WOLFGANG POROD currently is Frank M. Freimann Professor of Electrical Engineering at the

University of Notre Dame. He received his Diplom (M.S.) and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Graz,

Austria, in 1979 and 1981, respectively. After appointments as a postdoctoral fellow at Colorado State

University and as a senior research analyst at Arizona State University, he joined the University of Notre

Dame in 1986 as an Associate Professor. He now also serves as the Director of Notre Dame s Center for

Nano Science and Technology. His research interests are in the area of nanoelectronics, with an emphasis

on new circuit concepts for novel devices. He has authored some 300 publications and presentations.

He is a Fellow of the IEEE and he has served (2002-2003) as the Vice President for Publications on the

IEEE Nanotechnology Council. He also has been appointed an Associate Editor for the new IEEE

Transactions on Nanotechnology. He is a Founding Member of the IEEE Circuits and Systems Society s

Technical Committee on Nanoelectronics and Gigascale Systems, and he has been active in organizing

Special Sessions and Tutorials, and as a speaker in IEEE Distinguished Lecturer Programs.

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Wolfgang Porod

Present Position:

Frank M. Freimann Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering,

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556.

Phone: 574/631-6376 FAX: 574/631-4393 abqb1s@r.postjobfree.com

Education

Ph.D., Universit t Graz, Graz, Austria, June 1981.

M.S., Universit t Graz, Graz, Austria, June 1979.

Experience

1/02 present Frank M. Freimann Chair Professor of Electrical Engineering,

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.

8/92 12.01 Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of

Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.

7/86 7/92 Associate Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering,

University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana.

9/83 6/86 Senior Research Analyst, Center for Solid State Electronics

Research, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona.

8/81 8/83 Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Electrical

Engineering, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado.

8/79 8/81 Research and Teaching Assistant, Institut f r Theoretische

Physik, Universit t Graz, Graz, Austria.

Areas of Interest

Solid State Physics and its Application to Solid State Electronics; Reliability,

Degradation, and Breakdown; Quantum Devices and Architectures for Nanoelectronics;

Limits Imposed by the Laws of Physics on Computation.

Honors

Ph.D. graduation Promotio sub auspiciis Praesidentis Austriae

Ruth and Joel Spira Award for Excellence in Teaching, May 2000

Fellow of the IEEE, November 2001

Personal Data

Date of Birth: August 17, 1956 (Graz, Austria)

Citizenship: Austrian, U.S. - Permanent Resident

Marital Status: Married (4 Children)

Total Number of Publications and Presentations: over 300

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