IEEE Seminar Announcement

Abstract: In the past few years Nanotechology has emerged as a very powerful approach to tackle a number of non-trivial problems, primarily the interface between organic and inorganic materials. The term 'Nanotechnology' is new; the concept however is much older. Nanoparticle entities have been used for centuries now but our understanding has only recently developed giving us the ability to engineer and fabricate devices meeting our needs. Recent advances in this area include, but are not limited to: carbon nanotubes, semiconductor quantum dots, magnetic nanoclusters, biotransistors and others.
We will introduce the basic concepts of nanotechnology, how such small devices or structures have different properties than our everyday experiences suggest, and measurement techniques that have enabled us to exploit and understand the fundamental differences between the nanoscale and the macroworld we live in.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Korakakis received his B.S. in Theoretical Physics from London University, Queen Mary and Westfield Colleges in 1986, his M.S. in Manufacturing Engineering in 1994 from Boston University and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering in 1998 from Boston University. In 1997 he joined the School of Physics and Astronomy and the School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Nottingham as research staff. In 2000 he joined the department of Physics at West Virginia University as a Research Assistant Professor. He joined the Lane Department of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering in 2002. His research is focused in the growth and characterization of III-nitride alloy films and heterostructures. He has published over 40 peer-reviewed articles and has more than 170 citations for his work in the past 6 years.