Material Science and Engineering

Biography

Rajendra Singh earned his Ph. D. degree in Physics from McMaster University in 1979. Currently he is D. Houser Banks professor in the Holcombe Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and director of the Clemson University (USA) Center for Silicon Nan electronics. With proven success in operations, project/program leadership, R&D, product/process commercialization, and start-ups, Dr. Singh is a leading semiconductor and photovoltaic (PV) expert with over 35 years of industrial and academic experience of semiconductor and photovoltaic industries From solar cells to low power electronics, he has led the work on semiconductor and photovoltaic device materials and processing by manufacturable innovation and defining critical path. He has published over 350 papers in various journals and conference proceedings. He has presented over 50 keynote addresses and invited talks in various national and international conferences. Currently he is serving as editor of IEEE Journal of Electron Devices and Chair of IEEE EDS Technical Committee on Semiconductor Manufacturing. He is Fellow of IEEE, SPIE, AAAS, and ASM. Dr. Singh has received a number of international awards. Photovoltaics World (October 2010) selected him as one of the 10 Global “Champions of Photovoltaic Technology”. Dr. Singh is 2014 recipient of the SPIE Technology Achievement Award. In April 2014, he was honored by US President Barack Obama as a White House “Champion of Change for Solar Deployment” for his leadership in advancing solar energy with PV technology

Research Interest

Thermal Processing,Ultra-Thin Gate Dielectrics,Low and High-k Dielectrics,Superconductivity,Solar cells,Thermoelectric devices and Nanotechnology.