The III-V Integrated Device and Circuit Group started its activities back in 1986, first in the old EECS building located in the Central Campus, and soon after in the new modern facility on North Campus.
Over the past years we had the opportunity to meet with many of you in our laboratory and discuss our projects. Those that came and others that have not made it up to now have often wished to learn more about our group, its members and its activities. This second review of our group has been prepared to serve exactly this purpose.
It contains information on its main players over the years of its existence, references on work carried out at Michigan, which is very often flavored with international collaborative character, and short descriptions of recent programs.
It has been more than simply a pleasure working in the strongly interactive environment of our group. People have supported each other and shared their knowledge every single moment within and outside the group's activities. Together we built an expertise which scans from materials to devices and integrated circuits. The interests are driven by the wish to understand fundamentals, but also demonstrate by experimentation whether there is reality behind all the findings. Our MOCVD material efforts led us to successful demonstration of InP-based devices and Nitride semiconductors.
The device and
circuit performance we have often showed is truly a miracle
for a university environment. These
achievements would never have been possible without a
``group''
effort between students, technicians,
engineers, faculty, an excellent facility, last but not least, the secretarial
and administrative staff to whom we owe our efficient day-to-day running.
Finally, it goes without saying that the continuous
support by many agencies
and the strong coupling and support of
several industrial laboratories
has played a
key role in our existence and success.
Research does not go along
on its own without being coupled to teaching. This
is the main objective of an academic institution and we have always been
driven and followed the bright stars of education. The electrical engineering
course curriculum has been enriched by topics on III-V Semiconductor Devices
and Circuits and laboratory/lecture
combination courses are offered on
Device/MMIC characterization, analysis and even fabrication.
Thanks to all our visitors, who have always shown enthusiasm in sharing their knowledge through their seminars, we have been continuously exposed to mainstream research, both nationally and internationally.
A university environment is by its nature a dynamic, continuously evolving status. The degree completion warrants a successful cycle of learning and research and offers the greatest pleasure at the university. It is even a greater pleasure to see the group's members getting industrial positions or continuing with academia in a new career start. The expertise acquired at Michigan helped enormously in warranting excellent perspective to many of the members who have left and others who continuously follow.
The University of Michigan has not simply hosted but made us as a group a strong member of its family. This has been and will continue to be a teaching and research arena of excellence.
Dimitris Pavlidis
Ann Arbor, March 1995