26/07/2026
BEAR 2026 Bangladesh is delighted to re-introduce some prominent luminaries of IEEE Electron Devices Society to our audience, especially the aspiring young generation!
1. Prof. Chenming Hu: Former TSMC CTO, Father of the FinFET transistor.
2. Prof. Jayant Baliga: Renowned NC State professor who invented the Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT), revolutionizing power management.
3. Prof. Mark Lundstrom: Purdue University pioneer in semiconductor device physics and nanoelectronics modeling.
4. Prof. Eric Fossum: Dartmouth professor who invented the CMOS active-pixel image sensor used in modern smartphone cameras.
5. Prof. Kurt Petersen: Renowned silicon innovator and a foundational pioneer of MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology.
6. Prof. Tso-Ping Ma: Former Yale professor known for major contributions to microelectronics and gate dielectric technology.
7. Prof. Leon Chua: UC Berkeley pioneer who mathematically formulated the theory behind the memristor (the fourth circuit element).
8. Prof. Robert W. Dutton: Stanford professor who pioneered Stanford's early TCAD (Technology Computer-Aided Design) software tools.
9. Prof. Umesh K. Mishra: UC Santa Barbara professor, co-founder of Transphorm, and a leading expert in Gallium Nitride (GaN) electronics.
10. Professor Tsu-Jae King Liu: Dean of Engineering at UC Berkeley and co-inventor of the FinFET architecture.
11. Prof. Martin Green: UNSW professor widely hailed as the Father of Modern Photovoltaics for his record-breaking solar cell work.
12. Prof. Kensal D. Wise: University of Michigan professor who pioneered early automated integrated sensors and MEMS tech.
13. Dr. Mark Bohr: Former Senior Intel Fellow who led the implementation of revolutionary strained silicon and high-k metal gate innovations.
14. Professor Richard Muller: UC Berkeley pioneer who co-founded the Berkeley Sensor & Actuator Center (BSAC).
15. Dr. Kaizad Mistry: Corporate Vice President at Intel managing logic technology integration.
16. Professor Evelyn Hu: Harvard professor focused on the fabrication of nanostructures, photonic crystals, and quantum devices.
17. Professor Ilesanmi Adesida: UIUC engineer recognized for contributions to high-speed compound semiconductor devices and nano-fabrication.
18. Professor Richard M. Swanson: Founder of SunPower Corporation and a pioneer in high-efficiency silicon solar cells.
19. Dr. Tahir Ghani: Intel Senior Fellow who successfully spearheaded the development of modern strained silicon technologies.
20. Professor Sanjay Banerjee: UT Austin director specialized in 2D materials, spintronics, and heteroepitaxial microelectronics.
21. Professor V. Ramgopal Rao: Former Director of IIT Delhi specialized in nanoelectronics, CMOS sensors, and bio-MEMS.
22. Professor Muhammad Ashraful Alam: Purdue professor renowned for his reliability physics models on transistors and solar panels.
23. Professor Simon Deleonibus: Longtime CEA-Leti Chief Scientist focusing on ultimate CMOS scaling limits and nanotechnology.
24. Professor Chang-Jin "CJ" Kim: UCLA professor known for inventing pioneering EWOD (Electrowetting-on-Dielectric) microfluidics.
25. Professor Sorin Cristoloveanu: Renowned international researcher specializing in Silicon-on-Insulator (SOI) structures.
26. Professor Suman Datta: Georgia Tech processing expert designing next-generation ferroelectric and neuromorphic logic transistors.
27. Professor Jesus Del Alamo: MIT expert specializing in Indium Gallium Arsenide (InGaAs) and high-frequency compound devices.
28. Professor Marvin White: Lehigh University pioneer known for his foundational work on MNOS/SONOS non-volatile memory devices.
29. Dr. Gurtej Sandhu: Micron Technology Senior Fellow who holds one of the largest patent portfolios in DRAM and NAND thin-film design.
30. Professor Supriyo Datta: Purdue visionary who developed the early mesoscopic transport theory and modern spintronics conceptual models.
31. Professor Mark Hersam: Northwestern expert processing carbon nanotubes, graphene, and 2D nanomaterials for electronics.
32. Dr. Om Omkaram Nalamasu: Applied Materials CTO specialized in materials chemistry, nanolithography, and advanced manufacturing platforms.
33. Prof. Sayeef Salahuddin: UC Berkeley professor specializing in physics-based modeling, spintronics, and negative capacitance devices.
IEEE EDS Women Professionals Mini-Series
34. Dr. Hans Stork: Rapidus board member and industry executive specializing in industrial semiconductor manufacturing and technology roadmaps.
35. Robert Noyce: IC Co-inventor and Intel Co-founder
36. Jack Kilby: IC Co-inventor, Texas Instruments.
37. Andrew Grove: Intel CEO / Management & Scaling
38. Prof William Dutton: Internet Studies/Media
39. Salvatore Candido (UC Berkeley): Computer Vision / Geospatial AI researcher
40. Gordon Moore: Discoverer of Moore's Law and Intel Co-founder
Inventors of Transistor
41. John Bardeen: Double Nobel Prize winner (Theory)
42. Walter Brattain: Point-Contact (Experimentalist)
43. William Shockley: Junction Transistor (Team Leader)
