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About Cary Y. Yang

Cary Y. Yang received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Pennsylvania. After working at M.I.T., NASA Ames Research Center, and Stanford University on electronic properties of nanostructure surfaces and interfaces, he founded Surface Analytic Research, a Silicon Valley company focusing on sponsored research projects covering various applications of surfaces and nanostructures. He joined Santa Clara University in 1983 and is currently Professor of Electrical Engineering and Director of TENT Laboratory, a SCU facility located inside NASA Ames. He was the Founding Director of Microelectronics Laboratory and Center for Nanostructures, and served as Chair of Electrical Engineering and Associate Dean of Engineering at Santa Clara. His research spans from silicon-based nanoelectronics to nanostructure interfaces in electronic, biological, and energy-storage systems. An IEEE Life Fellow, he served as Editor of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices, President of the IEEE Electron Devices Society, and elected member of the IEEE Board of Directors. He was appointed Vice Chair of the IEEE Awards Board in 2013 and 2014. He received the 2004 IEEE Educational Activities Board Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education "for extensive and innovative contributions to the continuing education of working professionals in the field of micro/nanoelectronics," and the 2005 IEEE Electron Devices Society Distinguished Service Award. From 2008 to 2013, he held the Bao Yugang Chair Professorship at Zhejiang University in China.

Positions

2007 - Present Founding Director, TENT Laboratory, Santa Clara University
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1987 - Present Professor of Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University ‐ School of Engineering
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2008 - 2011 Electrical Engineering Department Chair, Santa Clara University ‐ School of Engineering
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2003 - 2011 Founding Director, Center for Nanostructures, Santa Clara University
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2003 - 2006 Associate Dean, New Initiatives and Partnerships, Santa Clara University
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1985 - 2002 Founding Director, Microelectronics Laboratory, Santa Clara University
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1983 - 1987 American Microsystems, Inc. (AMI) Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering, Santa Clara University ‐ School of Engineering
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Curriculum Vitae

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Education

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1975 - 1976 Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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1975 Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, University of Pennsylvania
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1971 M.S.E.E., University of Pennsylvania
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1970 B.S.E.E., magna cum laude, University of Pennsylvania
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Contact Information

TENT Laboratory
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA 95053, USA
1-408-554-6814 (voice)
1-408-554-5474 (fax)

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