Free Technical Talk
OVERVIEW OF ORGANICS ELECTRONICS
By
Dr Muhammad H. Rashid, Fellow, IEEE
Professor and Director
Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of West Florida, USA
Date: 16th July 2007
Time: 2.30 pm-4.00 pm
Venue: Seminar Room, Level 8,
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM Malaysia
For many years, silicon and gallium arsenide semiconductors and metals such as aluminum and copper have been the backbone of the semiconductor industry. However, there has been a growing research effort in organic electronics to improve the semiconducting, conducting, and light-emitting properties of organics materials. This presentation provides an overview on Organic Electronics, or also known as plastic electronics. Some important aspects of the new technology will be outlined before concluding with a look at the potential applications of organics electronics.
This is a Free Technical Talk but registration is required for logistics. For registration and more details please contact:
Dr Zuhaina Zakaria
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA
40450 Shah Alam, Selangor
Phone: 03-55435105, Fax : 03-55435077, Mobile: 019-2834043
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Organized by:
IEEE UiTM Student Branch
Co-organizer:
Faculty of Electrical Engineering, UiTM Malaysia
Overview
Muhammad H. Rashid is employed by the University of Florida as Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Director of the UF/UWF Joint Program in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Dr. Rashid received B.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, and M.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Birmingham in UK. Previously, he
worked as Professor of Electrical Engineering and the Chair of the Engineering Department at Indiana University- Purdue University at Fort Wayne. Also, he worked as Visiting Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of Connecticut, Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada), Professor of Electrical Engineering at Purdue UniversityCalumet, and Visiting Professor of Electrical Engineering at King Fahd university of Petroleum and Minerals (Saudi Arabia), as a design and development engineer with Brush Electrical Machines Ltd. (England, UK), a Research Engineer with Lucas Group Research Centre (England, UK), a Lecturer and Head of Control Engineering Department at the Higher Institute of Electronics (Malta).
Dr. Rashid is actively involved in teaching, researching, and lecturing in power electronics and has published 16 books and more than 130 technical papers. His contributions in education is recognized by foreign governments and agencies to lecture and consult (NATO for Turkey in 1994, UNDP for Bangladesh in 1989 and 1994, Saudi Arabia in 1993, Pakistan in 1993, Malaysia in 1995 and 2002, Bangkok in 2002, by foreign universities (in Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, India, Malaysia, Singapore) to serve as an external examiner (for undergraduate, master’s and Ph.D. examinations), by funding agencies (in Australia, Canada, USA, Hong Kong) to review research proposals, and by U.S. and foreign universities to evaluate promotion cases for professorship.
He authored nine Prentice-Hall books: Power Electronics - circuits, devices and applications (1988, 2/e 1993, 2003, 3/e), SPICE For Power Electronics (1993), SPICE For Circuits and Electronics Using PSpice (1990, 2/e 1995, 2003, 3/e), Electromechanical and Electrical Machinery (1986), and Engineering Design for Electrical Engineers (1990). Also, authored five IEEE self-study guides, Self-Study Guide on Fundamentals of Power Electronics, Power Electronics Laboratory Using PSpice, Selected Readings on SPICE Simulation of Power Electronics, and Selected Readings on Power Electronics (IEEE Press, 1996) and Microelectronics Laboratory Using Electronics Workbench (IEEE Press, 2000). Also authored two books: Electronic Circuit Design using Electronics Workbench (January 1998), and MicroelectronicCircuits - Analysis and Design (April 1999) by PWS Publishing). Edited: Power Electronics Handbook published by Academic Press, 2001.
He is a registered Professional Engineer in the Province of Ontario (Canada), a registered Chartered Engineer (UK), a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers (IEE, UK) and a Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE, USA). He was elected as an IEEE Fellow with the citation Leadership in power electronics education and contributions to the analysis and design methodologies of solid-state power converters.
Dr. Rashid is the recipient of the 1991 Outstanding Engineer Award from The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). He received the 2002 IEEE Educational Activity Award (EAB) Meritorious Achievement Award in Continuing Education with the following citation “for contributions to the design and delivery of continuing education in power electronics and computer-aided-simulation”.
Dr. Rashid was an ABET program evaluator for electrical engineering from 1995-2000 and he is currently an engineering evaluator for the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS, USA). He has been elected as an IEEE-Industry Applications Society (IAS) a Distinguished Lecturer and Speaker. He is the Series Editors of Power Electronics and Applications, and Nanotechnology and Applications with the CRC Press.