Vanderbilt University has the world’s largest university-based program in radiation effects on microelectronics and photonics, specializing in characterizing radiation effects in materials, devices, circuits, and systems. Faculty, engineering staff, and students in the Radiation Effects and Reliability (RER) Research Group and Institute for Space and Defense Electronics (ISDE) develop and apply tools, experimental techniques, theoretical understanding, and models that can be applied to multiple emerging technologies that are integral to advanced satellite systems, GPS navigation, remote sensing, communications, and other electronics and photonics applications. The capabilities developed through these research studies contribute to a wide range of defense, space, and commercial applications requiring the reliable operation of materials, devices, and circuits in high radiation environments. RER/ISDE researchers have extensive experience in all aspects of radiation effects, from the atomic scale through system-level effects, with particular expertise in connecting experiments to radiation-enabled models. Multi-scale approaches are developed to manage the complexity associated with microelectronics/photonics radiation response and provide insight at each length scale and level of abstraction. A comprehensive suite of radiation sources, state-of-the-art characterization equipment, and extensive computational capabilities support the cutting-edge research being performed in this area.
ECE Faculty Associated with this Research Area:
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Michael Alles
Director, Institute for Space Defense Electronics (ISDE)
Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- (615)343-8829
- 1025 16th Avenue South
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Bharat Bhuva
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- (615) 343-3184
- 5623 Stevenson Center
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Mona Ebrish
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- (615) 343-3943
- 322 Featheringill Hall
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Daniel M Fleetwood
Olin H. Landreth Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Physics and Engineering- (615)322-2498
- 328 Featheringill Hall
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Kenneth Galloway
Research Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Distinguished Professor of Engineering, Emeritus
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Tim Holman
Research Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- (615)322-1362
- 247 Featheringill Hall
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Lloyd W Massengill
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- (615)343-6677
- 5619 Stevenson Center
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Sokrates Pantelides
University Distinguished Professor of Physics and Engineering
William A. & Nancy F. McMinn Professor of Physics
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering- (615)343-4321
- 6301 Stevenson Center
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Robert Reed
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Chair, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
- (615)343-2702
- 1025 16th Avenue South
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Ronald D Schrimpf
Orrin H. Ingram Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering- (615)343-0507
- 5635 Stevenson Center
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Brian Sierawski
Research Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Associate Director, Institute for Space and Defense Electronics
- (615)343-9833
- 1025 16th Avenue South
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Sharon Weiss
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor of Engineering
Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor of Materials Science and Engineering
Professor of Physics and Engineering
Director, Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering- +1 (615)343-8311
- 330 Featheringill Hall
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Arthur F Witulski
Research Professor of Electrical Engineering