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Awadelkarim, Osama O.

Awadelkarim, Osama O.

Professor

Office phone: (814) 863-1773
Office address: 407D Earth and Engineering Sciences Building
E-mail: ooaesm@engr.psu.edu
Homepage: http://www.esm.psu.edu/wiki/research:ooa1:start

Educational Background

  • Ph.D., Physics, Reading University, United Kingdom, 1982
  • B.S. (First Class Honors), Physics, University of Khartoum, Sudan, 1977

Years of Service with Penn State (20 years)

  • Mar 2004 – Present Associate Director, Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization, Penn State
  • July 2000 – Present Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • July 1994 – June 2000 Associate Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
  • Apr 1992 – June 1994 Research Associate

Other Related Experience — Teaching, Industrial, Etc.

  • Oct 1987 – Mar 1992 Research Scientist, Department of Physics, Linkoping University, Linkoping Sweden
  • Apr 1982 – Sept 1987 Assistant Professor, Department of Physics, University of Khartoum, Sudan

Recent Principal Publications

  • Karthik Sarpatwari, Lucas J. Passmore, Samia A. Suliman, and Osama O. Awadelkarim (2007) “Analysis of current-voltage-temperature characteristics in SiC Schottky diodes using threshold-accepting simulated-annealing techniques,” Solid State Electronics, 51(5), pp. 302–306.
  • Osama O. Awadelkarim, Karthik Sarpatwari, Lucas J. Passmore, Samia A. Suliman, and Jerzy Ruzyllo (2007) “Electrical studies on metal/SrTa2O6 or TiO2/Si substrate stack systems,” Electrochemical Society Transactions, 9(1), pp. 353–362.
  • Osama O. Awadelkarim (2007) “Jefferson Science Fellow promotes science and technology exchanges with Africa,” State Magazine, July/August, pp. 40–41.
  • Lucas J. Passmore, Karthik Sarpatwari, Samia A. Suliman, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Rodney S. Ridley, Gary M. Dolny, Jerzy Michalowicz, and Chun T. Wu (2006) “Fowler-Nordheim and Hot Carrier Reliabilities of U-Shaped Trench-Gated Transistors Studied by Three Terminal Charge Pumping,” Thin Solid Films, 504(1–2), pp. 302.
  • Lucas J. Passmore, Karthik Sarpatwari, Samia A. Suliman, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Rodney S. Ridley, Gary M. Dolny, Jerzy Michalowicz, and Chun T. Wu (2005) “A Modified Three Terminal Charge Pumping Technique Applied to Vertical Transistor Structures,” J. Vacuum Science and Technology, B23, pp. 2189.
  • Osama O. Awadelkarim, Samia A. Suliman, Karthik Sarpatwari, Lucas J. Passmore, Rodney S. Ridley, and Gary M. Dolny (2005) “On the reliability of U-shaped trench-gated metal-oxide silicon field –effect transistors,” in proceedings Proceedings of the XIII International Workshop on the Physics of Semiconductor Devices (IWPSD -2005),, pp. 796–803, edited by V. Kumar, K. Agarwal, and N. Singh.
  • Osama O. Awadelkarim and Samia A. Suliman (2005) “Smart Materials,” in book entitled Wiley Encyclopedia of RF and Microwave Engineering, edited by Kai Chang. Published by Wiley & Sons, ISBN : 0–471–27053–9.
  • Samia A. Suliman, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Rodney S. Ridley, and Gary M. Dolny (2004) “Gate-Oxide Grown on the Sidewalls and Base of a U-Shaped Si Trench: Effects of the Oxide and Oxide/Si Interface Condition on the Properties of Vertical MOS Devices,” Microelectronic Engineering, 72, pp. 247–252.
  • Levent Trabzon and Osama O. Awadelkarim (2003) “Changes in material properties of low-k interlayer dielectric polymers induced by exposure to plasmas,” Microelectronic Engineering, 65, pp. 463–477.
  • Samia A. Suliman, B. Venkataraman, Chun T. Wu, Rodney S. Ridley, Gary M. Dolny, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Stephen J. Fonash, and Jerzy Ruzyllo (2003) “Electrical Properties of the Gate Oxide and Its Interface with Si in U-shaped Trench MOS Capacitors : The Impact of Polycrystalline Si Doping and Oxide Composition,” Solid State Electronics, 47, pp. 899–905.
  • Samia A. Suliman, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Rodney S. Ridley, and Gary M. Dolny (2003) “Gate oxide grown on the sidewalls and base of a U-shaped Si trench : effects of the oxide and oxide/Si interface condition on the properties of vertical MOS devices,” in proceedings Proceedings of the 13th Bi-annual 2003 Insulating Films on Semiconductors (INFOS).
  • Samia A. Suliman, Osama O. Awadelkarim, Stephen J. Fonash, Rodney S. Ridley, Gary M. Dolny, Jifa Hao, and C. Knoedler (2002) “Electron and hole trapping in the bulk and interface with Si of a thermal oxide grown on the sidewalls and base of a U-shaped silicon trench,” Solid-State Electronics, 46(6), pp. 837–845.
  • Chun T. Wu, Rodney S. Ridley, Gary M. Dolny, Thomas Greb, C. Knoedler, Samia A. Suliman, Osama O. Awadelkarim, and Jerzy Ruzyllo (2002) “Growth and reliability of thick gate oxide in U-trench for power MOSFETs,” in proceedings Proceeding of 2002 14th International Symposium on Power Semiconductor Devices & ICs, pp. 149–152, ISPSD.
  • Jiayu Jiang, Osama O. Awadelkarim, D. -O. Lee, P. Roman, and Jerzy Ruzyllo (2002) “On the capacitance of metal/high-k dielectric material stack/silicon structures,” Solid State Electronics, 46, pp. 1991–1995.
  • Julian W. Gardner, Vijay K. Varadan, and Osama O. Awadelkarim (2001) Microsensors, MEMS and Smart Devices, John Wiley and Sons, Ltd..

Consulting, Patents, and Scientific and Professional Society Memberships

  • Science and Technology Consultant, U. S. Department of State, Washington, D. C. (Aug 2007 – Present)
  • American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), Member (1995 – Present)
  • Material Research Society, Member (1994 – Present)
  • U.S. Patent U. S. Serial No. 08/842,345, O. O. Awadelkarim,S. J. Fonash, M. Okandan, and M. Ozaita-Mintegui. Method and apparatus testing IC chips for damage during fabrication (1996)

Honors and Awards

  • Jefferson Science Fellowship, U. S. Department of State (2006)
  • International Center for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) Research Fellowship, ICTP, Italy (1986)
  • International Seminars in Physics and Chemistry Fellowship, University of Uppsala, Sweden (1985)
  • International Seminars in Physics and Chemistry Fellowship, University of Uppsala, Sweden (1984)
  • Government of Sudan Scholarship for Research and Graduate Study Abroad, Government of Sudan (1977)
  • The University Prize (the best final-year results), University of Khartoum, Sudan (1977)
  • Shell Prize (the best sophomore results), University of Khartoum, Sudan (1974)

Recent Institutional and Professional Service

  • Board Member, The Arab Science and Technology Foundation (ASTF) (Jan 2008 – Present)
  • Associate Director, The Center for Nanotechnology Education and Utilization, The Pennsylvania State University (Mar 2004 – Present)

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