes

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Impact of Bottom Interfacial Layer on the Threshold Voltage and Device Reliability of Fluorine Incorporated PMOSFETs with High-K/Metal Gate

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Low interface defect density of atomic layer deposition BeO with self-cleaning reaction for InGaAs metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistors

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Cleaning of Si and properties of the HfO2Si interface

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First direct limits on lightly ionizing particles with electric charge less than e/6.

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Detection of Electron Trap Generation due to Constant Voltage Stress on High- Gate Stacks

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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RF Dielectric Loss Due to MOCVD Aluminum Nitride on High Resistivity Silicon

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Understanding Strain Effects on Double-Gate FinFET Drive-Current Enhancement, Hot-Carrier Reliability and Ring-Oscillator Delay Performance via Uniaxial Wafer Bending Experiments

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Projected sensitivity of the SuperCDMS SNOLAB experiment

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Simulation of a Multidimensional Input Quantum Perceptron

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Demonstration of surface electron rejection with interleaved germanium detectors for dark matter searches

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GaN stripes on vertical {111} fin facets of (110)-oriented Si substrates

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Characterization of ALD Beryllium Oxide as a Potential High-k Gate Dielectric for Low-Leakage AlGaN/GaN MOSHEMTs

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Plasma enhanced metalorganic chemical vapor deposition of amorphous aluminum nitride

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New Hot-Carrier Injection Mechanism at Source Side in Nanoscale Floating-Body MOSFETs

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Structural properties of fluorinated amorphous carbon films

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Silicon detector results from the first five-tower run of CDMS II

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High Performing pMOSFETs on Si(110) for Application to Hybrid Orientation Technologies - Comparison of Hf02 and HfSiON

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Modulation of the work function of silicon gate electrode using thin TaN interlayers

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Band offset measurements of the GaN/dielectric interfaces

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Toward single electron resolution phonon mediated ionization detectors

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Mechanisms Limiting EOT Scaling and Gate Leakage Currents of High- $k$/Metal Gate Stacks Directly on SiGe

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Design Considerations to Enhance the Modulation Efficiency and Cutoff Frequency of AlGaN/InGaN/GaN HEMTs

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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High quality AlN for deep UV photodetectors

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Production rate measurement of Tritium and other cosmogenic isotopes in Germanium with CDMSlite

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Constraints on low-mass, relic dark matter candidates from a surface-operated SuperCDMS single-charge sensitive detector

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Comparison of Uniaxial Wafer Bending and Contact-Etch-Stop-Liner Stress Induced Performance Enhancement on Double-Gate FinFETs

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Systematic Investigation of Amorphous Transition-Metal-Silicon-Nitride Electrodes for Metal Gate CMOS Applications

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Recovery of NBTI degradation in HfSiON/metal gate transistors

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On Oxygen Deficiency and Fast Transient Charge-Trapping Effects in High-$k$ Dielectrics

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Systematic gate stack optimization to maximize mobility with HfSiON EOT scaling

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Limiting native oxide regrowth for high-k gate dielectrics

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Constraints on dark photons and axionlike particles from the SuperCDMS Soudan experiment

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Improved WIMP-search reach of the CDMS II germanium data

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High Performance pMOSFETs using Si/Si1-xGex/Si Quantum Wells with High-k/Metal Gate Stacks and Additive Uniaxial Strain for 22 nm Technology Node

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Constraints on Lightly Ionizing Particles from CDMSlite.

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Cryogenic Dark Matter Search detector fabrication process and recent improvements (vol 772, pg 14, 2015)

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Energy loss due to defect formation from ²⁰⁶Pb recoils in SuperCDMS germanium detectors

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Background studies for the MINER Coherent Neutrino Scattering reactor experiment

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Determination of oscillator strength of CF vibrations in fluorinated amorphous-carbon films by infrared spectroscopy

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Adjusting to 3D Devices in a 2D Device World

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Critical Components of FinFet Integration: Examining the Density Trade-off and Process Integration for FinFET Implementation

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Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles using voltage-assisted calorimetric ionization detection in the SuperCDMS experiment.

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Comparison of Effective Work Function Extraction Methods Using Capacitance and Current Measurement Techniques

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Datapath system for multiple electron beam lithography systems using image compression

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SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics

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Threshold Voltage Shift Due to Charge Trapping in Dielectric-Gated AlGaN/GaN High Electron Mobility Transistors Examined in Au-Free Technology

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Comparison of NMOS and PMOS stress for determining the source of NBTI in TiN/HfSiON devices

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Enhanced Performance and SRAM Stability in FinFET with Reduced Process Steps for Source/Drain Doping

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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New Results from the Search for Low-Mass Weakly Interacting Massive Particles with the CDMS Low Ionization Threshold Experiment.

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The Challenges in Introducing PMOS Dual Channel in CMOS Processing

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TMAH wet etching of silicon micro- and nano-fins for selective sidewall epitaxy of III-Nitride semiconductors

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Wet etching silicon nanofins with (111)-oriented sidewalls

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Search for low-mass dark matter with CDMSlite using a profile likelihood fit

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Band-Engineered Low PMOS VT with High-K/Metal Gates Featured in a Dual Channel CMOS Integration Scheme

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Dipole model explaining high-k/metal gate field effect transistor threshold voltage tuning

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Search for low-mass weakly interacting massive particles with SuperCDMS.

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Initial growth of interfacial oxide during deposition of HfO2 on silicon

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Electrical Observation of Deep Traps in High-$Kappa$/Metal Gate Stack Transistors

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Flexible, Simplified CMOS on Si(110) with Metal Gate / High  for HP and LSTP

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Low-mass dark matter search with CDMSlite

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Dipole Moment Model Explaining nFET Vt Tuning Utilizing La, Sc, Er, and Sr Doped HfSiON Dielectrics

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Temperature dependence of the work function of ruthenium-based gate electrodes

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New Hot-Carrier Degradation Phenomenon in Nano-Scale Floating Body MOSFETs

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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A Simplified Superior Floating-Body/Gate DRAM Cell

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Maximum likelihood analysis of low energy CDMS II germanium data

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Gate First Band Edge High-k/Metal Stacks with EOT=0.74nm for 22nm Node nFETs

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Evaluation of titanium silicon nitride as gate electrodes for complementary metal-oxide semiconductor

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Strain Additivity in III-V Channels for CMOSFETs beyond 22nm Technology Node

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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HIGH MOBILITY SIGE SHELL-SI CORE OMEGA GATE PFETS

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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PECVD Silicon Nitride Passivation of AlGaN/GaN Heterostructures

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Detection of Trap Generation in High- GateStacks

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Improved Ge Surface Passivation with Ultrathin $ hbox{SiO}_{X}$ Enabling High-Mobility Surface Channel pMOSFETs Featuring a HfSiO/WN Gate Stack

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Dark matter effective field theory scattering in direct detection experiments

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First Dark Matter Constraints from a SuperCDMS Single-Charge Sensitive Detector.

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Gate-First Integration of Tunable Work Function Metal Gates of Different Thicknesses Into High-k/Metal Gates CMOS FinFETs for Multi-V-Th Engineering

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)

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Challenges of contact module integration for GaN-based devices in a Si-CMOS environment

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Ultra-Low Threshold Cryogenic High Voltage Detectors For WIMP Search And Coherent Neutrino Scattering Experiments

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United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - (Menlo Park, California, United States)

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CDMS Crystal Polishing at Texas A&M University

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SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory - (Menlo Park, California, United States)

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The SuperCDMS Program at Texas A&M University-

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United States Department of Energy - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Texas A&M University; Electrical Engineering; 3128 TAMU

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Suh, Jae Woo (2016-12). Device Design Parameterization of III-V Multi-Gate FETs. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Ravikirthi, Pradhyumna (2014-08). Au-free Ohmic Contacts to Gallium Nitride and Graphene. Master's Thesis.

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Berber, Feyza (2017-05). Microwave Characterization of GaN-on-Si Heterostructure Loss and 2DEG as a Conductor. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Coan, Mary (2012-10). Impact of Chemical States on the Effective Work Function of Metal Gate and High-kappa Dielectric Materials on Novel Heterostructures. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Johnson, Derek Wade (2014-08). Si-CMOS-Like Integration of AlGaN/GaN Dielectric-Gated High-Electron-Mobility Transistors. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Rezanezhad Gatabi, Iman (2013-08). Tunnel MOS Heterostructure Field Effect Transistor for RF Switching Applications. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Prasad, Kunj Bihari (2013-12). Search for Lightly Ionizing Particles Using CDMS-II Data and Fabrication of CDMS Detectors with Improved Homogeneity in Properties. Doctoral Dissertation.

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Sharma, Pranav (2015-11). Fabrication and Characterization of Al / AlOx / Al Josephson Junctions. Master's Thesis.