Group Members
Group Leader: Jamie Phillips
Jamie D. Phillips received the B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher at Sandia National Laboratories from 1998-1999, a research scientist at the Rockwell Science Center from 1999-2001, a faculty member a the University of Michigan from 2002-2020, and joined the University of Delaware in 2020. His technical interests and contributions are in the growth, characterization, and device applications of compound semiconductor and oxide-based materials for optoelectronics and electronics.
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Dr. Nuha Ahmed-Babikir
Nuha Ahmed-Babikir holds the Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Delaware. Her doctoral research work on photovoltaic devices characterization for identification of loss mechanisms was conducted at the Institute of Energy Conversion. She was a Postdoctoral researcher with the Foundation of Renewable Energy and Environment from 2019-2020. Her research focus spans the characterization, optimization and application of one and two dimensional optoelectronic devices. Since joining the group in 2021, she will be expanding her research interests to the area of InP-based short-wave infrared detectors.
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Dr. Abhilasha Kamboj
Abhilasha Kamboj received her M.S. (2019) and Ph.D degrees (2022) in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and her B.Tech. (2016) degree in Engineering Physics from Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. Her PhD research focussed on mid-infrared devices specifically guided-mode resonance enhanced high-operating temperature mid-wave photodetectors and LEDs. Her research focusses on designing, fabricating and characterizing optoelectronic devices. Since joining the Phillips group, she is working on fabricating and characterizing near-infrared PV/LED devices to be integrated into wireless neural sensor arrays.
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Md Toriqul Islam
Md Toriqul Islam received his MS in Electrical Engineering form the University of Virginia, MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Alabama at Birmingham, and BS in Electrical Engineering from the Military Institute of Science and Technology, Bangladesh. Before starting his graduate studies, Toriqul was a lead engineer at Samsung R&D Institute Bangladesh. His current research focuses on thin-films development, electrical and optical characterization, design and fabrication of optoelectronic devices including photodetectors, pulse laser annealing, and laser processing of semiconductor devices.
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Bhavika Mani
Bhavika Mani received her M.Tech in Electrical Engineering from the Banasthali Vidyapith, India and B.Tech in Electronics and Communication Engineering from UPTU, Lucknow, India. Before starting her graduate studies, Bhavika was working as research assistant at Indian Institute of Technology, Jodhpur, India. Her recent work was focused on Industry standard Compact Modeling, High Voltage MOSFET Device Modeling, Characterization and Parameter Extraction.
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Sheikh Alimur Razi
Alimur Razi earned his Bachelor's and Master's degrees in electrical engineering from the Chittagong University of Engineering and Technology (CUET) in Bangladesh. During his Master's program, he conducted research on CdTe thin films for photovoltaic applications and optimized the wet CdCl2 treatment process for close-spaced sublimation grown CdTe thin films. Prior to joining Professor Phillip's group as a graduate student in August 2022, he served as a faculty member in the electrical and electronic engineering department at CUET from 2015 to 2022. His current research interests lie at the intersection of material science, device physics, optoelectronics, and photonics, with a focus on designing, fabricating, and characterizing thermoradiative cells made from low-bandgap III-V compound materials.
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Group Alumni Zoom 2023
We are currently recruiting new group members (primarily doctoral students) at the University of Delaware! For further information, please see information on the ECE Graduate Program. If you would like more information on research opportunities, please email Prof. Phillips and include a resume/CV.