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Grigory Simin
Professor
Department of Electrical Engineering
301 Main Street, 3A16
University of South Carolina, Columbia 29208
Phone 803.777.0986 Fax 803.777.8045
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Department of Electrical Engineering
301 Main St., Rm. 3A80
Columbia, SC 29208
Ph 803.777.4195
Fax 803.777.8045
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Dr. Grigory Simin
Professor
Education
- MS, EE: Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute, Leningrad, Russia, 1971
- PhD, Physics: Semiconductors and Dielectrics, GIRICOND Science & Research Institute, Leningrad, Russia, 1979
Appointments
- 2011-Present: Professor w. tenure, University of South Carolina
- 2005-2011: Associate Professor w. tenure, University of South Carolina
- 2001-2005: Tenure-track Associate Professor, University of South Carolina
- 1998-2001: Research Associate Prof., University of South Carolina
- 1997-1998: Senior Research Scientist, A. F. Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute, Russian Academy of Science, St. Petersburg, Russia
- 1971-1997: Senior Research Scientist, GIRICOND Science & Research Institute, Ministry of Electronic Industry, Leningrad, St. Petersburg, Russia
Research Interests
- 1998-Present: Wide bandgap materials and devices, III-Nitride power microwave devices and ICs
- 1971–1998: Gunn effect devices, GaAs FETs, microwave and optical integrated circuits, semiconductor lasers
Research Highlights: III-Nitride Microwave Switches
Teaching
Teaching Experience
- 1998-Present: University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina
- 1992-1998: St.-Petersburg Technical University, St.- Petersburg, Russia (Semiconductor device physics, optoelectronics, electronics)
- 1990-1997: St.-Petersburg Physico-Technical Lyceum, St.- Petersburg, Russia (Physics of semiconductors and semiconductor devices)
Teaching at USC
G. Simin has taught courses on Electrical Science (ELCT 102), Electric Circuits (ELCT 221), Semiconductor Devices (ELCT 563), Optoelectronics (ELCT 566), Advanced Wide Bandgap (ELCT 871) and High-speed Devices (ELCT 882). He currently (2009 -2010) teaches Electrical Science, Electric Circuits and Advanced Semiconductor Devices courses.
Memberships, Honors and Professional Services
- IEEE Senior Member
- M. Mungo Undergraduate Teaching Award, USC, 2008
- Research Progress Award, COEIT, USC April 2005
- Bestselling Backlist, 2002. Listing the book Getting to Know Semiconductors by M.E. Levinshtein and G. S. Simin
- Best INVITED paper WOFE-02 Asif Khan, J. W. Yang, G. Simin, R. Gaska and M. S. Shur, "Strain Energy band Engineering Approach to AlN/GaN/InN Heterojunction Devices"
- Best Paper WOFE-02 L. Rumyantsev, M. Shur, R. Gaska, M.E . Levinshtein, M. A. Khan, G. Simin, J. W. Yang, "Low Frequency Noise in Gallium Nitride Field-Effect Transistors"
- The Senior Scientist Certificate from The Supreme Classification Board of the Council of Ministers of USSR, 1985
- 2003-Present: Chair of the Faculty Hiring Committee, College of Engineering and Computing (CEC), USC
- Member of the CEC Faculty Hiring Committees on Computational Nanoscience, Photovoltaics, Brain Plasticity
- Member of the EE Department Undergraduate and Graduate Advisory committees
- Editor in Chief, IEEE Sensor Council web site
- Reviewer for IEEE Journals, Applied phys. Letters, Journal Appl. Phys, Solid-State Electronics, Electronics Letters and others
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