Shaikh S. Ahmed
Profile
| Organization | Southern Illinois University at Carbondale |
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| Employment Status | University / College Faculty |
| ahmed@siu.edu | |
| Web Site | http://www.engr.siu.edu/elec/faculty/ahmed/ahmed.htm |
| Telephone | 618 453 7630 |
| Biography | Shaikh Shahid Ahmed received the B.S. degree in electrical and electronic engineering from Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, Bangladesh, in 1998, and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Arizona State University, Tempe, in 2003 and 2005, respectively. From 2005 to 2007, he was a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN. Currently, he is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale. His research activities focus mainly in the field of computational nanoelectronics and includes the atomistic and quantum-mechanical modeling of electronic structure and transport in nanostructures including conventional and novel field-effect transistors (FETs), carbon nanotubes and semiconductor nanowires, quantum dots and nanocrystals, nanoscale thermoelectrics and piezoelectric energy-harvesting devices, solid-state lighting sources and their reliability, and nanoelectronic devices for harsh environments. The goal is not only to better understand the nanoscale physical processes, but to create community nanoelectronics simulation tools/software that can be used by other researchers, educators, and students. He has co-authored 10 (ten) nanoelectronics software tools (nanoFET, CNTFET, quaMC 2D, Schred, nanoMOS, FETtoy, MOSFET, MOSCAP, QPC, and MCbulk) that are freely available on NSF’s nanoHUB.org. These simulators have served 5,526 users running over 209,195 simulations (as of October 7, 2009 with 218 citations) around the world https://nanohub.org/members/9293). Shaikh Ahmed is the recipient of 2008’s ORNL/ORAU High-Performance Computing Grant Award. He is the author or co-author of more than 40 journal and conference articles and two book chapters. He is a member of the IEEE and the American Physical Society (APS). |
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