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Irene Calizo

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Nano-Device Lab

Bourns Hall B-140

Department of Electrical Engineering

University of California Riverside

Email: abqbq6@r.postjobfree.com

Website: www.ee.ucr.edu/~icalizo/

Citizenship: USA

LABORATORY LABORATORY EQUIPMENT

UV & VIS Raman Spectroscopy Renishaw RM 2000 micro-Raman Spectrometer

Semiconductor Device I-V & C-V XL30-FEG Phillips Scanning Electron Microscope

Optical Characterization NIST Nanosuf easyScan Scanning Tunneling Microscope

SEM imaging HP4145B Semiconductor Parameter Analyzer

STM imaging Micromanipulator Manual Probe Station

Thermal Conductivity Electroglas 2001X Automated Probe Station

Electron Beam Lithography Thermotron Environmental Chamber

NIST NanoFab Cleanroom Certified Lecroy Waverunner Digital Oscilloscope

Tektronix 575 Curve Tracer

Hot Disk Thermal Constants Analyzer

Linkam Scientific THMS600 hot-cold cell (-196-600 C)

COMPUTER SAFETY TRAINING

MATLAB & Simulink University of California & NIST Laser Safety

Metrics ICS UCR Laboratory Safety

LabVIEW UCR Hazardous Waste Management

Spice LLNL Hand Tool Ergonomics

Silvaco Tools LLNL Chemical Safety

Cadence IC design tools LLNL General Employee Radiological Training

Mathcad

Synopsys Tools

Verilog & VHDL

Origin

C/C++

PC/Mac/Unix

OTHER

Oral and Written Communication

Data Organization &amp Analysis

Written Procedures

Technical Reports &amp Presentations

Troubleshooting

Team Leadership

PhD Student in

Advisor:

Riverside, CA

Thesis: Spectroscopic Raman Nanometrology of Graphene and Graphene-based Devices

Master of Science in

Advisor:

San Jose, CA

Thesis: Reset Noise in CMOS Image Sensors

Bachelor of Science in

Atlanta, GA

Bachelor of Science in, cum laude

Minor:

Atlanta, GA

Graduate Student Researcher, University of California Riverside (September 2005-Present) SRC/MARCO student researcher for and member of Nano Device Lab working in nanoscale materials characterization.

Perform Raman spectroscopy on a variety of nano-related materials to investigate phonon modes for phonon engineering of nano

structures and devices. Super user for Renishaw Raman spectrometer, responsibilities include instrument repair and maintenance.

Supervision of two undergraduate Electrical Engineering students in projects on Raman spectra collection from various nanostructured materials.

Teaching Assistant, University of California Riverside (September 2006-Present) TA for EE 116 Engineering Electromagnetics involves solving example problems during weekly discussion session

and grading homework.

Secretary/Webmaster, University of California Riverside Graduate Student Association (November 2006-Present) Record and post the minutes of all GSA Council meetings on the GSA website.

Record minutes for GSA Executive Board Meetings.

Update and maintain GSA website.

Intern,, Santa Clara, CA (April 2004-September 2005) Member of Characterization group performing measurements on a variety of test structures

to extract design rule information including data organization and analysis for CMOS image

sensor chips.

Involved the use of manual and automated probe stations, semiconductor parameter analyzer,

digital oscilloscopes, curve tracers, pulse generators, and other basic laboratory equipment.

Wrote MATLAB program including a GUI to interface/control automated probe station, HP4145B,

and PC through GPIB protocal resulting in more efficient data collection across wafers.

Intern, (Summer 1995) Developed web pages as part of NASA K-12 Internet Project.

Intern, (Summer 1993 & 1994) Worked as part of NASA Science Internet Engineering in designing and testing local packet

video communication networks.

Intern, (Summer 1992) Worked as part of NASA Science Internet Engineering in simulating a remotely operated video

link for use in Antarctica.

Intern, (Summer 1990) Responsible for the mechanical drawings, measurement, and digitizing of objects in support

of a telerobotic virtual reality project.

M. Shamsa, S. Ghosh, I. Calizo, V. Ralchenko, A. Popovich, and A. A. Balandin, “Thermal conductivity of nitrogenated ultrananocrystalline diamond films on silicon,” Journal of Applied Physics, vol. 103, pp. 083538 (2008).

S. Ghosh, I. Calizo, D. Teweldebrhan, E. P. Pokatilov, D. L. Nika, A. A. Balandin, W. Bao, F. Miao, and C. N. Lau, “Extremely high thermal conductivity of graphene: Prospects for thermal management applications in nanoelectronic circuits,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 92, pp. 151911 (2008).

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A. A. Balandin, S. Ghosh, W. Bao, I. Calizo, D. Teweldebrhan, F. Miao, and C. N. Lau, “Superior Thermal Conductivity of Single-Layer Graphene,” Nano Letters, vol. 8, pp. 902 (2008).

F. Parvizi, D. Teweldebrhan, S. Ghosh, I. Calizo, and A. A. Balandin, “Properties of graphene produced by the high pressure - high temperature growth process,” Micro & Nano Letters, vol. 3, pp. 29 (2008).

I. Calizo, D. Teweldebrhan, W. Bao, F. Miao, C. N. Lau, and A. A. Balandin, “Spectroscopic

Raman Nanometrology of Graphene and Graphene Multilayers on Arbitrary Substrates,” Journal of Physics: Conf. Ser., vol. 109, pp. 012008 (2008).

I. Calizo, W. Bao, F. Miao, C. N. Lau, and A. A. Balandin, “ The Effect of Substrates on the Raman Spectrum of Graphene: Graphene-on-Sapphire and Graphene-on-Glass,” Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, pp. 201904 (2007).

Selected for November 26, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol. 16, Issue 22. [Full text in pdf]

Copyright 2007 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics.

I. Calizo, A. A. Balandin, W. Bao, F. Miao, and C. N. Lau, “Temperature dependence of the Raman spectra of graphene and graphene multi-layers,”Nano Letters, vol 7, pp. 2645 (2007).

I. Calizo, F. Miao, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and A. A. Balandin, “Variable temperature Raman microscopy as a nanometrology tool for graphene layers and graphene-based devices,”Applied Physics Letters, vol. 91, pp. 071913 (2007). Selected for August 27, 2007 issue of Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science and Technology, vol. 16, Issue 9.

R. Kurtz, K. A. Alim, R. D. Pradhan, V. Esterkin, G. D. Savant, R. Venkatasubramanian, M. L. Lee, S. Ghosh, I. Calizo, and A. A. Balandin, “,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 6556, 65560H (2007).I. Calizo, K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, S. Krishnakumar, M. Shamsa, A. A. Balandin, and R. Kurtz, “,” Proc. SPIE, vol. 6481, 64810N (2007).W. L. Liu, M. Shamsa, I. Calizo, A. A. Balandin, V. Ralchenko, A. Popovich, and A. Saveliev, "Thermal Conduction in Nanocrystalline Diamond Films: Effects of the Grain Boundary Scattering and Nitrogen Doping," Applied Physics Letters, vol. 23, pp. 171915 (2006).

I. Calizo, S. Ghosh, F. Miao, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and A. A. Balandin, “Raman Nanometrology of graphene: Temperature and substrate effect,” ICTP Graphene Week Conference 2008, Trieste, Italy, Aug 26, 2008.

I. Calizo, S. Ghosh, F. Miao, W. Bao, C. N. Lau, and A. A. Balandin, “Temperature and

Interface Effects on Raman Spectrum of Graphene Layers on Silicon, Sapphire, Gallium Arsenide and Glass Substrates,” Materials

Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, March 26, 2008.

I. Calizo, A. A. Balandin, W. Bao, F. Miao, and C. N. Lau, “Fingerprinting Graphene at Variable

Temperature,” DMEA CNID PI Review, Santa Barbara, CA, May 30, 2007.

I. Calizo, K. A. Alim, V. A. Fonoberov, S. Krishnakumar, M. Shamsa, A. A. Balandin, and R. Kurtz, “,” Photonics West, San Jose, CA, January 23, 2007.

I. Calizo, “Robust Micro-Raman Spectroscopic Identification and Characterization of Single Atomic Layers of Graphene," Society of Women Engineers National Conference Graduate Student Poster Competition, Nashville, TN, October 25-26, 2007 (2nd Place Poster Award).

I. Calizo, M. Shamsa, V.A. Fonoberov and A.A. Balandin, "Micro-Raman Spectroscopy of Wurtzite ZnO Nanowires and Nanocrystals," Materials Research Society Spring Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 12, 207.

W.L. Liu, M. Shamsa, S. Ghosh, I. Calizo and A.A. Balandin, "Thermal Transport in Carbon/Silicon and Diamond/Silicon Heterogeneous Structures," DARPA/SRC MARCO FENA Research Review, Los Angeles, CA, January 16, 2007.

I. Calizo, S. Krishnakumar, M. Shamsa, and A. A. Balandin, “Micro-Raman Spectroscopy of Wurtzite ZnO Nanowires and Nanocrystals,” DMEA CNID PI Program Review, December 12, 2006, Riverside, CA. V. A. Fonoberov, K. A. Alim, I. Calizo, M. Shamsa, and A. A. Balandin, “Carrier Recombination Processes in ZnO Quantum Dots and Nanocrystals,” DMEA CNID PI Review, June 26, 2006, Santa Monica, CA. M. Shamsa, Y. Bao, I. Calizo, S. Ghosh, and A. A. Balandin, “Functionalized Nanostructures with Negative Differential Resistance,” DARPA/SRC MARCO FENA Research Review, January 17, 2006, Los Angeles, CA (4th Place Poster Award).

Nano Materials, Devices, and Circuits

University of California Riverside Nanoscale Phonon Engineering

Applied Quantum Mechanics

Nanoscale Science and Engineering

Fundamentals of Semiconductor Nanostructures

Solid State Devices

Optoelectronic and Photonic Devices

Nanoscale Characterization

Noise in Electronic Devices

Analog/Mixed Signal ICs, ASIC and VLSI Circuits

San Jose State University Semiconductor Devices I

Semiconductor Devices II

Analog Integrated Circuits

High Speed CMOS Circuits

VLSI Technologies

Introduction to Large Scale MOS Design

ASIC CMOS Design

Design Projects in VLSI Systems

Society of Women Engineers National Conference Graduate Student Poster Competition, 2nd place (2007)

Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society (2007)

UC Riverside Graduate Division Fellowship Award (2005-2006)

NASA Women in Science and Engineering Full Scholarship (1991-1996)

NASA WISE Scholars Program Graduation Award (1996)

First Place Poster Award in Physics, Spelman College Science Day Competition (1994)

Who's Who Among Students in American Universities & Colleges (1994)

President Spelman College Physics Club (1994)

Beta Kappa Chi Scientific Honor Society (1993)

Society of Women Engineers Scholarship (1991)

Bank of America Scholarship in Applied Arts (1991)

MPHS Science Department Scholarship (1991)

SERVICE

President, Electrical Engineering Graduate Student Association

Social Chair, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society

Graduate Student Representative, Dept. of Electrical Engineering

Member, UCR Research Integrated Safety Committee

Member, UCR GSA Elections, Bylaws, Conference Travel Grant, and Party Committees

Organizer, Bourns Space Science and Engineering Day Outreach Event

Organizer, Wow! That's Engineering Outreach Event

Outreach Chair, Riverside Student Section Society of Women Engineers

UCR College of Engineering Graduate Programs Booth Coordinator/Exhibitor, SWE Region B & J Conference, Las Vegas, NV, Jan 2007

Society of Women Engineers UC Riverside Student Section Outreach Committee Chair

Volunteer, UC Riverside MESA Middle and High School Regional Competitions

Judge, Riverside Schools Science Fairs

Judge, Synopsys Sciencepalooza (San Jose's East Side Union High School District Science Fair)

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