Prof. Kolodzey to give Inaugural Lecture

James Kolodzey, Charles Black Evans Professor in Electrical Engineering

4:01 p.m., March 22, 2005--James Kolodzey, will deliver his Inaugural Lecture as Charles Black Evans Professor of Electrical Engineering, at 4 p.m., Wednesday, March 23, in 130 Sharp Laboratory. His topic will be "The Rise of Terahertz Technology for Scientific and Commercial Applications."

A leader in solid-state electronics and semiconductor materials, Kolodzey was one of the first to add carbon to silicon germanium alloys to enable them to be used in the communication field.

He has been involved in research to learn more about terahertz and terahertz nanotechnology and devices. Terahertz lies between microwaves and infrared lights and is a poor medium for long-distance communication but is of value at closer ranges because of its interaction with materials. He and his research team have created a palm-sized device that could have practical applications in medical imaging, hazardous materials detection and possible rescue operations for detecting victims trapped under rubble.

Kolodzey holds seven patents, with an eighth pending, and is coauthor of more than 140 technical publications. His research receives funding from the Office of Naval Research, the Air Force, the National Science Foundation and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which gave him an Award for Excellence for work on its Ultra Electronics Program.

Before joining the UD faculty is 1991, Kolodzey was on the faculty at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has been a visiting scientist at AT&T Bell laboratories, at the Technical University of Munich and at the University of Paris. He received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in engineering physics from Lehigh University and master’s and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering from Princeton University.

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