This paper projects the enhanced drive current of a ntype electrostatically doped (ED) tunnel field-effect transistor (ED-TFET) based on heterojunction and band-gap engineering via TCAD 2-D device simulations. The homojunction ED-TFET device utilizes the electrostatic doping in order to create the source/drain region on an intrinsic silicon nanowire that also felicitates dynamic re-configurabil...

Software Engineering is viewed as an engineering discipline concerned with bridging the gap between appropriate science knowledge and software applications. Curricula for traditional engineering disciplines include a substantial amount of practical and project work. We report experiences with increasing the laboratory and project component for Software Engineering Education at the Queensland Un...

In the U.S., while Asian-Americans are overrepresented in engineering, women are underrepresented based on their share of the U.S. population. Asian-American women are unique because they belong to both groups. Using data from the Survey of Earned Doctorates, this paper compares the engineering doctorate trends of Asian-American women with those of other demographic groups and describes Asian-A...

Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) combine the specificity of antibodies with the potency of small molecules to create targeted drugs. Despite the simplicity of this concept, generation of clinically successful ADCs has been very difficult. Over the past several decades, scientists have learned a great deal about the constraints on antibodies, linkers, and drugs as they relate to successful constr...

[Context and motivation] Requirements Elicitation and Fit Gap analysis are amongst the most time and effort-consuming steps in an ERP project. There is a potentially high rate of reuse in ERP projects as solutions are mainly based on standard software components and services. [Question/problem] The increasing number of standard software services limits the consultants’ ability to identify relev...

The main challenge for light-emitting diodes is to increase the efficiency in the green part of the spectrum. Gallium phosphide (GaP) with the normal cubic crystal structure has an indirect band gap, which severely limits the green emission efficiency. Band structure calculations have predicted a direct band gap for wurtzite GaP. Here, we report the fabrication of GaP nanowires with pure hexago...

Opening up a band gap in graphene holds a crucial significance in the realization of graphene-based electronics. Doping with organic molecules to alter the electronic properties of graphene is perceived as an effective band gap engineering approach. Using the tight binding model, we examined the band gap opening of monolayer graphene due to the adsorption of pyrene molecules on both of its side...

This investigation studies desalination powered by wind and solar energy, including a study of a configuration using PVT solar panels. First, a water treatment was developed to estimate the power requirement for brackish groundwater reverse-osmosis (BWRO) desalination. Next, an energy model was designed to (1) size a wind farm based on this power requirement and (2) size a solar farm to preheat...

E. Cho *, 1, 2 , D. Pavlidis **, 1, 2 , and E. Sillero 1 Department of High Frequency Electronics, Technische Universität Darmstadt, Merckstrasse 25, 64283 Darmstadt, Germany 2 Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2122, USA 3 Instituto de Sistemas Optoelectrónicos y Microtecnología and Department of Electronic Engineering, Un...

Several paired, localized gap states were observed in semiconducting single-wall carbon nanotubes using spatially resolved scanning tunneling spectroscopy. A pair of gap states is found far from the band edges, forming deep levels, while the other pair is located near the band edges, forming shallow levels. With the help of a first-principles study, the former is explained by a vacancy-adatom c...