Dr. Ashok K. Goel
Department
of Electrical & Computer Engineering
Michigan
Technological University
Houghton, MI49931
PERSONAL
Citizenship: U.S.A.
Phone: 906-***-****
(Work); 906-***-**** (Home)
Fax:
906-***-**** (Work)
E-mail:
****@***.***
EDUCATION
Ph. D. Electrical Engineering - The
Johns Hopkins University, 1987
(Advisor: Dr. Charles R. Westgate)
New York, 1982
M. Sc. Physics; Concentration: Electronics - Panjab University, India, 1973
RESEARCH INTERESTSMicroelectronicsNanotechnology Circuit
DesignHigh-Speed VLSI
InterconnectionsDevice Physics and
ModelingSemiconductor TCAD
WORK EXPERIENCE
1986 - Present: Michigan Technological University
Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering since 1991
Assistant Professor of Electrical Engineering during 1987-91
Instructor of Electrical Engineering during 1986-87
EE Committees Undergraduate Program
Committee, 2008-10Faculty Search Committee,
2007-08, 2009-10Graduate Program
Coordinator, 2001-2004, 2005-06 Counselor, IEEE MTU Student
Branch, 2000-Present Promotion and Tenure
Committee, 1992-94, 1999-2000, 2004-2005 Library and Software
Committee, 1987-88 Appointments Committee,
1989-91 Quality Control Committee,
1989-90 Computers and Software
Committee, 1994-95 Graduate Program Committee,
1988-89, 1995-98 Computer Engineering Faculty
Search Committee, 1997-98
MTU CommitteesSabbatical Leave Committee,
1995-2000; Chair during 1999-2000 Alternate Senator for the
Department of Electrical Engineering, 1997-2000 Academic Policy Committee,
1997-99 Administrative Policy
Committee, 1999-2000 Chair, Ombudsman Search
Committee, 2006-07
Summer 1990: Electronics
Technology Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Summer faculty fellow. Conducted research in high-speed integrated circuits
Summer 1991: Reliability Physics Division, Griffiss Air Force Base
Summer faculty fellow. Conducted research in VLSI interconnection reliability
Summer 1992: Army Engineering Research
Laboratories, Redstone Arsenal
Summer faculty fellow. Conducted research in high-speed electro-optic devices
1983-1986: The JohnsHopkinsUniversity
Taught courses in electrical engineering and conducted research for Ph.D.
dissertation
1982-1983: University
of Maryland - College Park
Worked on the UNIVAC 1100/1180 and IBM computer systems
1977-1982: CityUniversity of New York
Research and Teaching Assistant in Physics. Taught courses in physics and
conducted research in the characterization of solid state materials at CUNY and
Brookhaven National Laboratory using reflectometry,
ultraviolet photoemission spectroscopy and x-ray photoemission spectroscopy
1976-1977: Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India
Teaching and Research Assistant in Physics
1973-1975: PanjabUniversity, Chandigarh, India
Research Fellow in Physics. Conducted experimental research using mass
spectrometry
RESEARCH GRANTS
AND CONTRACTS
May 2010 April 2011
Research in Carbon
Nanotube Based Interconnections
Sponsor: Michigan Space Grants Consortium
August 2007 - August 2011
"US-Brazil Engineering Education Consortium on Renewable Energy"
Sponsor: FIPSE-NDSU
Other Investigators: A. Oliveira (P.I.), A. Nasser
August 2004 - May 2009
"Research and Infrastructure Development - Center for Nanomaterials Research"
Sponsor: U.S.
Department of Defense
Other Investigators: Craig Friedrich (P.I.), Paul Bergstrom,
Miguel Levy, Peter Moran
August 2003 - August 2005
"Research and Infrastructure
Development - Center for Nanomaterials Research"
Sponsor: U.S.
Department of Defense
Other Investigators: Craig Friedrich (P.I.), Paul Bergstrom,
Miguel Levy, Peter Moran
January 2001 - December 2003
"SGER: On Solving the "Interconnect
Problem" for the Nanotechnology Circuit Design"
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
February 1997 - January 2001
"Undergraduate Research Site on Design, Modeling and
Measurements of GaAs-Based High-Speed Integrated
Circuits"
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Co-investigator: Martha Sloan
December 1997 - November 1998
Establishing a Semiconductor
Technological Computer-Aided Design Laboratory at Michigan Tech."
Sponsor: Michigan State Research Excellence Fund
May 1993 - April 1997
"Experimental Validation of Interconnection and
Transistor Delay Models for the GaAs-Based Integrated
Circuits"
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
Co-investigator: Esther Ososanya
May 1992 - July 1992
"Designing Matched Electrodes for High-Speed
Electro-Optic Devices"
Sponsor: U.S. Army Research Office
September 1991 - September 1992
"AUTOCIRCUIT Enhancement to Interface to Field
Programmable Gate Array Devices"
Sponsor: General Motors Research Laboratory
September 1990 - December 1991
"Computer Simulation of Small-Geometry High-Speed
High-Density Integrated Circuit Performance Indicators"
Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
May 1990 - July 1990
"Development of a General Purpose Integrated Circuit
Chip Performance Simulator"
Sponsor: U.S. Air Force Office of Scientific
Research
May 1991 - July 1991
"Electromigration-Induced Failure Analysis of VLSI
Interconnections"
Sponsor: Air Force Office of Scientific Research
September 1987 - February 1991
"Propagation Delays in the Bilevel
and Trilevel Multilayer High Density Interconnections
on the GaAs-Based VHSIC"
Sponsor: National Science Foundation
COURSES TAUGHT
Undergraduate CoursesVLSI Design (EE4271) Network Analysis (EE2110) Electric Circuits and
Instrumentation (EE3010) Introduction to Electronics
(EE3130) SolidState
Electronics (EE4231) Light Wave Devices (EE3291) Electronic Applications
(EE4232) Computer-Aided
Circuit Analysis and Design (EE4211)
Graduate CoursesModeling of IC Interconnects
(EE5450) VLSI Interconnections
(EE5737)Advanced Techniques of
Computer-Aided Circuit Analysis and Design (EE5990)
INVITED SHORT
COURSES TAUGHT High-Speed VLSI
Interconnections - University of
Oxford, UK,
1995 High-Speed VLSI
Interconnections - Oregon Graduate Institute of Science & Technology,
1996 Parasitic Extraction and
Analysis for High-Speed VLSI Interconnections - VLSI Design' 98
Conference (with two other experts from Texas Instruments and Lucent
Technology), 1998 "VLSI CAD" - KoreaUniversity
of Technology&Education, Korea, January 2001 Advanced VLSI Design - KoreaUniversity
of Technology&Education, Korea, August 2001 VLSI Layout & Design - KoreaUniversity
of Technology&Education, Korea, August 2002 Microelectronic Circuits for
IC - KoreaUniversity
of Technology&Education, Korea, August 2004
Digital IC Design and
Interconnection - KoreaUniversity of Technology&Education, Korea,
August 2005
MS THESIS ADVISOR
"Characterization of Multilevel Interconnections on GaAs- Based VLSI"
Y. R. Huang, MS, 1988
"Analysis of Crossing Interconnections on GaAs-Based VLSICs"
P. J. Prabhakaran, MS. 1989
"Pulse Width Constraints on RAMs for Realizing High
Speed Fault-Tolerant Asynchronous Sequential Circuits"
A. Kalia, MS,
1989
"Study of Quaternary Logic vs. Binary Logic"
A. N. Gupte, MS, 1990
"Modeling of Propagation Delays in GaAs/AlGaAs MODFETs"
Wei Xu, MS, 1991
"Realization of Fault-Tolerant Sequential Circuits
Using Programmable Logic Arrays"
N. Misra, MS, 1991
"Workstation and Microcomputer Simulations of Small
Geometry MOSFETs"
H. V. Shah, MS, 1991
"Workstation and Microcomputer Analyses of Crossing
VLSI Interconnections"
M. K. Mathur, MS, 1991
"Control and Module Binding of a High Level VLSI
Synthesis Tool to EPLDs"
A. Doshi, MS,
1992. Co-advisor: Tom Fuhrman, GM Research Labs
"Performance Analysis of High-Speed Binary Carry Skip
Adders"
P. S. Bapat, MS, 1994
"Electromigration-Induced Failure Analysis of the VLSI
Interconnection Components"
M. M. Leipnitz, MS, 1994
"Measurement of Propagation Delays in the Custom
Designed GaAs-Based Circuits"
D. J. Peacock, MS, 1995
"Modeling of Propagation Delays in Custom-Designed GaAs-Based Integrated Circuits"
V. T. Mohun, MS, 1996
"Workstation Simulation of Small-Geometry Effects in GaAs MESFETs"
R. D. Limaye, MS, 1996
"Interfacing the Submicron Layout and 3-D Capacitance
Extraction Tool SPACE with MAGIC"
B. Mahesh,
MS, 1997
"Optical Waveguide Interconnections for VLSI
Circuits"
Y. M. Lee, MS, 1997
"Performance Analysis of Multisection
Interconnections for VLSI Applications"
U. D. Painaik, MS,
1998
"A Study of Fully-Depleted Silicon-on-Insulator MOSFET
for Low-Voltage, Low-Power Applications Using TCAD Tools"
K. Jon Goo,
MS, 1999
"A Two-Dimensional Simulation-Based Study of High
Temperature Effects in Bulk and SOI MOSFETs"
T. Tan, MS, 2000
"Simulation of High-Speed GaAs
Devices Using TCAD Tools"
H. Ma, MS, 2000
"Simulation of Quantum Cellular Automata Using Quantum
Mechanical and Classical Models"
R. Kumar,
MS, 2003
"Study of Carbon Nanotubes"
R. Unnam, MS,
2003
"Inductance Modeling and Extraction for VLSI
Interconnects"
J. Perambil, MS,
2004
"Modeling of VLSI Interconnects Using TCAD Tools"
H. Gopinath, MS,
2004
PH.D. DISSERTATION ADVISOR
"Nanotechnology Circuit Design Using Single Electron
Transistors"
Aranggan Venkataratnam,
Ph.D., 2008
"Modeling and Simulation of Carbon Nanotube
Interconnects"
Vidur Parkash,
Ph.D., 2010
UNDERGRADUATE
RESEARCH ADVISOR
"Modeling of Parasitic Capacitances in the VLSI Interconnections"
Nuri Eady
"Modeling of Very High-Frequency Effects in the VLSI
Interconnections"
Stephanie Weitemeyer
"Modeling of Crosstalk in the VLSI
Interconnections"
Lehang Huynh
"Modeling of Electromigration-Induced Failure in the VLSI
Interconnections"
Jami Meteer and Contessa DuBois
"Measurement of Propagation Delays in GaAs-Based Circuits"
Paul Kern and Kevin Price
"Computer Simulation of SOI Devices Using TCAD
Tools"
Sarah Bergstrom, Mikir Bodalia, Aleli Mojica-Campbell and Martins Innus
"Computer Simulation of GaAs
Devices Using TCAD Tools"
Jason Decker, Nick Sze, Paul Toth and Trevor Dupras
"Designing and Analysis
of a High-Speed Digital Clock Using GaAs VLSI
Technology"
Stephen Bachhuber and Robert Cadena
"Designing and Analysis of a GaAs-Based
Calculator"
Darrin Lemmer and Wen-Szu Lin
"Designing and Analysis of a GaAs-Based
Floating Point Adder/Subtractor"
Frederick Damstra and Brent Jesiek
"Designing and Analysis of a GaAs-Based
Floating Point Multiplier"
Eugene Lee and Jeff Espenschied
"Designing and Analysis of a GaAs-Based
Mini Central Processing Unit"
Ying Lu, Steven Palmer, Nicolai Ramler
and Vincent Singh
"Designing GaAs-Based
Integrated Circuits Using L-Edit"
Stephanie Draeger and Rebecca
Morrison
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Reviewer for Funding AgenciesMichiganState
Research Excellence Fund
Journal Editorial BoardsActive and Passive Electronic
Components, 2006-present Contemporary Engineering
Sciences, 2007-present
Journal ReviewerIEE Proceedings on Devices,
Circuits & Systems International Journal of
Microcomputer Applications International Journal of
Modeling & Simulation
Conference ReviewerInternational Conference on
Microcomputer Applications International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems 2nd Great
Lakes Symposium on VLSI 2nd Great
Lakes Computer Science Conference 6th International Conference
on VLSI design, 3rd Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI 7th International Conference
on VLSI design Progress in Electromagnetics Research Symposium 8th International Conference
on VLSI design 9th International Conference
on VLSI design International Conference on
Computer Applications in Industry & Engineering
Conference Sessions Organized and
Chaired"GaAs
VLSI" - 31st Midwest Symposium on
Circuits and Systems "GaAs
Technology" - 32nd Midwest Symposium
on Circuits and Systems "High-Speed Devices
and Interconnections" - Progress in Electromagnetics
Research Symposium "Computer-Aided
Engineering Education" - International Conference on Computers and
Their Applications "Computers in
Science/Engineering Education" - International Conference on
Computers and Their Applications "Computers in Science/
Engineering Education" - International Conference on Computer
Applications in Industry and Engineering "Computers in Science/
Engineering Education" - International Conference on Computers and
Their Applications
Conference Sessions Chaired"Microcomputer
Applications" - SCS Multiconference "VLSI Design" -
First Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI
Design "VLSI Synthesis" -
Second Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI "VLSI" - 35th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and Systems "Microcomputer
Applications" - International Conference on Engineering/Industrial
Applications of Microcomputers "VLSI Design" -
36th Midwest Symposium on Circuits and
Systems "Computer
Applications" - International Conference on Computers and Their
Applications "Computer
Applications" - International Conference on Computer Applications in
Industry and Engineering
Conference Organizing CommitteesFirst Great
Lakes Symposium on VLSI Design Co-Chairman, Second Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI Co-Chairman, Third Great Lakes Symposium on VLSI Steering Committee,
International Conferences on Computer Applications in Industry &
Engineering
International Conference Program
CommitteesTechnical Program Chairman,
8th International Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and
Engineering International Symposium on
Circuits and Systems 11th International
Conference on Computers and Their Applications 9th International Conference
on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering 12th International
Conference on Computers and Their Applications 13th International Conference
on Computers and Their Applications 11th International
Conference on Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering International Conference on
Applied Modelling and Simulation 14th International
Conference on Computers and Their Applications 17th Annual International
Conference on Computer Science 3rd Annual International
Conference on Software Engineering and Applications
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIESInstitute of Electrical and
Electronics Engineers American Society for
Engineering Education
HONORS AND AWARDSUES-AFOSR Summer Faculty
Fellowship RDL-AFOSR Summer Faculty
Fellowship BATTELLE-ARO Summer Faculty
Fellowship Sigma Xi - The Scientific
Research Society Listed in Who's Who in the Midwest, Men of Achievement, Who's Who in Finance
& Industry Listed in Who's Who in the
World, Who's Who in Science and Engineering Listed in Who's Who in America
WORKSHOP PARTICIPATION
"CMOS VLSI Engineering," CaliforniaStateUniversity at Northridge
Sponsored by the National Science Foundation, 1990.
"Applied vs. Theoretical Approaches in Undergraduate
Electrical Engineering Education" Purdue University, 1993.
"Computing in Engineering," Michigan
Technological University, 1993.
"Microwave Education Around the World in the
90's," 4th International Symposium on Recent Advances in Microwave
Technology, 1993.
"Microwaves in Defense and Industry," 4th International Symposium
on Recent Advances in Microwave Technology, 1993.
"SOI Devices,"
1998 IEEE International SOI Conference, 1998.
PUBLICATIONS
Books
A. K. Goel, "High-Speed VLSI Interconnections," Wiley Interscience, 1994.
A. K. Goel, High-Speed VLSI Interconnections, Second
Edition," Wiley Interscience, 2007.
Journal Publications
1. V.
B. Bhanot, A. K. Goel, V. P. Singh and S. K. Kwatra, "Rb-Sr Radiometric
Studies for the Dalhousie and Rohtang Areas, Himachal
Pradesh," Curr. Sci., Vol. 44, p. 219, 1975.
2. V.
B. Bhanot, A. K. Bhandari,
V. P. Singh and A. K. Goel, "The Petrographic
Studies and Age Determination of Koidal Gneiss, Kumaon Himalaya," Curr. Sci, Vol. 45, No. 1, p. 18, 1976.
3. A.
K. Goel, G. Skorinko and F. H. Pollak,
"Polarization Dependent Reflectivity and Optical Constants of Single
Crystal Rutile RuO2 in the Range 0.5-9.5 eV," SolidState Comm., Vol. 39, pp.
245-248, 1981.
4. A.
K. Goel, G. Skorinko and F. H. Pollak,
"Optical Properties of Single Crystal Rutile RuO2
and IrO2 in the Range 0.5-9.5 eV,"
Phys. Rev., Vol. B24, pp. 7342-7348, 1981.
5. W.
E. O'Grady, A. K. Goel, F. H. Pollak, H. L. Park and
Y. S. Huang," Cyclic Voltammetry on RuO2
(100), (101), (001) and (110) As-Grown Single-Crystal Surfaces," Jour. Electroanal. Chem., Vol. 151, pp. 295-303, 1983.
6. A.
K. Goel, "Dependence of Interconnection Delays on Driving Mechanism for GaAs-Based VLSI," Electron. Lett., Vol. 23, No. 20, pp.
1066-1067, 1987.
7. A.
K. Goel, "Efficient Calculation of Interconnection Delays on GaAs-Based VHSIC," Electron. Lett., Vol. 24, No. 4, pp.
209-210, 1988.
8. A.
K. Goel, "Determination of the Transverse Propagation Delays in
Single-Gate GaAs MESFET's," Microwave Opt. Tech.
Lett., Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 51-53, 1988.
9. A.
K. Goel and Y. R. Huang, "Efficient Characterization of Multilevel
Interconnections on the GaAs-Based VLSICs,"
Microwave Opt. Tech. Lett., Vol. 1, No. 7, pp.
252-257, 1988.
10. A. K. Goel
and C. R. Westgate, "Modeling of Transverse Delays in GaAs
MESFET's," IEEE Trans. Microwave Theory Tech., Vol. 36, No. 10, pp.
1411-1417, 1988.
11. A. K. Goel,
"Transit Times in High-Density Interconnections on the GaAs-Based
VHSIC," IEEProc.SolidState and Electron
Devices, Vol. 135, Pt. I, No. 5, pp. 129-135, 1988.
12. A. K. Goel,
"Electrode Parasitic Capacitances in Self-Aligned and Deep-Recessed GaAs MESFETs," SolidState
Electronics, Vol. 31, No. 10, pp. 1471-1476, 1988.
13. A. K. Goel
and Y. R. Huang, "Crosstalk Among the Parallel
Multilevel Interconnections on the GaAs-Based
VLSICs," Microwave Opt. Tech. Lett., Vol. 2, No.
6, pp. 196-199, 1989.
14. A. K. Goel,
"Efficient Calculation of Propagation Delays in the VLSI Multilevel
Interconnections," Microwave Opt. Tech. Lett.,
Vol. 2, No. 7, pp. 272-275, 1989.
15. A. K. Goel,
"Calculation of External Parasitic Capacitances in Metal-Semiconductor
Field Effect Transistors," Access,Vol.
8, No. 5, pp. 12-21, Sept./Oct., 1989.
16. A. K. Goel
and C. R. Li, "Computer Simulation of Bi- and Tri- Level Interconnection
Capacitances on GaAs-Based VLSI," Int. Jour.
Model. Sim.,
Vol. 9, No. 4, pp. 101-106, 1989.
17. A. K. Goel
and R. Wiedmann, "PCSIGV: A Student Oriented
Program for Calculating the Parasitic Capacitances for Single Level
Interconnections on GaAs-Based VLSI," IEEE
Trans. Education, Vol. 32, No. 3, pp. 381-386, 1989.
18. A. K. Goel
and Y. R. Huang, "Modelling of Crosstalk Among
the