Advanced Semiconductors, Microelectronics and Electronic Systems for Communications, Radar and Science Applications

Dwight C. Streit
Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems

Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 10:30am
Engr V Room 2127

Abstract
Research and development for high performance digital, mixed signal, microwave and millimeter-wave applications includes a wide breadth of advanced technologies. These include semiconductor materials and characterization, device design and modeling, circuit design and electromagnetic effects modeling, wafer fabrication and testing, advanced packaging and electronic systems technology. We present here a detailed look at each of these materials and electronics technologies with their complex interdependencies, including recent advancements and record-setting results from our laboratories.

Biography
Dwight C. Streit is vice president, Electronics and Sensors, for Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems. He is responsible for the technology development required for advanced electronics and sensors for airborne and satellite payloads. He is a member of several government and university committees and advisory boards, including the NAE Membership Committee, the Joint IED Defeat Organization Standing Committee and the University of Illinois Beckman Institute Advisory Board. He was the 2009 chair of the U.S. Army Research Office Materials Science Division Board of Visitors. He has received numerous awards, including for Northrop Grumman a record six Chairman's Award for Innovation, the Distinguished Innovator Award, six distinguished patent awards, two CEO achievement awards, over a dozen R&D gold awards, and a best paper prize for the Technology Journal. He recently received the National Research Council's Lifetime National Associate Award. He has over 350 publications and conference presentations, with 22 U.S. and 10 foreign patents. He is a member of the NAE, a fellow of IEEE and AAAS, and a member of the NASA Space Foundation Technology Hall of Fame. He received his Ph.D. in electrical engineering from UCLA in 1986, and was the UCLA Engineering Alumnus of the Year in 2003.